Word: companionship
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...latest collection of memoirs covers the years 1762-64 when Boswell, realizing that he was not going to receive a commission in London, moves on to study Civil Law in Utrecht. Though be misses England and Dr. Johnson's companionship, Boswell finds himself surrounded by all the nobility of Gorman Court and the Hague. Nothing could be more to his liking...
Nock's associates, while delighted by his eccentricities, always stress his many kindnesses to those around him. His acquaintanceship with under-graduates is somewhat limited, but to the graduate and even the professor, he is always helpful. Personally, he counts the companionship of the Society of Fellows as extraordinarily valuable...
...Good Times. Toward the end of the Alemán regime, the government's gay caballeros seemed to abandon all restraint. The smiling President, who loved the companionship of happy people and prided himself on his conviviality, went from one party to another. Sometimes the cronies would repair to an Acapulco yacht or to one of the ranches, and certain members of the inner circle would invite a planeload of high-spirited girls to join the party. At one time or another, the name of almost every well-known Mexican movie actress was whispered as a presidential party guest...
...wife and I have been truly, deeply in love, and knowing her as well as I do, I feel that any real happiness for her would have lain in my happiness or companionship, etc. We were married Nov. 10, 1951, after a courtship of several years, and our child was born Dec. 9, 1952. That leaves either both wife and child behind (living), or both dying with me. I have chosen the latter...
...intervening months will be lonely on the first level, of course, but comfort outranks companionship...