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Lakes and tanks and rivers and forests of diverse kinds, and mansions and hills and all kinds of delightful objects,--delightful, that is, to all creatures,--are to be seen there.— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
A week from the day of the meeting the happy, well-loved man breathed his last JOHN MUIR John Muir, naturalist, enthusiast, writer, glorifier of the Sierras, is held in affectionate memory the world over, but especially in California, where he was known as a delightful personality.— A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections ; comment
In the illustration he is too prettily genteel; but we do not wish to see any but Sophia--delightful, loving, lovable Sophia.— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 332, June, 1843
I thought you would hardly endure a month of Sandypoint--delightful, no doubt, as that thriving township is.— A Terrible Secret
Miss Fox is delightful--upwards of eighty, and yet so full of interest in everything good and beautiful; she is like a piece cut out of the old past, and a very wonderful old fossil, full of energy and cleverness.— The British Association's Visit to Montreal, 1884 : letters

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