As the big seaman deftly worked with iron hook and right hand, he spun yarns for the delectation of his mates.
As we have seen, the quartet, in the time of which we write, was universally in use at informal gatherings for the delectation of friends in the privacy of the home, and was not intended for concert use.
He lives by choice in the wildest country, like his skin-clad ancestors, demanding only that there be game and foxes and fish for his delectation.
She came home to me, however, about an hour and a half after we were home, to my great delectation.
They write one set of memoirs for the public, and another set for their own delectation.
Courtship had a special place in the world of the court, both as an institution and as an object of speculation and delectation.
Bankim demonstrated that many of the delectations of verse writing could be captured in imaginative prose.
I sent him for his private delectation some of the choicer specimens of this issue which had come into my hands from the bank.
