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Miss Peyton dropped the cup she was engaged in washing, from her hand; and Frances exhibited the whole of that lovely face, which had hitherto only suffered one of its
joyous
eyes to be seen, beaming with a color that shamed the damask which enviously concealed her figure.
Of course, the gentlemen strove to make the irksome moments fly as swiftly as possible; but premeditated happiness is certainly of the least
joyous
kind.
Her graceful form, arrayed in snowy robes, is whirling through the mazes of the
joyous
dance; her eye is brightest, her step is lightest in the gay assembly.
The shop looked bare and frigid; the goods were done up in parcels and put away in corners instead of lying hither and thither in a
joyous
display of colour.
A gallant knight shows to advantage bringing his lance to bear adroitly upon a fierce bull under the eyes of his sovereign, in the midst of a spacious plaza; a knight shows to advantage arrayed in glittering armour, pacing the lists before the ladies in some
joyous
tournament, and all those knights show to advantage that entertain, divert, and, if we may say so, honour the courts of their princes by warlike exercises, or what resemble them; but to greater advantage than all these does a knight-errant show when he traverses deserts, solitudes, cross-roads, forests, and mountains, in quest of perilous adventures, bent on bringing them to a happy and successful issue, all to win a glorious and lasting renown.
The father, with a little boy in his arms, appeared at the door, and they crowded round him, clapping their tiny hands, and dragging him out, to join their
joyous
sports.
There was a roguish twinkle in her sparkling eyes, that would have made its way to far less susceptible bosoms than that of Nathaniel Pipkin; and there was such a
joyous
sound in her merry laugh, that the sternest misanthrope must have smiled to hear it.
He turned round to meet Mr. Peter Magnus, and encountered, in his stead, the
joyous
face of Mr. Tupman, the serene countenance of Mr. Winkle, and the intellectual lineaments of Mr. Snodgrass.
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.
'But my song I troll out, for CHRISTMAS Stout,The hearty, the true, and the bold;A bumper I drain, and with might and mainGive three cheers for this Christmas old!We'll usher him in with a merry dinThat shall gladden his
joyous
heart,And we'll keep him up, while there's bite or sup,And in fellowship good, we'll part.
His face was a queer, good- tempered, crooked-featured piece of workmanship, ornamented with a couple of eyes that must have worn a very
joyous
expression at one time, for they sparkled yet.
There was an infectious quality in Tarvin's open and friendly manner, in his willingness to be amused, and in his lively willingness to contribute to the current stock of amusement, and there was something endearing in his hearty, manly way, his confident,
joyous
air, his manner of taking life strongly, and richly, and happily.
Certainly they were debased and spiritless parodies of the alert, aggressive, joyous, brazen animals whom he knew as the drummers of the West.
As to the rest, the life of the four young friends was
joyous
enough.
The queen attributed this
joyous
feeling to the beauty of the fete, to the pleasure she had experienced in the ballet; and as it is not permissible to contradict a queen, whether she smile or weep, everybody expatiated on the gallantry of the aldermen of the city of Paris.
His eye took in at a glance the plump, cheerful countenance of the mistress of the place, and he at once perceived there was no occasion for dissembling with her, or of fearing anything from one blessed with such a
joyous
physiognomy.
The next morning, when Kitty presented herself at d’Artagnan’s, she was no longer
joyous
and alert as on the two preceding days; but on the contrary sad as death.
On their part the Musketeers, who had not much to do with the siege, were not under very strict orders and led a
joyous
life.
During this time, exempt from the anxiety of its only and true chief, the royal army led a
joyous
life, neither provisions nor money being wanting in the camp.
They set out accordingly about ten o'clock in the morning, Herbert confident, Neb joyous, Pencroft murmuring aside,--"If, on my return, I find a fire at the house, I shall believe that the thunder itself came to light it."
Cedric, whose feelings were all of a right onward and simple kind, and were seldom occupied by more than one object at once, omitted, in the
joyous
glee with which he heard of the glory of his countrymen, to remark the angry confusion of his guest;"I would give thee this golden bracelet, Pilgrim," he said, "couldst thou tell me the names of those knights who upheld so gallantly the renown of merry England."
In his
joyous
caracole round the lists, the attention of the Prince was called by the commotion, not yet subsided, which had attended the ambitious movement of Isaac towards the higher places of the assembly.
"I would," said the leader, "we could hear tidings of our
joyous
chaplain--he was never wont to be absent when meat was to be blessed, or spoil to be parted; and it is his duty to take care of these the tithes of our successful enterprise.
"I were right sorry for that," said the Knight of the Fetterlock, "for I stand indebted to him for the
joyous
hospitality of a merry night in his cell.
At the point of their journey at which we take them up, this
joyous
pair were engaged in singing a virelai, as it was called, in which the clown bore a mellow burden, to the better instructed Knight of the Fetterlock.
Oblonsky was not only liked by every one who knew him for his kind and
joyous
nature and his undoubted honesty, but there was something in him – in his handsome and bright appearance, his beaming eyes, black hair and eyebrows, and his white-and-rosy complexion, that had a physical effect on those he met, making them feel friendly and cheerful.
She turned her head and said smilingly:'Au revoir!'Just then Oblonsky, his hat tilted on one side, with radiant face and eyes, walked into the Gardens like a
joyous
conqueror.
And suddenly the
joyous
thought came uppermost: 'In two years' time I shall have two Dutch cows in my herd and Pava herself may still be alive; there will be twelve cows by Berkut, and these three to crown all – splendid!'
Her face shone with a vivid glow, but it was not a
joyous
glow – it resembled the terrible glow of a conflagration on a dark night.
Yet more
joyous
were the moments when, reaching the river at the lower end of the swaths, the old man would wipe his scythe with the wet grass, rinse its blade in the clear water, and dipping his whetstone-box in the stream, would offer it to Levin.
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