c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 133 (MED) A horse oweth to be kept..so that he faille not by defaute in to myche abstynence on the tone side and that he be not rebelle to the spirite and to prowde by pamperynge on the tother side.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBBii Pamperyng or ouermoche cherysshyng of our bodyes.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sagginatione, a pampring, a cramming, or feeding fat.

a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Spanish Gipsie (1653) iv. sig. H Can..Taffaty Girles looke plumpe without pampering?

1684 B. Keach Progress of Sin vi. 144 Others..will not give the tenth part of that which they bestow needlesly for the pampering of the Flesh (or gratifying of the sensual Appetites) to Cloath the Naked.

1744 T. Odell Prodigal i. i. 12 We kill ourselves in England with filthy Pampering.

a1783 H. Brooke Poet. Wks. (1792) II. iii. 57 The tendrils next, of slender helpless size, Ascendant thro' luxuriant pampering rise.

1812 W. Cobbett in Exam. 19 Oct. 671/2 The enriching and pampering of those who render no public service.

1857 E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë I. iv. 72 His reply was to the effect that the children were to be trained up to regard higher things than dainty pampering of the appetite.

1877 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 10) xviii. 254 Sins, demoniac grown By pamperings unrestrained.

1930 Z. Fitzgerald Coll. Writings (1991) 339 The dreams and pamperings of parents still guided by the wisdom of an epoch when the mere fact of children to run the farm was an asset.

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1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. sig. Eeiv Your stody chief is daunse in pampring feasts w^t giglet flirts.

?1573 L. Lloyd Pilgrimage of Princes f. 50^v A heape of vices waite on pampering Princes.

a1625 J. Sempill Picktooth for Pope (1669) 13 Puft vp with pampering pride of paltred pelfs.

1670 J. Eachard Grounds Contempt of Clergy 90 An hardy and labouring Clergy, that is mortified to a Horse, and all such pampering vanities.

1699 J. Pomfret Choice 47 Pamp'ring food Creates diseases and inflames the blood.

a1783 H. Brooke Poet. Wks. (1792) II. v. 96 The peach this pampering epicure devours.

1845 W. G. Simms Count Julian v. ix. 156 The tyrant who permitted and provoked the slaughter, passed on without emotion to the proud palace and the pampering feast.

1896 Overland Monthly Nov. 517/2 These scenes are the heritage alone of those who are willing for many weary days to renounce the pampering protection of the cities and towns.

1940 M. Dickens Mariana vi. 190 Mary was surrounded by a horde of pampering attendants.

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