gladsomeness

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And yet they no whit Do get a larger fruit of gladsomeness Than got the woodland aborigines In olden times.

From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery

You sink down in a flowery spot on the borders of sleep and wakefulness, while your thoughts rise before you in pictures, all disconnected, yet all assimilated by a pervading gladsomeness and beauty.

From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Then let us rise above all imperfection, and set our heart, as I said, on true virtues, which are of such joy and gladsomeness as tongue could not tell.

From Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

The day which is knowledge, purity, gladsomeness, the cheerful day will be ours if we hold by Him.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander

There was no lack of gladsomeness, of jests, of toasts, of noise; though the weather was marvellous, and the sun warm beyond wonder.

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk