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Othewise, what self-respecting apartment wouldn't have book walls, for Angela's teethin delectation only scan months later?. From Wordnik.com. [Happy Birthday, Angela Antoinette Crider!] Reference
So: Here today for your delectation is a piece from. From Wordnik.com. [Verbal Spew] Reference
Among the slew of newbies for our delectation is a legal thriller and a manga with bells (wedding bells, that is) on. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Or perhaps should that be 'delectation'; I'd noticed Julian Flynn averting his eyes, but I wasn't fooled - the way he licked at his lips gave his game away. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Venus] Reference
I think all these rumors are manufactured for our delectation and delight. From Wordnik.com. [NEWSMAKERS] Reference
Ross pulls out books for my delectation: quirky volumes and forgotten ones. From Wordnik.com. [Why there's more to cookbooks than recipes] Reference
Conan Doyle has created for our delectation many notable and ingenious cases of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
The idea opened up to Mr. Anstey a comic vista, which he has developed for our delectation. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
These are written by incompetent hacks for the dubious delectation of the lower middle class. From Wordnik.com. [The Status Civilization] Reference
These are no mares for the public service, or for the private delectation of some rich plebeian. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
As the big seaman deftly worked with iron hook and right hand, he spun yarns for the delectation of his mates. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
But on one occasion, for the delectation of some visitors, he turned them out in the afternoon before dusk, and. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
After three or four puffs, emitted through his nostrils with the delectation of a veteran smoker, he broke silence. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Many similar tales were printed for our delectation, and our credulity -- being of the siege order -- was pathetically fine. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
Nor was their admiration exhausted when they turned to the discussion of the toothsome dainties provided for their delectation. From Wordnik.com. [Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477] Reference
Accountants perused the numbers with all the delectation of a gourmand extracting that last little sturgeon egg from a jar of beluga. From Wordnik.com. [Jam Jar Politics] Reference
Xers have every right to be cynical about Hollywood's motives in merchandising their twentysomething angst for mainstream delectation. From Wordnik.com. [Romancing The Stoned] Reference
"No, it will pass," was his answer; and going to his easel he placed, with the help of his son, picture after picture, for my delectation. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896] Reference
The nervous baby should not be encouraged to exhibit its cuteness for the delectation of the family or the amusement of strangers and visitors. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
She sang well, and made a specialty of showing herself in "attitudes," or what we term now "living pictures," for the delectation of her guests. From Wordnik.com. [Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment] Reference
The patriotesses, who sat knitting on the stand erected near the machine for their daily delectation, agreed that she was an excellent diversion. From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
Here the ancient sport of bull-baiting was practised annually for the brutal, but thoughtless, delectation of the people of town and country side. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
The "Order of the Corks," both men and women, all went to see a grand series of Spanish dances at the theatre, got up for their delectation and amusement. From Wordnik.com. [A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel] Reference
I don't see any good reason why the best apartment in the house should be expressly constructed and designed for the particular delectation of the servants. From Wordnik.com. [Hollowmell or, A Schoolgirl's Mission] Reference
The house was packed to its utmost capacity with an audience that seemed decidedly to appreciate the bill of fare that had been prepared for their delectation. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
The picture of Rennes and the cruelty dealt its inhabitants was a pleasant picture, in the contemplation of which these ladies evidently found much delectation. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
MOTD2 has become a try-hard and four other nuggets of wisdom about the weekend's happenings from Barry Glendenning – now on the Sportblog for your delectation. From Wordnik.com. [Today in Sport – as it happened] Reference
After nine months Jhambaji was born and showed his miraculous origin in various ways, such as producing sweets from nothing for the delectation of his companions. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
"And she seems sort of lonely sometimes," Grace added, taking a chocolate nut from a dish of candy that Mollie had placed, for Grace's special delectation, on the table. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls on Pine Island Or, A Cave and What It Contained] Reference
There are many printed volumes of travels very inferior to those which could be made up from the letters of private persons abroad, composed purely for the delectation of friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
For an absolute certainty his bill-of-fare for the delectation of the unfortunate colonist will consist of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, plum pudding, and the old familiar throng. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
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