frolicsome

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The Frolicsome Kitten Dear kitten, do lie still, I say,   How much I want you to be quiet, Instead of scampering away,   And always making such a riot.

From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)

Fairies, fairies, come if you please, Nod your heads and ruffle your wings, Marching in order or standing at ease, Frolicsome fairies are dear little things!

From Pinafore Palace by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Frolicsome caprice, and allegorical significance of composition are, poetically considered, the only essential criteria of the Old Comedy.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

Frolicsome, chattering, and indiscreet, a good musician and capital card-player, Tonto, for that was the page's name, amused the king by his pranks; he pleased the prime minister no less, but by other virtues.

From Laboulaye's Fairy Book by Booth, Mary L. (Mary Louise)

You have a tact for story-telling, for one so young; and you studied up the story of ‘The Frolicsome Duke,’ which you told the Club, in a manner that quite surprised us.

From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Butterworth, Hezekiah