lightsomeness

Example Sentences

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The unobtrusive, but distinctly felt, alliteration which runs through it, contributes something toward this lightsomeness.

From An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry by Corson, Hiram

Sheep ointment seems to daub the dead-hued sky,   And night shuts up the lightsomeness of day, All dark and absent as a corpse's eye.

From Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by Clare, John

It extends beneath the choir transepts and chapter-house; in consequence of the steep declivity on which the cathedral stands it is of unusual height and lightsomeness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various

George went at his task with much too much lightsomeness of spirit and disrespect for the situation.

From Chapters from My Autobiography by Twain, Mark

Carterette, with all her seeming lightsomeness, had sense and self-possession.

From The Battle of the Strong — Complete A Romance of Two Kingdoms by Parker, Gilbert