By Robert Benchley The New Yorker, July 2, 1927 P. 17 Congenial souls wanted View Article By David Remnick By Jia Tolentino By Jelani Cobb By Sam Knight.
Life under Chairman Mao was even less congenial to soul-searching.
If the pope's initiative simply opens a way for those who feel that the Roman Catholic church is more congenial to their soul, and their faith will better flourish there, then who would wish them anything but happiness in their new home?
Beck is a handsome, congenial, perpetually smiling soul, who doesn't shy away from representing marginal, off-beat and in some cases totally unpublicizable shows, referred to in the industry as dark-horse hits, because they appear out of nowhere with nary a star in sight.
Great Queen Street (32 Great Queen Street, WC2; 44-20-7242-0622) offers a kind of rustic minimalism that is congenial to the English soul.
Kimbrough (left), Lee and the band's other co-founders -- Anthony Crawford, Grayson Capps and Corky Hughes -- found paradise in the places they play as Willie Sugarcapps, their spirited and spiritual act that blends blues, folk, country, rock and soul into a congenial collective full of colorful camaraderie.
The "Down" was the hotel – a dismal Holiday Inn on the outskirts of town, not a congenial spot for tired and emotional soul fans.
As a successful editor in London, she discovers her soul mate in George Henry Lewes Ames Adamsonn), a congenial man of letters who is unable to divorce his estranged wife.
The Star Apartments, now under construction, promise to be far more congenial and pleasant to inhabit than the soul-killing concrete towers of traditional public housing projects.
The dark nights of the soul only get darker with time, and Night Thoughts proves an unexpectedly congenial companion volume.
