Of the shorter poems, besides the greeting to Pippin on his return from the campaign against the Avars ( 796 ), an epistle to David ( Charlemagne ) incidentally reveals a delightful picture of the poet living with his children in a house surrounded by pleasant gardens near the emperor's palace.

She and Beatrix remained friends throughout their lives and Annie's eight children were the recipients of many of Potter ’ s delightful picture letters.

He was the friend of John Hales and Chillingworth, was celebrated by Ben Jonson, John Suckling, Abraham Cowley and Edmund Waller in verse, and in prose by Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, who calls him the " incomparable " Falkland, and draws a delightful picture of his society and hospitality.

More Disumbrationist paintings followed: a composition of zig-zag lines and eyeballs he called " Illumination "; a garish picture of a black woman doing laundry which he called " Aspiration ", and which a critic praised as " a delightful jumble of Gauguin, Pop Hart and Negro minstrelsy, with a lot of Jerdanowitch individuality "; " Gination ", an ugly, lopsided portrait ; and a painting named " Adoration ", of a woman worshipping an immense phallic idol, which was exhibited in 1927.

The Independent newspaper has described it as a " delightful and worthwhile publications, more footnote than story, that delivers a comprehensive picture of a clandestine world which the Establishment would prefer remained secret ".

… Mr Telford was of the most genial disposition and a delightful companion, his laugh was the heartiest I ever heard ; it was a pleasure to be in his society.

This is the most delightful trial I have ever had '', she decided.

Bedtime is late, for the balmy evenings are delightful and everyone wants to linger under the stars.

`` Your voice is delightful '', he approved with a warm smile.

One of the most delightful spots in a southern tour is the city of New Orleans.

William R. Stillwell, an admirable Georgian whose delightful correspondence is preserved in the Georgia Department of Archives and History, liked to tease his wife in his letters.

You will come to Alemagna, a delightful, though moderately expensive restaurant, which is particularly noted for its exceptional selection of ice creams and patisseries.

He dropped his earlier and delightful hamming, which is about the only way to handle the old war horse called `` Charley's Aunt '', and let himself go with as appealing an `` Amy '' as anybody could ask.

* Phileo: Also used in the New Testament, phileo is a human response to something that is found to be delightful.

… if you consider the Historical Playes of Shakespeare, they are rather so many Chronicles of Kings, or the business many times of thirty or forty years, crampt into a representation of two hours and a half, which is not to imitate or paint Nature, but rather to draw her in miniature, to take her in little ; to look upon her through the wrong end of a Perspective, and receive her Images not onely much less, but infinitely more imperfect then the life: this instead of making a Play delightful, renders it ridiculous.

In her early novel Dawn O ' Hara, the title character's aunt is said to have remarked, " Being an old maid was a great deal like death by drowning-a really delightful sensation when you ceased struggling.

Love is the most powerful, messy, delightful and dangerous emotion ... Willow's in love.

Film critic Bosley Crowther wrote, " Mr. Tracy and Miss Hepburn are the stellar performers in this show and their perfect compatibility in comic capers is delightful to see.

The similarity to Atlantis has led some to conclude that Akallabêth is one very long setup for what Tolkien would have considered a delightful pun, but Tolkien described it as merely a happy coincidence.

The shopping experience can range from " delightful " to " terrible ," based on a variety of factors including how the customer is treated, convenience, and mood.

" Another champion of the work was Friedrich Nietzsche, who claimed to know it by heart ; " It is music that makes no pretensions to depth, but it is delightful in its simplicity, so unaffected and sincere ".

A review in DVD Talk concluded that Beban's performance was able to overcome the film's melodramatic premise :" Beppo is a delightful character ... His rage after being robbed was another standout moment.

The church is home to the Monkey Park-which was once home to a menagerie kept by a past Reverend of the Church, but is now a delightful garden.

One of the most delightful walks in the whole Tamborine area is the Cedar Creek Circuit ( 3. 2 km ) which explores the creek's various cascades, rock pools and plant communities, such as open and dry rainforest and hoop pines.

Hiawatha is nicknamed the " City of Beautiful Maples " because of its countless trees that produce delightful colors in the fall season.

Nothing On is set in " a delightful 16th-century posset mill " that has been converted to a modern dwelling for which renters are solicited ; the fictional playwright is appropriately named Robin Housemonger.

In 1993 the Library Journal said that So Long and Thanks for all the Fish was " filled with loopy humor and pretzel logic that makes Adams ' writing so delightful ".

" Variety praised the third special, The Raccoons and the Lost Star, calling it " a rollicking good adventure filled with space-age animation, high-tech gadgetry, lilting tunes, a lovable sheepdog, and the delightful Raccoons team.

Sherwood remembered her childhood as a delightful time filled with exciting " adventures " undertaken with her brother.

In a delightful and auspicious part of the city rose the palace of the Pandavas filled with every kind of wealth and like unto the mansion of the celestial treasurer ( Kubera ) himself.

The strange, delightful little character pieces with their odd and sometimes inexplicable titles are still evocative and gracious.

His works typically utilized delightful and decorative designs to illustrate graceful stories with Arcadian shepherds, goddesses and cupids playing against a pink and blue sky.

Among later writers, ambrosia has been so often used with generic meanings of " delightful liquid " that such late writers as Athenaeus, Paulus and Dioscurides employ it as a technical terms in contexts of cookery, medicine, and botany.

Rossini introduced the " Ranz des Vaches " into his masterpiece William Tell, along with many other delightful melodies scattered throughout the opera in vocal and instrumental parts that are well-suited to the alphorn.

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film three-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it " delightful and sly ", and directed with " light-hearted enchantment " by Newell.

#*:" In some of the delightful conversations with you, in the evenings of 1798 – 99, and which served as an anodyne to the afflictions of the crisis through which our country was then laboring, the Christian religion was sometimes our topic ; and I then promised you, that one day or other, I would give you my views of it.

In service the aircraft performed well being described as delightful to fly with none of the vices associated with large rotary engines, however deck landings on ships were hazardous in this period and the accident rate was high.

His Blue Nudes series feature prime examples of this technique he called " painting with scissors "; they demonstrate the ability to bring his eye for colour and geometry to a new medium of utter simplicity, but with playful and delightful power.

The guitars of the Magic Band mercilessly bend and stretch notes in a way that suggests that the world of music has wobbled clear off its axis ," with the lyrics demonstrating " Beefheart's ability to juxtapose delightful humor with frightening insights ".

" Basically, the reader would expect " delightful horrors " only to feel betrayed with a much less exciting ending.

" TV Guide characterizes it as " a delightful and effervescent comedy marked with terrific performances " and praises Coburn as " nothing short of superb, stealing scene after scene with astonishing ease.

:" Renaissance men developed a delightful, yet horrible way of dealing with their mad denizens: they were put on a ship and entrusted to mariners because folly, water, and sea, as everyone then ' knew ', had an affinity for each other.

An abbreviation of this work, which as a book of travel is even more delightful than its predecessors, was published in 1894, shortly after the author's death, with a brief introductory notice by Lord Aberdare.

Variety termed it " a delightful, entertaining trifle of a film that shows both the possibilities and limitations of taking liberties with literature and history.

Before Sunset, the Linklater-directed sequel to Before Sunrise which Hawke co-wrote with Linklater and Delpy, was more successful, with a contributor of The Hartford Courant reporting that the three collaborators keep Hawke and Delpy's characters " iridescent and fresh ", concluding that they are the most delightful and moving of all romantic movie couples.