"Jovially" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Hanover committed. He loved to take his pleasure like other sovereigns—was a merry prince, fond of dinner and the bottle; liked to go to Italy, as his brothers had done before him; and we read how he jovially sold 6,700 of his Hanoverians to the seigniory of Venice. They went bravely off to the Morea, under command of Ernest's son, Prince Max, and only 1,400 of them ever came home again. The German princes ...
— Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges • William Makepeace Thackeray
... more welcome!" Then he followed his adjutant and shook hands jovially with the bald civilian, who popped up from his seat and bent at the middle like a penknife snapping shut. His Excellency invited him to ...
— Men in War • Andreas Latzko
... grandfather came home and gravely made him welcome; the uncle who was staying with them was jovially kind. But a heavy homesickness weighed down the child's heart, which now turned from the Boy's Town as longingly as it had turned ...
— Boy Life - Stories and Readings Selected From The Works of William Dean Howells • William Dean Howells
... jovially at such sallies of humor. The whole of his beautiful white teeth could be seen as he roared with laughter—(even the gold wire that held them ...
— Debts of Honor • Maurus Jokai
... the best thing's happened to me since the measles!" exclaimed Miss Leavitt jovially. "I'll call for you at your place half-past nine this evening, so you can have a good rest before you begin ...
— Winnie Childs - The Shop Girl • C. N. Williamson
... to the station," said the Captain jovially, "and I'll introduce you to m' wife. We ...
— Blix • Frank Norris
... will I!" cried Friar Tuck jovially. "Once more will I cross this much beforded stream, and go with you to the ...
— Robin Hood • J. Walker McSpadden |
