more jocund

Example Sentences

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So ended for me an evening more jocund than I have had the good grace to admit.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, Jan. 1, 1919 by Various

Hesperus! what more jocund light is borne aloft in the heavens?

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

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

And yet there is scarce any nation of a more jocund converse, or that is less sensible of the misery of old age, than they are.

From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John