indulgency
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indulgencies
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Max Schindelberger's smile took on the quality of indulgency as he advanced slowly toward B. Lesengeld.
From The Competitive Nephew by Montague Glass
“I warn you, my lord, against this indulgency of evil feeling,” said I. “I know not to which it is more perilous, the soul or the reason; but you go the way to murder both.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"I warn you, my lord, against this indulgency of evil feeling," said I. "I know not to which it is more perilous, the soul or the reason; but you go the way to murder both."
From Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson
What right have I to judge others severely, do you suppose, when I must ask for indulgency myself?
From A House of Gentlefolk by Constance Garnett
Thrice happy he To whom the wise indulgency of Heaven, With sparing hand but just enough has given.
From Cowley's Essays by Abraham Cowley
There’s little doubt that Mr. Hopper’s indulgencies took their toll, but if “The Last Movie” had made the money, you might be reading a different story.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2010
His sins and weak indulgencies were destined to work family and national disaster.
From The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods by Josiah Blake Tidwell
Henrietta was then obliged to go again to her mother, where, though deprived of all the indulgencies to which she was now become familiar, she was not more hurt by the separation than Mr Arnott.
From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney
Prior to this, while in Tennessee, there had been a very few furloughs granted in exceptional cases, which were all the indulgencies of that kind the regiment had so far received.
From The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Leander Stillwell
Dr. Beaumont was now their superior only in goodness and wisdom; a superiority more easily endured than that created by affluence or a larger share of temporal indulgencies.
From The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel by Jane West
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