"Jovially" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... his ebullient brother-in-law. Mr. Harley, the moment a conquest of the House in the interests of Senator Hanway was proposed, waxed threateningly exuberant. He was for issuing forth to vociferate and slap members upon their backs and jovially arrange committeeships on the giffgaff principle of give us the Speakership and you shall become a Chairman. The optimistic Mr. Harley, whose methods were somewhat coarse and who did most things with an ax, was precisely of that hopeful sort who ...
— The President - A novel • Alfred Henry Lewis
... early as 8:30, and we all suffered, more or less, from it in our cramped position and enforced inactivity. At nine, having been fourteen hours on the river, we came on a small cleared space, from which a bronzed, frank-faced man, dressed in white linen, hallooed to us jovially, and we were soon warmly greeted by Captain Murray, the British Resident in the State of Sungei Ujong. On seeing him, we hoped to find a gharrie and to get some breakfast; and he helped us on shore, as if our hopes were to be realized, and dragged us under the broiling sun to a long ...
— The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither • Isabella L. Bird (Mrs. Bishop)
... an extra car to-night," one first classman called jovially to the car inspector who was in charge of the transportation. "We want that extra car to bring back the Army ...
— Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis • H. Irving Hancock
... do it," said Craig jovially. "I can pack a trunk twice as quick as any man you ever saw. I pack with my feet as well ...
— The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig • David Graham Phillips
... a little later, Keith appeared, he was hailed jovially, and invited to drink. Everybody was very cordial. Within five minutes he was hail fellow with them all, joking with the most august of them on terms of equality. Judge Terry, in whose court he had stood abashed, plied ...
— The Gray Dawn • Stewart Edward White
... and did not stop till he reached that city, where he put up at the Oxford inn, then kept by Mr. Buckstone, to whom both himself and friends were well known; he acquainted Mr. Buckstone that he was now reformed, and lived at home with his friends, and spent the night very jovially, calling for the best of every thing. In the morning he desired Mr. Buckstone to do him the favour of lending him a couple of guineas, till he could receive some of a merchant in the city upon whom he had a bill, for the merchant was gone out of town. As Mr. Buckstone had a mare ...
— The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew • Unknown
... he whispered, jovially, pulling Hurstwood over by the shoulder so that he might whisper in his ear, "if this isn't a good show, I'll ...
— Sister Carrie • Theodore Dreiser
... doctor jovially, brushing some crumbs from a pearl-coloured waistcoat, "son and heir ...
— In a German Pension • Katherine Mansfield
... good news for you," said King Grumbelo, jovially. "There is no spell over the Lady Whimsical ...
— All the Way to Fairyland - Fairy Stories • Evelyn Sharp
... a secret dislike for it. It is a degrading confession to make; but I remember wishing I was not so highly connected, and absolutely thinking that the life of a commercial traveler would have suited me exactly, if I had not been a poor gentleman. Driving about from place to place, living jovially at inns, seeing fresh faces constantly, and getting money by all this enjoyment, instead of spending it—what a life for me, if I had been the son of a haberdasher and the ...
— A Rogue's Life • Wilkie Collins
... he jovially. "My ship sails in three days, and I was afraid I might not pull you through in time. But our captain gave us a lift. You know he stands in with some of the big bugs in ...
— Ralph Granger's Fortunes • William Perry Brown
... give me back anything," declared Snell. "You won that money by having the most nerve—at that time. But you can't repeat the trick, old man," he added, jovially. "Come around to-night, and see if ...
— Frank Merriwell's Chums • Burt L. Standish |
