All 3 Uses of
mirth
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- The discourse was resumed presently, but it went lame and halting, all possibility of impressiveness being at an end; for even the gravest sentiments were constantly being received with a smothered burst of unholy mirth, under cover of some remote pew-back, as if the poor parson had said a rarely facetious thing.†
Chpt 5
- He threw his entire attention upon his work, now, as if determined not to be put down by the mirth.†
Chpt 21 *
- There was a ripple of mirth, which the court checked.†
Chpt 23
Definition:
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(mirth) fun and laughter