What is "contenting"

Usage examples of "contenting".

I imperiously told him to sit down, and he obeyed me in amazement, contenting himself with turning his back.

Her legs were moulded by the hand of the Graces and I wiped them amorously, laughing within myself at her expression of gratitude, and I then laid her in bed, contenting myself with a solemn kiss on her pretty forehead.

Diligently train your ideals UPWARD and STILL UPWARD toward a summit where you will find your chiefest pleasure in conduct which, while contenting you, will be sure to confer benefits upon your neighbor and the community.

The impulse to CONTENT HIS OWN SPIRIT--the NECESSITY of contenting his own spirit and WINNING ITS APPROVAL.

Hamilton's act was compelled by the inborn necessity of contenting his own spirit.

There is NO act, large or small, fine or mean, which springs from any motive but the one--the necessity of appeasing and contenting one's own spirit.

A man performs but ONE duty--the duty of contenting his spirit, the duty of making himself agreeable to himself.

Apparently, then, all men, both good and bad ones, devote their lives to contenting their consciences.

He could not perform that duty for duty's SAKE, for that would not content his spirit, and the contenting of his spirit must be looked to FIRST.

SECONDARILY you made preparation to save the girl, but PRIMARILY its object was to save yourself, by contenting the Master.

Ryan had left the Steyr SSG-70 with the wag, contenting himself with the SIG-Sauer.

He was too petrified to answer, contenting himself with the slightest movement of his head, from side to side, hoping that J.

Ryan had left the Steyr rifle back in the land wag, contenting himself with the SIG-Sauer P-226, which rested in its unbuttoned holster.

Crawley paid his personal visits, contenting himself by leaving a card at his aunt’s house, and making a modest inquiry of Mr.

The temper of the Jews was incapable of contenting itself with such a cold and languid assent as might satisfy the mind of a Polytheist.