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    1. " I say to him "Sir these commandments are great and good and glorious and fitted to gladden the heart of the man who can perform them


    2. But these words sank into their hearts and came forth to gladden their ministry during later years of service


    3. 15 Although Peter, James, and John could not understand very much of what Jesus said on this occasion, his gracious words lingered in their hearts, and after the crucifixion and resurrection they came forth greatly to enrich and gladden their subsequent ministry


    4. No sooner would the Master do something to cheer the souls and gladden the hearts of his apostles, than he seemed immediately to dash their hopes in pieces and utterly to demolish the foundations of their courage and enthusiasm


    5. Cherries Brighten The Table And Gladden The Heart


    6. He joyfully announced that he has a story that is so dear to his heart, which he would like to tell everyone during the golden jubilee celebration, remarking that the story is one of the remarkable events in his life that gladden his heart


    7. The time will come, the time will not be long in coming, when new ties will be formed about you--ties that will bind you yet more tenderly and strongly to the home you so adorn--the dearest ties that will ever grace and gladden you


    8. Roque went back, while Don Quixote remained on horseback, just as he was, waiting for day, and it was not long before the countenance of the fair Aurora began to show itself at the balconies of the east, gladdening the grass and flowers, if not the ear, though to gladden that too there came at the same moment a sound of clarions and drums, and a din of bells, and a tramp, tramp, and cries of "Clear the way there!" of some runners, that seemed to issue from the city


    9. and near the Gladden Fields he was waylaid by the Orcs of the Mountains, and almost all his folk were slain


    10. 'And there in the dark pools amid the Gladden Fields,' he said, 'the Ring passed out of knowledge and legend; and even so much of its history is known now only to a few, and the Council of the Wise could discover no more

    11. But I learned then first that Gollum's ring came out of the Great River nigh to the Gladden Fields


    12. Many had gone east and south; and some of these had crossed the Mountains and entered Mirkwood, while others had climbed the pass at the source of the Gladden River, and had come down into Wilderland and over the Gladden Fields and so at length had reached the old home of Radagast at Rhosgobel


    13. Of late, in 1809, he found in letters from home more frequent complaints from his mother that their affairs were falling into greater and greater disorder, and that it was time for him to come back to gladden and comfort his old parents


    14. Pacific Grove benefits by one of those happy accidents of nature that gladden the heart, excite the imagination, and instruct the young


    15. Grant had, with her usual good-humour, agreed to undertake the part for which Fanny had been wanted; and this was all that occurred to gladden her heart during the day; and even this, when imparted by Edmund, brought a pang with it, for it was Miss Crawford to whom she was obliged, it was Miss Crawford whose kind exertions were to excite her gratitude, and whose merit in making them was spoken of with a glow of admiration


    16. Adieu! my dear sweet Fanny, this is a long letter from London: write me a pretty one in reply to gladden Henry’s eyes, when he comes back, and send me an account of all the dashing young captains whom you disdain for his sake


    17. Grant had, with her usual good-humour, agreed to undertake the part for which Fanny had been wanted; and this was all that occurred to gladden her heart during the day; and even this, when imparted by Edmund, brought a pang with it, for it was Miss Crawford to whom she was obliged—it was Miss Crawford whose kind exertions were to excite her gratitude, and whose merit in making them was spoken of with a glow of admiration


    18. Adieu! my dear sweet Fanny, this is a long letter from London: write me a pretty one in reply to gladden Henry's eyes, when he comes back, and send me an account of all the dashing young captains whom you disdain for his sake


    19. But Serézha, with characteristic egoism of youth, interested in what was said about him, entered into the conversation and affirmed that he was really old, that his arrival in Moscow and the new life, which was opening before him, did not gladden him in the least, and that he calmly reflected on the future and looked forward toward it


    20. George Hennen’s office to gladden his heart with the information that I had arrived

    21. If there be a man in this house, or nation, who cherishes the constitution under which we are assembled, as the chief stay of his hope, as the light which is destined to gladden his own day, and to soften even the gloom of the grave, by the prospect it sheds over his children, I fall not behind him in such sentiments


    22. Not a rock on which you can stand, and no mountain to gladden the eye; you seem to have left the older parts of creation to witness the encroachments which the earth is continually making upon the empire of the sea; and on arriving at the mouth of the Mississippi, you find the grand instruments of nature in active operation, producing with slow, but certain gradations, the same results


    23. Thus, it often happens that these peripatetic friars have a long convoy of heavily-laden mules with which to gladden the members of their monastery when they return home


    1. Dona’Cora should have been gladdened by the knowledge; Brontes was an ally of Anon


    2. 98 And Jacob blessed Serach when she spoke these words before him, and he said to her, My daughter, may death never prevail over you, for you have revived my spirit; only speak yet before me as you have spoken, for you have gladdened me with all your words


    3. gladdened his heart, which fortunately for us, ceased to beat in 1995


    4. 98 And Jacob blessed Serach when she spoke these words before him and he said to her My daughter may death never prevail over you for you have revived my spirit; only speak yet before me as you have spoken for you have gladdened me with all your words


    5. And the messages of peace he received from his father, in turn, gladdened Suresh’s ethos no end


    6. Gladdened by his gesture, she reciprocated in full measure enabling them to have a sumptuous dinner fed from the hands of each other


    7. The mirth around, though gladdened her heart, nevertheless, cast a shadow on her soul


    8. As they reentered the backyard with a compound wall, the softness of the bed, laid amidst a bed of roses, gladdened their hearts


    9. Gladdened by Roopa’s warm welcome, Raja Rao was saddened that he would have to bid her adieu the very next day


    10. Khan Hussein’s fanatic account should have gladdened Muhammad’s heart no end, peace be upon him, but it would have grieved the parents of those 41, unless they too were psychic Musalmans, believing in the Paradise and all

    11. Gladdened by the realization, the man runs back to Hell to share the solution with the


    12. Gladdened, for this situation was what the Dai-laman had been


    13. They worked to quickly do what I requested, which gladdened me


    14. "God bless me!" said the duke aloud at this, "who can have done the world such an injury? Who can have robbed it of the beauty that gladdened it, of the grace and gaiety that charmed it, of the modesty that shed a lustre upon it?"


    15. With Darnford she did not taste uninterrupted felicity; there was a volatility in his manner which often distressed her; but love gladdened the scene; besides,


    16. The results of the journey gladdened his heart


    17. Linton's heart would be gladdened, and his lands secured from a stranger's gripe, by the birth of an heir


    18. sight gladdened his heart


    19. Her dress was not uncomfortable anywhere; her lace berthe did not droop anywhere; her rosettes were not crushed nor torn off; her pink slippers with high, hollowed-out heels did not pinch, but gladdened her feet; and the thick rolls of fair chignon kept up on her head as if they were her own hair


    20. It must have gladdened his heart to see an honest-to-goodness Afro-American wunderkind teaching these Caucasian girls Greek

    21. For a moment the sight of it gladdened the hearts of the hobbits; but


    22. I beg you to remain and ride with my brother; for then all our hearts will be gladdened, and our hope be the brighter


    23. Her eyes then lit on Van Helsing and on me too, and gladdened


    24. Linton’s heart would be gladdened, and his lands secured from a stranger’s gripe, by the birth of an heir


    25. The sea lions felt it and their barking took on a tone and a cadence that would have gladdened the heart of St


    26. The light in her eyes gladdened the soul—Alyosha felt that


    27. As she thought how he had eaten the last slice of bread and how there would be no bread for the morrow; as she thought how she had given him a shirt and a pair of trousers, she felt pretty bad; but when she thought of how he smiled, her heart was gladdened


    28. We had systematically prospected the various mountain-streams in the west for gold without result; but here we had discovered unmistakable traces of the precious metal; and our hearts being gladdened accordingly, we prepared to explore still farther into the mountains in search of the mother-lode


    29. Time was, and that within the recollection of us all, when industry, commerce, prosperity, and peace, gladdened the hearts of this once happy people, and the use of arms was known only as a pacific pastime


    30. Erskine, which gladdened the heart of every man in the nation, without any provision on that subject, without any mention of it; and there was not a murmur in the country, on account of its omission

    31. Our hearts were gladdened, last Sabbath, by receiving into our Church three of the Indian school-boys, each of them supposed to be about thirteen years of age


    32. Brown, teacher at Stockton, says: “Ah Gun (otherwise Jimmie), one who had gladdened my heart by his consecration to Christ, left us December 29th, to go to Oregon


    1. But when he will know that Al’lah will let him enter fire, this news will be gladdening for him


    2. Surely it is something more than a hopeful speculation that when a brighter representation of the living God of Christianity dawns, like a gladdening sunrise, on the scientific world; when it is understood that Redemption, which so many centuries have celebrated, has in truth been nothing less than a movement of the Being who is Eternal to bless with Immortality in His own image the ephemeron 'who is of a few days and full of trouble;’ a new spirit may enter into many of the minds which devote themselves to the investigation of nature


    3. Gladdening the sun and sky, enhued in cheerfulest hues,


    4. Roque went back, while Don Quixote remained on horseback, just as he was, waiting for day, and it was not long before the countenance of the fair Aurora began to show itself at the balconies of the east, gladdening the grass and flowers, if not the ear, though to gladden that too there came at the same moment a sound of clarions and drums, and a din of bells, and a tramp, tramp, and cries of "Clear the way there!" of some runners, that seemed to issue from the city


    5. All at once, as with a sudden smile of heaven, forth burst the sunshine, pouring a very flood into the obscure forest, gladdening each green leaf, transmuting the yellow fallen ones to gold, and gleaming adown the gray trunks of the solemn trees


    6. The southern spring, the comfortable rapid traveling in a Vienna carriage, and the solitude of the road, all had a gladdening effect on Pierre


    7. She exhaled happiness and love from the time Nicholas returned, and the faithful, unalterable love of this girl had a gladdening effect on him


    8. ” Gladdening words! It seemed I could hear all that was to come—whatever the disclosures might be—with comparative tranquillity


    1. 'comforter' that which gladdens our hearts and lifts our


    2. When wine is used as a metaphor, it represents the 'comforter' that which gladdens our


    3. At six feet four inches, huge and handsome, he commands an enviable personality that gladdens my heart anytime I rest my eyes on him, especially as he steps out of his car, stands at full length and lifts me up to kiss me, even as we walk into our house


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    Synonyms for "gladden"

    gladden joy cheer hearten brighten encourage lighten console refresh

    "gladden" definitions

    make glad or happy


    become glad or happy