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And this is from The Hollywood Reporter: Critics appreciation: Matthew Perry Masterfully Walked the Line Between Mirth and Melancholy.
Now, 'mirth' is another word for laughter and 'melancholy' means 'sadness' so it sounds like there's a bit of a contrast here.
and floated on, outpouring with a generous hand, its bright and harmless mirth on everyone within its reach!
on, outpouring, with a generous hand, its bright and harmless mirth on everything within its reach!
driver could not conceal his mirth. I gnashed my teeth upon him with a gust of devilish fury;
At my appearance, which was indeed comical enough, however tragic a fate these garments covered, the driver could not conceal his mirth.
Blessings on it how the ghost exalted, how it bared its breadth of breast and opened its capacious palm and floated on, outpouring with a generous hand its bright and harmless mirth on everything within its reach.
bright and harmless mirth on everything within its reach! The very
♪ I was the king's favorite fool I made merry mirth and laughter ♪
I made merry mirth and laughter.
and indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear friends' vulgar relations.
and indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear friend's vulgar
but it went lame and halting, all possibility of impressiveness being at an end, for even the gravest sentiments were constantly being received with a smothered burst of unholy mirth under cover of some remote pewback, as if the poor parson had said a rarely facetious thing.
burst of unholy mirth, under cover of some remote pew-back, as if the poor parson had
Full of white mirth and golden sorcery.
Seal up the mirth of outrage for a while, till we can clear these ambiguities,
Seal up the mirth of outrage for a while, till we can clear these ambiguities,
even the boisterous mirth of Sir John and his mother-in-law, was interesting.
even the boisterous mirth of Sir John and his mother-in-law, was interesting.