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As if some younger singing notes cried out, As do mischievous boys— Startling their playmates with a pained voice, Or sudden thrilling shout, Followed by laughters, full of little joys.
From The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems by Victor, Frances Fuller
And foremost among the laughters was doubtless the rattle-pated Boswell.
From Oliver Goldsmith A Biography by Irving, Washington
Oh, eyes sublime, With tears and laughters for all time!
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
There were loud laughters and low mutterings, in the tone of ridicule; and shouts of triumph and exultation; and, in brief, all the thousand mingled tones of a gay and joyous revel.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various
Where hills made gibbous shadows in the moon, They heard the eldritch laughters of the wind, Seeming the mirth of death; and 'neath their gaze Gaunt valleys deepened like an old despair.
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton
