lightsomeness
Example Sentences
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There was a chatter of voices in the drawing-room, a chatter of a lightsomeness that Henson had never heard before.
From The Crimson Blind by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)
Never again with the lightsomeness that had never known sorrow, but light even to gayety with the new and higher love born of tribulation.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.
It was Swanhild's wedding-day; but she greeted it with little lightsomeness of heart, and her eyes knew no sleep that night, though they were heavy with tears.
From Eric Brighteyes by Haggard, Henry Rider
As I have said, the key of the color-scheme has a direct emotional effect, so adding to the power and dignity or the grace and lightsomeness of the composition.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Parkhurst, Daniel Burleigh
And in the midst of their lightsomeness, Triffitt, who faced a mirror, started, dropped his cigarette, upset his liqueur glass and turned pale.
From The Herapath Property by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)
