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Hail, lovely Sirmio, and gladly greet thy lord; and joy ye, wavelets of the Lybian lake; laugh ye the laughters echoing from my home.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Thirstier still the roaring flames are glowing, Fainter in his ear the laughters growing; Brief endures the fierce and fiery trial— Angel-welcomes drown the earth-denial.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 419 Volume 17, New Series, January 10, 1852 by Chambers, William

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

What fates for ballast? by what voices grim      And laughters urged, your astral course I mark,-- Warped to what ports remote your hulks shall swim      Or anchor silent in what stagnant dark?

From The Masque of the Elements by Scheffauer, Herman George

Peter's cousin Lucy was something like a small, gay spring flower, with wide, solemn grey eyes that brimmed with sudden laughters, and a funny, infectious gurgle of a laugh.

From The Lee Shore by Macaulay, Rose, Dame