It was one of those evenings of surpassing loveliness, such as gladdened our hearts only at long intervals. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
Lost faces come before me which I might have gladdened oftener. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of an Old Maid] Reference
Two recent BBC dramas, Dive and The Silence, gladdened the heart. From Wordnik.com. [Can British TV produce drama as good as Mad Men?] Reference
Khartoum the sight of flocks of English sparrows had gladdened Gordon's heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of General Gordon] Reference
Spring passed, and the long days of Summer gladdened workers and idlers alike. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
Our hearts are now gladdened by the gracious providences that have come to them. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 4, April, 1896] Reference
The stars shone by day, and the beams of the moon gladdened the hours of darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 (of 3)] Reference
I had not advanced many steps when my ears were gladdened by the sound of running water. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
She hath won the heart of the people -- these fêtes were a triumph -- they almost gladdened her. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
Great Spirit, 'said he,' as my eyes were gladdened at evening by the sight of the stars of heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference
The joy which most gladdened his lonely life was the joy of unknown, but sublime and perfect, obedience. From Wordnik.com. [Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn] Reference
Almost at once I was gladdened and relieved by seeing the sweet face break into one of its lovely smiles. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
Then we lingered to witness two of the noblest cakes, the sight of which ever gladdened the heart of a bride. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Every home was gladdened either by the restoration of some beloved son, or in sympathy with the general rejoicing. From Wordnik.com. [Rabbi and Priest A Story] Reference
After anxious waiting, those who had stayed behind were gladdened by the good news that for the present their homes were safe. From Wordnik.com. [Four American Indians King Philip, Pontiac, Tecumseh, Osceola] Reference
= The Superintendent and Teachers = wish all the students to be gladdened and strengthened by the joy of successful achievement. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
Slowly, surely, it faded, until the little home it had gladdened and made fair was empty and dark, like the hearts left sorrowing. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
Nothing gladdened Jamie's heart more than the success which crowned his efforts in the Sabbath-school, of which he is superintendent. From Wordnik.com. [Select Temperance Tracts] Reference
At length, after suffering many hardships and privations the mariners were gladdened with the sight of a boat rowing into the bay, on the. From Wordnik.com. [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference
He was now in the house of a trusted adherent; and his spirits, which had been unaltered even in huts and caverns, gladdened all present. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
At length we were gladdened by a glimmer of light ahead of us, which increased until our path was all illumined with a beautiful soft haze. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Obligatory concentration shut a steel door against the dreamy and speculative portion of her brain, and for this, she was somewhat gladdened. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Incarnations and One Thousand Deaths - Part I] Reference
My eyes were gladdened with a grand lot of tench, in the primest colouring of bright bronze; they were raised from some of our British Stock. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
She was as clean cut as a craft could be, and carried a spread of snowy white sails which would have gladdened the heart of any sea-dog to behold. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
Just as she reached the summit thereof our eyes were gladdened with the sight, so long desired, of the light equipage on two wheels of the kind Mr. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 344, June, 1844] Reference
Friends in the North, old and new, gladdened the hearts of teachers and pupils by contributions in clothing, books and money for the aid of needy students. From Wordnik.com. [The American Missionary — Volume 52, No. 3, September, 1898] Reference
The high class of football that the little college displayed in besting Paulson, a team touted to be her equal, gladdened the hearts of every Bartlett rooter. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
And as the child grew and talked and called me by my name, the music of its voice and footstep gladdened my soul and sent a thrill of joy through my whole being. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
Paul, looking up from Hibbert at this moment, his heart gladdened at hearing his name, saw the dilemma in which they were placed -- the peril in which they stood. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
It was selfish and wrong for him to rejoice that she and Gibson were not perfectly suited in their likes and dislikes and he knew it, but nevertheless it gladdened him. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
When their home was gladdened by the birth of their first born on Christmas night, 1913, they named it, Lucian Elliott, in honor of Mrs. Spade, her youthful benefactress. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
She had a round, clear, hilarious voice, that gave the birds lessons in melody, softened and sweetened the gentlest gales, and gladdened the day and the night on the farm. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
Sean's heart gladdened on hearing this news and he felt better about his past assignments: the people I killed were dangerous dissidents, he tried hard to convince himself. From Wordnik.com. [Atonement] Reference
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