Favours

Examples

• A man that is ungrateful to his benefactor, in a manner affirms, that he never received any favours from him. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Accept my kind offices to thy other children as the only return in my power for thy continual favours to me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• You have noticed, perhaps, whom he favours with his attentions? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is the greatest of favours when Miss de Bourgh comes in. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• A group of humble mourners entered the gate: wearing white favours; for the corpse was young. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It was all right: at present I decidedly preferred these fierce favours to anything more tender. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• My position, Miss Eyre, with my back to the fire, and my face to the room, favours observation. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I know his ways, and the likely nooks he favours. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• No, sir; I am not on such terms with my relatives as would justify me in asking favours of them--but I shall advertise. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I have two favours to ask, Fanny: one is your correspondence. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Fortune commonly favours the bold and enterprizing; and nothing inspires us with more boldness than a good opinion of ourselves. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• There's a deadness steals over me at times, that the kind of life favours and I don't like. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It neither favours the great, nor oppresses the smaller dealer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• For my own part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favours, but as paying debts. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I received your favours by Messrs. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• You accept favours from him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They were the protégés of Kublai, and possibly they felt that his favours roused a certain envy that might have disagreeable results after his death. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is he that abases the proud and favours the humble. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Therefore, sir, I accept your offer gratefully, and with many sincere acknowledgments for past favours. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The greatest of favours, she rejoined gently. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• The postilions' favours draggled on their dripping jackets. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• When I attended the king after my recovery, to return him thanks for his favours, he was pleased to rally me a good deal upon this adventure. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Our legislation favours divorce--our social customs don't. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• My dear, replied her husband, I have two small favours to request. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Neither have I forgotten how apt some travellers are to boast of extraordinary favours they have received. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The policy of China favours agriculture more than all other employments. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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