high spirits

Laying the book on a table, he withdrew in high spirits to make arrangements for the wedding.

Spirited horses, when not enough exercised, are often called skittish, when it is only play; and some grooms will punish them, but our John did not; he knew it was only high spirits. Still, he had his own ways of making me understand by the tone of his voice or the touch of the rein.

Ultimately, returning to this country, he was thrown into jail for debt, and there perished miserably, as such high spirits generally do.

Grandmother was in high spirits during the weeks that Antonia worked for us.

It put her in high spirits. I had never heard her more malicious about our common friends.

Partridge was in very high spirits during the whole way, and often mentioned to Jones the many good omens of his future success which had lately befriended him; and which the reader, without being the least superstitious, must allow to have been particularly fortunate.

He was in high spirits; as ready to talk and laugh as ever, and seemed delighted to speak of his former visit, and recur to old stories: and he was not without agitation.

The officers of the Raccoon were in high spirits. The agents of the Northwest Company, in instigating the expedition, had talked of immense booty to be made by the fortunate captors of Astoria.

He was in an excellent humor, in high spirits, and very talkative.

'He seems in high spirits and happy,' she said, at length.

He was waited upon over the factory, shown the machinery by George, who, in high spirits, talked so fluently, held himself so erect, looked so handsome and manly, that his master began to feel an uneasy consciousness of inferiority.

Then they were all delighted and in high spirits, took out their whip, and cracked so much money that it came jumping up from the ground.