Common sense, of course, intervened from time to time reminding her that it wasn't going to last long, but Phoebe decided she would take advantage of the pleasant excitement which seemed to be associated with Harlan's presence.

College Hill, Parnassus, and old Plum swarmed with cheery faces, as guests, students, and professors hurried to and fro in the pleasant excitement of arriving and receiving.

The press and news broadcasts have for the first time become a source of pleasant excitement for a public that over many years had learned to receive the news it believed in from West German television and radio.

The captain was transformed with pleasant excitement; he seemed genuinely happy for the first time in many months; and it was pathetic to consider that the whole explosive burst of energy was for nothing.

Already quick with anticipation of the ride, the beat suddenly accelerated and began to pound with a force more suited to a moment of high terror than to one of pleasant excitement.

Thea had never felt this pleasant excitement about any man before, and she found herself trying very hard to please young Ottenburg.

That was where the latac had gone down, somewhere up beyond those hills, on the plateau of the 'wayback, and she was conscious of a faint, almost pleasant excitement, contemplating the job ahead.

And above all, the pleasant excitement that permeated the atmosphere.

Young Ward came home in a state of pleasant excitement, and spent the following Saturday in a long and exhaustive study of the house in Olney Court.

Uncle Horace's letter added to the pleasant excitement.