O Love, sweet and suave; O Love, Thou art the key of heaven!
For the latter, “the Bread from heaven, having within it all manner of delight,” is already connected in her mind with an impression of sweet odour.
She was not the Sweet Clive of a month ago, but a sadder and more sedate young person, who had a troublesome and annoying way of defending the absent foe, and of sighing in dark corners, that was more than provoking.
It is the popular belief that she was christened Sweet Clive Buxton, and if people are mistaken in this, and the name "Sweet" does not appear upon the highly favored register, what of that?
Secondly, the marriage six weeks later of King Pepin and Sweet Clive.
But stolen moments are sweetand apt to be long drawn out.
I shall then be a widow--forsaken and sad-- And where shall I find such another sweet lad?
No hidden rock to Hymen fatal prove: And thou, fond swain, thy nicest art employ Once more on these sweet isles to meet your love.
Your absent charms my thoughts employ: I sigh to think how sweet you sung, And half adore the painted toy That near my careless heart you hung.
I cannot leave this city, sweet Lucinda, without imparting to you that I am going a little way toward the American lines, at the request of his Excellency, upon some business of importance.
There was a sweet disorder in the hair, which indeed was prettiest when freest.
Around the Seigneur Duvarney's manor, in the sweet village of Beauport, was encamped the French army, and redoubts and batteries were ranged where Alixe and I and her brother Juste had many a time walked in a sylvan quiet.
My faith, mademoiselle has no sweet road to travel since her mother died," was the careless reply.
Your nephew is to marry her sister; let her be swallowed up--a shame behind the veil, the sweet litany of the cloister.
Return to a better mind; to that sweet and elect state which affords greater delights than the most exquisite perfumes, the most delicious food, and the loveliest sights on earth.
A fervent spiritual impulsion, my sweet friend,” and he pressed his hand to his heart as though he were clutching it.
Thinking of thatsweet martyr, I have not slept a wink all night,” said the marquis.
María, less eager than usual to swallow the sweet droppings of this mystical honeycomb, was thinking, in fact, of something else.
Nay, the water is sweetand of wondrous power,” said Paoletti with a seraphic look.
He recovered himself, however, and to change the subject said: “So now my sweet friend, you have only to get well as soon as possible.
As to the unhappy man himself, never had he so deeply felt as at this moment the irresistible charm of this sweet little creature--the child of a woman who was not his wife, and of a man whom he detested.
Then it smelt the faint, sweet savour of perfumes--it was long since that scent had been used there.
I have suffered long in silence, and the Lord has not denied mesweet consolation.
The misty veil slightly shaded her pale face, as it might be the shadow of a bird flying by and pausing to admire so sweet a picture.
One of the prettiest romances that has ever come from this author's pen is made to bloom on Christmas Eve in the sweetfreshness of an old New England meeting house.
A sweet, dainty story, breathing the doctrine of love and patience and sweet nature and cheerfulness.
I am much pleased to hear that you are soon to come into the family, because I know that the girl of Edward's choice must be sweet and charming.
In many a sweet assumed character I have learned to love you, but simply as F.
I hope the swift winged messengers of love will be here to carry some of the sweet melody to you, in your little study by the Merrimac.
Of course the sun did not shine, but we had great open wood fires in the rooms, which were all very sweet with roses and other flowers, which were sent to me from distant friends; and fruits of all kinds from California and other places.
How the eyes grew dim with a rare joy in the sounding of those nobly sweet hexameters!
She's a sweet girl, and I should so like you to meet her.
The three of the stronger sex were excellent modern types, with sweet lips attuned to epigram, and good broad brows.
No pretty petulance, no affectation of silly-sweet languishing, none of the weaknesses of woman.
From such glimpses there remained in his head a line or a short passage, which he kept repeating to himself wherever he went; generally some example of sweet or sonorous metre which had a soothing effect upon him.
For half an hour the two men talked Greek metres as if they lived in a world where the only hunger known could be satisfied by grand or sweet cadences.
I don't know about princesses, but I do know that many girls must have loved you, Uncle Julian, for that is the reason you are so sweet to me now!
Why, his very breath smelled sweet to himself after he had cleaned out brass pan after brass pan, with that worn spoon of horn warranted not to scratch, kept and supplied by Miss Aline for the purpose.
And in the end," smiled Engle, "there are no bells with the sweet tone of old Mission bells, or with their soft eloquence.
How sweet must the lips be that guard that tongue!
What is your trifling business of importance, pray, sweet sir?
There is but one way, madam----you have a sweetleering eye.
We all went in, and there they made us goodly cheer with diverse subtilties, as comfits and march-panes and sweet wines.
At once their footsteps quickened with new life; and when at length they found themselves in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, their pent-up emotions burst forth, into tears and groans, sweet wailings and deep sighs.
It was a tumult of harsh voices; but to Fabri in his happiness their various dissonance made sweet harmony.
One child had blessed the marriage-bed of the commandant: she was a sweet girl of three years; and in her the affections of both parents seemed to centre.
I said, as I held her to my bosom the morning that I marched, "Agatha, would that I could remain in this sweet thraldom to eternity.
I have, as thysweet lips complain, On many a lip of ruby banqueted.
The gay stranger was early a-foot; for, were the truth told, the sweet religieuse had spoiled the captain's sleep.
I ejaculated, "no oath would fall from, thy sweet lips but the murmured vow of eternal constancy!
It was a sweet October evening, and I stole out from the crowded hall of my father's mansion to meet my gentle Lucy.
The sweet bud of promise I had first seen in its mountain solitude, had flowered into loveliness--and the woman, not the girl, was before me.
I threw it round her neck: "And now, my sweet Lucy, the spoil of war becomes the bond of love.
We had coffee, played cards, and Adelaide was my partner, although, sweet girl, I was literally her ruin.
Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?
The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
And lastly, that the bamboos exude a sweet liquor which can be made into a very agreeable drink.
Neb made him nice little sweet dishes, which the invalid discussed with great relish, for if he had a pet failing it was that of being somewhat of a gourmand, and Neb had never done anything to cure him of this fault.
Her father was far away from his home when this pretty babe first smiled upon her sweet mother.
For two years Charles passed for Yolande’s son, the playmate and boy-lover of her sweet Marie.
Sweet and harmonious Provençal voices blended with soft notes of melodious singers from Languedoc to the running accompaniment of the weird Basque music of the mountaineers.
Henry was charmed with the sweet face he gazed and gazed upon, quite putting into the shade the other reigning beauties of his heart.
The fascinating features with her sweet smile are beautifully chiselled, and the graceful figure lightly covered by a long chemise admirably exhibits her exquisitely-proportioned form.
Her Northern vigour and sweet manners were good credentials; but, unhappily, the young bridegroom from the first took a dislike to his consort.
The sweet white vinous brandies of Annis became established favourites of English palates.
This was the spirit of the life to which King René introduced his young and beauteous consort--a romantic existence which appealed forcibly to the sweet instincts of the royal bride.
But, in very truth, the sweet burden of the song of his birds was not born of thoughts of mere commonplace family affection and commonplace worldly wealth.
The other birds, fired to emulation by these mellow warblings, joined in a sweet chorus, above which the strong rich notes of the Kronprinz rose in triumphant waves of harmony.
Yet presently thesweet sound penetrated the thick substance of his sorrow, and slowly turned the current of his sombre thoughts.
And on the gentle, kindly face of Andreas, as he sat there so very quietly while all the air around him with these sweetsounds was vibrant, there was a most tender smile that told of perfect peace.
And presently the rosiness of this sweet Roschen grew still deeper as the shop door opened, with a great tinkling of its little bell, and Ludwig entered.
And now at the end of it all he was asked to give to another this sweet flower of love that for his happiness, almost by a miracle, as it seemed, a second time had bloomed.
Andreas loved all music; but because of the long train of associations which it invoked, and because of his skilled knowledge of its quality, there was no music so sweet to him as the singing of a bird.
But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labours, Most busy, lest when I do it.
Both were probably indebted to "Her breath is more sweet than a gentle south-west wind, that comes creeping over flowery fields and shadowed waters" in Sidney's Arcadia.
Sweet words; or hath more ministers than we That draw his knives in the war.
It was so sweet that the sea-fairy could not help exclaiming: "Oh, how delicious!
Then we would play together in the wood, and I should have a voice like yours--ever so sweet and ever so sad.
In a jiffy they had denuded the Christmas tree down to the very last sweet and had already succeeded in breaking half of their playthings before they even found out which belonged to whom.
Lelechka drew her sweet little hands from under the blanket and stretched them out to embrace her mother.
He tried to kiss the sweet little creature, but the red-haired boy saw that she was on the verge of tears, and he caught her hand and sobbed out loud in sympathy.
My acquaintance shook the ash from his cigarette, looked pensively up at the sky, and thus concluded: Well, well, the more a human creature has tasted of bitter things the more it hungers after the sweet things of life.
Ireland's great moment had passed, and she had filled no roomy vessels with strong sweet wine, where we have filled our porcelain jars against the coming winter.
That has the flavour of Homer, of the Bible, of Villon, while Cervantes would have thought it sweetin the mouth though not his food.
Sir Philip Sidney complains of those who could hear 'sweet tunes' (by which he understands could look upon his lady) and not be stirred to 'ravishing delight.
Angel sweetof mercy, may your cross of red Cheer the wounded living; bless the wounded dead.
It may not be generally known that it was not the custom of these people to plant anything but cotton, corn, sweet potatoes and rice.
No sooner had I begun this work than I had to face the fact that the hospital had no proper facilities for cooking this food and no place in which to care for it and keep it cool and sweet when prepared.
But this simplifies everything enormously, and Mr. Fulkerson is as thoughtful and as sweet as he can be.
It's very sweet to see how really fond of you he is.
He had a way of treating March with deference, as an older and abler man, and of qualifying the freedom he used toward every one with an implication that March tolerated it voluntarily, which she thought very sweet and even refined.
Throughout this scene the characteristic contrast between the ardent vigour of Peter and the sweet serenity of Jesus is well delineated in the music.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sweet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
