Joyous

Examples

• I am pleased you like flowers, observed the Rector, looking at the joyous figure before him, which was bathed in sunshine; 'tis an innocent pleasure. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• But busy uninteresting joyous faces brought back despair to my heart. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Hence it is always mentioned in the old records, as the Gentle and Joyous Passage of Arms of Ashby. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The solo over, a duet followed, and then a glee: a joyous conversational murmur filled up the intervals. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The most cruel of all denials is to deprive a human being of joyous activity. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• No; I live healthy, joyous, and free, like the other animals of Nature, and I am quite satisfied. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• It was a joyous scene, and a scene to do good. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• That he joyed in killing, and that he killed with a joyous laugh upon his handsome lips betokened no innate cruelty. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• We write these words now, many miles distant from the spot at which, year after year, we met on that day, a merry and joyous circle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Your mourning Man of Sorrows is entirely opposed to our joyous Apollo, your gloomy views of life to our serenity of temperament. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The summer evening was warm; the bell-music was joyous; the blue smoke of the fires looked soft, their red flame bright. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• This hope was not unmixed with the glow of proud delight--the joyous maiden surprise that she was chosen by the man whom her admiration had chosen. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• She let her joyous eyes rest upon him without speaking, as upon some wondrous thing she had created out of chaos. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Evelyn was only five years old; his joyous heart was incapable of sorrow, and he enlivened our house with the innocent mirth incident to his years. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Richard, a professed admirer of the joyous science in all its branches, could imitate either the minstrel or troubadour. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I had the pleasure of feeling that my arrangements met their wishes exactly, and that what I had done added a vivid charm to their joyous return home. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Let fancy pourtray the joyous scene of the twentieth of June, such as even now my aching heart recalls it. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Emanuel was indeed very joyous that night. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• The sudden and joyous clash of bells here stopped the dialogue by summoning all to the church. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She turned with a cry of astonishment, and then fell into his arms with a joyous laugh. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• In old times the woods and solitudes were made joyous to the shepherd by the imaginary piping and dancing of Pan and the nymphs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I wish you had come three months ago, and then you would have found us all joyous and delighted. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• But Holmes was shaking his head, and his face was puzzled and expectant rather than joyous. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But she was not joyous: her married life had fulfilled none of her hopes, and had been quite spoiled for her imagination. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Upon the whole, it was a very joyous note. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Emma saw how Mr. Weston understood these joyous prospects. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Entering on the level of a Grande Place, I found myself, with the suddenness of magic, plunged amidst a gay, living, joyous crowd. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• What made her so joyous? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• After the Hermit has shown Edward some feats of archery, the joyous pair separate. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• All hearts were bounding with joyous excitement, when a disastrous event occurred, which threw a deep gloom over the scene. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.

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