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 2006

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 Various

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 R. J. Broadbent

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

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

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 John Auldjo

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 Annie Eliot Trumbull 1903

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 James Runciman 1871

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 Edward Payson Roe 1863

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

Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee John Esten Cooke 1858

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 John Esten Cooke 1858