Meaning of conveniency | Babel Free

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Convenience.

countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“[…] with all brief and plain conveniency, Let⟳ me have⟳ judgment […]”

“Euery day, thou dofftſt me, vvith ſome deuiſe Iago; / And rather, as it ſeemes to me, thou keepeſt from me, / All conueniency, then ſupplieſt me, vvith the leaſt / Aduantage of hope⟳: […]”

“[…] we are rather intent upon the end⟳ of Gods glory, than our own⟳ conveniency or temporal satisfaction.”

“1791, Samuel Johnson, quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, London: Charles Dilly, Volume 2, “1776,” p. 21, A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of being in danger.”

“They refuse⟳ to legalize the marriages of their slaves, but induce them to form⟳ such temporary connexions as may suit⟳ the owner’s conveniency, just as they would pair the lower animals; and this man has the effrontery to tell⟳ us so!”

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