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Meanings of little comforts in English

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Usage of little comforts in English
1
Roger missed little comforts, attentions, and he missed Deborah most of all.
His Family
2
The others are all married, much married, and like their little comforts.'
Cinderella in the South: Twenty-Five South African Tales
3
They seem always to have ignored the little comforts and elegancies of life.
The Sowers
4
I will comb your hair for you; that is one of the little comforts.
The Brick Moon, and Other Stories
5
With all their little comforts destroyed, the survivors were thrown still further back into barbarism.
A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
6
A prospective buyer looks at a lot of houses, he's knocked out by little comforts.
Flesh and blood
7
All the little comforts of life-don'tyou miss them?
The Path of a Star
8
She feels it such a privilege to watch over him and attend to his little comforts.
Herb of Grace
9
The little clearing widened gradually its circle, and many little comforts, at first wanting, were obtained.
Lizzy Glenn; Or, The Trials of a Seamstress
10
I don't do much, but can send little comforts to mother and Betty, and keep May neat.
Stories of Achievement, Volume IV, Authors and Journalists
11
Then he added, fiercely, "Mother can't be stinted of her little comforts even for Ellen."
The Portion of Labor
12
And he's thinking that he doesn't have to make sure that you have all your little comforts anymore.
Black house
13
Foolishness, not to have bought a few little comforts, waste of the money, and waste of the clothes.
The Solitary Summer
14
One hundred and fifty dollars would procure many little comforts which otherwise you may have to do without.
Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm and the Camp
15
Of such is the Trail, of such its wonders, its pleasures, its little comforts, its annoyances, its dangers.
The Mountains
16
They appear also to have had a kind solicitude about his little comforts, of value infinitely beyond aiding them.
The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 / With a Life of the...
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