Which preposition to use with indulgences
And, if no other occupation be provided for the mind of man, it carves out employment for itself in vain regrets and gloomy forebodingsin jealousy, envy, and the indulgence of every hateful and tormenting passion: hence the proverb,'If you want corn, cultivate your soil; if you want weeds, let it alone.'
Even now, while, in my deepest heart, I release Mr. DIBBLE and Mr. PENDRAGON from all suspicion, I cannot entirely rid my mind of the impression that you, Mr. SIMPSON, in an hour when, from undue indulgence in stimulants, you were not wholly yourself, may have been tempted, by the superior fineness of the alpaca, to slay a young man inexpressibly dear to us all.
She looked round her for a little, wondering to think how far away from her now was this scene of her old life, but feeling no pain in the sight of it,only a kind indulgence for the foolish simplicity which had taken so much pride in all these infantile elements of living.
So, rolling our pants up above our knees (there was no use of talking about shoes and stockings; such luxuries were not within the range of indulgence to boys of our age in those days, save in the frosts and snows of winter, and stubbed toes, stone bruises, and thorns in the feet, come floating along down from the long past, like shadows of darkness on the current of memory.
I hope, sir, I may claim some indulgence from the motive of my offence, which was only a desire of accuracy, and an apprehension that I might, by mistaking or forgetting some passages in the petition, lose my own time, and interrupt the proceedings of the house to no purpose.
I never shall forget the indulgence with which he treated Hodge, his cat: for whom he himself used to go out and buy oysters, lest the servants having that trouble should take a dislike to the poor creature.
This indulgence on the part of the fathers accordingly kept the state so united during their subsequent adversity in time of siege and famine, that the lowest as much as the highest abhorred the name of king; nor did any single individual afterward gain such popularity by intriguing practices, as the whole body of the senate at that time by their excellent government.
"I am shocked, my child, to find that you have lowered yourself, and forgot the family you belong to, so much as to frequent those gambling- houses, which ought not to be suffered in the neighborhood of the universities: when at a proper age and in proper company, your occasional indulgence at cards I could not object to, as both your father and myself sometimes resort to it as an amusement, but never in low company.
Another evening Johnson's kind indulgence towards me had a pretty difficult trial.
"Even your Excellency," said I, "may be content to claim in that respect the same indulgence as Caesar and Henri Quatre.
I have, perhaps, more indulgence than you for some of the anti-Christian thinkers and writers of the daythose who love truth with all their souls, who would give their lives to believe that "Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul," but who seek a kind of proof of this which never can be found.
Mrs. Marvell's manner did not express entire subjugation; yet she seemed anxious to dispel any doubts of her good faith, and if she left the burden of the talk to her lively daughter it might have been because she felt more capable of showing indulgence by her silence than in her speech.
When his course of philosophy was completed, he was determined, by his love of botany, to the profession of physick, and, from that time, engaged in a course of life, which was never exceeded, either by the ostentation of a philosopher, or the severity of an anchoret; for he confined himself to bread and water, and, at most, allowed himself no indulgence beyond fruits.
Devoted to the use of ardent spirits, he abandons himself to its indulgence without restraint.
Mr. Henry PELHAM next rose up, and spoke to this effect:Sir, when, in the ardour of controversy upon interesting questions, the zeal of the disputants hinders them from a nice observation of decency and regularity, there is some indulgence due to the common weakness of our nature; nor ought any gentleman to affix to a negligent expression a more offensive sense than is necessarily implied by it.
" This would be a heavy strain on our cattle, and to fit them for the ordeal they were granted thirty-six hours' indulgence near the bubbling waters, amid good pasturage.
I admired her, too, for other reasons than her beauty; for she had many elegant accomplishments, procured by her father's fond indulgence during two years' residence in Paris.
To her, love finally became a mere thirst, and a desire for pleasure to be gratified by indulgence like all other pleasure.
When, at the end of 1708, the Earl of Sunderland, Marlborough's son-in-law, lost his secretaryship, Addison lost his place as under-secretary; but he did not object to go to Ireland as chief secretary to Lord Wharton, the new Lord-lieutenant, an active party man, a leader on the turf with reputation for indulgence after business hours according to the fashion of the court of Charles II.
This excessive development has to be fought against, and the instinct reduced within natural limits, and this will certainly never be done by easy-going self-indulgence within the marital relation any more than by self-indulgence outside it.
But do not trust too much to the King's indulgence toward the Prince of Wales.
It was the excitement of such a prospect which had led Mr. Fouracres to undue indulgence under the apple-tree this afternoon.
This excessive development has to be fought against, and the instinct reduced within natural limits, and this will certainly never be done by easy-going self-indulgence within the marital relation any more than by self-indulgence outside it.