Sentence examples for delight of reading from inspiring English sources

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Part of the delight of reading Ms. Ephron is always the sense that she is speaking to you from an uninterrupted present.

Half the delight of reading it is seeing the familiar characters crop up in unfamiliar ways — "Oh, Han Solo is this large, green-gilled alien, isn't that funny?" — but you also get lost.

We shall never now have the instructive delight of reading the detached opinion of Keynes-in-retirement on the economic philosophy of Keynes-in-office.It must be left to posterity to say just how great a man Keynes was.

As the screenwriters Craig Mazin and John August pointed out recently on the Scriptnotes podcast, one delight of reading the transcript is watching Spielberg throw out bad ideas, and then noting how Lucas gently shuts him down.

I'm not speaking here of the pleasures of learning, nor of those to be had from being drawn into an exciting story, but simply of the sensual delight of reading good writing, all by itself.

Whether he is describing the delight of reading novels by Joseph O'Neill and Aleksander Hemon, or the thrill of drumming in a rock band, there is a playfulness in Mr Wood's writing that manages to be risky and reliable at once.He is a fine stylist, capable of deflating or quickening the work of his subjects with his own metaphors and descriptions.

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Finally, there's no getting away from the tangible delights of reading in a format that has remained essentially unchanged since the printer Aldus Manutius pioneered the portable, hand-held book — small enough to fit in a saddlebag — in 15th century Venice.

(The excerpts from his articles will delight survivors of reading bouts with the "serious" side of Paris‐Match). As the book opens, this union has just suffered a fatal shock.

"We are delighted that Girl Online is engaging so many young people with the pleasure of reading.

The best ones stay with us, whether we are aware of it or not, helping us make sense of the world long after the delight, surprise and challenge of reading them has passed.

Love, Sex, Death and Words will provide hours of delight in the least regarded of reading rooms.

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