Never was costlierbroth so near being spoiled by multiplicity of cooks, when Panizzi, by a sort of coup d'etat, brought a strong executive control to bear upon it.
Such a criticism applies only to the rarer and costlier desiderata.
But the demand for the costlier rarities and curiosities is so narrow, that the fresh aspirant is soon the central object of attention to the few who can provide him with what he imagines he wants.
Though he rarely bought wine, he often bought a costlier drink--laudanum, for his own drinking.
So he made up a present still costlier than the first and sent it with her to the King,--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say.
Here, as in the parallel case of the superiority of hand-wrought articles over machine products, the conscious ground of preference is an intrinsic excellence imputed to the costlier and more awkward article.
Whole hecatombs of books have been sacrificed to the spirit of commercial greed, blind or short-sighted enough not to see that secure protection to public property, though costlier at first, is far cheaper in the end.
The costlier encyclopaedias and works of reference might be waited for until funds are recruited by a library fair, or lectures, or amateur concerts, plays, or other evening entertainments.
Our habits costlier than Lucullus wore, And, by caprice as multiplied as his, Just please us while the fashion is at full, But change with every moon.
To avoid the costlierdiscomforts of a hotel, they lost no time in exposing themselves to the cheaper discomforts of a Sackville Street lodging-house.
John Todhunter, himself a most accomplished poet and a scholarly critic, about the "costlier funeral" lines, and he defended them warmly.
And when they buried him the little port Had seldom, seen a costlier funeral.
The struggle indeed widened as every month went on; the costly fight with the French in Gascony called for supplies, while Edward was planning a yetcostlier attack on northern France with the aid of Flanders.
Saviour, ye that eat, With royal dainties fed; Not heaven affords a costlier treat, For Jesus is the bread.
Our habits, costlier than Lucullus wore, And by caprice as multiplied as his, Just please us while the fashion is at full, But change with every moon.
The coroneted duchess would have been a costlier merchandise than the wreathed dancer!
There's many a coinage costlier than ever the mint fashioned; he may requite me thus.
Do you despise my dietary on the ground that the food which I eat is less wholesome and less stengthening than yours, or that the articles of my consumption are so scarce and so much costlier to procure than yours?
Pistias (he added), why do you ask a higher price for these corselets of yours if they are not stouter or made of costlier material than the others?
It was not that his dress, although a uniform, was better or costlierthan theirs.
The wintry wind blew in gusts through the plentifully broken window panes--for glass was as brittle then as now and costlier to replace,--and every now and then sifted a whiff of snow down the backs of the sitters in the gallery.
On the contrary, we can lay it down as a general rule, that the costlier the music, the smaller is the average attendance.
Having retired from business, Mr. Astor determined to fulfil the vow of his youth, and build in Broadway a house larger and costlier than any it could then boast.
Is Fair Art, War's Triumphs, and great Thoughts expressedcostlier in the Temple of the Universe than the mute Thought and Glory of the flower, .
Yet in the temple of the Universe, Can they be costlier than the mute Thought And Glory of the flower, at whose birth The dawn rejoices and whose early death The saddened evening silently laments?
An old house, well built, pleases more with the repairs rendered necessary than a costlier new one.
One may thank heaven, and not himself, if he do not find He builded costlier than he knew, Unhoused himself and virtues too, at the dismission of his carpenters, and occupancy of it.
You see how much cheaper these are than the real fruit syrup itself; and as neither you nor I can tell the difference by taste, what inducement has the dealer in soda water to use the costlier articles?
The foreigner has not only to pay higher rates for every kind of skilled labor; but must sign costlier leases, and submit to higher rents.
IV But the use of incense in Japan is not confined to religious rites and ceremonies: indeed the costlier kinds of incense are manufactured chiefly for social entertainments.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "costlier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
