Hospitable

Examples

• Mr. Bounderby looked more astonished than hospitable, at sight of this uninvited party in his dining-room. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The guests bowed deeply to the mourning parent, and withdrew from their hospitable guide. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Pious to guard the hospitable rite, And fearing Jove, whom mercy's works delight. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Christians upon a journey were always sure of a warm welcome and hospitable entertainment from their fellow-disciples. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Jo smothered a laugh at the sudden change, and when someone gave a modest tap, opened the door with a grim aspect which was anything but hospitable. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospitable and witty. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• To the servant who brought it he gave hospitable orders for the refreshment of the men in the kitchen. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Take a seat by the fire,' were her hospitable words when she had got him in; 'men of your calling are always welcome here. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Mr. Peggotty and Ham knew what was in my thoughts as well as I did, and were ready with some supper and their hospitable faces to drive it away. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• His very clothes seemed to partake of the hospitable nature of the wearer. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• A recognition of what an incubus it is should make us hospitable to all those devices which aim at making politics responsive by disturbing the alignments of habit. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The Arab conquerors, however, s howed themselves singularly hospitable to the culture of the n ations over which they had gained control. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• Mrs. Thornton gave Mr. Bell her formal, hospitable welcome. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Don't you be at all put out, miss, by the want of a hospitable look from Mrs. Snagsby there, because she's under a mistake altogether. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Miss Keeldar's frank, hospitable manners were perfectly charming to him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Welcome,' said their hospitable host, throwing it open and stepping forward to announce them, 'welcome, gentlemen, to Manor Farm. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• For Jove unfolds the hospitable door, 'Tis Jove that sends the strangers and the poor. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• They tried to persuade him to take them to some more hospitable coast near enough to civilization so that they might hope to fall into friendly hands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• She was the most hospitable and jovial of old vestals, and had been a beauty in her day, she said. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It gives an interest in the applications of knowledge, offers a clue to the complex civilization of the present, and renders the mind hospitable to new discoveries and inventions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• I would never marry after threescore, but live in a hospitable manner, yet still on the saving side. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The door of the inn stood wide open, but there was no hospitable hurry to receive the travellers. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• I had lit their candles to go upstairs, but Diana had first to give hospitable orders respecting the driver; this done, both followed me. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They are simple, kind-hearted, hospitable people, and she has known them from her childhood. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mrs. Rouncewell is full of hospitable cares, for Sir Leicester and my Lady are coming home from Paris. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It looks hospitable, and I want the poor child to have a good time after all her trouble, said Mrs. March, suiting the action to the word. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Above all, he was known to be liberal and hospitable, and believed to be good-natured. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• We staid at this great convent all night, guests of the hospitable priests. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Never had visitors a more hospitable reception. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Remember,' said Mr. Pickwick, with beaming eyes, 'we met her at our excellent and hospitable friend's, Winkle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.

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