mirth-inspiring

• “Laura Pendennis believes its tunes to be the sweetest, the most interesting, the most mirth-inspiring, the most pitiful and pathetic, that ever baby uttered; which opinions, of course, are backed by Mrs. Hokey, the confidential nurse.”

  The Newcomes

• “Nay, we confess to have more than once passed the Français without the least compunction, with _les Horaces_ or _Andromaque_ on the bills, and a crowd at the door, to commit ourselves, a few paces farther, to the friendly arms of a stall at the Palais Royal, and the mirth-inspiring influence of Tousez and Levassor, the most comical buffoon and admirable mimic on the French stage.”

  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847

• “In this respect he was little, if at all, inferior, to his mirth-inspiring brother of the”

  Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833

• “Well do we remember, in our boyish dreams of bliss, how prominent a feature thou didst stand amongst the anticipated enjoyments of Christmas; how the thoughts of home, of kindred, and release from school, were rendered ten-fold more delightful by the idea of thy motley garb and mirth-inspiring voice, which ever formed the greatest enjoyment our holidays afforded.”

  A History of Pantomime

• “Charles O'Malley," and the other mirth-inspiring volumesof the inimitable”

  Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. 42, January, 1851

• “It really seemed as if the old gray walls retained some of the spirit of those earlier days, so gentle, so mirth-inspiring was the sunshine that warmed them.”

  A Christmas Accident and Other Stories

• “The brewers and distillers who put the mirth-inspiring beverages into the market receive more consideration, and a great deal more money, than an average European prince; -- and yet the poor dry-rotted unfortunate whose decadence we are tracing is like a leper in the scattering effects which he produces during his shaky promenade.”

  The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour

• “After dessert, Mr. Ludolph lighted a cigar and sat down to the evening paper, while his daughter evoked from the piano true after-dinner music -- light, brilliant, mirth-inspiring.”

  Barriers Burned Away

• “The scenes at the lonely house had not been cheerful and mirth-inspiring.”

  Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee

• “In a moment the tent, the wooded knoll, the whole vicinity was ringing with the uproarious notes of the mirth-inspiring banjo; and Sweeney was chanting, as only that great master _could_ chant, the mighty epic of the sabreurs of Stuart: --”

  Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee

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