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Sentences starting with favour

Favour us with your decision as speedily as possible, ma'am. [12]

Sentences ending with favour

It was a wonder that Baron Malfalconnet and Maestro Gombert had not sued more urgently for her favour. [10]
But if he went to work again in Tennis to model the Arachne, did not love for Daphne forbid him to sue afresh for Ledscha's favour? [10]
But Miss Dorothy was not of a nature to remain dependent upon a censor's favour. [9]
Of course there was an Abel, own godson to the Mr Garland of that name; and there was a Dick, whom Mr Swiveller did especially favour. [12]
But the gossip was all in old Delagarde's favour. [11]
The moon set very early now, and as every one in Chaudiere was supposed to be in bed by ten o'clock, the chances of not being seen were in her favour. [11]
Yet she looked toward Appenzelder, who had thanked her for her appearance as if she had done him a great favour. [10]
He had taken to Buonespoir at the first glance, and had frequented him, and Lempriere had presently been added to his favour. [11]
She acted as though she were conferring the favour. [9]
Yet she smiled them firmly away, to the wonder of Jansen, and to its satisfaction, for was it not a tribute to all that she would distinguish no particular unit by her permanent favour? [11]

Short sentences using favour

He handed her the favour. [9]
Who has the King's favour? [11]
The favour was granted. [9]
That's in my favour. [11]
Do me the favour, pray. [12]

Sentences containing favour two or more times

Last time we met I had a large favour of you, and to-day you have a small favour of me. [11]

More example sentences with the word favour in them

I resign in your favour, doctor," said Colonel Sharpe. [9]
Suppose I told you that Austen Vane has avoided me, that he would not utter a word against you or in favour of himself? [9]
He hoped fortune would so favour him that he could arrange for the meeting of the two alone, or, at least, in his presence only. [11]
Heaven, she thought, would pour its favour upon her too lavishly if the report that Don John was to be appointed Governor of the Netherlands should be verified. [10]
Dainty pages certainly would not be deprived of the favour of carrying her train and lighting her way with torches. [10]
Only one favour would I ask: would the Herr Doctor be so kind as not to ask questions about Schimmel and myself or any member of the honoured Ueberhell family. [10]
Besides, the judges would be charged with partiality by the tailor and his followers, and to show such visible tokens of favour threatened to prejudice the dignity of the court. [10]
He warned her, with special earnestness, not to allow herself to be used by others to win favour or pardon for themselves or their kindred. [10]
The imagination associated with it the cheerful nature which, like a loyal comrade, goes hand in hand with success, deserved and undeserved good fortune, woman's favour, doughty deeds, the highest and strongest traits of character. [10]
But if you wish to cast into oblivion the poisoned cup proffered just now, do me the favour to trust yourself to my guidance in the next dance. [10]
And if you will do me the favour of arranging with Baltimore for the horse, I shall be obliged. [9]
Sir Heinz Schorlin, who stood high in the Emperor's favour, would then be asked to apply to the sovereign to annul it, or at any rate to impose a lighter punishment. [10]
Now, a man who has saved your life once may do it again; one favour is always the promise of another. [11]
This shameful letter, which promised Barine clemency in return for her favour without unmasking him in his character of judge, explained to Charmian the agitation in which she found her friend's daughter. [10]
For herself, she was to sleep in Mrs Jarley's own travelling-carriage, as a signal mark of that lady's favour and confidence. [12]
Such as I was that in thy countenance Found favour, from her it was gathered most. [11]
Yet their favour was part of the triumph whose celebration he must permit to-day. [10]
So strong, indeed, was his pleading, so well did his stout courage stand by him, that had Count Frontenac balanced in his favour he might have been quit of the charge of spying. [11]
The judge's charge was brief, and, if anything, a little in favour of the prisoner--very little, a casuist's little; and the jury filed out of the room. [11]
Now the hour was approaching when she would be obliged to confess to him what she still strove to deem a peerless favour of Fate, for which future generations would envy her. [10]
The most aristocratic was Amyntas, who stood highest of all in the Queen's favour because he had good reason to hate the other Arsinoe, the sister of the King. [10]
The dwarf was very much exasperated, and wanting somebody to wreak his ill-humour upon, determined to dart out suddenly, and favour Mrs Quilp with a gentle acknowledgment of her attention in making that hideous uproar. [12]
To her the verdict of the jury was not in favour of the prisoner at the bar--she did not think of him. [11]
To tell the truth, they had looked with little favour upon the intimacy which had sprung up between him and those tyrannical potentates, Messrs. Botcher and Bascom, and many who had the courage of their convictions expressed then very frankly. [9]
If it weren't too late, if my day weren't over, I'd ask the one great favour, Betty, and--" She tapped his arm sharply with her fan. [11]
Although the conversation to which he subjected her had resulted in her favour, he had deemed it beneficial to place a priest who was devoted to him among the ecclesiastics in the little castle. [10]
Cleopatra had fled to the tomb as soon as the fortune of war turned in favour of Octavianus. [10]
He showed favour to the justice who had pitied him when he was supposed to have stolen a pig, and he had the gratification of seeing him grow in the public esteem and become a great and honoured man. [5]
This was done to strengthen the courtiers and the citizens of Ratisbon in the belief that Barbara owed his favour solely to her singing. [10]
To be able to lavish everything upon the most beloved of mortals, and do whatever her warm, ever-helpful heart prompted, seemed to her a special favour of the gods in whom she believed. [10]
He confidently looketh to come back a peer, for he is high in favour with the Lord Protector. [5]
This had seemed to Antony unusual and noble and, in his generous manner, he had not only forgiven him, but bestowed his favour upon him. [10]
But we wish to add to words another token of appreciation, a token of more lasting duration.--Do us the favour, Marquise de Leria, to conduct this noble artist to the upper rooms, that she may receive what we intended for her. [10]
From interest in these matters alone Detricand would not have remained at Bercy, but he thought to use the time for secretly meeting officers of the duchy likely to favour the cause of the Royalists. [11]
Six men raised their hands in favour of his resignation--Nelson Langmaid among them: two, Asa Waring and Philip Goodrich, were against it. [9]
Of course all the westing we have made is gain, and I hope the chronometer is wrong in our favour, for I do not see how any such delicate instrument can keep good time with the constant jarring and thumping we get from the sea. [5]
His companion crossed the threshold close behind him, sullen, deeply incensed, and determined to order his son to choose between his love and favour and the daughter of this unfriendly man, whom only a sudden accident had prevented from breaking the betrothal. [10]
Had they seen the thing done, there would have been sensation, but no mystery; but night, secrecy, distance, mystery, all begot, not a reaction in Mazarine's favour, but a protest against the thing being done under cover, as it were, unhelped by popular observation. [11]
The lonely spot, the superstition concerning dead bodies, the supposed doom of Gaspard, all ran in his favour. [11]
The wind and the sea were against them; the tide, however, was in their favour. [11]
Philip ever maintained the right to pitch it on the side of his own convenience, and he chose in this instance to come to the rescue of his dear mamma, and turned the scales in her favour. [9]
A writer in the 'North British Review' (July 1869, p. 531), well capable of forming a sound judgment, expresses himself strongly in favour of this conclusion. [1]
The favour which the most illustrious of mortals showed her they imputed to her as a crime. [10]
Not one of the many suitors for her favour had been so dear to her as Dion; but she now felt that she loved him. [10]
The commander of the Macedonian guard, who years before had vainly sought her favour, and finally had become the most loyal of her friends, had promised to keep them closely. [10]
The reply of the judge was in favour of the lawyer. [11]
He gave Langmaid the impression--though without apparent egotism--that by accepting the call he would be conferring a favour on St. John's; and this was when he spoke with real feeling of the ties that bound him to Bremerton. [9]
Randolph Leffingwell gave the impression of conferring a favour when he borrowed money. [9]
But she saw the hopelessness of the thing, everything was steadily acting in Gering's favour, and her father's trouble decided her at last. [11]
It was also the gossip of the bazaars that he had suddenly shown favour to those of the Royal House and to other reactionaries, who had been enemies to the influence of Claridge Pasha. [11]
In spite of the finery which Kuni owed to the generosity of the Knight of Neckerfels, who was then a suitor for her favour, Lienhard had recognised her. [10]
Your daughter, whom the favour of Heaven has so richly endowed with beautiful gifts, has found, I have heard, a maternal guardian in the Marquise de Leria. [10]
The favour which the Emperor showed Barbara seemed to him not only a piece of great good fortune for her, but also for himself. [10]
Mr. Tyers extended the concert in our favour. [9]
The indentation of the central disc and of the surrounding zones of the ocellus, in both species of peacock, speaks plainly in favour of this view, and is otherwise inexplicable. [1]
Was it possible that, on account of a request which every lover ventured to address to his lady, she would withdraw the favour which rendered him so happy? [10]
Yet I insist that you have won this favour by your Demeter. [10]
So it happened that this time the magistrate was robbed of the little nap which usually followed the meal, and yet, in spite of the best will to yield, he could not do his wife the favour of allowing himself to be convinced. [10]
No one doubts that the quadrupeds inhabiting snow-clad regions have been rendered white to protect them from their enemies, or to favour their stealing on their prey. [1]
Detricand was hoping that the nice legal sense of mine and thine should be suddenly weighted in his favour by a prepared tour de force. [11]
Charmian should feel that she (Iras) considered any favour shown to her foe an insult. [10]
While Charmian protested that no one save Dion had ever been heard with favour by Barine, and related many incidents of her former life, Cleopatra's thoughts were with Antony. [10]
It was evident that neither promises nor gifts would have induced the old warrior to favour the tender wishes of his imperial master. [10]
The misfortune is that his conclusions have been employed by persons incompetent to appreciate their foundation, as arguments in favour of obscurantism. [1]
She now knew that all her nobler feelings spoke more loudly in favour of the quiet man who had borne her out of the flames. [10]
Yet I was surprised to see how Doltaire brought up a point here and a question there in my favour, which served to lengthen out the trial; and all the time he sat near the Chevalier de la Darante, now and again talking with him. [11]
Had she been still the Emperor Charles's favourite, or had he bestowed titles and wealth upon her, more might have been done for her; but as it was, nothing was left of the favour bestowed by the monarch save the stain upon her fair name. [10]
If, nevertheless, you still decide in favour of the banquet with your friends, I can not help it; but I must now know: Shall this night belong to me, or to the daughter of Archias? [10]
The order of St. Francis alone regarded them with favour, interceded for them, and watched over them with kindly interest, taking care that they were kept aloof from everything which would expose them to reproach or blame. [10]
Now many a Spanish partisan also hoped for deliverance from the Prince of Orange, but he took advantage of the favour of circumstances in behalf of the great cause of liberty. [10]
It would seem so, though I ask pardon if it be not so--wilt thou not urge his Excellency to restore me to Kaid's favour? [11]
Besides--Proclus told me so in confidence--you have little favour to expect from the King. [10]
But my lady showed no interest,--not she, while the doctor fervently recited, "Out of her favour, where I am in love. [9]
She herself had seen the Due de Chambly fall; had seen this man fly from Paris for his life; and had thereafter known of his return to favour at the court of Mary and Francis, for nothing could be proved against him. [11]
We want to see the muss cleared up, of course; we want Shon McGann to act like a high-toned citizen, and there's a general prejudice in favour of things bein' on the flat of your palm, as it were. [11]
At last she saw him by the windows, holding a favour in his hand, coming in her direction. [9]
Was his anger roused by the boldness of the city magistrates, who dared to favour the Saxon escutcheon and banners so openly? [10]
Fournel had a right to ask a favour of her; and one that was to do her honour seemed the least that she might grant. [11]
Man in many respects may be compared with those animals which have long been domesticated, and a large body of evidence can be advanced in favour of the Pallasian doctrine (14. [1]
Kit, in the relief of having made his proposition, found his tongue loosened, and spoke out in its favour with his utmost eloquence. [12]
True, under the reign of Ptolemy I, the owners of the Owl's Nest were on the point of being deprived of this favour, because they were repeatedly accused of piracy in distant seas; but it had not been done. [10]
For all these reasons, he decided to pick a quarrel with Miss Wackles without delay, and casting about for a pretext determined in favour of groundless jealousy. [12]
It even seemed probable; for a man who loved her like Antony could scarcely yearn for the favour of another woman. [10]
Besides, though his past life might have been wholly blameless, it would not be evidence in his favour. [11]
He could get over first, for the Ninety-Nine would not have the wind so much in her favour, and there entrench himself; for even yet Bissonnette amply multiplied was in his mind--Lafarge had not explained that away. [11]
So he whipped out a revolver, and bade his rival march before him to the Fort; which Konto very calmly did, begging the favour of a bit of tobacco as he went. [11]
We both broke our vows and made speeches in favour of equality and mental opportunity, while the lecturer looked on and smiled. [9]
It looked like other beds, but the place where it stood requires some description, for it was a Keilhau specialty, a favour bestowed by our teachers on the pupils. [10]
No magic spell, only the gifts of mind and soul which the vanquished victor, the woman Cleopatra, owed to the favour of the immortals, had compelled his lofty manhood to yield. [10]
The blades in one field and the trees in one wood share the same lot without any favour. [10]
Had the Duke of Saxony, so much his junior and, moreover, a far handsomer and perhaps more generous prince, won her favour, and therefore did she perhaps desire to break the bond with him? [10]
Nor the favour of Sandwich or March could turn him from his principles. [9]
She was impatient of refusal of her favour. [11]
The violent death of Myrtilus had been admitted as proved by the magistrate, who had been prepossessed in Hermon's favour by his masterpiece. [10]
She was afraid of him, she shrank from such a conspicuous sign of his favour. [9]
Cleopatra assured them of her favour, and said that she had already offered ample compensation to the old philosopher. [10]
After these tokens of favour, which awakened the utmost surprise in those who were present, as the Emperor very rarely yielded to such impulses of generosity, the monarch's eyes sought Barbara's, and his glance seemed to say: "For your sake, love. [10]
Regarding the death of Boyne, the only thing in his favour was that his own sword-point was free from stain. [11]
At the Convention of Berne, last year, there were delegates from everywhere, and the proposal was received with decided favour. [5]
When he is of age I shall abdicate from the duchy in his favour. [11]

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