The French trapper is represented as a lighter, softer, more
self-indulgent kind of man.
A man of genius, of an ardent temperament, reckless of physical laws,
self-indulgent, becomes presently unfortunate, querulous, a "discomfortable cousin," a thorn to himself and to others.
He was, in short, in his after-dinner mood; more expanded and genial, and also more
self-indulgent than the frigid and rigid temper of the morning; still he looked preciously grim, cushioning his massive head against the swelling back of his chair, and receiving the light of the fire on his granite-hewn features, and in his great, dark eyes; for he had great, dark eyes, and very fine eyes, too--not without a certain change in their depths sometimes, which, if it was not softness, reminded you, at least, of that feeling.
Doubtless; but I fear that my young relative Will Ladislaw is chiefly determined in his aversion to these callings by a dislike to steady application, and to that kind of acquirement which is needful instrumentally, but is not charming or immediately inviting to
self-indulgent taste.
I hope it is not
self-indulgent to shed these tears as I think of it.
Clare was good-natured and
self-indulgent, and sought to buy off with presents and flatteries; and when Marie became mother to a beautiful daughter, he really felt awakened, for a time, to something like tenderness.
Seen from the front he looked like a mild,
self-indulgent bachelor, with rooms in the Albany--which he was.
Villeneuve, who directed the Oscar-winning 'Arrival', called the four-hour cut "too
self-indulgent.
The court heard she occupied herself with online shopping and Judge Rees described her purchases as "nothing necessary - frivolous and
self-indulgent items".
It is a time when our party should be uniting to deal with the real issues that face Britain and the real issues that face the people of Britain, and so to create divisions in the party is a bit of a
self-indulgent act," the spokesman said.
The appeal of recruiting the unqualified to the ranks of Governments seems somewhat
self-indulgent and perverse, contrary to any aspiration to promote GOATTs (Government Of All The Talents), and whilst it may give column inches in the Press, does not inspire best practice or good governance.
Not only does the IRS take your money, not give you proper answers, but then when it comes to tens of millions of dollars, use it in a way that is, at best, maliciously
self-indulgent," (http://issa.
