"Mirthfully" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... know." Then she smiled, but not mirthfully. "I expect to be very much pressed to ...
— The Indiscretion of the Duchess • Anthony Hope
... laughed at the Lord of Mankind not 2380 at all mirthfully, but full of years she laid away this promise in her mind with much scorn: she did not believe it true that the fulfilment of this promise was to follow. But when the Ruler of Heaven heard that the 2385 wife of Abraham had given way to hopeless laughter, ...
— Genesis A - Translated from the Old English • Anonymous
... you wouldn't," declared Hanny, mirthfully. "You ought to name her Margaret, and we could all call her Daisy. That's ...
— A Little Girl of Long Ago • Amanda Millie Douglas
... you ask him for, when you know?" said Janet, mirthfully, when they had gone on, and Ditmar was imitating him. Ditmar's reply was to wink at her. Presently they saw another figure ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill
... cup of coffee, Aunt Ellen, we'll be off in fifteen minutes. Miss Mathewson"—his glance mirthfully surveyed her—"Aunt Ellen will take you upstairs and give you a chance to put that magnificent brown hair into a condition where it will not shock the natives at the ...
— Red Pepper Burns • Grace S. Richmond
... cuts you out—that she will leave all the property to the others. Your father made the second will to prevent that. I've been hoping you had it. It would be such fun to spring it on them." Clara laughed mirthfully, a thing she did not ...
— The Troll Garden and Selected Stories • Willa Cather
... almost is commenced with a capital; and I declare he's even made some in German text," cried Charlie, running his finger mirthfully along the lines, until he came to "Your father is very bad." Here the tears came welling up again—the shower had returned almost before the sun had departed; and, hiding his face in his hands, he leant sobbing on ...
— The Garies and Their Friends • Frank J. Webb
... is terrible to smile when the heart is breaking! to talk lightly and freely and mirthfully, when every feeling of the mind is wrung with unutterable agony; to mingle in the laugh and in the gay volleys ...
— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier
... niver!" the fellow ejaculated, slowly and with contemplation: "'tis an unseemly sight, yet tickling to the mirthfully minded. Haw—haw!" He check'd his laughter suddenly and stood like a ...
— The Splendid Spur • Arthur T. Quiller Couch
... got up from the cart and were inquisitively and mirthfully staring at the meeting of the friends, ...
— Anna Karenina • Leo Tolstoy
... she answered shyly, "that its brightness has a western cause. But speaking of color reminds me of something;" and her eyes twinkled most mirthfully as she caught a glimpse of something around his neck. "What have you done with my 'colors,' that I gave you last night? I know you wore them figuratively in your face this morning, when Miss Martell so enchanted you; ...
— From Jest to Earnest • E. P. Roe
... counsel concerning her wifely part in Arthur's work, thus often getting Leonard's as well. Sometimes she impeached his masculine view of things, in her old skirmishing way. Then she would turn rose-color once more and mirthfully sigh, while Ruth laughed and wished for Godfrey, and Mrs. Morris breathed soft ho-ho's ...
— Bylow Hill • George Washington Cable
... nothing of her,' was his answer, interrupted by Owen, who, raising his handsome, ruddy face from beneath, shouted mirthfully— ...
— Hopes and Fears - scenes from the life of a spinster • Charlotte M. Yonge |
