Both Uses of
mirth
in
Persuasion, by Jane Austen
- He ventured among them again, however, though his spirits certainly did not seem fit for the mirth of the party in general.†
Chpt 11 *
- He had spent his whole solitary evening in the room adjoining theirs; had heard voices, mirth continually; thought they must be a most delightful set of people, longed to be with them, but certainly without the smallest suspicion of his possessing the shadow of a right to introduce himself.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
fun and laughter