Kindness
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412 examples of Kindness in a sentence
You have done me many acts of
kindness
that I can never repay, and have no wish to repay, for I prefer continuing the obligation.'
Pickwick, I thank you most heartily for all your
kindness
to my son,' said old Mr. Winkle, in a bluff, straightforward way.
Perhaps, Mr. Wilson, you would have the great
kindness
to recommence your narrative.
Everybody about here speaks of his
kindness
to him."
If you would have the great
kindness
to get rid of that sottish friend of yours I should be exceedingly glad to have a little talk with you.""I have a cab outside."
Now, would you have the
kindness
to go into your room and bar your shutters?"
"'Perhaps you will have the
kindness
to wait in this room for a few minutes,' said he, throwing open another door.
As such, however, they were treated by her with quiet civility; and by her husband with as much
kindness
as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their child.
I clearly understand it now, and I will strictly fulfil my engagement by such acts of assistance and
kindness
to them as you have described.
She instantly wrote Sir John Middleton her acknowledgment of his kindness, and her acceptance of his proposal; and then hastened to shew both letters to her daughters, that she might be secure of their approbation before her answer were sent.
His
kindness
was not confined to words; for within an hour after he left them, a large basket full of garden stuff and fruit arrived from the park, which was followed before the end of the day by a present of game.
In showing
kindness
to his cousins therefore he had the real satisfaction of a good heart; and in settling a family of females only in his cottage, he had all the satisfaction of a sportsman; for a sportsman, though he esteems only those of his sex who are sportsmen likewise, is not often desirous of encouraging their taste by admitting them to a residence within his own manor.
Had he been even old, ugly, and vulgar, the gratitude and
kindness
of Mrs. Dashwood would have been secured by any act of attention to her child; but the influence of youth, beauty, and elegance, gave an interest to the action which came home to her feelings.
He was received by Mrs. Dashwood with more than politeness; with a
kindness
which Sir John's account of him and her own gratitude prompted; and every thing that passed during the visit tended to assure him of the sense, elegance, mutual affection, and domestic comfort of the family to whom accident had now introduced him.
To enquire after Marianne was at first his excuse; but the encouragement of his reception, to which every day gave greater kindness, made such an excuse unnecessary before it had ceased to be possible, by Marianne's perfect recovery.
Neither Lady Middleton nor Mrs. Jennings could supply to her the conversation she missed; although the latter was an everlasting talker, and from the first had regarded her with a
kindness
which ensured her a large share of her discourse.
But by an appeal to her affection for her mother, by representing the inconveniences which that indulgent mother must draw on herself, if (as would probably be the case) she consented to this increase of establishment, Marianne was shortly subdued; and she promised not to tempt her mother to such imprudent
kindness
by mentioning the offer, and to tell Willoughby when she saw him next, that it must be declined.
Tell me that not only your house will remain the same, but that I shall ever find you and yours as unchanged as your dwelling; and that you will always consider me with the
kindness
which has made everything belonging to you so dear to me."
I was startled, I confess, by the alteration in his manners this morning;--he did not speak like himself, and did not return your
kindness
with any cordiality.
He valued their
kindness
beyond any thing, and his greatest happiness was in being with them.
You will be under the care of a motherly good sort of woman, of whose
kindness
to you I can have no doubt.
Mrs. Jennings received the information with a great deal of joy, and many assurances of
kindness
and care; nor was it a matter of pleasure merely to her.
To atone for this conduct therefore, Elinor took immediate possession of the post of civility which she had assigned herself, behaved with the greatest attention to Mrs. Jennings, talked with her, laughed with her, and listened to her whenever she could; and Mrs. Jennings on her side treated them both with all possible kindness, was solicitous on every occasion for their ease and enjoyment, and only disturbed that she could not make them choose their own dinners at the inn, nor extort a confession of their preferring salmon to cod, or boiled fowls to veal cutlets.
A glass of wine, which Elinor procured for her directly, made her more comfortable, and she was at last able to express some sense of her kindness, by saying, "Poor Elinor!
Elinor, who did justice to Mrs. Jennings's kindness, though its effusions were often distressing, and sometimes almost ridiculous, made her those acknowledgments, and returned her those civilities, which her sister could not make or return for herself.
She hates whist I know; but is there no round game she cares for?""Dear ma'am, this
kindness
is quite unnecessary.
Her
kindness
is not sympathy; her good-nature is not tenderness.
The calm and polite unconcern of Lady Middleton on the occasion was a happy relief to Elinor's spirits, oppressed as they often were by the clamorous
kindness
of the others.
You may guess, after all these expenses, how very far we must be from being rich, and how acceptable Mrs. Ferrars's
kindness
is.""Certainly," said Elinor; "and assisted by her liberality, I hope you may yet live to be in easy circumstances."
Such
kindness
as fell to the share of nobody but me!--No pride, no hauteur, and your sister just the same--all sweetness and affability!"Elinor wished to talk of something else, but Lucy still pressed her to own that she had reason for her happiness; and Elinor was obliged to go on.--
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