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Example sentences for "well received"

  • I then said, "I feel much hurt that Count Las Cases should have stated to Lord Keith, that I had promised Buonaparte should be well received in England, or indeed made promises of any sort.

  • He might be well received in this new country, but he might be sacrificed to these gods of theirs; and in that case Malinche might share his fate--as she said that even women were offered up.

  • He had closely inquired, from Malinche, whether she thought he would be well received, did he reach her country.

  • Even if well received, he might not be able to have Malinche with him.

  • On the 6th of August, Count Las Cases, for the first time, hinted to Captain Maitland, that he had understood him to have given an assurance, that Napoleon should be well received in England.

  • The other monks (whose sermons were not so well received) denounced him to the Inquisition of Toledo, as suspected of Lutheranism.

  • Shun them not only in reality, but even in appearance, if you would be well received in good company; for people will always be shy of receiving a man who comes from a place where the plague rages, let him look ever so healthy.

  • Abbe Guasco, a friend of mine, will come to you as soon as he knows of your arrival at Paris; he is well received in the best companies there, and will introduce you to them.

  • But, Sir, you and I should not have been so well received in the Highlands and Hebrides, if I had not drunk with our worthy friends.

  • I cannot say how happy I am that the entrĂ©e publique into Paris succeeded so well, and that the dear King was so well received; I trust he will now at last be rewarded for all the troubles and anxiety he has had ever since 1830.

  • The Administration will undoubtedly be well received by me, the more so as I have real confidence in them, and in particular in Lord Melbourne, who is a straightforward, honest, clever and good man.

  • Some fresh vegetables would be well received in the Nautilus's pantry.

  • Yet who knows if it would be well received?

  • Well received in scholarly circles, this book had established me as a specialist in this pretty obscure field of natural history.

  • Clement Lindsay was so well received at his first visit that he ventured to repeat it several times, with so short intervals that it implied something more than a common interest in one of the members of the household.

  • They have been so well received by the public and the leading critics of this part of the State, that I think of having them printed in a volume.

  • Well received by the king, Lacerda remained some twelve days with him, and then proceeded upon his journey.

  • Well received by the natives, who sold him the provisions he needed at a reasonable price, the traveller was subjected by the brother and nephew of the king to endless indignities.

  • Well received by the King of Barra, he followed the course of the Gambia to a distance of three hundred leagues, traversed the remainder of Senegambia, and reached Gonda Konda in Yanvi.

  • He always received fresh respites, and lived in London as if it his own country, well received everywhere.

  • I felt that I must hasten to reassure her, feeling certain that I should find some excuses to make, and that they would be well received.

  • You will be well received, and with a little wit you ought to be able to make good use of the letter.

  • Go up to the second floor and you will be well received by an old woman, if you whisper my name to her.

  • They made therefore a great sensation by the precision of their execution, and were so well received that in the course of the winter another set could be given.

  • Of the performance of the Oratorio I alone remember that Fraeulein Mueller afterwards Madame Gruenbaum, sang exquisitely in it, and that the work was right well received by the public.

  • But besides that that scarcely ever happens, these visitors, although members of the royal Audiencia, are obliged to take recommendations from the convents of Manila before their departure, in order to be well received.

  • It they should come, they will be well received; and that will not be a bad beginning to induce others to come from the hill.

  • Melite was so well received, when he dressed her out, that she gave rise to a new species of comedy and comedians.

  • All of whatever degree, from the highest to the lowest, may be assured that their visit is well received.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    buttered bread; like surface; vice premier; well advised; well assured; well born; well calculated; well convinced; well cultivated; well dressed; well dried; well here; well inhabited; well kept; well know; well knowne; well laid; well made; well paid; well qualified; well rubbed; well skilled; well spoken; well they; well trained; young courtier