lightsomeness

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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

‘The company separated at an early hour,’ consoled for the loss of their bargains and the emptiness of their pockets by the lightsomeness of their heads and hearts.’

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

I have sung them all;—youth's lightsomeness that fleets,   Pure friendship, my most fondly cherished dreams, Wild blossoms and the winds that steal their sweets,   Wood odors, and the star that whitely gleams.

From In Divers Tones by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

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

And in the midst of their lightsomeness, Triffitt, who faced a mirror, started, dropped his cigarette, upset his liqueur glass and turned pale.

From The Herapath Property by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)