| 单词 | joviality |
| 例句 | The discovery of his daughter restored his former joviality and the pleasure of being with her was slowly leading him away from dissipation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In this, the atmosphere, no matter how coarse, has a verve and an essential joviality that casts out morbidity. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaede couldn’t help but feel as though it were a last meal of sorts, and the forced joviality of it all made her uneasy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The captain pinched her arm, a little bit with joviality, a little bit with meanness to get her to look at him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z All that joviality and fun—there was so much sadness underneath. Without Dave: Life After “Late Show with David Letterman” 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z For all its joviality, however, Cannibal Women of Mars underperforms in two ways. Cannibal Women of Mars – review 2013-07-11T17:57:00Z Mr. Hébert, who suggests a rancid younger cousin of Dax Shepard, summons a superficial joviality that barely masks the instincts of a poisonous snake. Review: ‘Two Step’ Scuffles Around With Petty Criminals 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Maybe people are just inclined to hear such things when in an august presence, but this writer swears there are wistful notes under the joviality. Christopher Plummer: 'Why not bring me in to play Roseanne for the next season?' 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z There was something about the joviality and regularity of those homes that he missed in his own life — or it just felt right in some meaningful way that his 3-year-old self needed to assert. Modern Love: Just the Two of Us, When One Toddles 2011-08-25T22:25:10Z By being messy and free from conformity, The Dilemma can explore the insidious undercurrents of the bromances without sacrificing the infectious joviality of male bonding. Hear me out: why The Dilemma isn't a bad movie 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z It's hard to imagine the Village Stroll containing more joviality during the Games than on any other winter's eve. 2010-02-03T21:30:00Z There will be a constant overarching sense of avuncular joviality. Play Great British Bake Off bingo with the celebrity special 2013-01-21T12:12:58Z Nor did the concert seek an emotional frame for the music or an impact beyond the skill and joviality of the collaboration. Music Review: Pairing Their Sounds and Sharing the Blues 2011-04-10T21:52:38Z The performance was, refreshingly, neither comfortable nor comforting, without the folksy joviality that many ensembles bring to the fourth-movement Finale. Music Review: Emerson String Quartet at Alice Tully Hall 2012-03-22T20:42:33Z Each chimes his bell when he’s settled on an answer, and they debate the merits of each other’s responses with the joviality of longtime friends. ‘Winners and Losers’ at Soho Rep 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z We speak crassly to convey anger, lust, frustration, bewilderment, joviality, surprise and adoration alike. Prime time's new age of crudeness 2011-01-17T15:01:00Z The joviality didn’t last long — or, rather, it flipped back and forth between dancers driving across the floor to more introspective moments for Marcellus, whose rich, layered vocalizations filled the theater. Review: Michelle Dorrance Returns to the Joyce. Where’s the Zip? 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z In the early scenes, Mr. Firth’s eyes convey a profound hurt barely camouflaged by a sardonic joviality. Movie Review: ‘The Railway Man,’ a True Tale of Wartime Torment and Reconciliation 2014-04-10T22:30:18Z Many viewers have commented on the setting of "Hawkeye" at Christmastime, which gives it a kind of "Die Hard" joviality. “Hawkeye” is a pandemic fable 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Smith wrote that he had another, less public, side: “the General,” a punisher who emerged when joviality didn’t get the job done. A Slap Could Sting the Smith Family Brand 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z But it is hard to hear the blithe joviality of Mozart’s starling or Mozart’s Papageno in the spiky, anxious birds of the 2012 . Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-13T22:44:48Z Rimsky-Korsakov’s Quintet for flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano offered only modest melodic charm and grating joviality. Review: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Spotlights Albéric Magnard 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z “You can say you’ve got issues, you can say you’re a victim/It’s all your parents fault, after all you didn’t pick ’em,” she sang with surprising joviality. Music Review | Jo Dee Messina: Part Concert, Part Talk Show at Feinstein?s 2010-03-17T21:51:00Z A classmate at the time said she had turned the school "in completely the opposite direction" during the election, using her "personality, joviality and optimism". Who is Suella Braverman? 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The bright, colorful animations — arguments and fights are in surreal landscapes — add a sense of joviality to the proceedings. I tried a breakup simulator video game. Here’s what it taught me about the myth of 'moving on' 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z One Christmas obligation is to bring tidings of comfort to those who, because they are suffering, find the obligatory joviality of the season off-putting and depressing. Opinion | The wise men who helped me understand Christmas 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Both Portman and Hemsworth bring a lighthearted joviality to Love and Thunder that works well in moments when the movie’s highlighting the emotional connection that first brought Thor and Jane together. Thor: Love and Thunder’s a scattershot fairy tale about being friends with your ex 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z This spring many Seattle-area firms began reopening their offices and tempting workers back with promises of pizza, spontaneous workplace joviality and other all-but-forgotten pleasures of in-person employment. Lagging behind national trend, Seattle workers not in hurry to return to the office 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z “We also know that the holidays are a time when people are raising their voices. They are laughing. And that joviality is more likely to express the aerosolization of the virus.” Coronavirus cases are soaring in the D.C. region. Experts say the worst is yet to come. 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z The company’s employees and the construction workers building its campus proved reliable customers; Lopez’s joviality and the food kept them coming back. Lives Lost: Purveyor of tacos, joy well loved in Seattle 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z I’m grateful for my father, who in passing later that day told the pastor in seriousness disguised as joviality, “Stay away from my kids.” Perspective | Academia is a cult 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z To criminal defense attorney David Chesnoff, who represented Knight in two assault cases and a federal investigation years ago, Knight’s courtroom joviality is no surprise. Suge Knight's courtroom persona belied his longtime image as a feared enforcer - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-22T04:00:00Z But his account of painting his cousins’ living room is marked by graciousness—even joviality. Inside an Oslo Home Immortalized by Edvard Munch 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z This was, Suchsland says, an artificially perfect world of forced cheerfulness, a place of "constant if rather strained joviality." 'Hitler's Hollywood' explores the lost propaganda films of German cinema 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z As the results were announced in a large convention hall in Johannesburg, Mr. Zuma, famous for his joviality and charisma before crowds, sat stone-faced and bit his lips. Jacob Zuma’s Legacy Is a Weakened South Africa 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z You are greeted with the relieved joviality usually accorded to the last guest to arrive at a dinner party. Behind a scratched door at a food court, Jonathan Gold engages in ambitious, delicious Dialogue 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Beneath the joviality is a serious engineering operation. One U.S. Factory Goes Global, While Trump Shrinks the World 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Klitschko, joviality done with, said he hopes his performance will lift his compatriots in Ukraine. Anthony Joshua: ‘When Wladimir Klitschko gets beat it could be the end’ 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z These matter-of-fact responses about his German family jars with Barsky’s usual joviality. 'I thought I was smarter than almost everybody': my double life as a KGB agent 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z It was a relatively insignificant final push, promoted mostly on social media, but in its joviality a testament to a campaign confident that victory was in sight. Clinton campaign appears confident in high voter turnout as first results arrive 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z That bit of lighthearted joviality had been missing from the home clubhouse in recent days, with Seattle dropping game after game to fellow playoff hopefuls during this homestand. Jesus Sucre keeps Felix Hernandez in the groove, and also provided some offense 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z But underneath this joviality is a shrewd and calculating politician. Bill Weld’s Libertarian Conversion 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z In his typical joviality, he said to the staff: “I will bless you, and I won’t charge.” Pope Francis extols family to hundreds of thousands in Ecuador 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z But the joviality papers over a grim reality for these young people. Leaving Kosovo: Exodus of young people as frustration soars 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z But some of us don’t want to be forced into false joviality with the stranger next to us. Why bother with New Year’s resolutions? Breaking them is much more fun. 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z That much was clear from the joviality sweeping through those who gathered at Regent's Park for what was the biggest three-sided tournament to have taken place in the UK. Three-sided football gives players something to think about 2013-05-07T13:02:50Z This year, the joviality was as evident as ever, but so, too, was the sense of resolve that the Boston victims be appropriately honored. London Marathon Is Completed Without Security Problems 2013-04-21T20:00:25Z Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared highly satisfied by the public show of joviality displayed by Obama during their meetings, dispelling the frosty scowls and sniping that marked encounters over the previous four years. Analysis: Obama scores unexpected successes on Middle East trip 2013-03-22T16:56:06Z He was a hale and hearty-looking fellow, full of noisy jests, with a great affectation of joviality; but in his twinkling eyes and about his pursed lips there was the peasant's wariness, astuteness, and greed. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z And yet, for easygoing joviality and good comradeship the naval stoker is hard to beat. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z Hawkesworth's joviality, darkling and satirical as it was, passed with Tom for lightness of heart. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z The sounds of joviality about the camp fire died on the instant; the cheer from the river, echoed by the rocky walls of the gully, seemed to come from a host of men. Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo 2012-03-07T03:00:16.567Z There was no rasping harshness in her tones; indeed, her talk was dashed with joviality. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z It seemed that Marsden, bracing himself for the day, was trying to maintain a sort of buccaneering joviality. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Finding himself detected, he came forward with an awkward show of joviality. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z As well as he could he hid his ever ready sympathy under a surface joviality and flippancy. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z I found him in, and as soon as he learnt my name, he offered me whisky and soda and a cigar with most unparsonical joviality. Love Among the Lions A Matrimonial Experience 2012-01-25T03:00:36.210Z Fires were kindled, kettles boiling, knapsacks opened, and groups, in carelessness and joviality, gathered around fragments of bread and meat. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z He appealed to his wife with a rather boisterous joviality. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z But that which their timid efforts failed to effect, the rising tempest of joviality at last and suddenly wrought. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z He grew homesick for the brisk salute of his soldiers, the gruff and wholesome joviality of fellow-officers, the noble reality of his chosen career. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Frisco was escorted inside to the bar, where Chet did the honors, and where such a spirit of hospitality and joviality surrounded him that he forgot how many drinks he had taken. Hopalong Cassidy 2011-12-08T03:00:21.663Z Nevertheless, his joviality around the subject of bullying was a little unnerving. What If My Son Is a Bully? A Mother Ponders a Daunting Question 2011-10-20T12:05:34Z Certainly there is not the normal boisterous joviality that usually goes on in the halls. Nevada Shootings Seen as Random 2011-09-07T20:38:03Z Still, when all was said, joviality and “grit” put an identical veneer on them all! South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z As the club grew, the suppers deceased; and, as the society became important and pretentious, so the original joviality evaporated. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z It would have been strongly Mephistophelic but for an air of joviality that was not wholly saturnine. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z We certainly did not intend to displease that puritanical pair and we never overstepped the bounds of joviality and fun. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z In spite of this want, joviality was the order of the night. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z As they passed me Stigler said, "Howdy, Black," with an attempt at joviality. Dawson Black: Retail Merchant 2011-06-04T02:00:16.620Z There was mirth in his grey eye, joviality in the wink that twittered on his eyelid, saucy humour in his smile, and bon mot, wit, and rejoinder in every movement of his lips. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z "What's yours, bud?" the bartender called with a great assumption of joviality. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z With some minds this volatile questioning was serious; with others it assumed a Rabelaisian joviality. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z He follows the formul� of Falstaff and instead of achieving a roaring joviality he goes to sleep. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Good humor and joviality were written all over his countenance, as expansive as if that very moment he were not staking his head. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z The commanding officer, once a judge-advocate of Johannesburg, was a man whose joviality covered a grim, resolute spirit. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z He had the best opinion imaginable of himself, and somehow the world shared it—so ingratiating was his joviality. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z In the midst of a society whose reckless joviality and wild profusion were perhaps without precedent, he had chosen to be a recluse. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z As if to increase its height a lace cap with red ribbons, carelessly placed upon its cranium, had slipped to one side, suggesting the idea of ghostly joviality. Garrick's Pupil 2011-01-22T03:00:14.780Z The reason of the trouble was a joviality of the sergeant's, who wished forcibly to embrace the bride. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z It was too quiet to be termed joviality: it was in no wise rollicking. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z He went on, always prudent in spite of his seeming joviality, to spread out the baskets of hop flowers, shining with fresh pollen. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z The old man's spirits contained something of their old joviality. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z And then how dearly too did "mine host of the tavern," enter into their joviality, and aid them in those little waggeries they were so prone to engage in. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z There was something far more touching in the quiet and reverent solemnity of the spectators yesterday than in the slightly boisterous joviality of the peasantry last year. The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z It was a jarring note, and it nearly ruined the joviality of the picnic. Burning Sands 2011-01-17T03:00:53.930Z Among the last to leave, Mr. Smith had sweated through his pink shirt, and looked understandably forlorn for all the joviality. In Kabul, a Service for Slain Aid Workers 2010-08-13T00:30:00Z They have long ago lost their religious character, and joviality has assumed the place of seriousness. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 14 He at once filled the whole room with his blustering joviality, his ponderous efforts to make himself agreeable. Small Souls And the crown-prince, with his simple manliness; Herman, with his joviality; the younger brothers, with their vigorous, boyish chaff: how fond he was of them! Majesty A Novel Tell me, do they learn diabolical tricks of this kind in their so-called Paradise, and are they the result of their celebrated joviality? In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II Does he imagine for a moment that those glorious evenings, when the four of us used to meet and gladden the very stars by the sounds of our joviality, were nothing to me? Bill the Minder Victoria laughed, for his cockney joviality was infectious. A Bed of Roses "I see with pleasure, holy abbess, that solitude and the austerities of the cloister have not impaired the joviality of your temper." The Abbatial Crosier or Bonaik and Septimine. A Tale of a Medieval Abbess He was in one of those moods in which the noise and joviality of pleasure-seekers are jarring even to the best-disposed. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel His physiognomy, of an open cast and instinct with joviality, recalled the features of his grandfather, Charles Martel. The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century "Don't be nasty, Jimmy," said Browne, with sudden joviality. The Red Rat's Daughter He had vaguely observed that this woman was not beautiful, and now, as she faced him with a sudden joviality in the spring sunshine, he saw that she could never have been beautiful. Ewing\\'s Lady There was a cocksure touch to the joviality of young Wallingford which was particularly aggravating to an expert like Mr. Phelps. Young Wallingford The barkeep, a pleasant enough fellow, but with none of Art's innate joviality, rang up the dime. Cue for Quiet He, on his part, showed me no ill-will, but met me rather with a coarse joviality, and a rough familiarity which he meant to be ingratiating. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen "Well," retorted the other with quite a touch of joviality "it's an ill wind—you know." The Heart of a Woman Such joviality beamed from his face that a glance from him was strengthening and reassuring. Waldfried A Novel But Horace, when not exalted with his inspired preachments on the art of life and the arts of poetry and love, was a bitter cynic redeemed by great self-depreciation and joviality. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories The same determination as at the beginning was still displayed; all were resolved to defend themselves; but the mocking joviality of the early days of the siege had disappeared. Sónnica In verse Peacock was the last, and one of the best, of the masters of the English drinking-song; and some of his examples are unmatched for their mixture of joviality, taste, sense, and wit. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) He was a big, young fellow, twenty, plump and full-blooded, vivacious with that healthy, turbulent kind of joviality which seems to diffuse vital energies all about it. Their Son; The Necklace In its rude joviality, and simple and direct delineation of character, it is a thoroughly good representative of the famous ancient Beast Epic.’ The Art and Craft of Printing His humour and joviality did not, however, altogether desert him; he made himself a welcome guest of an evening, and carried out amusing pranks with his merry cousins. Weird Tales, Vol. II. This discovery damped his joviality, which indeed was only put on, and for this reason it was disagreeable to see some one with whom most unpleasant recollections were connected. Timar's Two Worlds There was a saucy frankness of countenance, a knowing roguery of eye, a joviality and prankishness of demeanor, that was wonderfully captivating, especially to the ladies. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings We kept our glasses going gaily during dessert, and I was, as so frequently is the case in moods like mine, extremely noisy and loud in my joviality. Weird Tales. Vol. I His voice had been quiet and deferential, but by no means genteel; nor had it any hint of the roystering joviality of a sailor. Aliens It was a distinction in itself to be one of the vassals of the “Hanging Judge,” and his gross, formidable joviality was far from unpopular in the neighbourhood of his home. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston At length, all his joviality gone, Sheriff Will sat down by the sitting-room fire in puzzled perplexity. Peggy Owen and Liberty One average-minded fat man near the door of a business establishment will make more customers in a month by his geniality, joviality and sociableness than a dozen brilliant thinkers will in a year. How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types "Well done, my boy!" he grunted, with a joviality he did not bother trying to make sound overly sincere. Irresistible Weapon His face expanded with good-fellowship; joviality shone from his eyes beaming upon the soldier whom he unconsciously regarded as an auxiliary. The Strollers Even Curly Bill had put aside his usual heavy joviality. When the West Was Young And Judge Maynard also crossed his knees, tucked his thumbs into his waistcoat pockets, and winked back with equal joviality. Once to Every Man But even their joviality is as admirably subject to good order as it is graceful, and does not impair the natural goodness of their disposition. Pius IX. And His Time The jesting and joviality and jolly, broad insinuation of the guests only coiled him more. The Rainbow “I wouldn’t let him off yet,” said Ballard to Wingo from the window, with sudden joviality, and he came back to the players. Red Men and White He could win or lose with the same perpetual joviality, but he generally won. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer Even under the joviality of those closest to him he saw the tightened sinews of their jaws. Once to Every Man The very sky seems laughing, and the round sun fairly winks with an amused joviality. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia Torches were lighted, refreshments introduced, songs of mirth and joviality rose upon the night air, and still the horrid carnage continued unabated. Madame Roland, Makers of History “It’s only forty miles,” he said with heavy joviality. The Dark Star He remembered me immediately, shook my hand with that captivating joviality of manner which is peculiar to him, and invited me into his house. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 My knapsack being waterproof, I could put on dry clothes, and hang my wet garments round the stove, while the uproarious masons—terrible men for beer and music—comforted me with unending joviality. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France The painfully created joviality came to a swift and uncomfortable end, and in its place flashed a look of embarrassment. Anderson Crow, Detective The next thing I heard was that Jacko, confused by the din of joviality, had decamped from the middle of the table where they had placed him, and broken his glass. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition A kind of reckless and brutal joviality seems to characterise the malefactors whom we meet with in this region. Dante: His Times and His Work On the road home the crowd sometimes shows a measure of joviality, and it is always customary to usher victorious wrestlers into their own village with shouts and loud proclamation of what has been accomplished. India and the Indians Arnoux, seated in the shade of an evergreen, was smoking, with a look of joviality in his face. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man And then he rocked on his heels, filled with joviality clear down to his rubber soles. The Life of the Party The sailors had been partaking of venison as well as ourselves; but there were not those sounds of joviality incidental to festive occasions, and the silence in the forecastle attracted our notice. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition A wild joviality seemed to rush through the Dryad, as though she were intoxicated with opium. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Ever since his arrival at Can Mallorqu� the entire family seemed dependent upon his orders, admiring him as a personage of immense power, tempered by eternal joviality. The Dead Command From the Spanish Los Muertos Mandan There was as much joviality and agreeable jesting as in the family circle. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Friend Bull," said he, with his habitual joviality, "I am satisfied with you. The Brass Bell or, The Chariot of Death “I have a fuss to pick with you, young man,” he said with clumsy joviality. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man Under the spur of the fiery spirit, their ardour and their joviality mounted together. The Huntress With all its alarms, however, life in camp was not without its joviality. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Nor was his joviality by any means a descent; for not only before royalty was he dignified, but in the most democratic assembly. James B. Eads "Swaying on all top-ropes;" figuratively, "going the whole hog" in joviality or any trickery. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. "Well, Heriot," smiled the Colonel, looking a little surprised at the remarkable joviality of this greeting. The Prodigal Father The joviality of the veteran horse raiser took the place of his petulance and, ignoring the young men, the old friends stood arm in arm for ten minutes recounting the past. On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland But his former joviality of manner was gone. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 She could give him an idea of the man’s connections, of the price his work commanded, and insinuate whether he ought to be met with the old punctiliousness or with the new joviality. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays "Well, old Hossy," said Lieutenant Cox, summing up all his energy in an attempt at matutinal joviality as he slapped the landlord on the back, "how are things going with you?" Ralph the Heir All previous coronations were said to be outdone by the feasting and joviality on this occasion. Little Folks A Magazine for the Young (Date of issue unknown) The brilliance and joviality of Fox and Sheridan counted as nothing against the national impulse which the master now set in motion and the pupil was destined to carry to further lengths. William Pitt and the Great War When the latter has departed, the joviality of the company increases. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas At Venice were invented momaria, in which there was no theatrical illusion, but brio, joviality, and irony. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals The huge bowl, gaily decorated with ribbons, was passed from hand to hand around the table, each guest taking a portion of its contents, as a sign of joviality and good-fellowship. Myths and Legends of Christmastide The light was dim, but they felt the joviality that hung about him and saw his teeth exposed in a smile he could not subdue. Moor Fires The mind refuses to grasp such a mass of comicality; how, then, would you classify this prodigious joviality and sarcasm? The History of "Punch" The three begin in unison, andante, whence the 'cello breaks away, followed soon by the others, into the joviality of a drinking bout. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions The man's assumed heartiness, his manner of joviality and good-fellowship, were only the mask of moral turpitude and blackest purpose. Under the Rose Uproarious applause followed Jack's song, when the joviality of the mourners was interrupted by a summons to attend in the state-room. Rookwood The encounter of that forenoon seemed to have had the effect of recalling the spirit of his youth to Mr Sudberry, and his effervescing joviality gave tone to all the rest. Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication On the contrary, our doctor was full of talk and joviality—generous to a fault. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire While the majority regard Jesus as an ascetic, a reformer, opposed to business and joviality, Bruce Barton has convinced thousands that Jesus was the great business man, rotarian and advertiser. The Mistakes of Jesus Then he was all joviality, and took me by the arms to tell me how 'Paul, old boy, has been raking me over the coals. A War-Time Wooing A Story The woodsman cried the taunt more insolently, and yet with a jeering joviality that irritated Parker more than downright abuse would have done. The Rainy Day Railroad War The Lesser Dionysia were vintage festivals, celebrated in rural districts in the month of November, and were characterized by drinking, feasting, and joviality of all kinds. Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome Socially and in his home he was full of comradeship and bright joviality, but as a railroader he was as inflexible and apparently unemotional as the material with which he worked. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police One gentleman, however, was very skilful in knocking off the necks of the bottles, and before we were half-way home we were all in a state of great contentment and joviality. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile "Sometimes," said the fat man with a dangerous joviality, "you pick the wrong way to say the right thing, Nick." Breaking Point "He'll go off one of these days." said the captain with affected joviality. Salthaven It was too late now to mend matters, so he gave way to despair, which in him frequently, if not usually, assumed the form of reckless joviality. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands Bustle, and hurry, and uproar, and joviality prevailed. The Golden Dream Adventures in the Far West The latter experiment was the one to which the enlightened Eskimos looked forward with the most excited and hopeful anticipations, for it was that which gratified best their feeling of mischievous joviality. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole He was also gifted with a large share of their characteristic good humour and joviality; which qualities endeared him to many of his companions, especially to the boys of the neighbourhood. Erling the Bold True, his features were good, but they wore habitually a scowling, sulky expression, even when the man was pleased, and there was more of sarcasm than joviality in the sound when Gaspard condescended to laugh. Ungava When the dervish had drained the dish, the host filled a glass full to the brim with vinegar, and, with fierce joviality, bade him drink it. In the Track of the Troops In this new land, my brother Bob’s profession is fun, Jim’s is jollity, and mine is a compound of both, called joviality. The Settler and the Savage He spoke in a tone of cynical joviality, as if defying his misfortunes. The Rover of the Andes A Tale of Adventure on South America Owen rose and spoke with an eerie joviality. The Making of a Soul The lady did not at all participate in the joviality; and, as it is difficult to keep up mirth entirely upon one’s own resources, we were beginning to be a gloomy party. Rattlin the Reefer The sounds of joviality increased, and Blake's mouth watered. A Wounded Name The travelling companion whom he chose for this tour was a certain Mr. Nicol, whose acquaintance he seems to have first formed at the Crochallan club, or some other haunt of boisterous joviality. Robert Burns Hello!" said Mr. Sorber, with rough joviality, "who are these little dames? The Corner House Girls at School There was much laughing and rallying as the honest emblem of Christmas joviality circulated, and was kissed rather coyly by the ladies. Old Christmas From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving Miss Gloria Farrow, Registered Nurse, did not respond to my awkward joviality. Highways in Hiding Her husband belonged to the type known as "fine men," tall, generously-proportioned, with the free and easy joviality which is so common in Ireland. Here are Ladies Though his demeanor towards myself remained quite amicable, it was clear that he judged me, to a certain extent, by my associations; and his simple joviality was somewhat clouded by an uneasy sense of responsibility. Border and Bastille "Is that it?" said the Duke, looking at him with surprise, but at the same time with something of returning joviality in his face. Can You Forgive Her? He seemed anxious to fight shy of publicity in any shape or form and, though he had been very cordial, even familiar with me, his very apparent frankness and joviality had awakened my suspicions. The Lost Valley Sometimes at morning when a change of season had influenced him, he would slowly stride up and down the porch, seeming to shake with joviality as he walked. An Arkansas Planter It must require great joviality or eccentricity to find any humour in caricaturing a pun. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 He ate twice as much as I had ever seen him consume and the worn lines in his face were slowly filling out into a delicious joviality. The Heart's Kingdom All his contentment, all his joviality, had vanished. Can You Forgive Her? In that dull, stupid place one learns to appraise the talk about sociality and joviality at its correct value. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary He put down the newspaper, got up, and slowly strode about the room, not shaking with joviality as he walked. An Arkansas Planter I suffer so much, just now, in this world, for last night’s joviality, that I shall escape scot-free for it in the world to come. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham I don't think," Patrick O'Neil said, "that we Irishmen drink from any particular love of liquor, but from good fellowship and joviality. In the Irish Brigade A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain Manning himself let him in, grabbing his hand in a firm grip that nevertheless lacked the man’s usual heavy joviality. Warlord of Kor Before tea was over we new arrivals were infected with the same spirit of joviality, and were ready for the first 'rag.' One Young Man The simple and true story of a clerk who enlisted in 1914, who fought on the western front for nearly two years, was severely wounded at the battle of the Somme, and is now on his way back to his desk. He walked down the corridor to the third room on the left—the door of Westby’s room, from which the sounds of joviality proceeded. The Jester of St. Timothy's We should not be justified in calling such persons selfish; still less should we call them cold-hearted: their exuberance overflows upon others in the form of heartiness, geniality, joviality, and even lavish generosity. Practical Essays Long Jack was a prominent, but despite his joviality, it seems to me a pathetic figure. Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland The sourness of my own discontent was dissolved in the alembic of his joviality. The Quest of the Simple Life We began to feel the reaction which always follows a season of extreme joviality, and our spirits were down. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse All I could do was to carry it off as coolly as possible to save Carette annoyance, and to affect a lightness and joviality which were really not in me. Carette of Sark The long day's march has tempered the joviality of the entire column. The Deserter Beside the sentimental languor which enveloped him, Diggs loomed grotesquely fair and florid, with eyes bulging with joviality, and red, repellent, almost gluttonous lips. The Voice of the People He watched them with a solemn joviality as they came up, the Archbishop in front, the father and son together, and the two others behind. The King's Achievement Beneath the outer crust of professional melancholy there evidently seethed within the undertaker a lava of joviality. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 “Without Bismarck’s authority, he had his manner—a mixture of baseness, of atrocious joviality, a studied cynicism and a lack of conscience.” The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3 The pirate captain seemed to be possessed by a spirit of fierce and reckless joviality that day. Gascoyne, The Sandal-Wood Trader A Tale of the Pacific He was fair to the point of insipidity, and his weak blue eyes bulged with joviality. The Voice of the People The man's face, moreover, with all its joviality, by no means attracted him, and he shouted to him in a sharply-protesting tone— "Play for yourself, Yankee." The Pilot and his Wife We know of such men who have been much esteemed for their joviality and good nature, but who have broken down in what should have been a hearty and useful middle life. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition Marion and Helen did not respond in tones of joviality, as might have been expected. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds "The sky last night was surely no place for a lady," said Mr. Frere with rather sour joviality. Living Alone The item scarcely needed to complete joviality of Squire's appearance and bearing; looks like the best man at a wedding-party. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 11, 1892 "If you knew how long it seemed from luncheon to supper time——" Despite all Ruth Fielding could do, the girl from Silver Ranch felt herself a good deal out of this nonsense and joviality. Ruth Fielding on Cliff Island Or, The Old Hunter's Treasure Box Some of us have known of such men, who have been esteemed for their joviality and good nature, who have suddenly broken down at what should have been a hearty middle life. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition The spirit of roguery and joviality, which prevails in them all, proves that they are more the overflowings of wild and unrestrained youth, than the fruits of dissoluteness of manners. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations I checked as gently as I could a joviality which I thought unsuited to the time. 54-40 or Fight American youngsters delight in the negro tales of "Uncle Remus," and this piece opens with an unbridled joviality that continues to the end. Edward MacDowell The drawing-room reached, all constraint vanished, and the joviality which had marked the dessert made its reappearance. A Love Episode Jerome Brown, stripped of the promoter's joviality and looking flabby and old, sat behind with Buchanan Garnet, who had come on from Ohio. Youth and the Bright Medusa Are you all right?" and, once again invoking the spirit of Mark Tapley, I throw all the joviality I can into my reply as I say, through the wall, "Quite, thanks. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 5, 1891 He grinned cheerfully at them; and, to Bob's surprise, greeted him with great joviality. The Rules of the Game As soon as I came here I took a tumble, so to speak; I lost my joviality and serenity and learned to know what real sorrow is. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev His gradual deterioration, step by step, from self-indulgent joviality, through envy and jealousy, to the hatred of despair that does not even shrink from fratricide, is depicted with masterly insight and consistency. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig The same night we had a supper, at which a melancholy species of joviality was in the ascendant, and the next day shook hands and parted. California Four Months among the Gold-Finders, being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts The dance achieved that brightness and joviality which entitle a dance to call itself a success. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Martin, of whom he bought his supplies, at first greeted him with customary joviality. The Rules of the Game M. Carbon was the embodiment of kindness, joviality and straightforwardness. Recollections of My Youth He laid the blue coat of thunder aside and descended to the very lowest rung of his joviality. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig He was amused by the southern exuberance and joviality of a doubtlessly corpulent man. Against the Grain "This is not so bad, after all," he says, still with that same unconquerable accent of joviality. Nancy This apostrophe is, therefore, a mixture of surprise, soldierly bluntness and joviality. Delsarte System of Oratory For some time nothing was audible but an ever-increasing tumult of joviality from the Piazza. A Man of Mark At such times he suddenly became doubly pleasant and jovial with her; but even this joviality bore something of the nature of the sultry soil from which it grew. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig In the whole scene, not one ray of brightness, not one flash of gaiety, only maudlin joviality or grim despair. The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man At each fresh tumbler his joviality goes up a step, until at length it reaches a pitch which produces an opposite effect on me, and engenders a depressed fright. Nancy He gave no utterance to these sentiments; but the excessive joviality they inspired within him, and the merriment they brought upon his shining face, were quite enough for Martin. Martin Chuzzlewit But there was no time to moralise, for the joviality again became very brisk, and the decanter of port being nearly out, brother Ned pulled the bell, which was instantly answered by the apoplectic butler. Nicholas Nickleby He seemed to have made a resolute effort at tidiness of attire, and his sister, a robust, florid woman with a splendid joviality about her, kept eyeing his freshly creased clothes apprehensively. Alexander's Bridge "Shake hands upon that!" cries my lord, with a kind of joviality. Master of Ballantrae "This is rather a long day for you, child!" says Sir Roger, kindly, perceiving, I suppose, the joviality of the expression with which I am eying the German landscape. Nancy They looked, and saw him in huge white shirt-sleeves, shaking with joviality. Philosophy 4 Then down deserted Prospect and along McCosh with song everywhere around them, up to the hot joviality of Nassau Street. This Side of Paradise He showed it by an unwonted joviality of spirit, by a slight but evident unbending of his Spanish dignity. Arizona Nights On deck he had overborne my stubborn perplexity by dint of a forced though forceful joviality; in his cabin the gloves were off. The Amateur Cracksman No doubt the out-and-out joviality of that gathering had made it a topic in the neighborhood, and that every one present as guests had been widely spoken of—Grace, with her exceptional qualities, above all. The Woodlanders There is a joviality and a genuine good feeling at some of these meetings which is refreshing to the soul. In Darkest England and the Way Out It was a distinction in itself to be one of the vassals of the "Hanging Judge," and his gross, formidable joviality was far from unpopular in the neighbourhood of his home. Weir of Hermiston For the noise of them seemed almost mirthful, as it out-topped the other noises of the night; or if not mirthful, yet instinct with a portentous joviality. Merry Men He had not been altogether clear as to how he should receive Plowden, but certainly a warm joviality had not occurred to him as appropriate. The Market-Place He appeared surprised at finding Newman, but his surprise was but a momentary shadow across the surface of an unwonted joviality. The American He is endowed with a certain indescribable, unexpected joviality; he upsets the composure of the shopkeeper with his wild laughter. Les Misérables "I allus have to caution him about that," he remarked with great joviality. The Damnation of Theron Ware The commonness of the men and the rough joviality of their mood were the more accentuated by the supreme dignity of the orator. Captivating Mary Carstairs "The worst of that is," commented Thorpe, with radiant joviality, "she would subscribe to any other new doctrine of mine just as readily." The Market-Place There was an air of forced joviality about Mr. Jeekes as he put the question which did not in the least, as he undoubtedly intended it should, disguise his eagerness. The Yellow Streak Some misfortune happened to him every moment, hence his joviality. Les Misérables As for the Elector, he was an attractive, sympathetic man, who combined frank joviality with tact, wit, and delicacy. The Court of the Empress Josephine Here was the rendezvous of sailor men from all parts of the world, for here they found companionship and joviality. Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. He formed a manner for the reception of these advances, compounded of joviality, cynicism, and frank brutality, which nobody, to his face at least, resented. The Market-Place It was inexpressibly fatiguing and irksome to me to keep up a show of good fellowship and joviality with these people, though I had not sufficient energy to make the attempt to quit them. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 She was surprised, however, to see that Morris had an air of jaunty joviality, which she could not help thinking was rather forced. In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories Doubtless the artist of these paintings, if he lacked the gift of design and colour, was endowed with that of joviality. The Quest Bartley knew that this was Ricker's way of accepting, and he said nothing, but he answered his next question with easy joviality. A Modern Instance Roscoe Orlando Gibbons came through the crowd, with a great effect of smiling joviality. Under the Skylights Wine, joviality, good company, and bitter satire—these were the elements of Ben Jonson's happiness. Shakspere and Montaigne Nothing could be happier or gentler than their evening's joviality—yet sailors are considered in Japan an especially rough class. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan First Series David would much rather have gone without; but Reuben, affecting joviality, called the servant, and some food was brought. The History of David Grieve Nothing made them lose their intrepidity, their joviality. Jean-Christophe, Volume I "Come on, one of you and give us another toast," he reiterated, with a roar of barbarous joviality, taking up his glass in his right hand, and keeping his left still in his pocket. Hide and Seek The Kammerjunker's sister, Miss Jakoba, a young lady of about thirty, neither stout nor thin, but with a strange mixture of joviality and indolence, approached them. O. T. a Danish Romance But after an excellent supper and much singing and joviality, one’s views are apt to alter. Mike All was fun and joviality; we had a capital dinner, and no allusion whatever, direct or indirect, was made to the prevailing mortal epidemic, until the surgeon came in, about eight o'clock in the evening. Tom Cringle's Log This remark sobered the father's joviality, and brought his mind to business. The Prince and the Pauper, Part 3. It was two o'clock in the morning; and the entertainments in the Snuggery were fast rising to the climax of joviality. Hide and Seek The tenor of Roman life was, in general, earnest and grave, although in private society they had no small turn for wit and joviality. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature But alas for the short-lived joviality of the multitude! A Trip to Manitoba He looks young in spite of his thick, black beard; his eyes are weak, his expression is sly and disagreeable, and looks as if he might sometimes have his hours of coarse joviality. Paris under the Commune The Seventy-Three Days of the Second Siege; with Numerous Illustrations, Sketches Taken on the Spot, and Portraits (from the Original Photographs) You cannot believe how much this courageous display of joviality contributed towards giving me strength and hope. International Short Stories: French Indeed, his joviality seemed, somehow or other, to have got into the very buttons of his coat, for they fairly winked, and twinkled with joviality. The Money Moon A Romance Both are not without merit, in the manner of Marionette pieces; in the first, a popular tradition, and in the second, a merry legend, is handled with hearty joviality. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature The Saxon soldiers spent it in joviality, singing their national songs, and draining huge horns of ale and wine round their campfires. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) He was generous and freehanded with his money, loved joviality, and had a good voice for a song. Boys and girls from Thackeray He seemed to cling to his memory, and to turn from every fault to his joviality, as a thing he could not enough delight to remember. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 And when the experienced scout unloaded a portion of their heavier freight and began to build a small barrier Elmer's usual joviality cooled into silence. The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure The exemption he otherwise enjoyed appears to have conduced not a little to the waterman's proverbial joviality. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore May not too much joviality and too much smoking have a good deal to do with it? Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life "First spoil in my new life," he went on with harsh joviality. Victory An Island Tale On the contrary, there was a sort of reckless joviality in the air of ABANDON, with which he presented me and spoke. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story He grew cunning—in such circumstances a common symptom—affecting a "bonhomie," a joviality of demeanour, indeed, which was rather overdone. Stella Fregelius I can pay for it, Miss Cable," he added with an attempt at joviality, "but I'm no good at ordering. Jane Cable There was an attempt at joviality about this breakfast,—or, at any rate, of the usual comfortable luxury of hospitable entertainment,—which, coming as it did from Trevelyan, almost locked his lips. He Knew He Was Right As a rule he disliked clergymen, but at the last had been driven to invite his curate because he thought six a better number than five for joviality. The American Senator Such joviality was uncommon with the parson, and so surprised and astonished my father, that he intimated to the doctor that it would not be amiss to get him home. The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter The big man had spoken glibly, but with a nervousness which, more and more, cropped out through his noisy joviality. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story He was selling very cheap very bad wine to small liquor dealers in the country, and was considered by his friends and acquaintances as a sharp crook, a real Norman full of wiles and joviality. Mademoiselle Fifi At dinner, I tried hard to rival him in jest and joviality; I drank much more than my usual quantity of wine—but it was useless. Basil How pleasant would it be to give a friendly nod to Runciman as he went into the room, and to assert afterwards in Botsey's hearing something of the joviality of the evening. The American Senator His uproarious joviality, his echoing ha! ha! became a feature of the place; it deceived the simple, and amused the complex. South Wind His note was one of joviality, almost of bluffness. Will Warburton On the whole there reigned a spirit of imbecile joviality. The Nether World The thought of the distinguished company he was to entertain that night had changed him temporarily, as with some wave of a fairy wand, into a thing of joviality and benevolence. The Intrusion of Jimmy The Saxon soldiers spent it in joviality, singing their national songs, and draining huge horns of ale and wine round their camp-fires. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo It was not kept with much joviality, for water and food were running scarce. A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53 What had become of that innocent joviality he had dreamed of, that happy morning pilgrimage of Spring enlivened by tags from the poets? Huntingtower Lady Nidderdale,—or if not Lady Nidderdale herself, then Lady Nidderdale's mother,—was so far potent over the young nobleman as to induce him to confine his Derby jovialities to the Derby Day. The Duke's Children Their cheeks glowed, their eyes glared; they resembled Bacchantes circling the god of riotous joviality with their shouts of "Evoe! evoe!" Henry VIII and His Court The lad, startled more by the joviality of his manner than by the suddenness of his speech, hastily replied, "Indeed, we are not, then." Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry She felt herself in unison with him, whether through gaiety with his joviality, through seriousness with his sadness, or through imagination with his talent. Women in the Life of Balzac Seeing that his friend in the chimney-corner was the only one who reciprocated his joviality in any way, he held out his cup towards that appreciative comrade, who also held out his own. Wessex Tales When they were walking along Joshua said, with desperate attempt at joviality, ‘Rosa, what’s going on?’ Life's Little Ironies He had all those qualities of suavity, joviality, firmness, and personal domination that made possible success in American local politics a generation ago. The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry And Baron Brawl was of the party, one of Her Majesty's puisne Judges, as jovial a guest as ever entered a country house; but given to be rather sharp withal in his jovialities. Framley Parsonage Lord Macaulay was accustomed to say that he got his "joviality" from his mother's family. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The grand hall was no longer anything but a vast furnace of effrontry and joviality, where every mouth was a cry, every individual a posture; everything shouted and howled. Notre-Dame De Paris It is then, if ever, that you taste joviality to the full significance of that audacious word. The Pocket R.L.S., being favourite passages from the works of Stevenson An expression almost of joviality overspread the tragic farce of Malkiel's appearance. The Prophet of Berkeley Square There is no longer in him even a trace of that Attic humor, that decorous and classic joviality which made him so pleasing. Dona Perfecta A lawyer who concealed his vices beneath a mantle of joviality and candor, brought up from the country a pretty, innocent girl to act as servant in his house. Caught in the Net Meanwhile, the feverish contact of the crowded street had, strange to say, increased his loneliness, while the ruder joviality of its dissipations began to fill him with vague uneasiness. A Waif of the Plains The chilling silence melted into an agreeable smile, and all recovered their breaths and former joviality. The Daughter of an Empress Just at this juncture we were summoned to the drawing room, and I suspect, at the private instigation of mine host, whose joviality seemed always tempered with a proper love of decorum. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon He was a man about fifty years old, gray-haired, of a mauve complexion, and his general appearance suggested joviality. Something New His voice was pleasant, and had a certain ring of joviality in it, and his manner was one of those easy ones which always insure popularity. Caught in the Net Yet he was disappointed that there was not more joviality; he wondered if men always drank together so stiffly. A Waif of the Plains French joviality—gaiety and gravity, all in one—never injures business; quite the contrary. Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Whatever may have been the joviality of the old mansion in the days of Shakespeare, it had now an air of stillness and solitude. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon It was estimated by envious intimates that his joviality with chance acquaintances, specially with young men of the upper classes, with large purses and small foreheads—was worth hundreds of pounds a year to him. Something New Their noisy joviality had an undercurrent of sadness; jokes failed to amuse; laughter seemed forced; words, mirthful in leaving the lips, sounded ominous on reaching the ear. Royalty Restored I have seen more reckless joviality in a town stricken by pestilence than I ever encountered elsewhere. North America — Volume 1 Just at this juncture we were summoned to the drawing-room, and, I suspect, at the private instigation of mine host, whose joviality seemed always tempered with a proper love of decorum. Old Christmas There was much laughing and rallying as the honest emblem of Christmas joviality circulated and was kissed rather coyly by the ladies. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon He turned to Greenwood with a relapse into joviality. The Club of Queer Trades The reporter soon saw, too, that all the general's joviality was a little excessive. The Secret of the Night What pleased the clients of this man most was his joviality and his repartees; he talked their language. The Lesser Bourgeoisie Finally, he ate to decide wagers made upon his gorging, though at times during this last period his joviality deserted him. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William The other was an essentially healthy-minded man but he loved joviality, freedom and good fellowship. The Foundations of Personality He himself took willingly enough to the feasts and jovialities which usually followed his principal operations. The Hated Son Also, notwithstanding his joviality, none of us had cared much for the captain, and his policy had been to keep us somewhat apart from the crew, of whom therefore we knew but little. When the World Shook; being an account of the great adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot Prior, perfuming the room with the faint odour of wine and tobacco smoke, tried to introduce an atmosphere of joviality into the proceedings. A Voyage to Arcturus I did not take to Captain Barlow, for all his affected joviality. Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger Vital is a man between thirty and forty years of age, with a natural joviality now repressed by ambitious ideas. Unconscious Comedians The good man's excellent heart was concealed by a misleading appearance of joviality in keeping with his puffy cheeks and rotund figure, the vivacity of his fat little body, and the frankness of his speech. The Hated Son By the joviality of their insults Babbitt knew that he had been taken back to their hearts, and happily he rose. Babbitt And so, while he was celebrating the death of another with immoderate joviality, he forced on his own apace. The Danish History, Books I-IX |
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