Which preposition to use with cordial
Is it allowable for a Temperance man to be Cordial to his friends?
No one was more cordial in manner than Squire Clamp.
The call of Professor Bellew was not delayed long after J.W. had found his bearings in Foochow, and the Professor's welcome was even more cordial than that of the Cummings agency, though these gentlemen were, of course, the soul of courtesy.
Oh, swear a-new, Give me again thy Faith, thy Vows, thy Soul; For mine's so sick with this Day's fatal Business, It needs a Cordial of that mighty strength; Swearswear, so as if thou break'st Thou mayst beany thingbut damn'd, Leticia.
'When I came here,' she said, 'I brought a bottle of cordial with me and three glasses.
" To do the good deacon justice, his grasp of Dick's hand was every bit as cordial as any other of his grasps; and he beamed on the smiling black boy in a way that gave him back, after the manner of a reflection, a great glow of the best and broadest "beaming.
Run and get me a glass of cordial from the buffet.
"When in foreign countries," says an old author, "I fall in with a man too helpless for a Frenchman, too ceremonious for an Englishman, too pliable for a Spaniard, too lively for a Dutchman, too cordial for an Italian, too modest for a Russiana man pressing towards me with oblique bows, and doing homage with ineffable self-denial to all that seems of rank; then my heart, and the blood in my face, says, 'that is thy countryman.'" How true!
" "These gentlemen consider religion a little like a cordial on a cold day," observed John Effingham, "which is to be taken in sufficient doses to make the blood circulate.
She was very cordial at once, and told me that Miss Davies had told her I was in London.
Won't you have a sip of cordial before your tea, Ustinya Naúmovna? USTÍNYA NAÚMOVNA.
Medicina magica tamen Physica; Magical but Natural Physick: containing the general cures of infirmities and diseases belonging to the bodies of men, as also to other animals and domistick creatures, by way of Transplantation: with a description of the most excellent Cordial out of Gold; by Sam. Boulton of Salop.
"Drink of this, my child," said Lady Lake, after she had poured some drops of the cordial into a glass.
O, no, they had rather count the fluttering pulses of their dear boy, cool his fevered brow, and administer the reviving cordial through the weary hours of the night, than to listen to sweetest strains of Orpheus' harp, or thread the winding mazes of the giddy dance.
Can it be possible" The entrance of Major Favraud interrupted further conjecture, for at the sound of those emphatic boots the stranger turned, and for one moment the splendor of his large dark eyes, in their iron framing, met my own, then passed recognizingly on to rest on the face of Major Favraud, and advancing with extended hands, made more cordial by his voice and smile, he greeted him familiarly as "Victor.
To summarise what I said above: Americans, prior to the war, admired the remarkable advances made by Germany in recent years in economic and commercial lines; held in high regard your universities and many of your university professors; loved your music, and felt most cordial toward the millions of Germans who came to live among us and share the benefits of our free institutions.
With the rest of the family Beaumaroy was at his best; gaily respectful to Mrs. Naylor, merry with Gertie, exchanging cut and thrust with old Mr. Naylor, easy and cordial towards herself.
The relations between Foster and Newson were no more cordial under one management than had hitherto existed when the offices were separate.
This is Shaw's land, and he hasn't been especially cordial about" "Aha!