Both Uses of
mirth
in
David Copperfield
- Poor Traddles — I never think of that boy but with a strange disposition to laugh, and with tears in my eyes — was a sort of chorus, in general; and affected to be convulsed with mirth at the comic parts, and to be overcome with fear when there was any passage of an alarming character in the narrative.†
Chpt 7-9
- Hiding the ravages of care with a sickly mask of mirth, I have not informed you, this evening, that there is no hope of the remittance!†
Chpt 16-18 *
Definition:
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(mirth) fun and laughter