Example Sentences

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Well, indeed," exclaimed Zenobia, recovering herself and laughing, "this is an adventure, and well-worthy to be the first incident in our life of love and free-heartedness!

From The Blithedale Romance by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Her gay candour proved to me—perhaps to others besides me—the girl's entire free-heartedness.

From John Halifax, Gentleman by Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock

I mean in his confidence in men, and his free-heartedness, giving away what he has.

From Summerfield or, Life on a Farm by Lee, Day Kellogg

How blessed it is that God sends these 'perpetual messiahs' among us, to lead us back to innocence and free-heartedness and faith.

From Memories of Hawthorne by Lathrop, Rose Hawthorne

He knew that in preaching they wanted noise, emotion, and fire; that in the preacher they wanted free-heartedness and cordiality.

From The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories by Dunbar, Paul Laurence