more jocund
Example Sentences
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In short, it makes every man the more jocund and acceptable to himself, which is the chiefest point of felicity.
From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John
Who were more liberal-hearted, lofty-minded, gayer, more jocund, elastic, adventurous, given to fun and frolic, than the top-men of the fore, main, and mizzen masts?
From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman
Nothing could be more jocund, more typical, of the young men and the trail.
From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Garland, Hamlin
The prophetic element is rarely absent, the voice of one crying in the wilderness, only it is a more jocund and reassuring cry than we are used to in prophecy.
From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John
Hesperus! what more jocund light is borne aloft in the heavens?
From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
