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Definition of Happiest
1. happy [adj] - See also: happy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Happiest
Literary usage of Happiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: Collected, Ed., and Arranged with by Edgar Allan Poe (1911)
"The happiest day — the happiest hour . Mine eyes shall see — have ever seen, The
brightest glance of pride and power, I feel — have been: . ..."
2. The Little Book of Modern Verse: A Selection from the Work of by Jessie Belle Rittenhouse (1913)
"THE happiest HEART WHO drives the horses of the sun Shall lord it but a day; ...
The happiest heart that ever beat Was in some quiet breast That found the ..."
3. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1877)
"... And war and victory, be thine arms My grave I THE happiest LAND. ... And said, '*
Ye may no more contend, —, There lies the happiest land I" THE WAVE. ..."
4. The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses by George Washington (1847)
"... do every thing on my part to give success to the intended operations, and that
I flatter myself they will be attended with the happiest consequences. ..."
5. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... write two ages past, the third now Hang vp therefore the bit of thy yong wanton
coming in. [time ; And thou that therein beaten art, the happiest life ..."
6. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Under such interruptions, the following verses, which my best and happiest efforts
must have left far unworthy of their theme, have, I am myself sensible, ..."
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