Gladnesse shall cloath the Earth, we will instile The face of things, an universall smile.
Sadnesse all the while Shee sits in such a throne as this, Can doe nought but smile, Nor beleeves she Sadnesse is: Gladnesse it selfe would be more glad, 65 To bee made soe sweetly sad.
Here with gladnesse wee set foote againe vpon the English ground (long desired) and refreshed ourselues with keeping part of Christmas vpon our natiue soile.
Rome, to declare to Pius the third of that name newlie elected pope in place of Alexander the sixt deceased what ioy and gladnesse had entered the kings heart for his preferment.
Trewly, lady, I ne wot whether I shal say welcome or non, sithen thy coming wol as moche do me tene and sorowe, as gladnesse and mirthe.
How dare my sorouful goost than in any mater of gladnesse thinken to 155 trete?
Here gladnesseand joy is spoken of as being all one thing, governing the singular verb is, and being alluded to as it.
And although the clippinges and kissinges of Rachel shulde seme to me swete, yet is she so barayne that gladnesse ne joye by no way wol springe; so that I may wepe with Rachel.
Mi goode Sone, yit ther is A vice revers unto this, Which envious takth his gladnesse Of that he seth the hevinesse Of othre men: for his welfare Is whanne he wot an other care: Of that an other hath a fall, He thenkth himself arist withal.
Againe, Thou hast loued truth and hated iniquitie, wherefore God, euen thy God hath annointed thee with oile of gladnesse aboue thy fellowes.
Ye shall draw in gladnessewaters out of the founteins of your sauiour.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gladnesse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
