Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ride, which on account of the dust would have been unbearable at noonday, was made pleasant by the coolness of approaching evening, and, for the first part, by the picturesqueness of the scenery on either side of us. The sun had set, and lights and shadows chased one another over the hills. I wish I could describe their effect. The gloom soon deepened, but there was plenty of light to guide us until the moon should rise. After three hours of riding we were neither of us sorry to catch sight of our friend's place. Don Reggio's grounds...
...Many a pleasant time did we enjoy at Don Reggio's, but we never heard the last of our quasi ghost...
Edmund and I had arranged to climb Red Hill together some time during his stay. It was a pleasant tramp, - some ten miles to the summit and back, - and the beautiful September weather made him very anxious to attempt it. I was less eager, for obvious reasons. We started off in the afternoon. Edith came to the doorway just as we took the road. We looked back, and she waved her hand at us. It was the last time - except once...
...wishes. It is a strange delusion, too, that the poor fellow should imagine himself to be doing a large importing business at Buenos Ayres. But he is kept out doors as much as possible, always with the attendants in sight. It is a small but well-furnished and pleasant house at Manumet Point, near Plymouth, where he lives...
...first chorus is among the most comprehensible. It is simple, bold, and spirited. The dancing measures occurring at the beginning of the third strophe (p. 20 of the pianoforte score), make a pleasant variety, and the whole has a rythmical ring appropriate to a festive hymn...