All 30 Uses of
indulgent
in
Mansfield Park
- She was a woman who spent her days in sitting, nicely dressed, on a sofa, doing some long piece of needlework, of little use and no beauty, thinking more of her pug than her children, but very indulgent to the latter when it did not put herself to inconvenience, guided in everything important by Sir Thomas, and in smaller concerns by her sister.
Chpt 2indulgent = extremely kind and lenient
- They were relieved by it from all restraint; and without aiming at one gratification that would probably have been forbidden by Sir Thomas, they felt themselves immediately at their own disposal, and to have every indulgence within their reach.
Chpt 3indulgence = luxury and privilege
- It is a great defect of temper, made worse by a very faulty habit of self-indulgence; and to see your sister suffering from it must be exceedingly painful to such feelings as yours.
Chpt 11self-indulgence = being excessively undemanding of oneself
- …a fortnight of sufficient leisure ... to have convinced the gentleman that he ought to keep longer away, had he been more in the habit of examining his own motives, and of reflecting to what the indulgence of his idle vanity was tending; but, thoughtless and selfish from prosperity and bad example, he would not look beyond the present moment.
Chpt 12indulgence = excessive enjoyment
- [of the East room] …and Mrs. Norris, having stipulated for there never being a fire in it on Fanny's account, was tolerably resigned to her having the use of what nobody else wanted, though the terms in which she sometimes spoke of the indulgence seemed to imply that it was the best room in the house.
Chpt 16indulgence = special privilege
- There was little time, however, for the indulgence of any images of merriment.
Chpt 19indulgence = enjoyment
- We bespeak your indulgence, you understand, as young performers; we bespeak your indulgence.
Chpt 19indulgence = granting of a special privilege
- We bespeak your indulgence, you understand, as young performers; we bespeak your indulgence.
Chpt 19
- "My indulgence shall be given, sir," replied Sir Thomas gravely, "but without any other rehearsal."
Chpt 19
- And with a relenting smile, he added, "I come home to be happy and indulgent."
Chpt 19indulgent = extra kind and tolerant
- I can see no reason why she should be denied the indulgence. [allowing Fanny to go to Mrs. Grant's for dinner]
Chpt 23indulgence = a special pleasure
- Upon my word, Fanny, you are in high luck to meet with such attention and indulgence!
Chpt 23indulgence = granting of a special kindness
- A very cordial meeting passed between him and Edmund; and with the exception of Fanny, the pleasure was general; and even to her there might be some advantage in his presence, since every addition to the party must rather forward her favourite indulgence of being suffered to sit silent and unattended to.
Chpt 23indulgence = thing of pleasure
- Besides, that would be all recreation and indulgence, without the wholesome alloy of labour, and I do not like to eat the bread of idleness.
Chpt 24indulgence = excessive pleasure
- [of Fanny and her brother William talking] …and more noisy abuse of their aunt Norris, and with whom (perhaps the dearest indulgence of the whole) all the evil and good of their earliest years could be gone over again, and every former united pain and pleasure retraced with the fondest recollection.
Chpt 24indulgence = special pleasure
- The glory of heroism, of usefulness, of exertion, of endurance, made his own habits of selfish indulgence appear in shameful contrast; and he wished he had been a William Price, distinguishing himself and working his way to fortune and consequence with so much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of what he was!
Chpt 24indulgence = excessive pleasure
- He remained steadily inclined to gratify so amiable a feeling; to gratify anybody else who might wish to see Fanny dance, and to give pleasure to the young people in general; and having thought the matter over, and taken his resolution in quiet independence, the result of it appeared the next morning at breakfast, when, after recalling and commending what his nephew had said, he added, "I do not like, William, that you should leave Northamptonshire without this indulgence."
Chpt 26indulgence = special pleasure (something enjoyed)
- "Suppose I were to find him there again to-day!" said she to herself, in a fond indulgence of fancy.
Chpt 27indulgence = enjoyment
- She had hoped to have William all to herself the last morning. It would have been an unspeakable indulgence.
Chpt 28indulgence = special pleasure
- Your aunt Norris has always been an advocate, and very judiciously, for young people's being brought up without unnecessary indulgences; but there should be moderation in everything.
Chpt 32indulgences = luxuries and privileges
- A fire! it seemed too much; just at that time to be giving her such an indulgence was exciting even painful gratitude.
Chpt 32indulgence = luxury
- So thought Fanny, in good truth and sober sadness, as she sat musing over that too great indulgence and luxury of a fire upstairs: wondering at the past and present; wondering at what was yet to come, and in a nervous agitation which made nothing clear to her but the persuasion of her being never under any circumstances able to love Mr. Crawford, and the felicity of having a fire to sit over and think of it.
Chpt 33indulgence = special pleasure (something enjoyed)
- She must say that she had more than half a mind to go with the young people; it would be such an indulgence to her; she had not seen her poor dear sister Price for more than twenty years; and it would be a help to the young people in their journey to have her older head to manage for them; and she could not help thinking her poor dear sister Price would feel it very unkind of her not to come by such an opportunity.
Chpt 37indulgence = special pleasure
- To her she was most injudiciously indulgent.
Chpt 39indulgent = extra kind and tolerant
- Susan tried to be useful, where she could only have gone away and cried; and that Susan was useful she could perceive; that things, bad as they were, would have been worse but for such interposition, and that both her mother and Betsey were restrained from some excesses of very offensive indulgence and vulgarity.
Chpt 40indulgence = excessive enjoyment (in this case, of something thought harmful)
- He must content himself with being only generally agreeable, and letting Susan have her share of entertainment, with the indulgence, now and then, of a look or hint for the better-informed and conscious Fanny.
Chpt 41indulgence = pleasure
- It was a real indulgence to her to hear or to speak of Mansfield.
Chpt 41
- Portsmouth was Portsmouth; Mansfield was home. They had been long so arranged in the indulgence of her secret meditations, and nothing was more consolatory to her than to find her aunt using the same language: "I cannot but say I much regret your being from home at this distressing time, so very trying to my spirits."
Chpt 45indulgence = special pleasure
- Too late he became aware how unfavourable to the character of any young people must be the totally opposite treatment which Maria and Julia had been always experiencing at home, where the excessive indulgence and flattery of their aunt had been continually contrasted with his own severity.
Chpt 48 *indulgence = extra kindness and tolerance
- He saw how ill he had judged, in expecting to counteract what was wrong in Mrs. Norris by its reverse in himself; clearly saw that he had but increased the evil by teaching them to repress their spirits in his presence so as to make their real disposition unknown to him, and sending them for all their indulgences to a person who had been able to attach them only by the blindness of her affection, and the excess of her praise.
Chpt 48indulgences = special privileges
Definition:
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(indulgent) to treat with extra kindness or tolerance