Adjective : The sponsors are well-disposed toward our plan. From Dictionary.com.
Here have we a bold and well-disposed pupil indeed. From Wordnik.com. [The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1] Reference
A precious, well-disposed pair of brothers you are!. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
Your conduct has endeared you to every well-disposed inhabitant in this. From Wordnik.com. [A Source Book of Australian History] Reference
He seemed to be on the best of terms with some well-disposed harlequin. From Wordnik.com. [The Flaw in the Sapphire] Reference
It irritated the well-disposed inhabitants, from whom fees were exacted by the. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
All this he had found, with, in addition, a well-disposed and industrious people. From Wordnik.com. [Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party] Reference
Congress was not well-disposed toward the project, and the Court was abolished in 1913. From Wordnik.com. [The United States Since the Civil War] Reference
This is all he knows; and his owner, however well-disposed he may be, cannot teach him more. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
He, however, was not one of the hostile party, but was very well-disposed towards Mr. Smith. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Old Liverpool] Reference
Issued a proclamation against mad dogs, cautioning all well-disposed persons to avoid their society. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841] Reference
Upon the whole, his book displays all the qualities of a well-disposed man, as well as of an able farmer. From Wordnik.com. [On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions] Reference
So that altogether the man was a mystery; a mystery, however, toward which the kindly people were well-disposed. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
The intendant of that mosque was a just and well-disposed gentleman, who was averse to giving offence to anybody. From Wordnik.com. [The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2] Reference
The Sultan (at whose court there is a British Resident) is well-disposed, but has lost most of his influence inland. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
Meeting Mackenzie he stated this fact, saying at the same time that he found him a well-disposed and capable seaman. From Wordnik.com. [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference
I write, so that the luxury of some under the specious guise of economy may not impose upon you as a well-disposed youth. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873] Reference
The presence of the troops has given a sense of security to the well-disposed citizens and has tended to restrain the lawless. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
'With the view of providing effectually for the prevention of crime and disorder, and the safety of all well-disposed persons in. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
It will surely not be claimed by any well-disposed people that a remedy may be sought and allowed in a system of quasi smuggling. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
His wife was a tolerably well-disposed woman in some instances -- she was a tall, thin-visaged woman, and stood high in the community. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
All peaceable and well-disposed inhabitants are called upon to assist the authorities in quelling disorder and apprehending the rioters. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917] Reference
I felt no hesitation about this venture, for I did not intend to ask more of my hens than a well-disposed hen ought to be willing to grant. From Wordnik.com. [The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm] Reference
Yet friend Hicks grew more well-disposed toward me, and cared to talk much of himself to me; which always shows that a man thinks well of thee. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878.] Reference
It came to pass in this same year, 1398, in the month of September, when the Plague was still amongst us that a well-disposed Lay Brother named. From Wordnik.com. [The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes] Reference
She was a well-disposed little creature, and those hours spent alone often brought serious thoughts, which molded and beautified her character. From Wordnik.com. [Apples, Ripe and Rosy, Sir] Reference
In this bloodless revolution we have an instance both of the determination, and peaceable, orderly, and well-disposed tendencies of the Greek people. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
God-fearing man; yet during Abe's early life, the most that can be said for his father is that he was an honest, hard-working, and well-disposed man. From Wordnik.com. [Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow] Reference
To the fretful man others seem fretful; to the envious man, envious; and so with the well-disposed, gentle, and generous; sunshine prevails over shadows. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Here I feel drawn to speak of something very particular, and in so doing to offer my well-disposed readers an opportunity to go about a splendid business. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
That the native races are generally well-disposed towards the Dutch is borne out by the number that take service under the Government as police and as soldiers. From Wordnik.com. [Dutch Life in Town and Country] Reference
So when Placidia heard this, she thought that Aetius was exceedingly well-disposed towards the emperor's cause and took under consideration the question of Boniface. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Wars, Books III and IV (of 8) The Vandalic War] Reference
Cultivated, well-poised, well-disposed persons need never be afraid of indulging their conversation to a certain extent with gossip, because they indulge it in the right way. From Wordnik.com. [Conversation What to Say and How to Say it] Reference
For ten years during the early part of the reign of Victoria, Chartism was like a dark shadow over the land, causing much uneasiness among peaceable and well-disposed persons. From Wordnik.com. [Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901] Reference
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