All 7 Uses of
mirth
in
Love's Labour's Lost
- But to the place where, it standeth north-north-east and by east from the west corner of thy curious-knotted garden: there did I see that low-spirited swain, that base minnow of thy mirth,'— COSTARD.†
Scene 1.1
- Another of these students at that time Was there with him, if I have heard a truth: Berowne they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal.†
Scene 2.1
- His eye begets occasion for his wit, For every object that the one doth catch The other turns to a mirth-moving jest, Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor, Delivers in such apt and gracious words That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.†
Scene 2.1
- Now, understanding that the curate and your sweet self are good at such eruptions and sudden breaking-out of mirth, as it were, I have acquainted you withal, to the end to crave your assistance.†
Scene 5.1
- Here comes Boyet, and mirth is in his face.†
Scene 5.2
- That sport best pleases that doth least know how; Where zeal strives to content, and the contents Die in the zeal of those which it presents; Their form confounded makes most form in mirth, When great things labouring perish in their birth.†
Scene 5.2
- It cannot be; it is impossible: Mirth cannot move a soul in agony.†
Scene 5.2 *
Definition:
fun and laughter