You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself. From LearnThat.org. [Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]
Adverb : Please come here. Will you please turn the radio off?. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to please the public. ,May it please your Majesty. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : Go where you please. ,manners that please. From Dictionary.com.
The word "kálvária" in the title pleased him, but so did the letter Y, which is why he called his country Kylwyria. From Wordnik.com. [signandsight.com] Reference
The three runners-up for the title pleased Vaizey by committing themselves to go ahead with their own programmes anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Derry celebrates culture capital success] Reference
Then her name pleased them very much; it was Angela. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
But the name pleased her after her beloved lord had explained. From Wordnik.com. [The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul] Reference
"I don't know that pleased is exactly the word," said Elizabeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire Within] Reference
The word pleased him, he felt he had come to his own conclusions. From Wordnik.com. [Women in Love] Reference
The name pleased him, or suited him as well as any other, and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Curiosity Shop] Reference
"Can you guess my name pleased to meet you" it is a song … …. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
The locket and chain pleased me, and I suffered him to carry me to bed. From Wordnik.com. [Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls] Reference
When Mr. Donald went up to his room he looked around him in pleased surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Second Chance] Reference
The phrase pleased as punch apparently refers to his unfailing triumph over enemies. From Wordnik.com. [They’ll Call it “Scalzidelphia” For a Day « Whatever] Reference
Never doubting it was my husband, I lay there in pleased expectation of his entrance. From Wordnik.com. [The Hidden Hand] Reference
And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 13: 1 Paralipomenon The Challoner Revision] Reference
He stooped his head to enter the doorway of my room, and looked about him in pleased surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Aleta Dey] Reference
The name pleased him vaguely, and now that he had captured it, it stuck like a burr in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Lost Himself] Reference
The name pleased him, or suited him as well as any other, and the Bachelor he had ever since remained. From Wordnik.com. [Old Curiosity Shop] Reference
And smiled—an expression of pleased threat and absolute mastery, an expression like poison over ice. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Mirror] Reference
The phrase pleased him so well that he smoked for awhile contemplatively, so as not to mar the effect of his point. From Wordnik.com. [The Bread-winners A Social Study] Reference
If others approve and are pleased, that is very good. From Wordnik.com. [Developing Balanced Sensitivity: Practical Buddhist Exercises for Daily Life (Revised Second Edition) ��� 18 Relaxing Triplistic Appearances of Mind's Natural Functions] Reference
Empson tells me that Malthus is well pleased, which is. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1] Reference
Willen understood instantly, and the idea pleased him. From Wordnik.com. [The Covenant of the Forge]
The sight of the large, bright coin pleased him a little. From Wordnik.com. [Sister Carrie: a Novel] Reference
Your immediate boss seems pleased, which is what really counts. From Wordnik.com. [BNET Articles] Reference
That word pleased them, and they I held the bridal with mickle joy. From Wordnik.com. [Old French Romances] Reference
The homely native word pleased the old man, and he smiled leniently. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
And the notion pleased, and so did the languor and the heavy content. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia: the Old Dominion] Reference
I was pleased, that is, until I found out who they were touring with. From Wordnik.com. [mrbradley Diary Entry] Reference
He could do as he pleased, that is, provided he did not please to leave. From Wordnik.com. [Destination Brain]
And this word pleased to them all, and they chose seven men, of whom the blessed. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Legend, vol. 2] Reference
Napoleon had a liking for Bossuet's genius and doctrine, and the idea pleased him. From Wordnik.com. [World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France] Reference
It could not be possible, Victoria told herself, that the idea pleased her sister. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Silence] Reference
At first the idea pleased me, but the more I thought about it, the more my enthusiasm cooled. From Wordnik.com. [The Mummy Case]
TV will eventually come to the UK -- pleased, that is, once we explain what FLO TV actually is. From Wordnik.com. [Crave at CNET UK] Reference
And, as she said it, she heard in the lilt of her own voice how very much the idea pleased her. From Wordnik.com. [Massage] Reference
The oddity of the idea pleased them, and the smaller the dimensions of such a servitor, the greater was his value. From Wordnik.com. [History of King Charles the Second of England] Reference
"pleased" - while about four in 10 describe it in negative ways, as "disappointed" or. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
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