A lady, you made clear to me both by precept and example, never raised her voice or slumped in her chair, never failed in social tact ( in heaven, for instance, would not mention St. John the Baptist's head ), never pouted or withdrew or scandalized in company, never reminded others of her physical presence by unseemly sound or gesture, never indulged in public scenes or private confidences, never spoke of money save in terms of alleviating suffering, never gossiped or maligned, never stressed but always minimized the hopelessness of anything from sin to death itself.

Nora behaves childishly and he enjoys treating her like a child to be instructed and indulged.

Despite her misgivings that launching him on a course of studying art would impinge upon his other studies, his mother indulged the young Modigliani's passion for the subject.

The Woman indulged in religion once a week at a church near by, and took Conradin with her, but to him the church service was an alien rite in the House of Rimmon.

She has unexpectedly left her estate to Norman, in whom she had indulged a brief and secret romantic interest.

Her mother indulged her active imagination often asking, " Who are you today, Agnes?

Lúcia wrote that she and her cousins defined " sinners " not as non-Catholics but as those who had fallen away from the church or, more specifically, willfully indulged in sinful activity, particularly " sins of the flesh " and " acts of injustice and a lack of charity towards the poor, widows and orphans, the ignorant and the helpless " which she said were even worse than sins of impurity.

Buchanan, an unmarried Democratic senator from Pennsylvania, indulged his niece and her sister, enrolling them in boarding schools in Charleston, Virginia ( later for two years at the Academy of the Visitation Convent in the Georgetown section of Washington, D. C. By this time, Buchanan was Secretary of State, and he introduced her to fashionable circles as he had promised.

The only surviving daughter in a family with five sons, she was brought up according to her mother's strict notions of etiquette and formality, but also indulged and protected.

He indulged her aspirations for a career in the music business by allowing her to produce a demo and later giving her a club to run.

She lost interest in Ralph Ciferetto after he dumped Rosalie Aprile for her, although to get what she wanted she indulged both men's sexual fetishes.

This leads her to suspect that it must have been Diaphanta who had informed Alsemero of Beatrice's loss of virginity ( as Diaphanta may have had a chance to figure out that what she and Beatrice indulged in were virginity tests ).

Loeb also received cash investments from a woman named Marka Loening, who indulged in an extramarital affair with Loeb while waiting for her divorce from her estranged husband to be finalized.

She also indulged her love affair with the Welsh Marches by building a Canadian cedarwood chalet high up on the Welsh side of Llanymynech Hill near Oswestry with a stunning view up the Tanat Valley to the Berwyn Mountains, where eventually her ashes were scattered.

Her aunts, who doted on her, indulged her other great passion and often bought her miniature furniture on their many trips, with which she furnished the first of a succession of doll houses.

But he indulged ( what few poets have wisely indulged ) the temptation to constantly alter his work, and many of his later alterations are by no means for the better.

He would have stood higher as an author had he written less, or had he indulged less in that practice of reiteration into which he was constantly betrayed by his anxiety to impress his ideas upon others.

While conservative forces tried to roll back some of the social advances of the 1960s, and part of the military indulged in " sabre rattling " in order to intimidate progressive political forces, numerous left-wing activists became increasingly frustrated at social inequalities, while the myth of guerrilla ( Che Guevara, the Uruguayan Tupamaros ) and of the Chinese Maoist " cultural revolution " increasingly inspired extreme left-wing violent movements.

Each time Letch `` went up '' in his `` lines '', I was the one to be patient, helpful and apologetic while he indulged in outbursts of temperament, profanity and abuse, blaming others, going into `` sulks '' and, on more occasions than I care to count, storming off the `` set '' for the rest of the day.

Sultan Ahmed III had become unpopular by reason of the excessive pomp and costly luxury in which he and his principal officers indulged ; on September 20, 1730, a mutinous riot of seventeen janissaries, led by the Albanian Patrona Halil, was aided by the citizens as well as the military until it swelled into an insurrection in front of which the Sultan was forced to give up the throne.

It is considered that Thomas was indulged by his mother and enjoyed being coddled, a trait he carried into adulthood and he was skilful at gaining attention and sympathy.

For Paul indulged himself very freely in the pleasures of the table, and he had received into the episcopal palace two young and beautiful women, as the constant companions of his leisure moments.

Masamune was highly respected for his ethics ; a still-quoted aphorism is, " Rectitude carried to excess hardens into stiffness ; benevolence indulged beyond measure sinks into weakness.

After moving to a larger house in Winchester Row, his financial position became so embarrassed that he had to flee from his creditors into Leicestershire, where he indulged to the full his delight in animal life.

Whether Horowitz ' characterization as " insignificant in stature ," which is typical of many of his more critical biographers, is to be indulged is another matter.

He simply indulged in the truth and made it seem more appealing.

It excited violent dislike to Ronsard on the part of the Huguenots, who wrote constant pasquinades against him, strove ( by a ridiculous exaggeration of the Dionysiac festival at Arcueil, in which the friends had indulged to celebrate the success of the first French tragedy, Jodelle's Cleopatre ) to represent him as a libertine and an atheist, and ( which seems to have annoyed him more than anything else ) set up his follower Du Bartas as his rival.

The almost sombre Wheel of Fortune was shown in 1883, followed in 1884 by King Cophetua and the Beggar Maid, in which Burne-Jones once more indulged his love of gorgeous colour, refined by the period of self-restraint.

When Dow Jones took over the Review it introduced pompous “ editorials ”, indulged in numerous revisions to the format, each more disastrous than the last ; brought in large numbers of American journalists and editors at the expense of well-established writers who knew the region ; moved the focus from business and politics to “ innovation ” and “ lifestyle ”, neither of which was of interest to its core readership ; and dramatically reduced the scope of the book review section.

Hasse, by contrast, indulged in stronger accompaniment and was regarded at the time as the more adventurous of the two.

The Princesse des Ursins had indulged in a great deal of unofficial diplomacy at Rome, more particularly with Neapolitans and Spaniards of rank, whom it was desirable to secure as French partisans in view of the approaching death of Charles II of Spain, and the plans of Louis XIV for placing his family on the Spanish throne.

When the dance first appeared in the early 19th century, it was considered little more than a scandalous activity that young people indulged in, similar to how rock and roll would be perceived later in the 1950s.

Instead, its news coverage indulged more in yellow journalism, with an emphasis on celebrities, bad behaviour and toilet humour.

The group also indulged in a series of high profile stunts, many of which were more in the vein of elaborate practical jokes than genuine subversion.

In 1855 he went to live at Nice, where he indulged his predilections for floriculture, and gave his name to more than one new variety, notably the dahlia ( New International Encyclopedia ).

Allmusic's retrospective review asserted the opposite: that the album indulged in long and meandering instrumentation more than any other work by Traffic, with even the vocals doing no more than " improvising his melodies over the music, paying little heed to the meaning of the words ".

Prior to the passing of the Nuremberg Laws, it called for a law to ban Rassenschande, or intercourse between Jews and Germans, as preferable to the extra-legal violence that the Stormtroopers indulged in ; after it, articles on the " Jewish Question " did not increase in number but grew ever more harsh in tone.

Rossini had been a well-known gourmand and an excellent amateur chef his entire life, but he indulged these two passions fully once he retired from composing, and today there are a number of dishes with the appendage " alla Rossini " to their names that were either created by or specifically for him.

In later life London indulged his wide-ranging interests by accumulating a personal library of 15, 000 volumes.

Canon XXII: Concerning wilful murderers let them remain prostrators ; but at the end of life let them be indulged with full communion.

Living a life in quiet retirement, Yoshinobu indulged in many hobbies, including oil-painting, archery, hunting, photography, and cycling.

If Karo indulged in mystical visions, and, half dreaming, thought he heard heavenly voices in his soul, they served always as reminders to him that his life, his actions, and his accomplishments must surpass those of other people ( ib.

Bennett, like many of his social class, indulged in the " good life ": yachts, opulent private railroad cars, and lavish mansions.

He pieced his life together again, rebuilt his veterinary practice and indulged his passion for horses, enjoying wins in point-to-points and other major race events.

Aurelius, Bishop of Carthage, was greatly disturbed by the conduct of monks who indulged in idleness under pretext of contemplation, and at his request St. Augustine published a treatise entitled " De opere monarchorum " wherein he proves by the authority of the Bible, the example of the Apostles, and even the exigencies of life, that the monk is obliged to devote himself to serious labour.

Later, Easy Company viewed firsthand the excesses of life style indulged in by members of the German high command.