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Charles Francis Adams wrote, "It attracted my attention because it so exactly expresses the views I have myself all along entertained. [5]
Everywhere he was welcomed by great audiences, and everywhere lavishly entertained. [5]
The new President, too, seizes the early occasion of the Silliman letter to indorse and strongly construe that decision, and to express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained! [7]
On the 29th they set up a cross on Chesapeake Bay, on Cape Henry, and the next day coasted to the Indian town of Kecoughton, now Hampton, where they were kindly entertained. [4]
Their talk was properly no business of mine, yet I was feeling friendly toward the world and willing to be entertained. [5]
Indeed, if the king gives his approval, no objection on the part of his subjects can be entertained. [10]
Whether he suspected his project or not Dick did not feel sure; but it was something to have got a foothold in the house, and to have overcome any prepossession against him which his uncle might have entertained. [6]
Great chiefs who had not been to the council came hundreds of leagues across wide rivers that they might see with their own eyes this man who had made peace without gold, and these had to be amused and entertained. [9]
The impression was general that the mountain region of North Carolina was entering upon a career of wonderful mineral development, and the most extravagant expectations were entertained. [4]
I go to church to be entertained. [4]

Sentences containing entertained two or more times

Our soldiers and sailors are being cared for and entertained in England just as they would be cared for and entertained at home. [9]

More example sentences with the word entertained in them

What extravagant fancies you and I have seriously entertained at one time or another! [6]
Kit coming down-stairs would be called in; entertained with some moral and agreeable conversation; perhaps entreated to mind the office for an instant while Mr Brass stepped over the way; and afterwards presented with one or two half-crowns as the case might be. [12]
The sentiments expressed with reference to liquor are not, however, those generally entertained by this community. [6]
It was Virginia who entertained him, and even the Colonel never guessed what it cost her. [9]
I was present when my honorable and reverend patron, the Lord Bishop of London, Doctor King, entertained her with festival state and pomp beyond what I had seen in his great hospitality offered to other ladies. [4]
In Petersburg they were provincials, and the very people they had entertained in Moscow without inquiring to what set they belonged, here looked down on them. [2]
Very grave fears were for a time entertained of my recovery, but happily the malady is gone, though leaving me very, very weak. [5]
This is the view I entertain, and this is the reason why I entertained it, as Judge Douglas has read from my Springfield speech. [7]
The various and varying opinions entertained about the quality and value of his work do not require notice here. [4]
This was done under military protection, directed by me, in the belief, still sincerely entertained, that with such a nucleus around which to build we could get the State into position again sooner than otherwise. [7]
Satan said his uncle entertained a great deal, and to have a clever woman presiding over the festivities would double the attractions of the place. [5]
I've been here twenty-five years, and dash, dash my dash to dash, if I haven't entertained twenty-five separate and distinct earthquakes, one a year. [5]
To tell the truth, Mr. Crewe returned the feeling of his companions warmly, and he had even entertained the idea of asking them both to dine with him that evening. [9]
Pelageya Danilovna began to recognize the mummers, admired their cleverly contrived costumes, and particularly how they suited the young ladies, and she thanked them all for having entertained her so well. [2]
It is easy to conceive that all these shades of opinion, and even more, may be sincerely entertained by honest and truthful men. [7]
We have had to bow more than once already to the strength of which you boast--but now, at a merry feast, we will not think of that, but rather continue the conversation which entertained us, and which had begun so well. [10]
Cambyses had no time to think of his sorrow, for Phanes had always some new idea or other, and entertained us all, as well as the king, marvellously. [10]
The strangers were then led into the tent, and were there welcomed and entertained with all honor, and offered bread and wine. [10]
In the evening the welcome guest was to be entertained by music and, if agreeable to Barbara, by singing also. [10]
The Koh-i-noor entertained the very common idea, that, when one quarrels with another, the simple thing to do is to knock the man down, and there is the end of it. [6]
When I reached the street I was wondering whether Gorse and Dickinson and the others, Grierson especially, could possibly have entertained the belief that I would turn traitor? [9]
The motives on the other side were something deeper than any which Richard Swiveller entertained or understood, but these being left to their own development, require no present elucidation. [12]
The invention of the electric telegraph seemed to burst upon the world simultaneously from many quarters--not perfect, perhaps, but the time for the idea had come--and happy was it for the man who entertained it. [4]
It was so that these Southern families, who were so bitter against Abolitionists and Yankees, entertained them when they were poor, and nursed them when they were ill. Stephen, for his life, could not utter a word. [9]
It seems probable that the genial companionship of Agassiz, who united with his scientific genius, learning, and renown, most delightful social qualities, gave him a kinder feeling to men of science and their pursuits than he had entertained before that great master came among us. [6]
He had never supposed before that he was chivalrous in such matters, but he now began to see it in that light, and he wondered that he could ever have entertained for a moment the idea of throwing March over. [8]
What do you suppose are the sentiments entertained by the Thompsons with a p towards those who address them in writing as Thomson? [6]
He wanted to state to gentlemen who might have entertained such impressions, that the Committee on the Post-office was composed of five Whigs and four Democrats, and their report was understood as sustaining, not impugning, the position taken by the Postmaster-General. [7]
True, he now spoke Spanish with tolerable fluency and knew something of Italian, but Kochel entertained him so well, that he still visited him several times a week. [10]
That dinner set, somehow, was always an augury of festival--when, on the rare occasions Aunt Mary entertained, the little dining room was transformed by it and the Leffingwell silver into a glorified and altogether unrecognizable state, in which any miracle seemed possible. [9]
Some people are so small as to be repelled by greatness, to be jealous of high gifts and power, and it was perhaps inevitable that a few of the humbler members whom Mr. Crewe had entertained should betray his hospitality, and misinterpret his pure motives. [9]
There were even signs of a reaction against the administration in the fall elections of 1862, seemingly justifying the opinion, entertained by many, that the President had really anticipated the development of popular feeling. [7]
Jack gave every sign of being prosperous; he entertained royally on his yacht. [4]
One thing is settled: we mean not to offend each other,--to be perfectly courteous,--more than courteous; for we are the entertainer and the entertained, and cherish particularly amiable feelings, to each other. [6]
If you are satisfied the latter purpose is entertained, and is judiciously pursued, I am content. [7]
And at the same time let us express our thanks to my friend Ani, who has entertained us so magnificently, and who has so faithfully and zealously administered the affairs of the kingdom during my absence. [10]
This lady's P. S. ran thus: "I suppose he will not expect to be entertained after the lecture. [5]
Thus stripped, he roamed about Normandy in a forlorn condition, occasionally entertained by honorable persons who had heard of his misfortunes, and seeking always means of continuing his travels, wandering from port to port on the chance of embarking on a man-of-war. [4]
I find, on reviewing it, that it anticipates and eliminates those secondary questions which cannot be entertained for a moment until the one great point of fact is peremptorily settled. [3]
It may be remarked, as aiding this impression, that exaggerated ideas are entertained as to the dangerous effects this congealed food may produce on persons not in the most robust health. [6]
Having dismissed the reformers, he began to tell of his experiences abroad, referring in one way or another to the people of consequence who had entertained him. [9]
There was a quizzical expression on his fine face as he replied, with the barest glance at Mademoiselle Antoinette:-- "I trust you have been--well entertained, Mr. Temple. [9]
This night they quartered with Powhatan, and were liberally feasted, and entertained with singing, dancing, and orations. [4]
Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Life on the Mississippi, Huckleberry Finn, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court were among the volumes that had entertained the world and inspired it with admiration and love for their author. [5]
We had the pleasure of taking tea in the great house, accompanying our American friend, Lady Harcourt, and were graciously received and entertained by Lady Edward Cavendish. [6]
It would not, perhaps, have been very extraordinary, if Colonel Sprowle had entertained the proposition. [6]
During fifty years, out there, the innocent passenger in need of help and information, has been mistaking the mate for the cook, and the captain for the barber--and being roughly entertained for it, too. [5]
In the heart of this man well on toward thirty there had never been left the stain of a base thought; not that suggestion and conjecture had not visited him, but that he had not entertained them, or in any-wise made them his. [8]
If my estimate of the character of Smith is not that which his biographers have entertained, and differs from his own candid opinion, I can only plead that contemporary evidence and a collation of his own stories show that he was mistaken. [4]
Hopes are entertained of my recovery, however. [5]
If it were not for the haze in the horizon to-day, I could distinguish the very house in Naples--that of Manso, Marquis of Villa,--where Tasso found a home, and where John Milton was entertained at a later day by that hospitable nobleman. [4]
No, I do not expect to be entertained by you, nor do I want you to expect me to entertain you and your friends to-night, for I decline to keep the engagement. [5]
But there was no proof of it, and, of course, for a time, hopes were entertained that she might be heard from. [6]
As I drew near to Jonesboro my thoughts began to dwell upon that strange and fascinating man who had entertained Polly Ann and Tom and me so lavishly on our way to Kentucky,--Captain John Sevier. [9]
The play entertained me hugely, even in its present crude state. [5]
With Clemens it may truly be said that profanity was an art--a pyrotechnic art that entertained nations. [5]
The 4th of May they were entertained by the chief of Paspika, who favored them with a long oration, making a foul noise and vehement in action, the purport of which they did not catch. [4]
The end of May found the Clemens party in London, where they were received and entertained with all the hospitality they had known in earlier years. [5]
I have also many times had the pleasure of being entertained by the members of the old aristocracy of England. [5]
Coniston, never having listened to grand opera, was entertained and thrilled, and thought the rendering of the song better on the whole than the church choir could have done it, or even the quartette that sung at the Brampton celebrations behind the flowers. [9]
There the body lay,--a blank, so far as I was concerned, and only interesting to me as I was rather entertained with watching the respect paid to it. [4]
It was well known that he had entertained a hopeless infatuation for her; and some were inclined to attribute his later lapses to her lack of response. [9]
And beyond this it is safe to say that Mr. Flint was relieved; for in his secret soul he had for many years entertained a dread that Victoria might marry a foreigner. [9]
It stood here in the year 1500; and the room is still shown, unchanged since then, in which the rich Count Fugger entertained Charles V. The chambers are nearly all immense. [4]
Vera, having decided in her own mind that Pierre ought to be entertained with conversation about the French embassy, at once began accordingly. [2]
This proposition, equally important to our adopted citizens and to the commercial interests of this country, has been favorably entertained and agreed to by all the governments from whom replies have been received. [7]
In the evening I was entertained at a great banquet given by the Philomathean Society. [6]
Smith's discourse of his adventures so entertained the master of one of the vessels, who is described as "this noble Britaine, his neighbor, Captaine la Roche, of Saint Malo," that the much-tossed wanderer was accepted as a friend. [4]
If he flattered himself that he had done her a favour, if he entertained the notion that he could presently take advantage of the contact with her now achieved to make unbusinesslike advances--well, he would find out. [9]
So he entertained himself by these flashes of discernment, presently merged in wonderment as to what was in Philip's mind as he stood there, destiny hanging in that drop of ink at the point of the pen in the Duke's fingers! [11]
Young Clemens entertained himself by learning this information by heart. [5]
I beg your Highness to credit what he says to you, especially when he expresses the sentiment of esteem and special regard I have long entertained for your person. [2]
His wife denied herself for a day to her most intimate friends,--for it was she who had entertained visions of a title; and it was characteristic of the Rose of Sharon that she knew nothing of the Vanes beyond the name. [9]
During his residence here he entered a good deal into society, and entertained many visitors in a most hospitable and agreeable way. [6]
In either place, he who impressed, entertained, and amused them most was the hero of the hour. [7]
On his way he received great honor at Vienna, and staying overnight at Nuremberg, he was royally entertained by the Archdukes Mathias and Maximilian. [4]
Emerson, to whom he owed so much, may well have adopted some of those fancies which Thoreau entertained, and afterwards worked out in practice. [6]
Lassiter's visit, moreover, had a disquieting effect upon Bess, and Venters fancied that she entertained the same thought as to future seclusion. [13]
But Maude had given evidence of domestic tastes and a disinclination for gaiety that those who entertained more were not slow to sense. [9]
Before the letter from Asclepiodorus--stating the mistaken hypothesis entertained by the priests of Serapis that Irene had been carried off by the king's order--could reach the palace, Publius had found an opportunity of excusing himself and quitting the royal couple. [10]
I have seen French officers entertained at Government House who were guilty of shocking inhumanities and cruelties. [11]
Before noon we forded the Watauga, a stream not so large as the Nollechucky, and were entertained at the big brick house of Mr. Devault, a prosperous and hospitable farmer. [4]
And knowing you for a peaceful lad, never having entertained such heresies as those with which it pleases Mr. Green to credit you, I dare swear he has drawn on his imagination. [9]
He marveled to find that this final change was not merely intellectual, it had invaded his feeling; and he also marveled to note that this feeling seemed a good deal less artificial than any he had entertained in his system for a long time. [5]
In her first few weeks in Paris, her fame mounting, she had lunched with some distinguished people, who entertained her as they would have done one of her lions, if that were possible. [11]
The proposition was entertained, and a price named --$50,000, I think; but whatever it was, Barnum paid the money down, without remark, and the papers were drawn up and executed. [5]
They had not entertained largely in Cavendish Square since Lali came, and those invited to Greyhope had a chance to refuse the invitations if they chose. [11]
But she had entertained it for a moment. [4]
The youthful bard entertained her very innocently with his bursts of poetry, but she was in no danger from a young person so intimately associated with the yard-stick, the blunt scissors, and the brown-paper parcel. [6]
The idea is entertained by some of our most sincere professional brethren, that to lengthen and multiply our Winter Lectures will be of necessity to advance the cause of medical education. [3]
I have never entertained an unkind feeling or a disparaging thought toward you; and if I have said or done anything which has been construed into such unkindness or disparagement, it has been misconstrued. [7]
It was to entertain his old arctic comrade that Jaspar Hume had declined to be entertained by society or club. [11]
When Leicester entertained Elizabeth at Kenilworth, the clock in the great tower was set perpetually at twelve, the hour of feasting. [4]
The Professor, who does not even pretend to patronize Nature, had his revenge as we strolled about the streets (there is but one of much consideration), immensely entertained by the picturesque contrasts. [4]
I await your criticism on 'Jane Eyre' now with other sentiments than I entertained before the perusal of 'Ranthorpe. [14]
Clemens accepted, of course, and was handsomely entertained by the daughter of Queen Victoria and her husband, then Governor-General of Canada. [5]
A much more common antipathy is that which is entertained with regard to cats. [6]
I believe my client entertained some notion of establishing a preserve here. [9]
He was entertained by the Kaiser, and shown many special attentions by Germans of every rank. [5]
She was entertained by Dr. King, Bishop of London. [4]

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