| 单词 | facetiousness |
| 例句 | It was he who coined the term "Big Bang," in a moment of facetiousness, for a radio broadcast in 1952. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Seesawing with uncanny adeptness between facetiousness and earnestness, she keeps readers slightly off balance as she works her way through moving portraits of vulnerability, awkwardness, resignation and melancholic fortitude. ‘Bark:’ Lorrie Moore casts her eye on modern relationships 2014-04-10T21:14:38Z Hayward's narrative rattles along briskly, but it is marred by a relentless facetiousness. Double Agent Snow by James Hayward – review 2013-01-04T22:55:13Z Not in this production, which adds facetiousness to the disagreeableness of The Taming of the Shrew. Birthday; Kiss Me Kate; Get Stuff Break Free – review 2012-06-30T23:05:59Z By the time he was 71, Twain had turned that brand of facetiousness into an art form. 2010-02-11T08:05:00Z Despite this initial facetiousness, Aaronovitch acclaimed a book he found "technically accomplished, brilliantly written, full of wit and virtuosity". Critical eye: book reviews roundup 2011-03-26T00:05:39Z Typically for me, back then, this was a case of facetiousness disguising earnestness. Oliver Burkeman's last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z Before the interval I was finding the postmodern quips and relentless facetiousness slightly tiresome; by the end, I was beaming along with everyone else. By Jeeves ? review 2011-02-21T17:48:27Z They are serious not in spite of their facetiousness but by means of it. ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Review: The Coens Go Darkly West Again 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Who else will put up with dollops of facetiousness, mooning over myths and stamping in a doll's house-sized space? A Doll's House; Hedda Gabler; St John's Night – review 2012-07-14T23:04:21Z It features helium-high vocals, but something about them suggests not facetiousness but its benign cousin, playfulness, as though Frank Zappa's mordant humour had been tempered by Brian Wilson's knack for harmony. New band of the day ? No 895: ANR 2010-10-26T15:39:00Z Elcheson recalled incorrectly thinking other people were being humorous when in fact they were expressing facetiousness. Being autistic may amount to a language difference — not an impairment 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z This facetiousness seemed to me the most shocking aspect of the situation: engineering people into a position of powerlessness, then mocking them for failing to show enterprise. Detained at US immigration, I felt frightened. And very lucky | Emma Brockes 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z From that gem of facetiousness came a TV show.” Robin Leach, ‘Jacuzzi’ journalist who hosted TV’s ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,’ dies at 76 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z But his facetiousness is misplaced because obviously, that’s exactly why they were arrested. What happened in Starbucks isn’t really about Starbucks 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Comedy represents the one avenue where, perhaps because of its trademark facetiousness, topics can be addressed that would otherwise be avoided. India’s new wave of comedians laugh in the face of taboos 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z They soon joined Ms. Rand’s inner circle, a group Ms. Rand referred to — with the facetiousness of a hardened anti-Communist — as the Collective. Barbara Branden, Biographer of Ayn Rand, Dies at 84 2013-12-25T23:45:48Z I’m here because I love social psych so much, I can casually refer to my “favorite papers” in normal conversation without the slightest hint of facetiousness. Pop Culture? There's an Effect for That. 2013-03-13T16:45:02.790Z The Treacherites were two young men with pimply faces who swaggered into church and talked to one another loudly before the service began, commenting upon the ornaments with cockney facetiousness. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z All the tongues were untied by the seasonable facetiousness of Mr. Marsden. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z It was the result of a bit of facetiousness, that had a solemn termination, as it were. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z Silvia, with a display of facetiousness, introduced Mr. Harper, the famous author, while the others, amused yet strangely serious, watched their greeting. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z "And how's our friend the goat?" went on Mr. Mooney, with the furious facetiousness reserved for hustling tough witnesses. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z "Sha'n't tell tales out of school," he replied, with another weak attempt at his old facetiousness. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z "You asked for that," said Collins, with renewed facetiousness, "and you got it." Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Nor has this facetiousness depended at all for its development upon any degree of prosperity. A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. 2012-04-23T02:00:29.820Z He was noted for his facetiousness, but was very serious in serious things. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z "Send for the militia," suggested Mr. Pottle with savage facetiousness. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z They told one another, with ribald facetiousness, that they had rather expected something of the kind. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z I have since honourably resolved not to be guilty of facetiousness when we are married, but at the moment I was rather pleased with my little stratagem. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z But the genuine humourist sees something in that feature itself, as nature shaped it, to excite his facetiousness. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Nor would the villain’s subjection to the feudal lord spoil the merriment of the land, nor dull the quip of natural facetiousness. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Another example of ready American facetiousness cheered a dull day for me last year in Tennessee. From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book 2011-05-05T02:00:21.620Z “And how’s our friend the goat?” went on Mr. Mooney, with the furious facetiousness reserved for hustling tough witnesses. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z He laughed out harshly in grim, mirthless facetiousness. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z When he gave me a curt, affirmative reply, obviously bored with what he considered my facetiousness, I told him what was going on; and he said he'd be over at once. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z Again, the number of Alpine subjects lending themselves to facetiousness is but small. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z I care because in between he thinks it pleasant to entertain me with facetiousness, his mother hanging fondly on every word in the amazing way mothers, often otherwise quite intelligent persons, do. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Mere lofty repudiation would be unavailing, and by my infernal facetiousness about the woodcock I had effectively filled in the case against myself. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z They love committees and commissions; they love public dinners with after-dinner speeches, those stammering compounds of facetiousness, platitude, and business. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z The French social failure is not uncommonly a philosopher, and even keeps a spark of facetiousness through all his misfortunes. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z He paused, then added with a grim facetiousness: “As for your other suggestion, we have no rattlesnakes in our equipment.” The Law of Hemlock Mountain As in duty bound, the lieutenant laughed heartily at the facetiousness of his commander. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 And a part of Townshend's facetiousness on that occasion consisted in mimicking his own wife, and a woman of rank with whom he fancied himself in love. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 The big policeman's features expanded in a grin, while Tim doubled forward an instant, his blue girth wabbling with internal appreciation of the Foxy one's facetiousness; and the janitor snickered. The Haunted Pajamas The most he could venture by way of facetiousness was: "Then, until we meet I shall call him 'the mysterious Mr. P.'" The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life “Precisely,” assented Snowdon as naturally as though there had been no element of facetiousness in the suggestion. The Law of Hemlock Mountain She spoke slowly and with a dignity that made his cheeks redden to the realization of his own bitter facetiousness. The Tempering Intuitive perception of the absurd and ridiculous; disposition and ability to joke and make fun, and laugh at what is improper, ill-timed, or unbecoming; pleasantness; facetiousness. The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology This is a pity; it plays a very important r�le in the facetiousness of the caserne. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 It is for them to be smart, if they please, but not for the Mr. Davenport Dunns of this world to take up the clew of the facetiousness. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day There was one student who particularly distinguished himself by his facetiousness, and whom everyone called Simplex. Pretty Michal But even the pathetic facetiousness of her elder sister did not bring a smile to Hannah Knowles's face, and the next day one was at the loom and the other at the wheel again. Strangers and Wayfarers He was “consid’ble hefted up” at the undisguised effect of his own facetiousness. Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 He has enlivened his editorial labours with irruptions of legal facetiousness and sagacious reflections. Pot-Boilers Our critical Drawcansir has performed his part, with his indifferent puns, but his natural facetiousness. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors “Here’s how, boys,” he said with loud facetiousness, and lifted the cup. When the West Was Young Where his facetiousness had failed him Morehouse’s round-eyed astonishment, a little tinged with panic, was more than successful. Once to Every Man The occurrences of the day bear all of them the stamp of facetiousness. The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue They inquire with grim facetiousness, and terrific emphasis on the pronominal adjectives, "Is this what the people in this part of the world call a steamboat?" Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 But a mere school-book probably inspired our lively genius with more real facetiousness than any of those works which communicate so much to others. � s. d. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors When some men, having eaten, began smoking their clays, Lady Thiselton's sharp ear detected some speculative remarks about herself and Morgan, tinged with facetiousness and gore. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real Nevertheless, the jovial facetiousness of these commercial gentlemen knows no limits, and hotel-waiters are, at all times, fair game for their stings and arrows. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland A novelist, therefore, who uses the imaginary facts, like Sterne and Dickens, as mere pegs on which to hang specimens of his own sensibility and facetiousness, becomes disgusting. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice The main facts were sufficiently ominous to offset Ward's attempt at facetiousness. The Ranch at the Wolverine German facetiousness is seldom comic to foreigners, and an Englishman with a swelled cheek might take up Kladderadatsch, the German Punch, without any danger of agitating his facial muscles. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Cagatinta, and some others, complimented, with a laugh, this little bit of magisterial facetiousness. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora I found the secretary a meek little clerk, with a curious hidden vein of timid facetiousness. The Message Bailie Beeric and the other magistrates seemed uneasy at their unusual proximity to a personage who had the power of death and transportation, and therefore abstained from emitting the accustomed torrent of civic facetiousness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 When we reached the Tug we were in the region celebrated for Colonel Andrew 305 Lewis’ “Sandy Creek Voyage of Fifty-six,” as it was styled with grim facetiousness. A Virginia Scout With this attempt at facetiousness, the seller of notions leaned forward over his stand and extended his best hand toward his benefactor. Dorothy on a Ranch He turned away with an assumption of facetiousness. The Huntress "Matter of fact," she added, in an obvious attempt at facetiousness, "Dad opined he'd have walloped the daylights out of me, if I hadn't put up a struggle to get near my man." Next Door, Next World As they are commonly careful to improve their minds by reading and instructive conversation, they have no small share of facetiousness and ingenuity. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World A roar of approbation at the officer's facetiousness ran through the party. The Light of Scarthey He gave me his name quite simply, without any attempt at rudeness or facetiousness. Marge Askinforit But I doubt my present stock of facetiousness—that is, of good serious humor—so as not to let the cat out of the bag. My Recollections of Lord Byron He liked Corrigan because the latter talked to him sensibly, without ill-timed facetiousness, as to an equal. The Adventures of Bobby Orde The two gentlemen seemed so overcome with the facetiousness of their recollections, that they broke into a laugh that lasted nearly a mile. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 To highlight the obvious in the above I attempted facetiousness. Humanistic Nursing Now this conjecture of Mr. Tom's about the cause of Madge's disappearance was only a piece of gay facetiousness. The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols As Madame left the room for a moment, Miss Burgess said, with a kind, respectful facetiousness, “I see that even fairy princesses find the emotions of getting engaged a little trying.” The Squirrel-Cage I said, "those candles are wanted," speaking with a half-hysterical facetiousness, and scratching away at a match the while, "for the mantel candlesticks." The Red Room Jan Steenbock’s answer, however, completely staggered him, banishing all his merriment and facetiousness in an instant. The Island Treasure Her retaining wit and facetiousness to the last surprises me. The Billow and the Rock A vote for £50,000, to complete the purchase of the estate of Colonel Hall-Walker, who has presented his racing stud to the Government, evoked some opposition and much facetiousness. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 8, 1916 Once or twice he staggered me by answering some casual question in a tone which, to say the least of it, suggested an ungainly attempt at facetiousness. Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales You shall have all the help I can give; and between us,” he added, with a reviving flicker of his previous facetiousness, “we shall make the millions fly.” The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn He did not speak in sarcasm, merely in facetiousness. The Californians While exercising your facetiousness, it seems to me that you especially level your irony at certain other worries necessarily occasioned by the position of Kondjé-Gul and what you call the wooing of the "fierce Kiusko." French and Oriental Love in a Harem Why, then—then, indeed," respectfully retreating, "I fall back upon my previous theory of your general facetiousness. The Confidence-Man But their rejoicing and their facetiousness were turned into wailing when the truth was imparted. Edison's Conquest of Mars That day, Captain Reud having been invited to dine with the admiral at the Penn, we were consequently deprived of his facetiousness. Rattlin the Reefer He thought some graceful facetiousness had presented itself to the mind of the young lady, and that she was amusing herself with her own fancy. Gryll Grange This treatment was evidently appreciated by George, and always afterwards Edwin conversed with him as with an equal, forbearing from facetiousness. Clayhanger Hope your honours has passed a comfortable night,” with a ghastly grin at his own facetiousness. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba My father called it noodles; and while his facetiousness was lost on us children, the superior sting of his instrument was entirely effective. The Promised Land Dost not credit me? credit thy brother Pollio who would willingly give a talent to divert thee from thy thefts: for he is a lad skilled in pleasantries and facetiousness. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus There is still facetiousness which reminds us too forcibly that Gentle Dulness ever loves a joke, and even sermons, for which we may apologise on the ground that Dulness is sacred in a sound divine. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) But I will pass by this little facetiousness. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 There was some laughter at the Squire's facetiousness. The Colonel's Dream This reactionary mood, in the face of the earlier more tragical hours of that day of wearing anxieties, was almost one of facetiousness. Phantom Wires A Novel But their rejoicings and their facetiousness were turned into wailing when the truth was imparted. Edison's Conquest of Mars He considered facetiousness as a seasoning of their hard exercise and diet, and therefore ordered it to take place on all proper occasions, in their common entertainments and parties of pleasure. Ideal Commonwealths That very facetiousness sometimes critcised, kept him from becoming morbid, and gave healthfulness to his opinions, free alike from fever and paralysis. Abraham Lincoln A Memorial Discourse Wycherley did not aim much at facetiousness, nor introduce many humorous episodes, but passages incidentally occur which show he had considerable talent in that direction. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour He had learned long ago that facetiousness displeased her, and he lived only to please her, aside from his interest in his profession. The Butterfly House Spreading his broad palms, the Senator shook noiselessly at his own facetiousness. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Jonas Hapgood, with his look of heavy facetiousness, slightly tempered now with curiosity, stood lounging into his great snowy boots at the foot of the bed. Madelon A Novel He had a heavy look about his eyes, and he greeted Amidon's facetiousness with a weary and surly hitch. The Debtor A Novel When I added that if he could offer me a pair of running-shoes I might entertain the proposition, his look was a reproach to irreverent facetiousness. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital There is neither fiction nor facetiousness in the adage, “An idle brain is the devil’s workshop.” The Vitalized School This effectually suppresses any tendency to facetiousness, or what respectable English people call double entendre, and brings you en rapport with the serious people who read these publications. Certain Personal Matters As a specimen of Papal mild facetiousness, I quote the commencement of the second dialogue. Rome in 1860 "I have left the accursed thing behind me," he once said to Mr. Collier, and by such facetiousness had seriously annoyed the immense and most staid Mr. Collier. Mike Fletcher A Novel I refrained from facetiousness and told her that I was. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 The natural facetiousness of his temper appears frequently in the good humour with which the little prince was accustomed to treat his domestics. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 And, laughing loudly at his own facetiousness, he quitted the Lodge. Jack Sheppard A Romance On the contrary, facetiousness affronts and pains them. Corporal Sam and Other Stories He wiped the facetiousness from his face and assented with a polite bob. The Judge The mounted troop laughed, as in duty bound, and even Smith suffered his features to relax in token of appreciation of the officer's facetiousness. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The little prince turned away the momentary alarm by his facetiousness: "To cut off the heads of 40,000 leeks." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Still, his feelings were as solemn as could be expected, from a man whose natural temperament had always inclined him to facetiousness and humor. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two You had only to look at them and note the twitch of his lips to be warned of the man's facetiousness. Corporal Sam and Other Stories His vein of familiar humour flowed at all times, and his facetiousness was sometimes indulged at the cost of his royalty. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Then came the calculating of minutes, and facetiousness as to other people's watches and directions as to what one might expect to see. The Vehement Flame With a really desperate effort Barton tried to clothe himself in facetiousness, if in nothing else. Little Eve Edgarton "Owns everything," said Harwood, with an attempt at facetiousness, "except the brewery." A Hoosier Chronicle The inhabitants of Troy have, in fact, a sense of humour, but it does not include facetiousness. Corporal Sam and Other Stories One glance at his face was sufficient guarantee that he had lost all his punning facetiousness. Campfire Girls in the Allegheny Mountains or, A Christmas Success against Odds It also gives English and American visitors opportunities for facetiousness which I tingle to recall. A Wanderer in Holland "I hope the brute isn't vicious; doesn't blow up or explode, or shed its safety valve, or anything," I remarked with a facetiousness which in the circumstances did me credit. The Princess Passes As soon as Dale went to order his gig the clumsy facetiousness was renewed. The Devil's Garden "Well, you are a gentleman," exclaimed the judge, with facetiousness. Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage Nor, in spite of all Milton's facetiousness on the subject of Greek, and his puns on Morus in Greek, was he ashamed of the fact. The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 He somehow gave Sabre the impression of taking an even deeper enjoyment in the incident between his wife and Sabre than the enjoyment he clearly had in his own facetiousness. If Winter Comes This referred, with polite facetiousness, to Mrs. Twomey's stature, and was taken by her in excellent part. Mount Music Beginning the old cumbrous facetiousness about her correspondence, he blurted out the true thoughts that he had begun to entertain. The Devil's Garden This change of lodging in the author will turn many things topsy-turvy, and conjure the spirit out of much long-established facetiousness. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 479, March 5, 1831 At either end of the long table sat an auctioneer, who behaved with the traditional facetiousness of the profession. In the Wrong Paradise In his clay there was a dash of facetiousness that saved him from excess, supplying a useful check to his zeal—for zeal uncurbed is very bad. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen Mr. Löwe uttered an exclamation of delighted astonishment, and the facetiousness faded rather suddenly from the inspector's countenance. John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman Mr. Ridgett continued talking in a tone of light facetiousness that seemed to cover a certain deprecating earnestness. The Devil's Garden They certainly know how many make five; and their facetiousness in close proximity to a large British Column was beyond us. The Siege of Kimberley He's called the "King of the Cowboys"; most likely in a sperit of facetiousness since he's more like a deuce than a king. Wolfville Nights The authors seem to plume themselves on their marvellous success in reaching Monte Carlo, which, with their usual sprightly facetiousness, they call "Charley's Mount." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 14, 1891 "Well, here's success to crime!" he said, with pointed facetiousness. Broken to the Plow Notwithstanding all this facetiousness, I soon felt suspicion that the man was an employé of the Carlists, and that his business in Switzerland was connected with political plots. A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland The inquirer scented facetiousness, but he was somehow impressed. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Her facetiousness is elephantine, but the relief of conversation is such that you laugh loudly at her witticisms and simper knowingly at her platitudes—both of which have now been current for several months. The "Goldfish" But his remarks had not been without a touch of facetiousness in their wilful disgust. The Price of Love It would be a great deal better than slang and 'facetiousness,' as you call it. What Dreams May Come "I hope Brool hasn't dropped down dead," said he, realising the foolishness of his facetiousness as he spoke. Mr. Prohack "It is not a musical instrument—in practice," said the Reb, with evasive facetiousness. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People The small boy's face was comic with scorn and facetiousness. The Penalty "No need for you to be so desperately funny!" snapped Julian, who detested Louis' brand of facetiousness. The Price of Love He had lived in seclusion for nearly thirty years, and was unaccustomed to the facetiousness of the modern youth. What Dreams May Come "It's always the same," she remarked with indignation, when with forced facetiousness he had given her an extremely imperfect and bowdlerized account of his evening. Mr. Prohack "He is in a hurry," said Reb Shemuel with a flash of irreverent facetiousness. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Notwithstanding, I took no notice of any alteration in her behavior, but entered with the utmost facetiousness into a conversation which I thought most to her taste. The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton There is a slyness about some of his sketches which breathes something of the Horatian facetiousness. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II "What you will call a Daddy-Long-Leggish pretense," he explained to her with an attempt at facetiousness. The Blood Red Dawn "These candles are wanted," speaking with a half-hysterical facetiousness, and scratching away at a match the while for the mantel candlesticks. The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories At the time Lewisham regarded her confession of domestic ignorance as a fine basis for facetiousness. Love and Mr. Lewisham Of them there are two kinds,—facetiousness and raillery,—and the orator will employ both; but he will use the one in relating anything neatly, and the other in darting ridicule on his adversaries. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Laugh!—nobody ever understood papa’s jokes half so well as Mr. Tupple, who laughs himself into convulsions at every fresh burst of facetiousness. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people Was there a smirk on Zeus' face, a touch of facetiousness in his voice? The Tarn of Eternity The proceedings had not yet commenced; and as an inactive crowd is generally disposed to be jocose, this very innocent action was sufficient to awaken their facetiousness. The Pickwick Papers My proposed facetiousness put me in peril of libel. She Stands Accused Demosthenes is considered less so, though nothing appears to me to be more well-bred than he is; but he was not so much given to raillery as to facetiousness. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 The doctor concealed his disappointment under an affectation of facetiousness. Round the Red Lamp Philip thought this answer would cause the boy a certain awkwardness, but Venning was not to be turned from his facetiousness for so little. Of Human Bondage Strickland gave the polite little laugh with which people acknowledge a facetiousness in which they see nothing funny, but did not speak. Moon and Sixpence I had a thought to call this book Pale Hands or Fair Hands Imbrued—so easy it is to fall into the ghastly error of facetiousness. She Stands Accused There seemed to be no stiffness at Lady Cray's; nor was there any facetiousness; it put one at one's ease merely to look at them. Peter Ibbetson For the time the fellow discarded his clumsy facetiousness. The Black Bag He had also a considerable facetiousness, which he exercised impartially on the patients and on the students. Of Human Bondage This figure of fun, this man made from the slop-chest, this caricature of a scarecrow, had been put forth by heavy-handed facetiousness to the post of greatest honour. The Forest Mister Fell—or as you, with your usual facetiousness and drollery, call him, Mr. F + II—has stopped short in the middle of his play. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 I knew she was jeering at him, but her face was adamant against the least flicker of sarcasm or facetiousness. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Private facetiousness had labelled most of them with signboards. The Gray Dawn And Carolyn, despite his facetiousness, felt more than ever that he might easily become a poet. Bertram Cope's Year "Why, in the Wigtown County Lunatic Asylum," cried the little man, with a bubble of laughter, in the midst of which I rode on my way, leaving him still chuckling over his own facetiousness. The Mystery of Cloomber In that vein of delightful facetiousness which so endears him to all followers and perpetrators of the drama, the 'One in Authority' rent and tore James Boyd's play. The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories The baronet's small chronic complaint of facetiousness was at this moment almost as annoying to Gwendolen as it often was to Deronda. Daniel Deronda I never deal in jokes," he said, with a smile of sad sympathy for those who do; "my life is one perpetual peril, and that restrains facetiousness. Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War The plot is ripe, the daggers sharpened, the contingent of assassins hired, the throne of human skulls, styled in their ghastly facetiousness a Presidential Chair, is about to be assaulted. The Purple Land I could not help asking, in spite of our sorrowful farewell, as the negro went on with sundry other jokes and cackles at his own facetiousness. Erema — My Father's Sin He was much courted by the independent clergy, was shrewd, penetrating and active, and exhibited a singular mixture of pious demeanour with a vein of facetiousness and jocularity. Lives of the Necromancers It is hard to say whether Mr. Shaw is here writing seriously or in a mood of solemn facetiousness. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship Either one or another would yield to the temptation of clever facetiousness, and clever facetiousness would always carry off the honours in a discussion. Hilda Lessways The deacon's facetiousness sounded strangely out of place to Roswell; still, he did not exactly know how to gainsay his wishes. The Sea Lions The Lost Sealers Dwight made a gallant effort to retrieve the fallen fortunes of their evening meal, and turned upon Di, who had just entered, and with exceeding facetiousness inquired how Bobby was. Miss Lulu Bett But first it may be demanded what the thing we speak of is, or what this facetiousness doth import? Sermons on Evil-Speaking Mister Fell—or as you, with your usual facetiousness and drollery, call him, Mr. Fell—has stopped short in the middle of his play. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb Next morning all fashions were à la fronde,—hats, gloves, fans, bread, and ballads; and it cost six years of civil war to pay for the Counsellor's facetiousness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 And in a page or two after such divine sentiment, the ladies of Bagdad sit in the porter's lap, and indulge in a facetiousness which would have killed Pietro Aretino before his time. First Footsteps in East Africa Not even his most enthusiastic biographers have attempted to palliate, save with half-hearted facetiousness, his inglorious desertion of the cause which he had espoused. Mark Twain "Auger, indeed!" exclaimed the little old lady, to whom the Major's facetiousness was the only serious thing about him. The Battle Ground Confronted with the Hairy Ainus, he had touched a high level of facetiousness. The Man Upstairs and Other Stories "Sulk at you?" said Mr. Glegg, in a tone of angry facetiousness. The Mill on the Floss In reply I fired a pistol unexpectedly over the heads of my new hosts, and improved the occasion of their terror by deprecating any practical facetiousness in future. First Footsteps in East Africa My dear, what a charming facetiousness he has! The Pretentious Young Ladies He was quite his ordinary self, his facetiousness the cause of much laughter to Miss Maxwell and Mrs. Watson. The Little Lady of the Big House "Yes, I always shrink when I get wet," I explained, resorting to facetiousness. A Fool and His Money Cissy argued that she could not alter Etty's composition; she reproved him for his facetiousness, and was visibly annoyed at the glances he bestowed on Mildred. Celibates "Did you take this for a dispensary, young man?" he asked; "or," he continued, with added facetiousness, "a foundling hospital?" Gallegher and Other Stories He smiled, and saluted Mrs. Budd, just as if nothing unpleasant had occurred, and alluded to the sharpness of the chase with facetiousness and seeming good-humour. Jack Tier The captain asserted he had nothing aboard grown nearer Greece than three Irishmen, any one of whom—facetiousness seemed to be one of the captain's characteristics—I might have and welcome. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers "The first thing to do now," Frank Merrill went on, as usual, ignoring all facetiousness, "is to put up a signal." Angel Island With me any tendency towards facetiousness is the result of temporary elation, either ... caused by pleasurable health-giving change, or more commonly by meeting old friends. The Upton Letters His wonted blitheness and facetiousness, his healthy features, his supple, well-built frame, suggested that when love awoke within him he would express it with virile force. The Odd Women Inclined to facetiousness by a blend of choice beverages, Gammon could not resist a joke at the moment when he took leave. The Town Traveller The spurious facetiousness which deals mainly in mere jargon words ill-spelt and worse pronounced; in bizarre contrast of ideas, and in ultra-Rabelaisian exaggeration, is American wit and humour—therefore unsurpassable. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 The Commandant was wont to call all convicts "Jack" in his moments of facetiousness. For the Term of His Natural Life There he had a chance in his turn to become spectator, and so to repay in kind some of the irony and facetiousness. The Blazed Trail I might as well have tried to disconcert a mummy with my facetiousness. Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories "You must," I remember saying with inappropriate facetiousness—"you must, Job, it's as easy as catching flies." She He was, he supposed, rather a dull creature—at least people seemed to think so—and he seldom felt at ease even with his own small facetiousness. The Return For if some, even whilst they praise, offend, why should not their polite and neat facetiousness be admired, whose very raillery is delightful and pleasant to him that is the subject of it? Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But his eye was keen, clear, and wrinkled to a certain dry facetiousness; and his figure was of that bulk which gives an impression of a subtler weight and power than the merely physical. The Blazed Trail He grew unjustifiably hilarious, cracked jokes with the servants, and repeated to Jenny humorous stories, with the attitude of facetiousness carefully preserved throughout the entire narration, and the point utterly ignored and forgotten. Tales of the Argonauts On these occasions David vied with Tammas in facetiousness at his father's expense. Bob, Son of Battle From Sandy this would have been nothing but a good-humoured attempt at facetiousness. Robert Falconer My Father used to watch this performance from an upper window, and, in moments of high facetiousness, he was wont to parody the poet Gray: How jocund doth George drive his team afield! Father and Son: a study of two temperaments He was never by himself for five minutes in the jungle without having seen something wonderful before his return; this he was sure to relate in a rich brogue with great facetiousness. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon Miss Conroy was in no mood for facetiousness, and refused to answer his question. Rowdy of the Cross L He swung his withered hand suddenly across the table, and as suddenly all facetiousness was gone both from his voice and manner. The White Moll You call a cigar a "convoluted weed," and so on, you know; that passes for facetiousness. New Grub Street "Oh, I don't know," she smiled, half with facetiousness and half with certainty and pride. The Valley of the Moon There was no mask now, no facetiousness, no acted part—only a merciless rage, and the muscles of Jimmie Dale's face quivered and twitched. The Adventures of Jimmie Dale She frowned at his facetiousness—a pretty, adorable frown that made him put his arm around her and kiss it away. Martin Eden "Too bad you bust this, we'll have to go out in the dark after I switch off the light," he said with unpleasant facetiousness. The White Moll Seriously, coldly; not a hint of facetiousness, or the thing becomes different.' New Grub Street On the other hand, along with his ease of expression, he displayed a lightness and facetiousness of thought that delighted her. Martin Eden And with a sort of grim facetiousness his brain began to correlate time and distance. 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