But at the beginning of the evening he formed a good screen for Sylvia, who was rather a favourite with the old man, for twice he spoke to her.
Feyther asked him last night,' said Sylvia, conscious that he could overhear every word that was said, and a little suspecting that he was no great favourite with her mother.
In harmony with ancient custom, the ass even to-day continues, in the Orient, to be a favouritebeast of burden as well as a riding animal.
The castration of the bull, therefore, may originally well have been regarded as the sacrifice of the most readily accessible of the favourite vehicles of the soul.
The favourite theme of the saga is particularly the young man in the bloom of life.
For a long time they continued to be favourite secondary themes, introduced in portraying the destiny of heroes.
There is no deity saga at all, in the sense in which we have a hero saga that has become a favourite field of epic and dramatic poetry.
Moreover, even after clothing has appeared, it long remains a favourite custom to tattoo certain exposed parts of the skin, particularly the face and the arms and hands.
Such worship is particularly noteworthy, inasmuch as cattle were never favourite totem animals as was, for instance, the buffalo among the hunting peoples of the American prairies.
Or, there may be a distinction that arises from the accidental preference of the husband, as in the case of the Sultan's favourite wife, though in modern times such choice has again been displaced by a law of more ancient tradition.
Thus it came about that, from the time of Locke and Leibniz down to that of Lessing and Herder, the favourite conception of history was that of an education of mankind.
They demanded his banishment; and the king, forced to assent, sent his favourite to Ireland as lieutenant, where he remained for about a year.
The subjects include certain favourite incidents in the Trojan and Theban cycles (e.
Always desiring to enlarge the field of his observations, Gavarni soon abandoned his once favourite topics.
Outside the doors of the College of Arms genealogy has now been for some centuries a favourite study of antiquaries, whose researches have been of the utmost value to the historian, the topographer and the biographer.
Geneva has always been a favourite residence of foreigners, though few can ever have expected to hear that the "protestant Rome" has now a Romanist majority as regards its inhabitants.
Henry Rich, Earl of Holland, thefavourite of Queen Henrietta Maria.
Walpole's favourite cat Selima, on the death of which, by falling into a china tub, with gold fishes in it, Gray wrote an Ode.
There are great commotions there about one Lucas, an apothecary, and favourite of the mob.
St. Simon, and her favourite footman Richard, whom, under pretence of keeping places, she always keeps in her box the whole time to see the play at his ease.
It has absolutely written down Hawly, his favourite general and executioner, who was to have been upon the staff.
There is an admired dulcimer, a favourite salt-box, and a really curious jew's-harp.
She has been so unfortunate as to lose a favourite daughter ' that was just married greatly to a Lisbon merchant: the girl was so divided in her affections, that she had a mind not to have followed her husband to Portugal.
The Adonais I wished to have had a fair chance, both because it is a favourite with me, and on account of the memory of Keats--who was a poet of great genius, let the classic party say what it will.
But no--" Miss Bartlett assumed her favourite role, that of the prematurely aged martyr.
Among the younger officers the "Royalist Rose," as they styled her, became a favourite ere the second sun went down upon their coming; so there was ever an escort waiting at her door when the staff rode forth to the outlying camp.
The spectacle of inexorable change, the triumph of time, or whatever we may call it, has always been a favourite theme for lyric and tragic poetry, and for religious meditation.
He often assumes the form of a dog,--it is his favourite mask in this earthly carnival.
In 1517 a new favourite of the emperor's induced him to make a great tour in the north, to which the favourite belonged.
This was a favourite resource--and has been almost to the present day--for poor sons of peasants who were threatened with starvation.
The sight of an immense number of icy masses, amongst which we drifted at the mercy of the current, every moment in danger of being dashed in pieces against them, could not deter the sailors from indulging in their favourite amusement.
Probably this might be a Marai or altar, where this sort of offering was made; or it might have been the whim of some person to have buried his favourite dog in this manner.
When I began to recover, a favourite dog belonging to Mr Forster fell a sacrifice to my tender stomach.
Unfortunately the severe effects of the noxious fish, so sparingly partaken of, disabled the two Forsters from their favourite pursuits, during the greater part of their residence at New Caledonia.
Her amazing appetite was bound to be commented upon, but never did she surprise her brothers and sisters more than on a day when the chief dish at dinner was her father's favourite one--sheep's head.
It was Peter Erwin, and he was a favourite in the bank, where he had been introduced by Mr. Leffingwell himself.
As Honora read it she remembered that this institution had been the favourite charity of his mother; and that Mrs. Chiltern, at her death, had bequeathed an endowment which at the time had been ample.
The little bay is a favourite resort for artists; they, at least, know how to appreciate its beauties.
Nor are the gentler feelings less fully brought out in Ossian's favourite character.
Although the pistol had in a measure superseded the rapier in England, the broadsword remained the favourite weapon in the north when required for the purpose of personal satisfaction.
I escaped with only the loss of myfavourite horse, which was shot under me.
It is just rumoured that the brutes won't fight; if so, the game must be up in thisfavourite peninsula.
I made my escape with some difficulty, though honourably, from the Favourite Peninsula.
An appointment at the Botanic Gardens allowed him full liberty to follow up his favourite pursuit of Natural History, and bound him by still stronger ties to his second fatherland.
Eliphaz drags back his hearers to the penal visitation of the wicked, his favourite dogma.
The favourite aim of social meliorists is to secure happiness for all.
The Ass and the Lapdog A Farmer one day came to the stables to see to his beasts of burden: among them was his favourite Ass, that was always well fed and often carried his master.
When he persisted, and pointed out that he was her favourite bird, she said: "Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
The theory of rising prices is, as is well known a favourite in the States.
It is a favourite complaint of Argentines that their country is regarded in Europe as a hot-bed of revolution.
By any chance that Sir Henry Wilding whose mare, Black Riot, is the favourite for next Wednesday's Derby?
Here are some charming ponies driven by Her Royal Highness, and herfavourite mare Vera.
Far from the busy haunt of man" might be fitly applied to Sandringham; so quiet, and so secluded, is this favourite residence of the heir to England's throne and his beautiful and universally esteemed wife.
More, the snake is never a social favourite among the animals called lower.
One of the favourite pastimes of some modern historians is the whitewashing of persecutors.
It is a favourite thought of the Apostle himself: "appear as lights in the world, holding forth the word of life, that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ.
This is a favourite text with Protestants, and especially with Protestants of an extreme type.
The favourite subjects of his pencil were pieces of humour, somewhat in imitation of Hogarth.
By the elegance of his person, and the courtliness of his address, he gained as great an ascendance over King James as the favourite of any other prince is known to have done by a long course of assiduity and insinuation.
It was here that Sir Hans Sloane first studied his favourite science; and he continued a friend to this establishment, continually enriching it with scarce and curious plants, besides contributing largely towards the building, &c.
Here Mr. Sloane acquired a perfect knowledge of the preparations and uses of most chemical medicines; and at the same time prosecuted his favouritescience of botany in the Apothecaries’ Gardens at Chelsea.
Cremorne Gardens, but this once pretty villa can scarcely now be recognised as the favourite residence of Lord and Lady Cremorne.
I make this remark for the purpose of warning the divinity student against the disposition to overstrain particular proofs, or rest the credibility of the Gospel too exclusively on some one favourite point.
Le Clerc is no favouriteof mine, and Waterland is a prime favourite.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "favourite" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
