Welcome Sentence Examples

Welcome to your new life.

You're welcome to stay.

You're always welcome here.

Nonsense, you're not putting us out, but you're more than welcome to use the phone... and please call me Sarah.

No, it is a welcome home party - for you and Alex.

You're welcome to use the pool any time you want.

In spite of the continual struggle for custody, he had felt more welcome at the Medena home than he had with his step-father's family.

I could not have a more welcome visitor, said Bilibin as he came out to meet Prince Andrew.

Nothing has been going on that you wouldn't be welcome to watch.

You're welcome here no matter what - just pack up and come over.

You're welcome to come see her as long as we feel that it is in everyone's best interest.

Even as tired as she was, his arms were a welcome haven.

If Sarah suspected that she already knew what was going on and looked the other way, why not welcome her into the family?

Then it was a welcome event - for a while.

You're welcome to do as you please.

You're welcome to look at anything on my computer.

You're welcome any time.

You're welcome to bite me, Xander.

We welcome new members to join in the fight for a liberal democracy.

I welcome the contribution this review makes to the debate.

You are welcome to what we have.

Still, as welcome as his compassion was, it only served to increase her tears.

Whatever his reason, the attention was welcome.

You're welcome to ride along, but if the dogs are wild, we'll shoot them.

He was admitted after an altercation, and found a warm welcome at the hands of his former teacher.

If you drive bangers at another track you are also welcome at Warton.

They are a way to welcome new family members and celebrate a new beginning for the couple.

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Academic staff are welcome to use material from special collections for teaching or research.

There is some more we could do to welcome new comers.

And if you're not a student, don't worry cos you're welcome anyway.

We have invited a delegation to attend our next meeting and I am sure they will receive a warm welcome.

We welcome everyone and affirm the dignity of each person.

I have sent messengers to summon all of Dorothy's old friends to meet her and give her welcome, and they ought to arrive very soon, now.

Would he welcome the twins?

You really think he'll welcome you back?

You're welcome, I'm glad you like it.

The renewed emphasis on cost-benefit analysis is especially welcome.

Humor will break up the solemnity of an occasion, or provide a welcome moment of light relief.

A welcome addition to the book would be a glossary of acronyms used in the chapters.

Welcome to my Home Page Do you have any Scottish ancestry?

Or is her innocence a welcome antidote to a deluge of media sex?

We also welcome the range of agreements in the field of conventional armaments, including in our own European region.

Comments are welcome, here, there, or on your own blog.

We have a well-stocked bookcase where you are welcome to exchange or borrow books.

This year's cost is £ 325 for a team of four to include welcome brunch, golf and a 4 course dinner.

Selene Washington, Seattle Escort Welcome to Selene's world, enter only if you wish a petite brunette with taste for adventure.

The snow was welcome but the low cloud and biting cold was not!

Can be seen welcome you to bipartisan commission to eve of retirement.

Reading overall as a cultural and political analysis, it usefully complements and refreshes a field which will welcome this contribution to the debate.

Also for our welcome with so much cordiality who let us feel like in a big family.

We are also proud of the fact that we are the first film company to openly welcome same sex couples.

New sailing and non sailing members of all ages are welcome to join (sorry, no motorized craft ).

Any constructive criticisms or ideas for new topics are most welcome.

News and information that undermine their credibility or authority aren't so welcome either.

We shall all be proud and happy to welcome our poet friend.

Captain Keller met us in the yard and gave me a cheery welcome and a hearty handshake.

Walk-ins are welcome but reservations are recommended as the restaurant frequently has a waiting list.

If you are adventure traveling in a big group, this restaurant will welcome you with open arms.

We accept that they don't, but we still want to feel welcome.

Diablo trotted over to welcome his master, nuzzling and nickering.

The chuckle was as welcome as it was unexpected.

You're more welcome in my bed than she is!

Reluctant or not, his body heat was welcome.

His eyes certainly spoke a welcome.

You're welcome here with Katherine anytime.

You are welcome, Kiera.

Jetr, you are welcome to join us.

Don't you know feeding a cat is the same as throwing out a welcome mat?

Right now, any affection would be welcome; and Alex was obviously an affectionate person.

They're not going to welcome us with open arms, and I don't have much ammo.

You all are welcome to stay here for the night.

Then you're welcome to supplies.

By the way, welcome to God's country.

There was no humidity, an ideal temperature and enough of a breeze to perfume the air with the zillion flowers recently wakened after a tough winter or per­haps just planted to welcome the approaching summer season.

It would shift the focus from Lori to Jonathan and make him feel more welcome.

I wanted to welcome you to Arkansas.

Clara smiled a welcome as Megan walked into the store.

You're welcome to stay for a while, but don't feel obligated to do so because of me.

Alexius rejoiced at this welcome change, but he had cause rather to fear it.

Parliament voted her £ 20,000 in 1660 for the payment of her debts, but Elizabeth did not receive the money, and on the 19th of May 1661 she left the Hague for England, in spite of the king's attempts to hinder her journey, receiving no official welcome on her arrival in London and being lodged at Lord Craven's house in Drury Lane.

Thus are formed the " mud-holes " of the Hudson Furrow so welcome as guides telling their position to ship captains making New York harbour in a fog.

Soult, Wellington's old foe, received a hearty popular welcome as a military hero; Prince Esterhazy, who represented Austria,.

On the i 5th of July, after various delays interposed by her reluctance to leave the neighbourhood of the border, where on her arrival she had received the welcome and the homage of the leading Catholic houses of Northumberland and Cumberland, she was removed to Bolton Castle in North Yorkshire.

Thus the Presbyterians of the north, who were mainly republican in sentiment, combined with a section of the Roman Catholics to form the organization of the United Irishmen, to promote revolutionary ideas imported from France; and a party prepared to welcome a French invasion soon came into existence.

Mandi, therefore, could afford to be munificent, and in order to make his accession doubly welcome to his subjects, he began by granting a general amnesty to political prisoners.

He warned his hearers against the fires of concupiscence, anger, ignorance, birth, death, decay and anxiety; and taking each of the senses in order he compared all human sensations to a burning flame which seems to be something it is not, which produces pleasure and pain, but passes rapidly away, and ends only in destruction.3 Accompanied by his new disciples, the Buddha walked on to Rajagaha, the capital of King Bimbisara, who, not unmindful of their former interview, came out to welcome him.

As the clergy did not welcome him to their pulpits, he began to preach in the open air.

Weary of the condition of anarchy which existed in the republic, niany inhabitants of the Transvaal were ready to welcome its annexation to Great Britaina proposal favored by the colonial secretary, Lord Carnarvon, who wished to federate the South African states, after the manner in which the North American colonies had become by confederation the Dominion of Canada.

The fresh meat would have been a welcome change, but nobody was going to get away with throwing food at her - least of all an arrogant saddle bum.

When she is dispatched, I shall welcome the child into my humble abode.

While he wanted to "do right by her" she had no desire to welcome the rogue back into her life.

The fresh air was welcome after the musty scents of prison.

You are welcome to use our searchable science dictionary.

Blending incisive observation with light-hearted banter, a welcome rapport was developed with the audience.

How fortunate are Hong Kong to have Heather Dayton - her welcome, efficiency and general bonhomie are much to be admired.

You are welcome to hold a wedding ceremony conducted by a minister at the hotel.

She might welcome his attention by responding with pansies or sweet peas or rebuff his advances with daffodils or yellow chrysanthemums.

Andi Ingle, owner of the Renoir art-house cinema in the center, said he would not welcome any further building work.

You are welcome to bring your own alcohol, for which we do not charge corkage.

But while the tax exile may be welcome, the real wealth creators of Britain have suffered.

This sandwich has plenty of fresh and crunchy cucumber, which is very welcome alongside the fairly routine watercress.

Articles or letters on this subject, whether opposing or supporting the ether opposing or supporting the ETH, are welcome.

Everyone is welcome as long as they accept the catholic ethos of the group.

We welcome the Committee's clear view that nothing in the draft Bill would permit euthanasia.

Welcome FREE 1 well behaved dog property is surrounded by farmland.

Children come a-berrying, railroad men taking a Sunday morning walk in clean shirts, fishermen and hunters, poets and philosophers; in short, all honest pilgrims, who came out to the woods for freedom's sake, and really left the village behind, I was ready to greet with--"Welcome, Englishmen! welcome, Englishmen!" for I had had communication with that race.

The aunt coughed, swallowed, and said in French that she was very pleased to see Helene, then she turned to Pierre with the same words of welcome and the same look.

The Aztecs moving from place to place in Anahuac found little welcome from the Nahua peoples already settled there.

It can scarcely be doubted that the favour which was at once accorded to the views of Malthus in certain circles was due in part to an impression, very welcome to the higher ranks of society, that they tended to relieve the rich and powerful of responsibility for the condition of the working classes, by showing that the latter had chiefly themselves to blame, and not either the negligence of their superiors or the institutions of the country.

On the 23rd of April Russia declared war against Turkey, and the grand duke Nicholas issued a proclamation to the Rumanian nation, announcing his intention of entering their territory in the hope of finding the same welcome as in former wars.

Then, when the sympathy of others would have been most welcome, he found his friends falling away from him, and his disciples leaving him for other teachers.

This subject had been handed over in 18 9 3 to a royal commission, and further discussed by a select committee in 1899 and a departmental committee in 1900, but both of these threw cold water on the schemes laid before them - a result which, galling enough to one who had made so much play with the question in the country, offered welcome material to his opponents for electioneering recrimination, as year by year went by between 1895 and 1900 and nothing resulted from all the confident talk on the subject in which Mr Chamberlain had indulged when out of office.

Her husband has welcomed his Serene Highness with the cross at the church, and she intends to welcome him in the house....

We won't grudge trifles, you are welcome to anything--we shall be delighted!

Moscow when occupied by the enemy did not remain intact like Berlin, Vienna, and other towns, simply because its inhabitants abandoned it and did not welcome the French with bread and salt, nor bring them the keys of the city.

Leashed dogs are welcome to sit beside their owners on the outside patio area.

Dogs are welcome to join their owners on the patio, which is kept comfortable, even on chilly winter nights, with a number of toasty heating lamps.

The restaurant's decor and dress code are casual and children and large parties are welcome.

The kids are welcome to come in to the bar and enjoy food like pizza, macaroni and grilled cheese.

Wood floors and gentle lighting help to create a warm and comfortable feeling, accented by a wait staff that encourages patrons to feel as though they are welcome and valued guests.

No reservations are taken, the restaurant has a casual dress code and people of all ages are welcome.

Diners are welcome to bring their own wine to the restaurant, and reservations are recommended.

Magnificent hand-decorated walls and golden ceilings welcome you to the restaurant as you savor the cuisine in candlelight.

No alcohol is served at the cafe, although patrons are welcome to bring their own.

Families are welcome and casual dress is preferred at the lodge.

Kids are always welcome at the restaurant, including specially-priced menus for the little ones.

Walk-ins are welcome, or reservations can be made to book a banquet.

He hadn't hurt her like Talon, but she had the feeling she wasn't at all welcome.

Hannah had succeeded in landing a big fish blueblood, a descendant of Italian royalty, whose old money placated the chilly welcome she received into a lifestyle far, far different from her own.

She dozed in the car during the forty-five-minute drive into northern Virginia, where her sister's fiancé owned a mansion secreted behind towering shrubbery and a gate that swung open to welcome her.

You're always welcome to call me, and I hope you think of me when you're prepping for the Spring Gala.

Evelyn might love her but would probably not welcome a call on her wedding night.

As the nishani, your duty is to welcome them on behalf of the dhjan, Ne'Rin said with a glance at Talal.

As much as he wanted to welcome the information of his healing planet, he also wanted to strangle the men impregnating his family members.

He assumed it was Fred, with a tray of food and a peck of good intentions, but just now, even his stepfather was not a welcome visitor.

Any new happening outside the mundane assortment of drug cases, burglaries, domestic disturbances or a semi-annual Saturday night passion killing came as a welcome change.

The reverend began, "We welcome you today to the marriage of Alexander Matthew Barnett and Carmen Natalie Pulock."

The wooden planks on the old porch cracked a smart welcome and the screen door squealed with delight when she opened it.

Unsure whether she was welcome in their conversation, she remained in the corner.

Megan stood and smiled a genuine welcome as Clara emerged from the car, carrying two large hanging plants.

What was so strange about a man dropping in to welcome a new neighbor - one visitor to another - a man welcoming a person who lived several miles away?

Megan dropped the twine on a shelf beside the door and stepped outside to welcome Clara.

He first landed at Marseilles, where he received an enthusiastic welcome from the people, but the prince-president refused to allow him to cross France.

An accredited team of bowlers from the mother country visited Canada in 1906, and was accorded a royal welcome.

In 1760 he renewed his political pamphleteering; and having obtained a pardon from George III., he proceeded to Dublin, where he received a popular welcome and a Doctor's degree from Trinity College.

William, however, whose position had been strengthened by his nomination to the post of ruwaard of Brabant, determined to welcome Matthias and use him for his own purposes.

The chief interest, however, attaching to the Brahmanas is doubtless their detailed description of the sacrificial system as practised in the later Vedic ages; and the information afforded by them in this respect should be all the more welcome to us, as the history of religious institutions knows of no other sacrificial ceremonial with the details of which we are acquainted to anything like the same extent.

Against Manichaean dualism he had vindicated free will; but as against Pelagianism he taught the bondage of sinful man - a position accepted in the East but never welcome there, and not more than half welcome even in the West.

He renewed former acquaintance, however, with the " poet " Mallet, and through him gained access to Lady Hervey's circle, where a congenial admiration, not to say affectation, of French manners and literature made him a welcome guest.

He first visited Paris, where he saw a good deal of d'Alembert, Diderot, Barthelemy, Raynal, Helvetius, Baron d'Holbach and others of that circle, and was often a welcome guest in the saloons of Madame Geoffrin and Madame du Deffand.

Notwithstanding the difference in theology, passages of this kind could not but be welcome to the admirers of the Alexandrian allegories.

External history, however, is very fragmentary just at the age when its evidence would be most welcome.

On his first entry into Milan (15th of May 1796) he received a rapturous welcome as the liberator of Italy from the Austrian yoke; but the instructions of the Directory allowed him at the outset to do little more than effect the organization of consultative committees and national guards in the chief towns of Lombardy.

These views made him welcome to George II., who gladly accepted him as secretary of state in 1742.

To Darwin and those who believed with him scarcely any discovery could have been more welcome; but that is beside our present business.

It was indeed one of the misfortunes of the kingdom that its inhabitants could never welcome the reinforcements which came to their aid.'

A synod at Lambeth in 1281 put forth canons none too welcome to Edward I.; they included a detailed scheme for the religious instruction of the faithful.

Antiochus IV., of course, the enthusiastic Hellenist, filled Antioch with Greek artists and gave a royal welcome to Athenian philosophers.

Fawcett's survey of the Brazilian boundary (1906-1907) are welcome additions to our knowledge of Bolivia.

Although Caesar could hardly have expected the bill to pass, the aristocratic party would be saddled with the odium of rejecting a popular measure, and the people themselves would be more ready to welcome a proposal by Caesar himself, an expectation fulfilled by the passing of the lex Julia in 59, whereby Caesar at least partly succeeded where Rullus had failed.

But he protested energetically against tlae loss of the pope's temporal power in 1870, against the confiscation of the property of the religious orders, and against the law of civil marriage established by the Italian government, and he refused to welcome Victor Emmanuel in his diocese.

In 1691, however, they made the Jesuit missionaries welcome, and rapidly became civilized.

The regard entertained by the natives for Caramuru (signifying man of fire) induced them to extend a hospitable welcome to his countrymen, and for a time everything went on well.

The year 1068 was spent in military expeditions against Exeter and York, in both of which the adherents of Harold had found a welcome.

This monarch halted at Siena on his way to Rome to be crowned, and received a most princely welcome.

But in 1860 and for many years afterwards these consequences were not foreseen, and alone among the South Africa states Natal offered a welcome to Asiatics.

Olaf also visited !Ethelred at the latter's request and, receiving a most honourable welcome, was induced to promise that he would never again come to England with hostile intent, an engagement which he faithfully kept.

In the 16th century it was repeatedly plundered by pirates until it came to terms with them, gave them welcome harbourage, and based a less precarious existence upon continuous illicit trade.

The resistance offered by the Turks had been most determined, and these could reckon upon receiving welcome reinforcements within a few hours; for as soon as the situation declared itself Liman von Sanders had hurried off one of the two divisions (the 7th) at Bulair by water with orders to repair to Helles.

Towards the end of the month the 13th Division, the first of the new divisions to arrive, disembarked in this southern area as a temporary measure, bringing welcome relief for the troops in the trenches.

Thence four marches, generally over a stony plateau dominated by bare, sterile mountains, brought them to Sana, where they received a cordial welcome from the imam, el Mandi Abbas.

On the 15th of November 1532 Pizarro with his little army, made his way to Cajamarca, where he received a friendly welcome from the Inca, whom he treacherously seized and made prisoner.

Later he went to the court of the Hamdanid Saif addaula, from whom he received a warm welcome and a small pension.

He had risen in Maud far above his ordinary serenity of style, to ecstasies of passion and audacities of expression which were scarcely intelligible to his readers, and certainly not welcome.

The Protestant Reformation met an early and general welcome in Styria, but the dukes took the most stringent measures to stamp it out, offering their subjects recantation or expatriation as the only alternatives.

In 1090 Count Roger the Norman (son of Tancred de Hauteville), then master of Sicily, came to Malta with a small retinue; the Arab garrison was unable to offer effective opposition, and the Maltese were willing and able to welcome the Normans as deliverers and to hold the island after the immediate withdrawal of Count Roger.

Ultimately about midnight the welcome tidings of the capture of St Privat arrived, and all anxiety was at an end.

It does not follow that faith in the Bible record is shaken, although in some quarters there has been a pronounced tendency to regard the history of the Egyptian sojourn as mythical; yet it cannot be denied that Egyptian records, corroborating at least some phases of the Bible story, would have been a most welcome addition to our knowledge.

In that year he commanded the patriot forces in Rumelia, and though he failed to co-operate effectually with other chiefs, or with the foreign sympathizers fighting for the Greeks, he gained some successes against the Turks which were very welcome amid the disasters of the time.

Christendom would welcome gladly the intelligence of a counterpoise arising so unexpectedly to the Mahommedan power; while the statements of the letter itself combined a reference to and corroboration of all the romantic figments concerning Asia which already fed the curiosity of Europe, which figured in the world-maps, and filled that fabulous history of Alexander which for nearly a thousand years supplanted the real history of the Macedonian throughout Europe and western Asia.

The Russian sailors said, when Makarov's fate was made known, " It is not the loss of a battleship. The Japanese are welcome to two of them.

His accession brought a welcome relief from the terrible strain of the last few years.

On the first abdication of Napoleon (April 11th, 1814) and the restoration of the Bourbons, he, however, retired to Rome where he received a welcome.

The county was among the first to welcome back Charles II.

Christians upon a journey were always sure of a warm welcome and hospitable entertainment from their fellow-disciples.

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The first of these events, to be dated from the alliance between the emperor Leopold and John Casimir, on the 2 7th of May 1657, led to a truce with the tsar and the welcome diversion of all the Muscovite forces against Swedish Livonia.

So great was the general decline that this Neoplatonic philosophy offered a welcome shelter to many earnest and influential men, in spite of the 1 It was condemned by an edict of the emperors Theodosius II.

The changes introduced by the Genevan translators were, as a rule, a great improvement, and the version received a ready welcome and immediate popularity, not only on account of its intrinsic merits, but because of its handy size, usually that of a small quarto, and of its being printed, like Whittingham's New Testament, in a readable Roman type instead of black letter.

Her husband found campaigning in Flanders under Alva a welcome relief from domestic life; and, after having lost all he possessed by a forfeited security and tried without success the trade of tavern-keeping in the village of Elmendingen, he finally, in 1589, deserted his family.

In October 1878 Lord Dufferin's term of office expired, and his place as governor-general was taken by the marquess of Lorne, whose welcome to the Dominion was accentuated by the fact that he was the son-in-law of the queen, and that his viceroyalty was shared by the princess Louise.

They bloom during the months of May and June, as well as later, and are always most welcome ornaments for the flower borders, and useful for cutting for decorative purposes.

So entirely did even his immediate circle ignore his religion that a court skald composed a poem on his death representing his welcome by the heathen gods into Valhalla.

The advent of personal idealism is a welcome protest against the confusion of God and man in one mind, and against the confusion of one man's mind with another's.

The new regime brought welcome relief to the Christian part of the population, for the Arabs took no note of their orthodoxies or heterodoxies.

Paul's teaching about the believer being already risen with Christ gave a welcome handle to the later Gnostics.

In April 1907 the Conference of the World's Student Christian Federation (700 students from 25 different countries) met in Tokyo, and received a notable welcome from the national leaders in administration, education and religion.

For when she perceives the approach of those Enemies, she so settles her self in her Nest as to put her Bill out at the hole, and gives the Monkeys such a welcome therewith, that they presently pack away, and glad they scape so."

We gather, too, that his restoration to Paul's confidence took place some time earlier, as the Colossians had already been bidden by oral message or letter to welcome him if he should visit them.

Manchester received the prince with a warm welcome and with 150 recruits under Francis Towneley.

It was hoped that the inhabitants would welcome the prince and that a display of armed force would speedily restore order.

Dar Nuba is well-watered, the scenery is diversified and pretty, affording a welcome contrast to that of the rest of the country.

A few minor operations followed, and then came the welcome news of the conclusion of the treaty of Westphalia.

There was below the surface much discontent and subdued criticism of the exaggeration of the monarchical power, which the Germans called Byzantinismus; but after all the nation seemed to welcome the government of the emperor, as it did that of Bismarck.

The repeal of the Socialist law was naturally welcome to them as a great personal triumph over Bismarck;in the elections of 1890 they won thirty-five, in 1S93 forty-four, in 1898 fifty-six seats.

But the goddess continued to be worshipped in her old home; her priests, the Galli, went out to welcome Manlius on his march in 189 B.C., which shows that the town was not yet in the hands of the Tolistobogii.

The continual hostility that existed between these was intensified by the welcome given by the old town, a free imperial city since 1289, to the Reformed doctrines, the new town keeping to the older faith.

Just so, Crassus in 53 B.C. found a welcome in the Greek cities of Mesopotamia.

Such may, of course, form the greater part of the harvest and working material of a scientific excavator; their presence is most welcome to him, but their complete absence need be no bar to his attainment of important historical results.

Syria passed quickly into the possession of the Turks, whose advent was in many places welcome as meaning deliverance from the Mamelukes.

In fact the peace of Copenhagen came as a welcome break in an interminable series of disasters and humiliations.

P. Jacobsen (q.v.; 1847-1885) Denmark was now taught to welcome the greatest artist in prose which she has ever possessed; his romance of Marie Grubbe led off the new school with a production of unexampled beauty.

In 1752 Voltaire, who had repeatedly visited him, came at Frederick's urgent entreaty, and received a truly royal welcome.

He would restore the Mass in the North and welcome the queen at Aberdeen if she would land there, but Mary knew the worth of Huntly's word, and preferred such trust as might be ventured on the good faith of her brother.

On the following evening Murray arrived, and now even Murray was welcome to his sister.

The sound judgment of the former led them to welcome and appreciate the co-operation of the latter.

Visiting America on a lecture tour in 1864, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and was entertained at a public banquet in New York.

A blind man appealed to Jesus as " the Son of David," and was answered by the restoration of his sight; and when, a little later, Jesus fulfilled an ancient prophecy by mounting an ass and riding into Jerusalem, the multitudes shouted their welcome to the returning " kingdom of David."

Frau von Stein had not known of his flight to Italy until she received a letter from Rome; but he looked forward to her welcome on his return.

In 1842 he became an undistinguished but useful successor to Arnold as headmaster of Rugby; and a serious illness in 1848, the first of many, led him to welcome the comparative leisure which followed upon his appointment to the deanery of Carlisle in 1849.

The result of overtures made to him from India was that in 1877, when Lord Lytton, acting under direct instructions from Her Majesty's ministry, proposed to Shere Ali a treaty of alliance, Shere Ali showed himself very little disposed to welcome the offer; and upon his refusal to admit a British agent into Afghanistan the negotiations finally broke down.

Monreale road, and entering Palermo from Misilmeri received an enthusiastic welcome.

He set to work to restore some of these ruins, to reconstitute and pacify the Papal State, to put an end to the Schism, which showed signs of continuing in Aragon and certain parts of southern France; to enter into negotiations, unfortunately unfruitful, with the Greek Church also with a view to a return to unity, to organize the struggle against heresy in Bohemia; to interpose his pacific mediation between France and England, as well as between the parties which were rending France; and, finally, to welcome and act as patron to saintly reformers like Bernardino of Siena and Francesca Romana, foundress of the nursing sisterhood of the Oblate di Tor de' Specchi (1425).

It was in the year parting the two centuries (1600) that he presented to Marie de' Medici an ode of welcome, the first of his remarkable poems. But four or five years more passed before his fortune, which had hitherto been indifferent, turned.

The local monarchy of the manorial lords was fast giving way to a central power which maintained its laws, the circuits of its judges, the fiscal claims of its exchequer, the police interference of its civil officers all through the country, and, by prevailing over the franchises of manorial lords, gave shape to a vast dominion of legal equality and legal protection, in which the forces of commercial exchange, of contract, of social intercourse, found a ready and welcome sphere of action.

It was during his stay in Asia (20 B.C.) that the Parthian king Phraates voluntarily restored the Roman prisoners and standards taken at Carrhae (53 B.C.), a welcome tribute to the respect inspired by Augustus, and a happy augury for the future.

The heartiness of the welcome accorded him seemed to mark the disappearance of the last vestige of sectional feeling that had survived the Civil War, in which McKinley had participated as a young man.

On the following day, the 6th of September 1901, a great reception was held for President McKinley in one of the public buildings of the exposition, all sorts and conditions of men being welcome.

I believe sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller than death was to her."

To this end, music, dancing, singing-parties (sankirtan), theatricals - in short anything calculated to produce the desired impression - would prove welcome to him.

He received a hospitable welcome from the legal profession.

Only a few voices were raised for Britannicus; nor is there any doubt that Rome was prepared to welcome the new emperor with genuine enthusiasm.

In response, Calhoun extended to him a most hearty welcome, and assigned him to a place on the bench of the penitents.

The exiles received an enthusiastic welcome in London, but Settembrini after a short stay in England joined his family at Florence in 1860.

But Danby purposely delayed; an impeachment was hanging over his head, and anything which took men's minds off that was welcome.

The inscription of Mesha throws welcome light upon his conquest of Moab; the position of Israel during the reign of Omri's son Ahab bears testimony to the success of the father; and the fact that the land continued to be known to the Assyrians down to the time of Sargon as "house of Omri" indicates the reputation which this little-known king enjoyed.

Among the epistles of Gay, one rises to an eminence of merit, that called "Mr Pope's welcome from Greece," written in 1720.

On the point of doctrine all good judges agree that Fenelon was wrong; though many still welcome the obiter dictum of Pope Innocent, that Fenelon erred by loving God too much, and Bossuet by loving his neighbour too little.

Long before England was ripe to welcome deistic thought Lord Herbert of Cherbury earned the name "Father of Deism" by laying down the main line of that religious philosophy which in various forms continued ever after to be the backbone of deistic systems. He based his theology on a comprehensive, if insufficient, survey of the nature, foundation, limits and tests of human knowledge.

The rule of Augustus he seems to have accepted as a necessity, but he could not, like Horace and Virgil, welcome it as inaugurating a new and glorious era.

The substance, no doubt, of many of them Livy took from his authorities, but their form is his own, and, in throwing into them all his own eloquence and enthusiasm, he not only acted in conformity with the established traditions of his art, but found a welcome outlet for feelings and ideas which the fall of the republic had deprived of all other means of expression.

Unable to marry Stella without destroying Vanessa, or to openly welcome Vanessa without destroying Stella, he was ' thus involved in the most miserable embarrassment; he continued to temporize.

They were not welcome.

On the 12th of December he arrived in England, after an absence of sixteen years, and met everywhere the welcome of a hero.

Mr Schreiner, on the 3rd of August, telegraphed to Mr Fischer begging the Transvaal to welcome Mr Chamberlain's proposal.

Accordingly he stated in the House that Unionists would welcome an Irish settlement by general consent, but would not make new friends by betraying old; and in Oct., in answer to Mr. Asquith's overtures at Ladybank, he said that he and his colleagues would consider any proposals with a real desire to find a solution if possible.

On the northern bank of the Columbia in1824-1825he built Fort Vancouver, which became a port for ocean vessels and a great entrepot for the western fur trade; in 1829 he began the settlement of Oregon City; and, most important of all, he extended a hearty welcome to all settlers and aided them in many ways, though this was against the company's interests.

His repute became national with the welcome awarded to Snow-Bound in 1866, and brought a corresponding material reward.

He saw that its main aim was equality, not liberty, and that not only would the French nation be ready, in pursuit of equality, to welcome any tyranny which would serve its purpose, but would be the more prone to acts of tyranny over individuals.

It was felt that these frequent changes were unfortunate for the country, and every one was glad to welcome the advent of a government which seemed to promise greater permanence.

When Burke had become one of the most famous men in Europe, no visitor to his house was more welcome than the friend with whom long years before he had tried poetic flights, and exchanged all the sanguine confidences of boyhood.

Dodsley gave him £ioo for each annual volume, and the sum was welcome enough, for towards the end of 1756 Burke had married.

Guests were ever welcome at his board; the opulence of his mind and the fervid copiousness of his talk naturally made the guests of such a man very numerous.

When Balaam reached the frontier of Moab Balak was waiting to welcome him, but could not refrain from asking why he had not come with the first embassy.

Locke's commonplace books throw welcome light on the history of his mind in early life.

His company," she adds, " could not but be very desirable for us, and he had all the assurances we could give him of being always welcome; but, to make him easy in living with us, it was necessary he should do so on his own terms, which Sir Francis at last assenting to, he then believed himself at home with us, and resolved, if it pleased God, here to end his days as he did."

The sparsely populated country afforded a welcome to the fugitive Waldenses, who did something to restore it to prosperity, but this benefit was partly neutralized by the extravagance of the duke, anxious to provide for the expensive tastes of his mistress, Christiana Wilhelmina von Gravenitz.

Humanitarian moralists, who hesitate to believe in the retributive theory of punishment because, as they think, its aim is not the criminal's future well-being but merely the vindication through pain of an outrage upon the moral law which the criminal need never have committed, might welcome a theory which urges that the sole aim of punishment should be the exercise of an influence determining the criminal's future conduct for his own or the social good.

Rashdall's two volumes exhibit also a welcome return on the part of English thought to the proper business of the moral philosopher - the examination of the nature of moral conduct.

The fairer tribes at the east end tattoo, no definite meaning apparently being attached to the pattern, for they welcome suggestions from Manchester.

The populace showed no disposition to welcome the invaders.

Half the English-speaking people fled to England, where they were not welcome.

When, therefore, on the 15th of October 1689, Frontenac arrived in Quebec as governor for the second time, he received an enthusiastic welcome, and confidence was at once restored in the public mind.

Up to the time when the religious zeal of the emperor Zeno put a stop to the Nestorian school at Edessa, this " Athens of Syria " was active in translating and popularizing the Aristotelian logic. Their banishment from Edessa in 489 drove the Nestorian scholars to Persia, where the Sassanid rulers gave them a welcome; and there they continued their labours on the Organon.

One of the scholars to whom Frederick gave a welcome was Michael Scot, the first translator of Averroes.

Through the death of his father in July of that year family cares and responsibilities devolved upon him, and thus his nomination to the chair of mathematics at the university of Padua, secured by the influence of the Marchese Guidubaldo with the Venetian senate, was welcome both as affording a relief from pecuniary embarrassment and as opening a field for scientific distinction.

Here they met with a warm welcome from the Dutch Catholic body, which had always been in close sympathy with Jansenism, although without regarding itself as formally pledged to the Augustinus.

At the opening of 1904 he was officially invited by Mr Deakin, the prime minister of the Commonwealth, to pay a visit to Australia, in order to expound his scheme, being promised an enthusiastic welcome "as the harbinger of commercial reciprocity between the mother country and her colonies."

His conversational powers made him welcome in Parisian salons, but his zeal led, him to England, where he made the acquaintance of William Law, the English mystic, to Italy and to Switzerland, as well as to the chief towns of France.

Michael Scott, the translator of some treatises of Aristotle and of the commentaries of Averroes, Leonardo of Pisa, who introduced Arabic numerals and algebra to the West, and other scholars, Jewish and Mahommedan as well as Christian, were welcome at his court.

At first in Sicily and afterwards throughout Italy the Ghibellines gave them a warm welcome; the rigorists and the malcontents who had either left the church or were on the point of leaving it, were attracted by these communities of needy rebels; and the tribune Rienzi was at one time disposed to join them.

The bishoprics of Brandenburg, Havelberg and Lebus were secularized; their administration was entrusted to members of the elector's family; and their revenues formed a welcome addition to his impoverished exchequer.

Although he was obliged to give up his claim to the western part of Pomerania in favour of Sweden, he secured the eastern part of that duchy, together with the secularized bishoprics of Halberstadt, Minden and Kammin, and other lands, the whole forming a welcome addition to the area of Brandenburg.

Agriculture and commerce were improved and encouraged by a variety of useful measures, and in this connexion the settlement of a large number of Flemings, and the welcome extended to French Protestants, both before and after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, were of incalculable service.

He received an enthusiastic welcome in both capitals, but the visit to Vienna was never returned in Rome, for Francis Joseph as a Catholic sovereign feared to offend the pope, a circumstance which served to embitter Austro-Italian relations.

Dean didn't welcome the analogy; the reminder of beer, free flowing at that.

While Dean was no closer to finding the identity of the bones or the person or persons trying to stop him from doing so, the introduction of Jennifer Radisson into the equation was, to him, a welcome addition.

You're welcome for saving your ass, by the way.

They had become accustomed to the constant chill in their bones, yet this newfound warmth elicited a welcome sensation that not only rid the cold, but also calmed the incessant craving for blood.

Even Elise's usual disdain for the regular military was welcome.

As a belated welcome, "Many greetings to our two new female members who now grace our band."

Such improvement in the administrative performance of the NASS section 4 team, however belated and incomplete, is of course very welcome.

The most welcome appearance was probably from show-jumper Harvey Smith who even now seemed the epitome of the year he was tagged to.

Thus, I personally would like to take this opportunity to welcome this concurrent accession of the ROC and the PRC.

This is the color of penitence and fasting as well as the color of royalty to welcome the Advent of the King.

Tips from others who have been similarly afflicted would be welcome.

Anyone wishing to focus on systematic observations of reptiles and/or amphibians would be very welcome.

We welcome this change in favor of good animal husbandry.

Ladybirds are a most welcome visitor to the garden, with their rapacious appetite for aphids.

We welcome applications which are reflective of the local community.

A short drive from Calais and you can be enjoying quality cuisine and a warm welcome at authentically French auberges.

Austro-Asiatic languages located in South Asia will also be welcome.

A scrappy, sometimes bad-tempered game which was interrupted too often by the referee's whistle, but a welcome 3 points nonetheless.

Her family ran a bakery at the bottom of Welcome Lane in Swansea.

Finally came the hilarious Welcome To West Texas, a song about the local weather which would make even Manchester's weather seem balmy.

There was no advertising blitz at the bustling train station to welcome visitors to the ' home of NAC ' .

Welcome to our betting section which includes the finest online bookmakers in the UK.

Welcome to the France By Post on-line bookshop, brought to you by FRANCE Magazine.. .

Links to photographs of your efforts are also very welcome, even piccies of dead brambles.

A trip to the rear for the Battalion was a welcome, if short, breather from the grisly realities of the front.

Female Common Darter It was humid under scattered cumulus early on the 2nd but by mid-morning there was a welcome, freshening southerly breeze.

A welcome, fresh northerly breeze blew on the 3rd, as the temperature soared again.

The lake and its small ponds hold brown trout and our visitors are welcome to fish free of charge.

After Mass all are welcome to go to More House for a cooked brunch.

I would also like to welcome Sue Mayne, who was successful in winning the recent by-election in Kings Ward.

Rain Pryor We are delighted to welcome back Rain Pryor to the stage with her own inimitable style of jazz cabaret.

Welcome to this, the first CD-ROM based Instruction and Prototype Guide which we have developed.

In 1956 they were rung to welcome the late Princess Margaret to the Minster for its millenium celebrations.

That said, Captain Wilberforce continues to be an engaging live presence and his brand of pop classicism is always welcome down my way.

Welcome to Herbal Fusion - Botox is made from ' botulinum toxin ', a poison produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum.

Wonderful as these stories are, one might sometimes welcome what Clifford Geertz called 'thick' descriptions of these our English equivalents of Balinese cockfights.

Welcome to our virtual Coliseum, for only the bravest of the brave.

This report provides useful context and we welcome the call for better information collation.

All welcome to the church service, followed by private committal.

Welcome to the 2002 web edition of UK Defense Statistics, the annual statistical compendium of the Ministry of Defense.

The views of other concertgoers, however, are very welcome, the more so when informed by detail and criticism.

We received a very cordial welcome from the landlord, Tammy was allowed in the public bar.

Norwich were pleased to welcome Trevor Lewis, local councilor, to present the prizes.