gladsomeness

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Whatever difference of opinion there may be as to the character of the Nightingale's song—whether it partakes more of joyousness or of melancholy—the gladsomeness of the Blackcap's warble is beyond all dispute.

From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.

The lamp burnt with its quiet, cheery light as if it were illumining a deed of brightest gladsomeness, and softly, as if with velvety paws, the wind touched the windows.

From The Wish A Novel by Sudermann, Hermann

Alas! is this world so very bright that we can afford to choke up such a domestic fountain of gladsomeness, and sit down by its darkened source without being conscious of a gloom?

From Fire Worship (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Even after he had left college, he retained the sunny outlook, the gladsomeness and the bloom of boyhood.

From War Letters of a Public-School Boy by Jones, Henry Paul Mainwaring

As for Miss St. Quentin herself, an innate gladsomeness pervaded her aspect not easy to resist.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas