Word: pleasantly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...imperfect rendering of the original: there seems indeed to be no really good poetical translation of the play, so that it is to be regretted that a careful prose translation, such as that which Professor White read some months ago, was not adopted. The book, however, will be a pleasant souvenir of a performance which cannot fail to have made a deep impression on all who have seen it, or who are to see it to-night and to-morrow...
...That will be very pleasant," I remarked cheerfully...
...they landed on the sandy shore; and, when he had drawn the boat beyond the chance of its being carried off, they walked side by side up a little eminence that overlooked the lake, and then seated themselves beneath the trees, in a position that was both picturesque and pleasant; she leaning idly against a great brown trunk, he stretched upon the grass, leaning his head upon his hand. It was cooler here than anywhere else, and that was a point gained; besides, they could look...
...burnished waters in the sun, the tufted crags and narrowing inlets, the long stretches of forest, and finally, like a sheltering rim, the purple hills. Yes, this was decidedly pleasant - to me especially - who was the young man in question, for it was in the charming village of Centre Harbor that I found myself during the vacation which followed my Junior year...
...that even, in the case of some of the societies for the pursuit of knowledge, is the lack of a qualification for membership. In the Natural History Society and the Art Club, for example, there are many men who have no other qualification for membership than that they are pleasant fellows and can afford to pay the dues. Instead of admitting only men who are fitted for membership, either by great proficiency or enthusiasm in the subject, many are proposed for membership by their friends, and elected, simply that they may boast one more shingle or medal. These men have...