Lloyd.—The Actor.
To hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature; to shew virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.
Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act III. Scene 2.
MIRTH.—From the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, he is all mirth.
Shakespeare.—Much Ado about Nothing, Act III. Scene 2.
I have of late (but, wherefore, I know not) lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercises.
Shakespeare.—Hamlet, Act II. Scene 2.
Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.
Shakespeare.—Pericles, Act II. Scene 3.
A merrier man,
Within the limit of becoming mirth,
I never spent an hour’s talk withal.
Shakespeare.—Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act II. Scene 1.