alacrities

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From conjugial love, as from a fountain, issue the activities and alacrities of life, 249.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

I guess he gets discouraged and feels disliked and in the way when he is lying around—but here he is perfection, and brim full of useful alacrities and helps and ingenuities.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900) by Paine, Albert Bigelow

Waco wins the prize, a Mexican saddle—stamp-leather an' solid gold she is—worth four hundred dollars, by them onpreecedented alacrities.

From Wolfville Nights by Lewis, Alfred Henry