joyance

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Their joyance was not in their official capacity, for there were still troublous times in the Sandwich Islands.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the joyance of the Doles could not be extinguished by such considerations, for to them had been born a son christened Sanford Ballard Dole.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are woods and waters, and the occasional illusion of an illimitable distance of sylvan joyance.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Fortune and time across thy threshold still Shall dare not pass, the which mid us below Bring doubtful joyance blent with certain ill.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

I hear Thy many voices ringing through the glooms Of these green solitudes; and all the clear, Bright joyance of their song enthralls the ear, And floods the heart.

From Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader by Manly, Louise