It is the Russian policy to be delightful to the ambassadorsmake life very easy for themshow them all that is brilliant and interestingopen all doors (society, etc.)

Here is another, delightful in its oddity.

The wagon held something that had been associated in their minds with the most delightful of times, and they felt as though they ought to continue to act as a guard of honor to the slow moving team.

"No poetry could express, nor imagination conceive, the visions of blessedness that flitted across her fancy, and made her waking hours more delightful than those even that were given to temporary repose."

Yes, with a good horse it is as delightful as sitting in a rocking-chair, but, if you were a rider of experience, you would not allow your horse to enter upon the gait without permission, but would bring him back to the trot by slightly pulling first the left rein and then the right, a movement which is called sawing the mouth.

It was all delightful for the ants and the other small things; all good in their way, who came seeking food.

We had an Italian friend, Count A., who went with us sometimes, and he was very debrouillard, made himself delightful at once to the fermiere and got whatever he wantedchairs and tables set out on the grass, with all the cows and colts and chickens walking about quite undisturbed by the unusual sights and sounds.

However, I was pleased to find two bright little girls to aid in the family greeting, which was delightful after the months of separation.

The selection of an open glade, and the procuring wood and water, and erecting temporary huts, were all delightful from their novelty.

And this gave a feeling of holiday and pleasure which was delightful beyond description, for all the busy people about were full of sympathy with the strangers, bidding them welcome, inviting them into their houses, making the warmest fellowship.

" Mrs. Hollenbeck did not press the subject then, but made herself thoroughly delightful during tea, and as we rose from the table renewed the request in a low tone to Mr. Langenau: and the result was, a little after eight o'clock he came into the parlor where we sat.

It must be delightful with that charming garden."

To be agreeable, it is not necessary to be amusing; an essay may be thoroughly delightful without a single witticism, while a monotone of jokes soon grows tedious.

Do you shun their society with aversion and secret shame; or do you enjoy their communion as one of the most delightful among your Christian privileges?

You who are careful and troubled about many things may dwell on it with great satisfaction, but children don't find it delightful by any means.

To me this ride is always interesting, so many points of historic interest line the way; but it was doubly delightful on that glorious July morning.

To me this occupation was especially delightful until quite lately, since the weather began to be rather warmer and the snakes to slide about.

Mighty is the charm Of those abstractions to a mind beset With images, and haunted by herself, 160 And specially delightful unto me Was that clear synthesis built up aloft So gracefully; even then when it appeared Not more than a mere plaything, or a toy To sense embodied: not the thing it is 165 In verity, an independent world, Created out of pure intelligence.

There was to me something indescribably delightful about this silent solitude in the heart of a great city.