more jocund

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A cheek of white, suffused with crimson grain, Medoro had, in youth, a pleasing grace; Nor bound on that emprize, 'mid all the train, Was there a fairer or more jocund face.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

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

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