joyance

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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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet shrink I, trembling and afraid, From searching glances inward thrown; What deep foundation have I laid, For any joyance, not my own?

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various

With thy clear keen joyance Langour cannot be: Shadow of annoyance Never came near thee: Thou lovest; but ne'er knew love's sad satiety.

From Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer by Baldwin, James

A maiden shining bright of blee, As Myrtle branchlet Asia bred, Which Hamadryad deity As toy for joyance aye befed 25With humour of the dew.

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