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But the whole business had never seemed so difficult as that afternoon when by all calculations I should have been rejoicing in assured success.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John

Had any other 431 woman, or girl, or man in this entire Southland wounded me there would have been rejoicing instead of sorrow.

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster

"But we were here in weeping," said they, "we were in pain, we lived in torment so long, when we should have been rejoicing."

From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

He was appointed to his important post at a time when Christians all over the world must have been rejoicing.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Unexpectedly," he said, "while we have been rejoicing over our victory, death has taken toll from among us; one of our number has passed suddenly from this world into the world beyond.

From The Mark of the Knife by Ernst, Clayton H.