pleasant reception

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But the King demurred: perhaps he recalled his pleasant reception in Washington last year, the warm words of Winston Churchill at Quebec.

From Time Magazine Archive

A pleasant reception also was given by the Woman's Club in their commodious parlors.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted

Thus, among ourselves, we had a pleasant reception and a discussion of many phases of the question that brought us together.

From Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

"I thank you, Mr. Passford, for this pleasant reception, for it is possible that we may have a great deal of business together, and I hope you have confidence in me."

From Fighting for the Right by Shute, A. B.

It was not a pleasant reception but, as a matter of fact, the man ordinarily affable was nervous and consequently irritable.

From The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Waterloo, Stanley