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By no means undignified, the face presented that combination of slyness and jocundity which we are accustomed to imagine of the canonical jolly-dogs in mediaeval tales.
From The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy
But they were now increasing the size of the letters in the advertisements and the jocundity of the pictures,—and the thing might be done.
From The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope
Before their imperturbable jocundity what bad humour can exist?
From The Tapestry Book by Mrs. Helen Churchill Hungerford Candee
Mademoiselle, too, seemed affected by the sweetness and jocundity of the early day.
From An Enemy to the King by Robert Neilson Stephens
However, his spirits were not in their usual flow of jocundity just now, and his lively face was dashed with care.
From Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
In spite of such feeble jocundities, Spenser easily gets the goods on the errant pitcher.
From Time Magazine Archive
For Mr. Harold Smith was in earnest, and did not quite relish these jocundities.
From Framley Parsonage by Anthony Trollope
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