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Standing on a chair in front of Clarence's "Jocund Spring," holding a candle in one hand and reaching up with a knife in the other, was old Mr. Yeardsley, in bedroom slippers and a grey dressing-gown.
My Man Jeeves 1928
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Jocund and happy, breathing innocence and love, she came up the dell.
The Coming of Cuculain Standish O'Grady 1887
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Jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain top.
Pearls of Thought Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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“Jocund day stood tip-toe on the summit of monument,” brightened the green hill-tops, and shone all along the wavy outline of the mountains.
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Jocund _or_ sad, delightful to the ear; 'and Hartley Coleridge, in the following beautiful song, which we transcribe the more readily because it has not long been published, and may be new to many of our readers:
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 442 Volume 17, New Series, June 19, 1852 Various 1841
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Jocund social history secures roof-rack with solid journalistic ropes; proceeds to vroom down nostalgic byroads.
The Guardian World News Sarah Dempster 2011
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Jocund was the balmy air with laughter, whistle, and song.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819
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I could listen 'till "Jocund day stood tip-toe on the mountain."
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1811
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Jocund: merry Santa claus is always cheerful and jocund.
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Jocund: merry Santa claus is always cheerful and jocund.
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