Which preposition to use with comforts
From their toil come the necessaries and many of the comforts of the race.
The thought of sitting in it brought a faint sense of comfort to my bewildered wretchedness.
We rested here a couple of days, layin' around loose, and takin' our comfort in a way of our own.
" (Smith supported the excellent old lady in comfort for a decade, under pretence of boarding with her, ministering to the last years of her life with the care and affection of a son.)
He seemed to be expectin' aid and comfort from me, as the papers say, and was wonderin', no doubt, where me and my rifle was all this time.
He received my comfort with gratitude, nor did it, as I had feared might happen, seem to excite the least lover-like feeling towards me on his own part.
It is the greatest comfort on earth.
I'll take real comfort at the poorhouse.
Comforted by reading 27th Psalm.
Low and rambling, covered with vines, and nestling amid shrubbery which even in winter gave it a habitable air, it looked as much the abode of comfort as of luxury, and gavein outward appearance at leastno hint of the dark shadow which had so lately fallen across it.
I don't see why I can't get the same comfort out of things.
Physically refreshed, he carried himself boldly, but it was a boldness which convinced me that any talk he may have had with his lawyer, had been no more productive of comfort than the one I had held with mine.
But, before leaving, he did what he could to make for her comfort during his absence.
But, notwithstanding these promising Appearances, I am so far from it, that the prospect of being ruin'd and undone, by a sort of Extravagance which of late Years is in a less degree crept into every fashionable Family, deprives me of all the Comforts of my Life, and renders me the most anxious miserable Man on Earth.
This is much comfort under my deep dejections."
There is a good deal of aristocratic seclusion about the place, as it is surrounded by walls, and entirely cut off from the world without; but there is little appearance of luxury and comfort about it.
" The Baron sank back with evident comfort into his pillows, and Apollonie wandered home with a heart overflowing with happiness.
Not only that, the selfish runner, who travels light, may well be a serious burden to others and risk their safety and comfort through his own foolhardiness.
> Comfort after labor.
I have said that our dinners were very good, luxurious in a simple way, everything excellent in its kind, well cooked, well served,the perfection of comfort without show,which is a combination very dear to the English heart.
The whole family being industrious and obliging, they soon began to gather little comforts around them; and as these were not embittered by the cold looks and insulting sneers of the neighbourhood, they were comparatively happy for a time.
You see men cannot work with ony comfort among stuff
O heaven, I had the like conceit of thine, I tell thee, Robin, Gloster, thou art met, Bringing such comfort unto Richard's heart:
They are excellent after severe physical or mental work, and give a feeling of restful comfort like that of sleep.
Then Robin stretched his legs out with a sweet feeling of comfort within him.