All else spoke of ruin and decay; but these poor Playthings that little hands had touched went straight to the heart with an eternal suggesting of life and innocence and a childhood that never grows old in the world.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long
To him they were mere Playthings of an idle hour.
"Command"
William McFee
To relieve his discomfort, half in impatience half in sport, he has made human beings; thus giving himself the pleasure of seeing others do what he cannot, and of mocking them as his Playthings at the same time.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr