lovesome

Example Sentences

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"A Garden," burbled Victorian Poet Thomas Edward Brown, "is a lovesome thing, God wot!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Ah, how lovesome should you be, under dat bush by the gate, that hath de yellow flowers, when de sun was setting, and all golden behind you!

From The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century by Rainey, W. (William)

Now what shall be our verdict in this case, lovesome ladies?

From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)

There she stood, with Aurea’s collar lying on her dear neck, and Viridis’ girdle about her shapen loins, and Atra’s ring on her lovesome finger. 

From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William

All angels' life is to look upon Thy face, for Thy cheer is so marvellously lovesome and pleasant to look upon....

From Religion & Sex Studies in the Pathology of Religious Development by Cohen, Chapman