standard of comfort

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But even making these admissions, his words seem to be evidence of a standard of comfort higher in some respects than could be attained by the corresponding classes to-day.

From Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women by Various

One class holds land of a fertility, quantity, and situation that enables the occupier to live at a reasonable standard of comfort out of the produce, and pay a rent.

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.

The standard of comfort in mere material things is now so high in well-to-do households that to a healthy nature the millionaire can add little to it.

From The Map of Life Conduct and Character by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

Families are restricted whenever the parents have social ambitions and a standard of comfort.

From The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 by Inge, William Ralph

Next to a necessary in this respect will come what is termed a "conventional necessary," something which by custom has been firmly implanted as an integral portion of the standard of comfort.

From The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)