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For, the people who were shovelling away on the housetops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball – better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest – laughing heartily if it went right and not less heartily if it went wrong.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Stave 3 The Second of the Three Spirits | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2004

I always thought you were GOOD, Hannele, so much better-natured than I am.

The Captain's Doll 2003

For, the people who were shovelling away on the housetops were jovial and full of glee; calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball -- better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest -- laughing heartily if it went right and not less heartily if it went wrong.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 6 Charles Herbert Sylvester

Dexie felt grateful enough for anything that would cause Gussie to be a little better-natured than she had been during the last few weeks, and

Miss Dexie A Romance of the Provinces Stanford Eveleth

The big white stars were beginning to twinkle before we were through, but the camp-fire was bright, and we all felt better-natured.

Letters of a Woman Homesteader Elinore Pruitt Stewart

As the preacher finished, every man and woman there made a silent resolution to be better-natured and pay their debts and make life a little brighter for somebody.

The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras Frederick Vining Fisher

The world grows wiser and better-natured every day, and the tender statistician has long since stayed the hand of the critic.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various

Coming in an hour later perhaps, Wallace, better-natured now, would call her again.

Martie, the Unconquered Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

For the people who were shovelling away on the housetops were jovial and full of glee, calling out to one another from the parapets, and now and then exchanging a facetious snowball -- better-natured missile far than many a wordy jest -- laughing heartily if it went right, and not less heartily if it went wrong.

The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918

She teased Neale about it unmercifully, and he showed himself to be better-natured and more patient, than Ruth had at first supposed him to be.

The Corner House Girls at School Grace Brooks Hill 1917