lovesome

Example Sentences

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"A Garden," burbled Victorian Poet Thomas Edward Brown, "is a lovesome thing, God wot!"

From Time Magazine Archive

"Wait but a little moment, then, while I go in to fetch the magic-glass, that will show you your face, Immanâla, handsome and lovesome."

From The Three Mulla-mulgars by De la Mare, Walter

Now he had a very fair and lovesome lady to wife, by name Mistress Tessa, who was the daughter of Mannuccio dalla Cuculia and was exceeding discreet and well advised.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

My little heroine—the bonnie, winsome, lovesome Meta—had seen many changes even in her short lifetime.

From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon

Gaze steady where yon starless deep the gaze revolts, And say, Seest thou a Titan forging thunderbolts, Or three fair butterflies at lovesome play?

From The Unknown Eros by Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton