delight

• The stage was never more than an artificial taste with them; their delight was the delight of barbarians, in spectacles, in athletic exercises, in horse-races and chariot-races, in the combats of wild animals in the circus, combats of men with beasts on choice occasions, and, as a rare excitement, in fights between men and men, when select slaves trained as gladiators were matched in pairs to kill each other. —  Caesar: A Sketch
• I suggest taking three from the Crew, which to my delight was a good call (unless my reader took Frankie Hejduk). —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
• But whether that delight translates to more sales for business owners such as De La Rosa remains to be seen. —  The Seattle Times
• We see this well illustrated in many portraits of young noblemen, such as the Duke of Lennox and Richmond and Lord Wharton Van Dyck's clever technique has preserved for us the many rich fabrics of his period, and his pictures would be a delight were these details their sole attraction. —  Van Dyck A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation
• Wilks must do it--or no, he shall tell Aggie, and she shall tell your mother He rang the bell, and John, who had been expecting a summons, instantly appeared Tell Mr. Wilks I want to speak to him, John The old soldier speedily appeared, and his delight was as great as if James had been his son. —  With Wolfe in Canada The Winning of a Continent

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