Favoured

Examples

• A happy circumstance for France, as the like always is for all countries similarly favoured! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• A clear air favoured the kindling of the stars. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• But it IS supposed that his Lady, who had none of the family blood in her veins, favoured the bad cause. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• What I did mean to say, was, that I never expected to retain my favoured place in this family, after Fortune shed her beams upon it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I don't exactly know,' said Mr. Bounderby, 'how I come to be favoured with the attendance of the present company, but I don't inquire. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It must be played--in went the yearned-for seasoning--thus favoured, I played it with relish. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Among them, Henry De Roos was the most favoured. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Which of my daughters am I to understand is thus favoured by the kind intentions of Mr Boffin and his lady? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You favoured me, Mr Handford,' said Mr Inspector, 'by writing down your name and address, and I produce the piece of paper on which you wrote it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As a practical commentary on the liberal social theory which he had just favoured me by illustrating, Mr. Fairlie's cool request rather amused me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• As they were all going out again, he favoured her with one slight roll of his movable eye, desiring her to linger behind. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• On the Friday I was not favoured by Mr. Fairlie with an interview. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The clerk, observing my bewilderment, favoured me with the result of his own observation of the stranger who was waiting downstairs. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The lad is like her; I have always thought so, and favoured and wished him well. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Who could this favoured male visitor possibly be? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It has been more favoured, accordingly, as the more immediate means of bringing money into the country. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• This favoured tavern, sacred to the evening orgies of Mr. Lowten and his companions, was what ordinary people would designate a public-house. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• How do you mean favoured? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The other was a red-headed, bony man, in top-boots; with a rather ill-favoured countenance, and a turned-up sinister-looking nose. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• You have got it at last, sir, says Mrs. Chadband with another hard-favoured smile. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Not exactly that, either, replies Mrs. Chadband, humouring the joke with a hard-favoured smile. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Miss Letitia Hawky, on the other hand, is not personally well-favoured. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In fact, as yet she hasn't favoured them at all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I really thought I had been your favoured lover for some time, when I was last in England! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Knowledge flared up, and as it flared it ceased to be the privilege of a favoured minority. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I went out of my senses immediately; became a mere driveller next day, on receipt of a little lace-edged sheet of note-paper, 'Favoured by papa. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She had used to tease Wildeve, but that was before another had favoured him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Do you really mean to say that Fisher ever hinted anything like a wish to be favoured by you? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You fell in love with her, and I favoured you with all my might. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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