Translation examples
In his presence, with a very little exertion, all the chearfulness of my disposition seems ready to return;
En su presencia, con un mínimo esfuerzo, toda la alegría de mi carácter parece pronta a retornar.
the politeness, the sweetness, with which he speaks to me, restore all my natural chearfulness, and make me almost as easy as he is himself;
la cortesía, la dulzura con la que me habla restablece toda mi alegría natural, y me siento con la soltura necesaria para igualarme a él;
The joyful occasion of the journey; the gaiety of the whole party; opposed to the dull life she must lead if left here, with a solitary old woman for her sole companion, while she so well knows the chearfulness and felicity enjoyed by the rest of the family, – are circumstances that seem to merit your consideration.
El regocijo causado por el viaje y el alborozo de las personas, comparado con la tediosa vida que llevaría aquí con una anciana y solitaria mujer como única compañía, siendo conocedora de la alegría y felicidad de la que goza el resto de la familia, son circunstancias que bien merecen su consideración.
My plan, therefore, was not merely to educate and to cherish her as my own, but to adopt her the heiress of my small fortune, and to bestow her upon some worthy man, with whom she might spend her days in tranquillity, chearfulness, and good-humour, untainted by vice, folly, or ambition.
Mi proyecto, por tanto, no ha sido simplemente aquel de instruirla y educarla como si fuera mi propia hija, sino adoptarla como heredera de mi modesto patrimonio y entregarla a un hombre digno junto al cual pudiera transcurrir sus días con absoluta tranquilidad, alegría y buen humor, ajena al vicio, la locura o la ambición.
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