All 24 Uses of
indulge
in
The Odyssey by Homer - (translated by: Pope)
- Meanwhile, in whispers to his heavenly guest His indignation thus the prince express'd: "Indulge my rising grief, whilst these (my friend) With song and dance the pompous revel end.†
Book 1
- Though with a grace divine her soul is blest, And all Minerva breathes within her breast, In wondrous arts than woman more renown'd, And more than woman with deep wisdom crown'd; Though Tyro nor Mycene match her name, Not great Alemena (the proud boasts of fame); Yet thus by heaven adorn'd, by heaven's decree She shines with fatal excellence, to thee: With thee, the bowl we drain, indulge the feast, Till righteous heaven reclaim her stubborn breast.†
Book 2
- Indulge the genial hour, unbend thy soul, Leave thought to age, and drain the flowing bowl.†
Book 2 *
- However, my friend, indulge one labour more, And seek Atrides on the Spartan shore.†
Book 3
- Indulge the tribute of a grateful tear.†
Book 4
- And now, young prince, indulge my fond request; Be Sparta honoured with his royal guest, Till, from his eastern goal, the joyous sun His twelfth diurnal race begins to run.†
Book 4
- …way, My loved associates chide my long delay: In dear remembrance of your royal grace, I take the present of the promised vase; The coursers, for the champaign sports retain; That gift our barren rocks will render vain: Horrid with cliffs, our meagre land allows Thin herbage for the mountain goat to browse, But neither mead nor plain supplies, to feed The sprightly courser, or indulge his speed: To sea-surrounded realms the gods assign Small tract of fertile lawn, the least to mine.†
Book 4
- Inquire not of his doom, (the phantom cries,) I speak not all the counsel of the skies; Nor must indulge with vain discourse, or long, The windy satisfaction of the tongue.†
Book 4
- Then grant, what here all sons of wine obtain (For here affliction never pleads in vain); Be chosen youth prepared, expert to try The vast profound and hid the vessel fly; Launch the tall back, and order every oar; Then in our court indulge the genial hour.†
Book 8
- "Here, till the setting sun roll'd down the light, We sat indulging in the genial rite: Nor wines were wanting; those from ample jars We drain'd, the prize of our Ciconian wars.†
Book 9
- Now sunk the sun, and darkness cover'd o'er The face of things: along the sea-beat shore Satiate we slept: but, when the sacred dawn Arising glitter'd o'er the dewy lawn, I call'd my fellows, and these words address'd 'My dear associates, here indulge your rest; While, with my single ship, adventurous, I Go forth, the manners of you men to try; Whether a race unjust, of barbarous might, Rude and unconscious of a stranger's right; Or such who harbour pity in their breast, Revere the…†
Book 9
- While thoughtless we indulge the genial rite, As plenteous cates and flowing bowls invite; Till evening Phoebus roll'd away the light; Stretch'd on the shore in careless ease we rest, Till ruddy morning purpled o'er the east; Then from their anchors all our ships unbind, And mount the decks, and call the willing wind.†
Book 9
- There, till the setting sun roll'd down the light, They sate indulging in the genial rite.†
Book 10
- This day adjourn your cares, exalt your souls, Indulge the taste, and drain the sparkling bowls; And when the morn unveils her saffron ray, Spread your broad sails, and plough the liquid way: Lo, I this night, your faithful guide, explain Your woes by land, your dangers on the main.'†
Book 12
- While pensive in this solitary den, Far from gay cities and the ways of men, I linger life; nor to the court repair, But when my constant queen commands my care; Or when, to taste her hospitable board, Some guest arrives, with rumours of her lord; And these indulge their want, and those their woe, And here the tears and there the goblets flow.†
Book 14
- How will each gift indulge us in thy praise!†
Book 15
- Meantime, the king, Eumaeus, and the rest, Sate in the cottage, at their rural feast: The banquet pass'd, and satiate every man, To try his host, Ulysses thus began: "Yet one night more, my friends, indulge your guest; The last I purpose in your walls to rest: To-morrow for myself I must provide, And only ask your counsel, and a guide; Patient to roam the street, by hunger led, And bless the friendly hand that gives me bread.†
Book 15
- Were every wish indulged by favouring skies, This hour should give Ulysses to my eyes.†
Book 16
- To this the queen: "The wanderer let me hear, While yon luxurious race indulge their cheer, Devour the grazing ox, and browsing goat, And turn my generous vintage down their throat.†
Book 17
- "Go, warn thy son, nor be the warning vain (Replied the sagest of the royal train); But bathed, anointed, and adorn'd, descend; Powerful of charms, bid every grace attend; The tide of flowing tears awhile suppress; Tears but indulge the sorrow, not repress.†
Book 18
- His heart with rage this new dishonour stung, Wavering his thoughts in dubious balance hung: Or instant should he quench the guilty flame With their own blood, and intercept the shame: Or to their lust indulge a last embrace, And let the peers consummate the disgrace Round his swoln heart the murmurous fury rolls, As o'er her young the mother-mastiff growls, And bays the stranger groom: so wrath compress'd, Recoiling, mutter'd thunder in his breast.†
Book 20
- The suitors with a scornful smile survey The youth, indulging in the genial day.†
Book 21
- They saw, they knew him, and with fond embrace Each humbly kiss'd his knee, or hand, or face; He knows them all, in all such truth appears, E'en he indulges the sweet joy of tears.†
Book 22
- Pleased with her virtuous fears, the king replies: "Indulge, my son, the cautions of the wise; Time shall the truth to sure remembrance bring: This garb of poverty belies the king: No more.†
Book 23
Definition:
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(indulge) to give into a desire or enjoy something -- especially in excess of what is thought good--such as a desire to eat too much cake, or be too lazy
or:
to allow or help someone to get their way or enjoy something -- especially something that (probably because of excess) is not considered to be good or proper