Citations:lighter


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * It beareth the name of Vanity Fair because the town where it is kept is lighter than vanity; and, also because all that is there sold, or that cometh thither, is vanity.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * Yes. Soften it as they would, their hearts were lighter. The children's faces, hushed and clustered round to hear what they so little understood, were brighter; and it was a happier house for this man's death! The only emotion that the Ghost could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure.