The good aunt had long anxiously wished for just such a declaration as had been made to her niece, and it was one of the last of her apprehensions that it would not have been
favourably received.
It is just possible, notwithstanding appearances to the contrary, that the interview might affect her
favourably.
Boards and baize being at length removed, I lifted from the case a large picture, in a magnificent frame; leaning it against a chair, in a position where the light from the window fell
favourably upon it, I stepped back--already I had mounted my spectacles.
They went their way by the shore of the sounding sea, and prayed earnestly to earth-encircling Neptune that the high spirit of the son of Aeacus might incline
favourably towards them.
In the latter place, I had not been
favourably impressed with the personal appearance of the male portion of the population; although with the females, excepting in some truly melancholy instances, I had been wonderfully pleased.
Another burst of tears; but in spite of that burst, and in spite of that great black word miserable, which served to introduce it, Sir Thomas began to think a little relenting, a little change of inclination, might have something to do with it; and to augur
favourably from the personal entreaty of the young man himself.
After listening to this full description of Mr Elliot, Anne could not but express some surprise at Mrs Smith's having spoken of him so
favourably in the beginning of their conversation.
I have many things to compass: I must punish Frederica, and pretty severely too, for her application to Reginald; I must punish him for receiving it so
favourably, and for the rest of his conduct.
I could see that Holmes was
favourably impressed by the manner and speech of his new client.
I wrote to Miss Teresa a few days ago--she was wondering how often the butcher called, and my reply of once a month must have impressed her
favourably.
She had been a regular reader of the paper for several years; and had, indeed, consulted the great man once before, when he had replied
favourably to her query as to whether it would be right for her to accept caramels from Arthur, then almost a stranger.
This was so
favourably received by the milkman and beadle that he would immediately have been pushed into the area if I had not held his pinafore while Richard and Mr.
The Tilneys, they, by whom, above all, she desired to be
favourably thought of, outstripped even her wishes in the flattering measures by which their intimacy was to be continued.
The constitution of Carthage is now shifting from an aristocracy to an oligarchy, in consequence of an opinion which is
favourably entertained by many, who think that the magistrates in the community ought not to be persons of family only, but of fortune also; as it is impossible for those who are in bad circumstances to support the dignity of their office, or to be at leisure to apply to public business.
This expression of opinion seemed, on the whole, to be
favourably received; indeed, among the Kukuanas my utterances met with a respect which has never been accorded to them before or since.
