We've got to come off the bench and ask that deepest, most sacred part of our Spirit to stand up and be counted, to receive graciously compliments, praise, applause, including for the reflection in the mirror.
Manuel Coronel Kautz, the president of the Nicaraguan Canal Commission, received me graciously one morning in his office.
When the film was released and favourably received, George graciously came to a screening.
A thin man of thirty-four, Areceivedived me graciously in his home, which doubled as his school, and showed me the downstairs room where he held classes.
He received Lutsky graciously in his office, a large room with heavy drapes and an old-fashioned wood bureau set with surveillance monitors.
The editor received me graciously: he expounded at length on the wonders of the Lithuanian language (which, it turned out, was directly related to Sanskrit), knowing all the while that I was there for a reason, and he was right, of course, for I presented him with my manuscripts in Russian, and completely useless here which he took politely, making sure that there was a return address on the back.
He gave each of us two pills, and we received them graciously.
When given the offer, receive it graciously and request time to consider the offer.
When President Donald Trump visits us in November, the people who occupy the high offices of this state will be obliged to receive him graciously and decorously, regardless of their feelings towards him.
