Word: jocund
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...Right Honorable Members, grown restless, welcomed a diversion caused when the electric light circuit of the House was interrupted for more than an hour. The Speaker uttered, for the first time in a decade, an antique command: "Let candles be brought in!" When debate was recommenced by candlelight, jocund Members testified to the inconsequence of the proceedings by blowing out the candles as fast as they were lighted, until it became necessary to adjourn the House while electricians tinkered...
...beautiful drama, but not one that can be recommended for an evening of jocund entertainment
...Arbor, Mich., and Chicago, the jocund throngs were somewhat subdued, having in mind the memories of their late Presidents, Marion LeRoy Burton of the University of Michigan and Ernest DeWitt Burton of Chicago...
...brow of Dean Inge, never very jocund at best, was painfully overcast. Still, as has been said, they couldn't blame him for it. His attitude in the crisis could only be one of prayerful anxiety. He consulted engineers, architects. They told...
...Harwood."A Jocund Feud," Maurice Thompson. "Love" (Poem...