Where flowers had formerly held forth with a cheerful kaleidoscope of petals, plants were now busily setting seeds. |
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I dislike the music, find the plots to be asinine and chauvinistic, and hate the predictable and unrealistically cheerful endings. |
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And indeed ominous rumblings of discontent could be heard beneath the cheerful banter of returning faculty and staff. |
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I change Faces to my cheerful Face, golden shades with a happy grin, bright-glowing topaz eyes. |
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Always a cheerful smile for all he met, he will be sadly missed by his many friends and neighbors. |
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She was moody and grumpy while her parents made their best efforts to be cheerful. |
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Walking home from the pub had seemed like a fine idea an hour ago, when the alcohol was still making him feel warm and talkatively cheerful. |
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These cheerful Dutch samplists compete by offering high-quality, specialised orchestral samples at a reasonable price. |
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A short, vigorously cheerful woman in a twinkling red dress walked about, greeting each person. |
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Allium moly, otherwise known as Golden Garlic, is so easy to grow and its bright yellow star-shaped flowers are irresistibly cheerful. |
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Two walls of the gallery are covered with her canvases, awash with deep blues and cheerful yellows. |
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He would have much more to be cheerful about and before we knew it he would be full of the blarney, not to mention the Guinness. |
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It is a cheerful pagan rite that can be traced at least as far back as the Saturnalia and Kalends of Roman times. |
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It creates a world of cheerful saunterers along small bridges and crosswalks, and outdoor cafe couples with their glasses chiming. |
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We are so relaxed, cheerful and sated after our meals that such a complaint would be ungracious. |
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Colors also step away from the original blue and silver, with Retro packaged in a more cheerful teal. |
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In the background, strains of Latin music blend with sounds of sizzling from the kitchen to create an uplifting, cheerful atmosphere. |
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My parents' Manchurian pear trees are now in full bloom and surrounded by the cheerful drone of bees doing bee-things. |
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Although Kelly presents herself as uncomplicated and cheerful, every so often the public glimpse her true mettle. |
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Their cheerful blossoms peeking just above their oval textured leaves will be another attractive contrast to the agapanthus and the schizanthus. |
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We didn't have long to wait before a cheerful waitress seated us at a small table for two near a window. |
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It spins to the music of Christine, music tormentingly cheerful like some mad maiden's shanty for a sailor gone away to sea. |
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I may not be popular, but well, the last man to hold this office was a cheerful tolerant namby-pamby who got himself eaten on school property. |
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He was a very cheerful character and liked nothing more than to have a bit of banter with his friends. |
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Tulips are irrepressibly cheerful flowers, and beloved symbols of spring and renewal. |
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He is attentive and thoughtful, always willing to do his share of the housework and invariably cheerful. |
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This memoir resembles a bedroom farce with the cheerful seducer rushing from tryst to tryst. |
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Deep down, beneath his rather cheerful exterior, resides an indomitable spirit. |
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You seem to be very cheerful and Ria was able to sit quietly through one of Angie's outbursts. |
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It also tells us about his wonderful talent for reducing all the most serious moments of life to a kind of cheerful absurdity. |
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Martin had returned to his usual, cheerful self, and seemed inclined to pretend nothing had happened, which suited Wendy. |
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I don't know about you lot but doesn't the sun and warmth make you feel just that much better, a little more cheerful and energetic? |
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You are ablaze with cheerful self-assurance, and passionate about achieving your aims. |
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Tumbled casually over a bed or sofa, decorative throw pillows make a wonderfully bright and cheerful addition. |
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Despite the occasional jab at reigniting the battle of the sexes, the unspoken theme of the evening seemed to be cheerful self-deprecation. |
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She looked very cheerful and lively, as her name stands for Beauty I trusted in her instantly. |
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Their cheerful porcelain-white blossoms dance and dart in the autumn breezes, towering over the heucheras, tiarellas, and ferns at their feet. |
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Despite being crammed on an upper berth, a group of little children seems cheerful. |
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So it obviously makes sense to try to be mellow and cheerful behind the wheel. |
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The girls were all merry and cheerful, walking through the regiments to spread encouragement and cheer to the men gathered there. |
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And who are the cheerful white-clad staff, calling us by our first names and acquiescing to our every whim, if not surrogate parents? |
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In his yellow waistcoat, he simply radiated warmth as he gave a cheerful greeting to everybody he met. |
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I try to always send him out the door happy and looking forward to his day and encourage him to be cheerful and jolly. |
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About an hour later, a construction train arrived to unload cheerful gangs of tracklayers and graders, and then pulled away again. |
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Yellow is the most cheerful of all colours, which is why it is so lovely to have daffodils and jonquils in the garden. |
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The boss is a friendly Norwegian and the working wenches are usually lively and cheerful. |
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At that point, a rain of fire and bullets hit us, shutting up forever the cheerful voices of a few minutes earlier. |
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Everywhere you look, you see these cheerful fires, and you can see boats bobbing in the water too. |
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The problem with this cheerful notion is that circumstances militate against nature in the big city. |
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Roger, of course, would rather take care of her and keep the shop, but puts on a cheerful face. |
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A cheerful and obliging man, his ready smile was a true indication of his gentle character. |
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As her desire for a White Christmas grows, the shavings of snow form into larger flakes that settle on her coat, making her cold but cheerful. |
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But the worst offense is a tone of cheerful, sanitized neutrality so overwhelming that it actually renders the prose ahistorical. |
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Everything that had made me a beautiful, cheerful girl had withered and died on the twenty-third of June. |
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The cheerful little woman cooked, washed, ironed, cleaned, looked after the children and waited on her husband. |
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The company had initially prospered by selling cheap and cheerful T-shirts and jeans. |
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The banquet hall was bright and cheerful, full of nobles and lords looking dignified and regal. |
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His colourful style was influenced by Dufy, with whom he shared a liking for cheerful subjects such as horse races and regattas. |
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You may find yourself feeling at ease, happy and relaxed by the cheerful non-threatening atmosphere of a gay venue. |
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Miss Pain tried to look cheerful but they looked all dressed up with nowhere to go. |
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Whenever I was upset, I always turned to her, and she would talk to me in a calm, serene, optimistic manner, which always left me cheerful. |
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The eldest of the Ellertson girls were slightly younger than Clara, and were as merry and cheerful as their brother. |
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Like hotels you should have a cheerful ambience and good personalised services. |
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Recorded in Cuba, their sound is a cheerful mix of Latin, jazz and smooth alternative rock. |
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Alicia's polite and cheerful demeanor amuses the man, and he begins to chuckle until the tender sparkle in her eye renders him silent. |
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To some he appeared disorganized, slapdash, cheerful to the point of flippancy. |
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Although resolutely cheerful in his reworking of genres, he retains traces of the anxiety and high-minded intent of his predecessors. |
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It wasn't animosity that spoilt her animal spirits and cheerful good nature. |
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With cheerful colours from lime green to pineapple yellow, they promise to make the steaming hot days a little more bearable. |
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He's got a bit more beef on his bones now, but he's lost none of his cheerful, boyish looks. |
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He loves Anne Garland, but has a rival in his brother Bob, a cheerful, light-hearted sailor. |
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It's a round table covered in a rich red tablecloth with bright, cheerful gold on the rim. |
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I've made this guy look cheerful, when actually he's pensive and moth-eaten and sad. |
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The remainder continue their unmaidenly journey in search of husbands, whom they find waiting in cheerful readiness in almost any marsh. |
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I roared in delight at the ludicrousness, while remaining riveted at the cheerful upping of the stakes. |
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As soon as she saw the bright, cheerful face, framed by soft blond curls, she giggled. |
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The cheerful officer takes over the station, just as a rogue Minbari warship comes looking for trouble. |
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She gave me a cheerful grin and rattled off her past employers, accompanied by a brief biodata, both seemingly satisfying. |
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Police believe the death of the former Warneford School pupil who was described as a lively and cheerful girl by friends was drug-related. |
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Although there was some conflict with others arising from his behaviour he was described as cheerful and bubbly. |
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The social myth around leaders serves to program life out of people who, with the social lobotomization, appear as cheerful robots. |
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Six Senegalese porters lived in the single room below us, holding cheerful merguez barbecues with the window closed in case the landlord caught them. |
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The midnight sun makes the crime low and the people cheerful from midsummer until the first days of autumn. |
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He looks remarkably cheerful for what must be a mind-numbingly boring job. |
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Gone are the cheerful sham marriages held up as totems for the rest of us to emulate. |
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Groups of cheerful girls carrying heavy bundles of yarn and cloth move from one building to another, and vehicles are constantly at the ready, to transport the finished goods. |
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Shinola seems to have been a fairly cheap and cheerful product. |
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Here, where the local tradition is still uninfluenced, you can enjoy meeting simple and hardworking men, cheerful women, taste excellent wines and sample local Istran dishes. |
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The normally cheerful blond felt chilled by the expression on Lukas' face. |
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Heptapleurum, the parasol plant, is a cheerful thing to have at the end of the bath and a fat Boston fern has the effect of bringing the garden indoors. |
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Between the torch brackets, images of long-dead nobility gazed down at them with an air of sorrow, as if their sightless eyes regretted the passing of more cheerful days. |
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They also love Christmas, and are determined to make it cheerful and to give gifts. |
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And as with all cheerful, well-intentioned memes, the Challenge has provoked some good old-fashioned political trolling. |
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Announcing it in that cheerful way, with her badge and her glasses and her youth. |
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Elinor quiets herself, and determines to act cheerful and normal. |
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Another book signing and talk with hundreds of cheerful, jolly people. |
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His widely opened eyes, once cheerful were adultly profound and wise. |
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Maxine was keeping up a cheerful banter all the way to my rooms, but by then I was too tired to reply in more than monosyllables between the yawns. |
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In the middle of the angan a cheerful green tulsi grew and all around it danced the images of white flowers and birds painted by the women of the house. |
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But French yachties and tourists from Guadeloupe have discovered the place, and a cheerful touristic complex of restaurants and shops has grown up to service visitors. |
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His manner was rather that of a music hall artist, complacent, even cheerful, as his one-liners provoked from his audience the rejoinders he sought. |
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It was antiseptically neat and deceptively cheerful with sunlight. |
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I pushed open the door and a cheerful ringing announced my arrival. |
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Liz's face altered from smiling and cheerful to regretful and apologetic. |
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At the same time, its versatility comes from the fact that not only is apricot a warming color, but it's also quite a cheerful color, recalling spring and summer days. |
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Daniella was a junior, an honor student, and a lively and cheerful girl. |
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As an ex-bouncer, let me point out from experience that getting through a crowd like that is virtually impossible, especially when it's a drunk and rowdily cheerful crowd. |
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What we need is a complete A to Z of reasons to be cheerful. |
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The brunette's head sprang up and she beamed a truly cheerful smile. |
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Today, the Hinde Studio photos, the same images blown up to large-scale prints, speak to the optimism of the times and our nostalgia for that cheerful sanguineness. |
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When my primroses have served their cheerful spring purpose, it will be easy to replace them with pots of other colorful summer favorites such as mums, asters, or a geranium. |
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My voice sounded cheerful and supportive, properly concealing the hollowness I felt. |
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The trio reaches annoying heights of self-congratulatory backslapping on occasion, but on the whole there's an honest, cheerful camaraderie between the participants. |
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Have you ever in your life met a child as cheerful, spookily intelligent, unselfish, or indomitable as little Shirley? |
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And the incongruously bright, cheerful Haitian sky surely is a winning backdrop. |
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Instead, everyone will greet each day with a cheerful heart and a song on their lips, thanking their lucky stars for living in this fine historic city. |
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We were greeted by a cheerful young waitress who seated us by the window. |
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The Scout Law declares a Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. |
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In Algebra II the next day, Jason was his usual cheerful self. |
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She smiled, and apparently returned to her usual cheerful self. |
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We arrived in Clapham, a cheerful start, with screeching children playing on the beck banks as a teacher splashed them while pretending to show how to tickle a trout. |
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Ukelele, string bass, trombone, trumpet, clarinet and a smattering of percussion enrich these gentle, cheerful songs. |
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Her cheerful mood stands in sharp contrast to her dreary surroundings. |
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There's a cheap and cheerful coffee shop on the next street which sells quite a good selection of sandwiches. |
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They were cheerful enough, liked a bit of chiacking, and the women enjoyed the bawdy undertones of their jokes. |
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I bounced my weight up and down, listening to the cheerful donkeyish heehawing of the floorboards. |
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Minal, endearingly cheerful but earlobeless, loves her work at a company that makes breakfast bars. |
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The start of the D major concerto K2 18 goes back to cheerful fanfaring, and the movement maintains a very active role for the soloist. |
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When Benjamin Bunny grew up, he married his Cousin Flopsy. They had a large family, and they were very improvident and cheerful. |
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God loves a cheerful large-handed giver, and He is Himself the model and pattern of magnificence in giving. |
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Before the enfeebled of the dull-eyed lychnobite of the press could succumb to its influence, the cheerful voice of the magician awoke him. |
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In 1969, Michael Taylor argued that previous critics offered a too cheerful view of what the play depicts. |
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It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works,... Serve God, and be cheerful. |
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The bright and cheerful music of Pinafore was composed during a time when Sullivan suffered from excruciating pain from a kidney stone. |
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Bingley is open and cheerful, popular with all the guests, and appears to be very attracted to the beautiful Miss Jane Bennet. |
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Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. |
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Neither obscured from the comfortable beams of the sun, nor covered from the cheerful and tempestive showers of heaven. |
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The big hybrid abutilons are showy and cheerful with their vine-shaped leaves and glossy bell-like flowers. |
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A cheerful convict was found dead by his devoted caretaker one morning. |
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Combining sturdy materials with spatial clarity, this little nursery school in Roubaix forms a cheerful enclave for its your charges. |
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Made in just ten days, it's a cheap, cheerful but finely acted and very funny comedy with a warm line in Capraesque social comment. |
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Those that paint the night transformed the oppressive grey, cement blocks just hours after it was built into a cheerful, mocking smiley face. |
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Somehow, however, this Supermom and professional prodigy squeaks through most dramatic reversals with a cheerful and optimistic mien. |
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Maybe I should just bypass the rowans, and plant a few cotoneasters for their cheerful scarlet berries. |
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The TV star known to the nation as cheerful Cheggers even swigged bottles of Night Nurse and cough mixture when he couldn't get a normal drink. |
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Better, I tell myself, to muddle through unphilosophically in cheerful, unreflecting, pragmatic ignorance. |
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One is a cheerful and spunky orphan, another is a poor little rich girl. |
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It's as though everyone is drunk, a more extreme version of their normal selves, weaving about in the streets, either ecstatically cheerful or steamingly angry. |
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The earlier pieces in the series are brighter and more cheerful than their later counterparts and in them Abdessalam's style is sketchier, more impressionistic. |
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Yes, C5's TV's Nastiest Villains With Joan Collins is another of those cheap and cheerful countdown shows with some of the world's greatest small screen bad guys and girls. |
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In a contemporary art world where optimistic earnestness remains the kiss of death, this show's preternaturally cheerful tone felt positively uncanny. |
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I have been very fortunate to have been very upbeat and cheerful most of my life, until I reached the age of 74 and had surgery to repair a rectocele. |
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In a world so frenetic we often barely have time to even acknowledge each other's existence, let alone be kind, surely a cheerful well-meant word can't go amiss? |
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However, regardless of evil portents, prophetic despair and a great deal too much writing on the wall, I have managed so far to write two fairly cheerful musical comedies. |
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The opposite of acedia is not hard work but cheerful affirmation. |
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His best friend would not have called him good-looking, but he was the fortunate possessor of that cheerful type of ugliness which inspires immediate confidence in its owner. |
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Known to be genuinely cheerful, every few months an unseen shadow would nevertheless succumb him, delivering a two-week melancholic stew of resentment and depression. |
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Smiles and cheerful countenances were changed for one general gloom. |
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His face was rather long and cheerful, he had fine eyes, and in his appearance and manner could express geniality or, when necessary, a serious composure. |
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His temperament was uniformly cheerful and he was easily amused. |
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Silvia was tall, had a round face, blue eyes and a cheerful look. |
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Being by nature of a cheerful disposition, the symptom did not surprise his servant, late private of the same famous regiment, who was laying breakfast in an adjoining room. |
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Though the mudsill of the labor world, he whistles as he hoes, and no dark broodings or whispered conspirings mar the cheerful acceptance of the load he bears. |
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The cheerful chanty was roared out, and heard above the howl of the gale. |
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Colleen Fallscheer, a cheerful 40-year-old mother of two from Waterford, Mich., is living proof that breast-cancer therapy is not the horror show it used to be. |
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Let the songs be loud and cheerful, and not chirpings or pulings. |
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Like some of the underground comic books, Miller's work was heavy with raw id, but his genial angst-less style made itfamiliar and cheerful rather than dark and disturbing. |
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When the door opened and Alisa Peterman breezed in with a cheerful greeting, West knew exactly where she was headed and a couple of titles she probably hadn't read yet. |
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