Citations:smiled


 * 1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
 * So she smiled, but the water stood in her eyes; and after a little pause, she said, I will call forth two or three more of the family.
 * At this Christian modestly smiled, and said, This man, with whom you are so taken, will beguile, with that tongue of his, twenty of them that know him not.
 * God forbid that I should jest (although I smiled) in this matter, or that I should accuse any falsely! I will give you a further discovery of him.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * And perhaps it was the pleasure the good Spirit had in showing off this power of his, or else it was his own kind, generous, hearty nature, and his sympathy with all poor men, that led him straight to Scrooge's clerk's; for there he went, and took Scrooge with him, holding to his robe; and on the threshold of the door the Spirit smiled, and stopped to bless Bob Cratchit's dwelling with the sprinkling of his torch.