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_ This simple statement has more than once caused "smiles in tears;" _smiles_ at the half playfulness of Jesus talking to these two beloved disciples as a tender father sometimes talks to his little children; and _tears_ at the condescending love of Christ our God and Lord, walking as a wayfaring man with two of his heartbroken creatures.

Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary Collated from his Diary by Benjamin Funk John Kline 1830

Angelina burst into tears -- though a sentimental lady, she had not yet acquired the art of _bursting into tears_ upon every trifling occasion.

Tales and Novels — Volume 01 Maria Edgeworth 1808

I say your name into the dark air around me and watch hopefully as the word tears holes in the world.

Unwritten Brett Garcia Rose 2012

A story that always leaves me in tears is "Leah" by Peter David, Coleen Doran, and Jose Villarrubia, the 6-page silent back-up story from Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Annual #1 (2007).

Six by 6 | Six comics that made us cry | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

Additional info: Taylor cried what she called tears of joy through much of her time being critiqued by the judges.

Reality TV World: Reality TV News 2009

There is also a swifter motion of a different sort of fire which strikes and dilates the ray of sight until it reaches the eyes, forcing a way through their passages and melting them, and eliciting from them a union of fire and water which we call tears, being itself an opposite fire which comes to them from an opposite direction — the inner fire flashes forth like lightning, and the outer finds a way in and is extinguished in the moisture, and all sorts of colours are generated by the mixture.

Timaeus 2006

There is also a swifter motion of a different sort of fire which strikes and dilates the ray of sight until it reaches the eyes, forcing a way through their passages and melting them, and eliciting from them a union of fire and water which we call tears, being itself an opposite fire which comes to them from an opposite direction-the inner fire flashes forth like lightning, and the outer finds a way in and is extinguished in the moisture, and all sorts of colours are generated by the mixture.

TIMAEUS Plato 1949

One of the acts tonight on Britain's Got Talent, a 10 year old girl called Hollie Steele broke down in tears after, well lets put it nicely, messing up and forgetting her words during her performance.

Archive 2009-05-01 Norfolk Blogger 2009

Before his sentencing on Friday, Scott broke down in tears before

Roy J scott 2010

The other suggestion I have will probably leave you in tears … Cut everything after “I believe it was those last two years ….”

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