Citations:joyful


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * Thus, therefore, they walked on together; and as they walked, ever and anon these trumpeters, even with joyful sound, would, by mixing their music with looks and gestures, still signify to Christian and his brother, how welcome they were into their company, and with what gladness they came to meet them; and now were these two men, as it were, in heaven, before they came at it, being swallowed up with the sight of angels, and with hearing of their melodious notes.
 * But above all, the warm and joyful thoughts that they had about their own dwelling there, with such company, and that for ever and ever.


 * 1813 — Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
 * The little Gardiners, attracted by the sight of a chaise, were standing on the steps of the house as they entered the paddock; and, when the carriage drove up to the door, the joyful surprise that lighted up their faces, and displayed itself over their whole bodies, in a variety of capers and frisks, was the first pleasing earnest of their welcome.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Its dark brown curls were long and free; free as its genial face, its sparkling eye, its open hand, its cheery voice, its unconstrained demeanour, and its joyful air.