All 10 Uses of
mirth
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- ' "Our dear mother," faltered the fair Alice, "was living when these long tasks began, and bade us, when she should be no more, ply them in all discretion and cheerfulness, in our leisure hours; she said that if in harmless mirth and maidenly pursuits we passed those hours together, they would prove the happiest and most peaceful of our lives, and that if, in later times, we went forth into the world, and mingled with its cares and trials—if, allured by its temptations and dazzled by…†
Chpt 6
- There was none of the noise and clamour of a schoolroom; none of its boisterous play, or hearty mirth.†
Chpt 8 *
- 'Pray dispense with this jesting, for I have no time, and really no inclination, to be the subject or promoter of mirth just now.'†
Chpt 12
- When his mirth had subsided, he inquired what Nicholas meant to do; on his informing him, to go straight to London, he shook his head doubtfully, and inquired if he knew how much the coaches charged to carry passengers so far.†
Chpt 13
- Nicholas left them to enjoy their mirth together, and walked to his lodgings; wondering very much what mystery connected with Miss Petowker could provoke such merriment, and pondering still more on the extreme surprise with which that lady would regard his sudden enlistment in a profession of which she was such a distinguished and brilliant ornament.†
Chpt 25
- Nicholas could not repress a smile at the odd figure before him, which, at all times more calculated to provoke mirth than anger, was especially so at that moment, when with one knee upon the ground, Mr Folair twirled his old hat round upon his hand, and affected the extremest agony lest any of the nap should have been knocked off—an ornament which it is almost superfluous to say, it had not boasted for many months.†
Chpt 29
- At length the two resumed their seats, and more wine being ordered, the party grew louder in their mirth.†
Chpt 32
- There was a quiet mirth about the little supper, which harmonised exactly with this tone of feeling, and at length the two gentlemen took their leave.†
Chpt 43
- It was one of those scenes of life and animation, caught in its very brightest and freshest moments, which can scarcely fail to please; for if the eye be tired of show and glare, or the ear be weary with a ceaseless round of noise, the one may repose, turn almost where it will, on eager, happy, and expectant faces, and the other deaden all consciousness of more annoying sounds in those of mirth and exhilaration.†
Chpt 50
- Ralph himself was moved to mirth, and echoed the laugh of one who stood near and who looked round in his face.†
Chpt 62
Definition:
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(mirth) fun and laughter