Word: joyful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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WHEN the departure of the philosopher left him time to think, Yung pondered over the two great events of the last hour; Loe's confession, and Mnag's proposal. The former filled him with a thrilling joy which almost drove the latter from his mind. How could he think of the philosopher's proposition, when his brain kept singing, "She is mine! mine...
...blackness of midnight was under the shade of the trees, though it was yet dusk in the open glen. Tue saw the truth of Yung's words; but in her case (as in that of many, I fear) the discovery of truth did not bring with it an exquisite joy. She sank upon the ground and wept...
...whispered Tue passionately, and fled. Her brain was in a tumult. Joy, passion, hope, foreboding, were mingled in a chaotic mass of thought. But as she approached her father's hut she could think more clearly. What had she done? She had expressed her preference for a mere stranger; one of whose very name she was ignorant. In vain she assured herself that his conduct at the glen proved him good and noble. "A single act is no basis for determining character," her judgment replied; "it may be quite in keeping with the actor's character; it may be merely...
...know not that the serious joy...
...joy proclaimed his kinsmen's victory...