"High spirits" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in high spirits this evening at the club, and talked with great animation and success. He attacked Swift, as he used to do upon all occasions. The Tale of a Tub is so much superiour to his other writings, that one can hardly believe he was the authour of it[934]: ...
— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell
... seaman he might be an ornament to his profession, but, 'it is well;' I feel assured my dear boy is now with the redeemed. Oh, he did not wish to go this last voyage! On the fifteenth of October, I received a letter from him from Melbourne, date August twelfth; he wrote in high spirits, and in conclusion he says: 'Pray for a fair breeze, dear mamma, and I'll not forget to whistle for it! and, God permitting, I shall see you and all my little pets again. Good- bye, dear mother—good-bye, dearest parents. Good-bye, dear brother.' Oh, it was indeed an eternal ...
— The Uncommercial Traveller • Charles Dickens
... Lowwood was typical of almost all other mining villages throughout the country. Everywhere high spirits and cheerfulness prevailed among the men. As for the leaders, the situation proved too big for some of them to cope with it, the responsibility was too great; and so they failed at the critical moment. The demand of an increase of a shilling ...
— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh
... so many of us we ought to march abreast, clear across the street, as they do in processions!" Miss Crilly was in high spirits.. ...
— Polly and the Princess • Emma C. Dowd
... our men in high spirits; the 11th Brigade, with the Naval guns, moved on Volksrust, while the 10th Brigade and Royal Artillery guns marched to Charlestown, and we thus occupied the two towns simultaneously. Volksrust is a ...
— With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) - Journal of Active Service • Charles Richard Newdigate Burne
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