standard of comfort

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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

Just as it is admitted that the result of an equal shortening of hours will be different in every trade, so will the result of a given rise in standard of comfort be different.

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

In the United States and in a few trades of Holland, where the standard of comfort was as high or higher than in the corresponding English industries, more or better work was done.

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

It is easy to conjure up conditions under which the standard of comfort of wage-earners in England would be seriously threatened.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" by Various

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