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Gaiety . A basis of joy or gaiety. - Fond gaillard {French.}
Gaiety . Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. {Chapin.}
Gaiety . Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison. {Stanislaus.}
Gaiety . Gaiety of heart. - Gaieté de cœur {French.}
Gaiety . Gaiety overpowers weak spirits; good-humour recreates and revives them. {Johnson.}
Gaiety . Gaiety pleases more when we are assured that it does not cover carelessness. {Mme. de Staël.}
Gaiety . In gaiety of heart; sportively; wantonly. - De gaieté de cœur {French.}
Gaiety . Profound joy has more of severity than gaiety in it. {Montaigne.}
Gaiety . Sad natures are most tolerant of gaiety. {Amiel.}
Gaiety . There's a medium in thoughtfulness and gaiety: find it out and keep to it. {Spurgeon.}
 
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Bargemastter : n. The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge.

 
Based on the Dictionary of Quotations From Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources by Rev.James Woods, published originally in 1893 by Frederick Warne & Co
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