"Lighthearted" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and turned from the wall. The thought of that fellow was bitter within him. She meant to tell him nothing, meant to keep up that lighthearted look—which didn't deceive ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... was really satisfied, or whether he were not merely pretending satisfaction to please her; but for the rest the party was a most friendly and merry one. Lavender, naturally enough, was in the highest of spirits, and nothing could exceed the lighthearted endeavors he made to amuse and interest and cheer his companions. Sheila, indeed, sat up later than usual, even although pipes were lit again, and the slate-gray silk likely to bear witness to the fact in the morning. How comfortable and homely was this sort of life in the remote ...
— Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science - Vol. XI, No. 27, June, 1873 • Various
... rejoined Branwen, with a sigh of mock humility, "I was always very lighthearted by nature. The queen used frequently to tell me so—though she never said it was by 'nature,' and the king agreed with her—though by the way he used to laugh, I don't think he thought light-heartedness to be very naughty. But come, Beniah, ...
— The Hot Swamp • R.M. Ballantyne
... cup with a sigh and a sudden expression of woe mingled with reproof, while she remarked that there was no occasion to be lighthearted ...
— The Lively Poll - A Tale of the North Sea • R.M. Ballantyne
... reduces them to hopeless mystification. The Small Boy wishes to know whether anybody will be upset in the water, and being told that this is not a fixture in the entertainment, conceives a poor opinion of the capacity of Mediaeval Venice for lighthearted revelry.) ...
— Punch Volume 102, May 28, 1892 - or the London Charivari • Various
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