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The world has unmistakably grown younger again during the last twenty years, as though—which, indeed, is the fact—it had thrown off an accumulation of mopishness, shaken itself free from imaginary middle-aged restrictions and preoccupations.

From Vanishing Roads and Other Essays by Le Gallienne, Richard

I am too young and—they do say—too frivolous to stand so much mopishness.

From Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess by Fischer, Henry W. (Henry William)

I'm right glad poor Mr. Amyas should find a sprightly young lady to cure him of his mopishness.

From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary