It would be pleasant to feel one was not working merely for oneself.
That's why it is pleasant in this grimy anonymity of death and courage to get reminders, such as your letter, that one was once localised and had a familiar history.
But take it all together, it was a bright, cheerful, pleasant Fourth.
Leaving New York about June 1st, a middle and pleasant route will be taken across the Atlantic, and passing through the group of Azores, St. Michael will be reached in about ten days.
The nights are already become cold and long; the sun, shining through my curtains, no more wakens me long before the hour for work; and even when my eyes are open, the pleasant warmth of the bed keeps me fast under my counterpane.
Let us talk of something pleasant and leave my latest to sleep in peace at the Victoria.
It was a pleasant place to walk, with the Hofgarten showing its fresh green picture between the frames of the arcaded arches.
They walked along the bank and came into the Stadtgarten, full of people laughing and talking with the liveliness that is so pleasant to see and so difficult, apparently, to import, unless it be in the steerage.
I do hope that you will have a pleasant journey,” she said cordially.
It would have been a very pleasant scene if one had not been a partner in it.
We were, indeed, in a pleasantand alluring spot at the time I addressed this observation to the good Cure.
Pleasant and soft was it to turn to one thought, to which all the holiest portions of my nature clung between the wearying acts of this hard and harsh drama of existence.
This reflection, if true, may console us for the loss of those village dances and pleasant holidays for which "merry England" was once celebrated.
A pleasant thing it was, too, to stop in the middle of a street, to listen to such description at full length, and find one's self rapidly becoming ice as the detail progressed.
They are referred to in an amusing manner by the inimitably comic Dickens, who, in Little Dorrit, puts into the mouth of his by no means pleasant character, Flora Finch, the description of them quoted at the head of the following chapter.
There was a pleasant coolness in the air, and the birds twittered merrily in tune with Nature's cheerful mood.
A very pleasant companion for the fireside," she said decidedly.
I hope you'll have a pleasant walk, miss," said Walker, and with that she disappeared.
Men were interesting, certainly, and pleasant companions, but were not to be taken seriously or to be believed in.
Or maybe only for an outing to the pleasant village of Hackney.
But if he did, for the same purpose, suck out all the Cocks-Egshels, it would be a much more rare and pleasant sight.
Here it may be plainly seen how pleasant and delightfull it is for the young woman, because her physiognomy begins to grow the longer the more frank and jocund.
Oh how pleasant is th'estate of married people, above that of Batchelors and Maids?
O how pleasant the free dispensation thereof is unto you!
And verily there is also a great deal of difference in the suffering, of such or uneasie fumbling at the back part; or the receiving of such pleasant and acceptable ingredients.
This to you you rogue) an' a pleasant honeymoon to us!
As he entered this hospitable roof, the early industry of his friend's wife presented him with a well-swept hearth and a pleasant fire, before which had been placed the identical chair that they had appropriated to his own use.
It is surely not making them any more lovely, or pleasant in their lives.
This is not pleasant to dwell upon, but was too important an influence in the campaign to leave unmentioned.
The skin of a healthy young animal has a pleasant odour, and its breath (notably in the case of the cow and the giraffe) is naturally sweet-smelling.
There seems to be no rule or principle at work by which smells can be definitely classed as either pleasant or unpleasant.
I was surprised to find in conversing with him how often I alluded to smells, either pleasant or unpleasant, when (as we had agreed he should) he would interrupt me and say that my remark had no meaning for him.
Though this is not a pleasant place on which to pass the night, I think we shall do wisely to remain here till daylight will enable us better to see our way," observed Alick.
We saw no traces, either, of Indian encampments, though from the pleasant character of the country we thought it probable that wood Indians might have made it their abode.
It was not pleasant to have to carry our saddles in addition to the knapsacks we each of us had at our backs.
This was not a pleasant thought, but still I hoped that if I could frighten it off I should not be further molested.
As the band had no spare horses, we each of us had to mount behind a Cree; far from a pleasant position, as we had to hold on with one hand, while we carried our guns in the other, and had also our packs on our backs.
I fear I'm disgracefully dull; but I don't seem able to think of anything except that it's very pleasant to be here again.
There was no one else in the room; the lamps were lighted and a log fire diffused a pleasant glow and an aromatic odor.
He was not a man of much conversational powers, but they had found his company pleasant in the grim solitudes.
They had, however, spent a pleasant day, and Andrew was going to Olcott's to dinner.
I'm glad you find things pleasant here; I thought you would," he said.
Leonard was a good example of the opposite type; but she found the other more pleasant to think about.
She had believed in him from the first, but it was pleasant to feel that others must recognize his merits.
Still, it was largely due to his efforts that dinner was a pleasant function without an awkward pause in it; and afterward the guests dispersed through several rooms to amuse themselves.
Getting off from the ground is by no means a pleasant sensation.
His was a pleasant occupation, that smacked largely of daring and romance.
It seems a life-time since we last saw thepleasant and undulating lines of the earth.
I found them pleasant fellows enough; young lieutenants of an infantry regiment.
The plenteous horns with pleasant mead they crown, Nor wanted aught besides in honour of the Moon.
But, what's so common, to make pleasant too, Is more than any wit can always do.
Your curious notes so search into that age, When all was fable but the sacred page, That, since in that dark night we needs must stray, We are at least misled in pleasant way.
After all, there are some things which can be done by a woman with tact and money, pleasant houses and an easy-going husband, that the cleverest statesman can't undo.
It was a dangerous, rather than a pleasant brightness; and Malvine, who had no cause to fear its menace for herself, wondered what the light betokened.
Such a summons could not be neglected; Otto's whole future depended on his brother's caprice, he hinted to the Baroness, in asking leave to desert her pleasant party for a few hours.
We are satisfied with this room, which you have made so pleasant for us.
He admired his complexion, which was like a girl's; pointed the ends of his fair moustache with nervous cigarette-stained fingers and wondered ruefully which of his pleasant peccadilloes had buzzed to Eberhard's ears.
I could guess how the pleasant bustle in my kitchen would hurt them by its holiday air, and I carried them off to see my Cloth-o'-Gold rose which had opened in the night, to the very crimson heart of it.
I think we had better go," said the doctor; "though God has bereft us of our own child, it will be pleasantfor us to watch the happy faces of others.
Sitting beside the bed was a lady of middle age and pleasant expression.
He was certain to be severely punished, more so than the evening before, and this was not a pleasant prospect to look forward to.
But he was soon reassured by the pleasant tone in which he was addressed.
And every boy you meet is either the one or the other, whatever else he may be, nice or not, pleasant and likable, or unpleasant and unlikable.
How pleasant the parlour looked on the evening of "Flaxy's" birthday.
The milk is very abundant, and is procured by incisions made in the trunk of the tree; it is tolerably thick, and of a glutinous quality, a pleasant taste, and agreeable smell.
It forms a pleasant addition to flavor food; it also yields an agreeable essential oil, and is accounted the best and mildest of common spices.
About three o'clock in the morning I was aroused from a pleasant sleep by my comrades, and heard all around me the hurried tramp of men.
The city of Beaufort is well laid out and looks quite pleasant from the water; but though there are a few good dwellings and some old-fashioned stores, the houses are scattering and the sand ankle-keep in the streets.
For a time the children fairly run riot in the pleasant country-side at Olive Mount; till the wholesome discipline of sorrow and the gentle influence of Miss Orpen their governess, lead them to find enjoyment in doing what is right.
Accompanying John Pennycuick and his dog Shock in their wanderings, we get a pleasant view of rural England, quiet and peaceful then, as it is now, and of London with its quaint old streets and houses.
The stories that Miss Grantley tells to her girls, duringpleasant evenings after school, are such as are likely to prove attractive to the girls in other schools.
This story introduces the reader to the pleasant home of an English maiden, to whom, on her fifteenth birthday, is given the diary of her great-grandmother and namesake Marie Hamilton.
Those who buy it as a Christmas gift for their juvenile relatives will find it a pleasant companion for their own idle hours when the boys have done with it.
Their escapades and narrow escapes from serious dangers form an exciting part of the narrative, which contains many pleasant episodes of life in the Channel Islands.
This is a pleasant account of some of the incidents which befel two little brothers, whose home was in a seaside village.
As the use of ordinary fertilizers might be disagreeable to these exalted personages on account of their bad odour, a pleasant and economical way has been found of supplying the small quantity of nourishment needed from eggs.
Behind thy back Stretch the fair, flower-decked meadows, full of light, And pleasant change of wooded hill and dale With tangled scrub of thorn and bramble bush, Which men call life.
We received him in state in the parlour, and with much ceremony and repeated bows he presented the gift, accompanying it with many pleasant messages from the Empress.
We had tea at a tea-house on the bank, and watched the fishermen in boats, and looked out over the pleasant landscape in the sunset glow of crimson and gold before the purple shadows fell across the plains.
All joined in drinking his health and in wishing him a pleasant voyage and a speedy return.
As there was a strong gale blowing the ferry did not put out, so this night was spent at Benten-jima, a pleasant little bathing resort at the mouth of the lagoon.
