accueil

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Nothing could be more gracious than the accueil of this lady.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

My poor little wife was on my arm, and we were tripping away, laughing at the fellow's accueil, when we came upon my lady in a street stoppage in her chair.

From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace

He has the accueil of a respectable old suisse in my hall, where I meet him on coming home in a posture couchante.

From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by Roscoe, E. S.

Le public a fait un accueil si favorable � ces M�moires, que nous avons cr� devoir en procurer une nouvelle edition.

From Notes and Queries, Number 219, January 7, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Various

At that moment our hostess came up to us with a charming accueil.

From Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Asquith, Margot