standard of comfort

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But much more investigation than has yet been possible would be necessary before it could be determined whether these instances of a higher standard of comfort are or are not exceptions to a general rule.

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

That the poor could thus become fastidious was a good sign of the rising standard of comfort.

From Mediaeval Socialism by Jarrett, Bede

Mean and comfortless dwellings imply not only a low standard of comfort, but often a low morality.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

It is not then precisely with the "standard of comfort" of male and female workers that we are concerned.

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

The Old West raised the issues of nativism and a lower standard of comfort.

From The Frontier in American History by Turner, Frederick Jackson