Word: lightheartedness
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To readers who enjoy that peculiarly English grace of being lighthearted about the deadly serious, Charles Williams will be a discovery indeed. Novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, who regards him as more important than either of such Christian authors as T. S. Eliot or C. S. Lewis, has spoken of Williams...
Ley calls his book "an excursion into romantic zoology." It is a lighthearted excursion. A man of deep zoological faith, Ley believes that animal myths are based on actual fact, and that many fearful and wonderful creatures, undreamed of (and unlisted) by more unromantic zoologists, may still roam the earth...
Some 600 "reconverted" men of 16 different nationalities have formed a McIndoe alumni group called "The Guinea Pig Club." The lighthearted lyrics of the club's anthem are a tribute to Sir Archibald's success in salvaging minds as well as faces:
Vishinsky observed Ana's hold on Groza. When he left Rumania, Vishinsky said: "I feel very lighthearted."
Sir John Reeves Ellerman might be mistaken for a wealthy dilettante. He acts in little plays with his own theater company, in his own private theater. He is fond of odd pets, which have included several porcupines and an elephant named Charlie. He has his own private orchestra, which plays...