| 单词 | jape |
| 例句 | “We were only having a jape, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It had all been a trap, a game, a jape. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Save your japes for this evening, when you perform for our noble master. If you please him, you will be well rewarded. If not...” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Particularly since he always found himself wondering if the japes and laughter were directed at him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Come and make your japes with steel in your hand." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Cunninghams and the Coninghams married each other until the spelling of the names was academic— academic unless a Cunningham wished to jape with a Coningham over land titles and took to the law. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "This is no jape. I saw it with my own eyes. I tell you, the dead walk." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Some jape about the smell of freedom, he guessed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "What a jape the gods have made of us two," she said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z At first it was all wine and roast meat, and Theon was making japes and eyeing the serving girls and having himself a fine time . . . until he noticed that the room was growing darker. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Is that a jape? No. No, don’t tell me, I must see him for myself.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was only a jape, ser, she thought, but she sat on one of the pillows just the same. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Never, I ... his fool, he made cruel japes sometimes, and I . . ." "Someday you must sing for me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sound of it always left him with the uneasy feeling that he was the butt of some jape he did not understand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z For a brief moment Ned considered telling him all of it, but there was something in Littlefinger's japes that irked him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Too many of his brothers were making japes about the stench of the savages in Mole’s Town. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Let her noble husband make the speeches and laugh at the feeble Yunkish japes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “A jape, Your Grace. From the ships. I was greensick the whole way from Volantis. Heaving and ... well, I shouldn’t say.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The jape was that the Ryswells could not even agree upon the color of their arms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z What if it was some cruel jape of Joffrey's, like the day he had taken her up to the battlements to show her Father's head? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “My lord jests. You will forgive me if I do not laugh. We Braavosi are descended from those who fled Valyria and the wroth of its dragonlords. We do not jape of dragons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He had also started referring to Pretty Pig as Bacon, a jape that had seemed much funnier when Tyrion had made it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “That was a jape. A bad one. Go and find a warm fire. I mean to do the same.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Back behind the benches, trading japes and making mock of the proceedings, stood a clot of westerners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sitting at a crowded table with men who did not share a common language with you, listening to them talk and jape whilst understanding none of it, had quickly grown wearisome. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Sam, you sweet fat fool, you played me a cruel jape when you made me lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z So Trip taught me how to jape and tumble. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He talked to Sansa all night, showering her with compliments, making her laugh, sharing little bits of court gossip, explaining Moon Boy's japes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The prince was in no mood for japes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At the moment, he did not have the patience to try and coax a thought out of the lad, whom he suspected had been inflicted on him as a cruel jape. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Cue halcyon days of jolly japes, smuggled tuck and ganging up on posh kids. George Orwell, Mills and Boon writer: taking literary mashups to the next level 2010-05-21T12:28:00Z If he does, that might cut short the tiresome bromantic japes. This week's new films 2011-01-22T00:06:21Z A jolly jape it is too, provided you enjoy Wodehouse's very particular brand of silly-ass humour and don't mind an extremely convoluted book, plus songs that often owe a considerable debt to Noël Coward. By Jeeves ? review 2011-02-21T17:48:27Z The main gist of the movie is that Martin and his wife, played by Bonnie Hunt, have 12 children who get into various japes. 'I completely lost it': the movie scenes that made our writers weep 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z It ought to have been something of a fun role to play, with stand-in director and screenwriter Joss Whedon throwing in trademark japes from the sidelines, yet it never seems to have been enjoyable. Ben Affleck's Batman was hard to like – but the man himself deserves some empathy 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Such japes aside, my favourite sorts of epigraph are those that take a sideways approach to the text. Epigraphs: opening possibilities | Toby Lichtig 2010-03-30T12:00:00Z The nun’s name proves something of a bait and switch because Sister Mary-Mengele turns out to be the most gleefully offensive jape in a movie that’s more sweet than sour. Movie Review: ?The Three Stooges,? From Peter and Bobby Farrelly 2012-04-12T18:27:53Z I find that hard to imagine — but no more so than that critics and audiences in 1954 failed to appreciate “Beat the Devil” for the charming jape that is. ‘Beat the Devil,’ the Bogart Flop That Spawned a Cult 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Away from the usual "Isn't their telly weird?" japes, Daisy guests on Korea's answer to Loose Women, where the fluff is tempered by the presenters' stories of how they defected from North Korea. TV highlights 08/07/2013 2013-07-08T06:00:07Z By evening’s end, you’ll be surprised by the iridescent clarity that has emerged from Mr. Stoppard’s artfully chaotic assemblage of rampant speculation, literary texts, great-man biography parodies, legal documents, political tracts and rude schoolboy japes. Review: Screwball Eggheads Tear Up the Library in ‘Travesties’ 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z It would have been easy to turn Thomas Woodrooffe’s inebriated rambling into a jape, but the song slowly builds to an almost mystical conclusion. The Archival Delights of Public Service Broadcasting 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z No, the British Board of Film Classification said a correspondent had raised concerns that seeing the jolly japes of the three Edwardian children might encourage children to play on railway tracks. Railway Children film receives first ever complaint - 42 years after release 2013-07-11T14:29:40Z Star power also partly explains why “Robin Hood,” an enjoyable old-fashioned spectacle playing out of competition that drew expected critical japes, was slotted into opening night. Film: Cannes Runs a Bit Short on Stars This Year 2010-05-13T21:44:00Z Reviving the PiL brand after 17 years — the current group played its first shows last December — could have been one more jape by Mr. Lydon at pop, show business, the media and the audience. Music Review: At Terminal 5, Public Image Ltd. Rages Anew 2010-05-19T22:32:00Z Trump president's rallies were chaotic attempts at stream-of-conscious japes, where threats of violence earned gargantuan applause. The late night rise of "Gutfeld!" is telling us something. It isn't funny, but that doesn't matter 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z Consider the picture well and truly painted of a man who can’t quite reconcile his new clean godly lifestyle with his innate need to jape. This year's prize April fool? You'll never Belieber it! 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Behind the opera's jolly japes and canny pastiches is one of Britten's boldest, most socially revolutionary statements: a piece hardwired into the youthful urge to experiment, rebel and break free. Britten's comic hero Albert Herring: the only virgin in the village 2013-05-08T17:59:01Z Although the final unexpected appearance of a community choir hints otherwise, this is clearly not meant to be anything other than a couple of hours of theatrical high japes. Moby Dick 2010-04-26T20:30:00Z But certainly the character he plays is full of japes and practical jokes, a kind of silent Larry David figure. Five great published diaries 2012-07-16T11:00:00Z At his best, Burgess gives us, in the place of jolly japes and sweet imaginings, something very like the truth – at times bitter, often tragic, always gripping – of teenage existence. The Hit by Melvin Burgess – review 2013-04-17T10:24:26Z Once you start to use the machinery of the Holocaust as a backdrop—or, worse, as an excuse—for the deployment of digital japes, where the hell do you stop? Apocalypse Now: Bryan Singer’s New “X-Men” Movie 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Let's preserve the mystery and say only that what Richard did falls outside the category of jolly japes. Lenny Abrahamson: 'Good guys can be complex too' 2013-01-03T17:00:01Z With a deadly aim, Braithwaite lobs jokes, japes and screwball comedy at the reader. In This Novel, One Sister Is a Nurse. The Other Is a Murderer. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z They included political commentaries, feeble japes like “You are all under arrest” and crude cartoons. Art Review: Everyone?s 15 Minutes In a Culture of Celebrity 2011-01-13T22:44:50Z Abbi and Ilana’s adventures around New York City gave us five years of japes and scrapes, phone wigs and Bingo Bronson – plus the most moving depiction of the mutual neediness of friendship in TV history. The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The "30 Rock" and "Parks & Recreation" stars insisted that it was their final year hosting and perhaps used that as an excuse to make a few more japes. Watch Tina Fey, Amy Poeher open Golden Globes, play 'Who'd You Rather' 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z He spoke with frankness and sympathy in relating his struggles with alcoholism to those of celebrities who became fodder for late-night japes. Craig Ferguson’s “The Late Late Show” Will Be Missed 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z It’s all japes and laughs between the two of them, despite the fact that he’s completely ruined her cover and Ajay appears moments later, armed and ready to kill her. Sherlock recap: series four, episode one – The Six Thatchers 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z As it is, the evening devolves into an anarchic standup set, in which Jones – looking like "a shipwrecked Bee Gee" – uses Venn diagrams, online flotsam and interactive japes to recount a recent relationship breakup. Sanderson Jones ? review 2011-08-29T15:00:40Z In this charming jape of a thriller, Inspector Henry Cutter is known around New Scotland Yard for having “a weakness for certain exotic cases.” Review | Five new thrillers offer guilt-free distraction 2021-01-14T05:00:00Z But as the capital merry-go-round spun its peccadilloes, scandals and ballyhooed promises, his jaunty baritone restored order with bipartisan japes and irreverent songs to deflate the preening ego and the Big Idea. Mark Russell, Piano-Playing Political Satirist, Dies at 90 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z Better Call Saul had a weird start – before it began, it was envisioned as a half-hour sitcom – and early episodes toyed with slightly uncomfortable comedic japes, such as the billboard scheme from series one. 'S’all good, man': How Better Call Saul became superior to Breaking Bad 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z But it looks from this as though all they did was squabble and gamble, and that's all the king did, too: have japes, shag around, manage not to get beheaded. TV review: Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: 17th Century History for Girls; Hit & Miss 2012-05-22T22:00:01Z Director Aaron Posner’s organizing notion proves far better suited to a short skit than a full 150 minutes of expository twists — and antiquated japes. Review | ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ as a sitcom? Call it ‘The Bardy Bunch.’ 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z A smaller cast, in a bare-bones production such as the minimalist American troupe Fiasco specializes in, might better suit a play that is ultimately just a genial jape. ‘Shakespeare in Love: The Play,’ in London 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z He added: "This was not a jolly jape that went awry. For once, we did nothing wrong." Top Gear crew 'chased by thousands' 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s all an extravagant, occasionally amusing jape, and perfectly suited to Cage’s acting style, which has always been more suited to old-school German expressionism than the subtleties of American naturalism. Review | ‘Renfield’: Silly vampire comedy has its moments, most of them bloody 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Johnson’s appetite for schoolboy japes signaled no dimming of ambition. Opinion | Post-Boris and post-Brexit, Britain’s Conservatives need a serious leader 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z In 2020, he drew japes after being photographed with a $235 “smart mug” that keeps tea or coffee at a precise drinking temperature. Popular British Politician Falls From Grace Over Tax Scandal 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z All a viewer needs for access to his Picasso jape is the ability to read simple English. What would Baldessari do? A good question for the end of a terrible year 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z It is jokes and japes from professional comedy writers or somebody’s kid. I'm a TV critic ignoring TV news this election week. My 'joyscrolling' media diet 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Strafford himself is a member of the Protestant gentry and therefore subject to numerous jibes and japes as he encounters the characters in question. Review: A murder most fortunate: John Banville kills off his own pen name for the better 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Long known for its silly, postmodern sartorial japes, the evening disappointed. What will this year's Emmys red carpet look like? 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Some demand charisma, but that may be a fading asset after years of Johnson japes. The only way to a Labour victory may be a pact with the Lib Dems | Polly Toynbee 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Prince Harry is believed to resent Prince William for not being caught by the media in the same number of youthful japes/Nazi costumes/racist videos as he was. How badly must you do your job for your own mother to fire you? Ask Prince Andrew | Marina Hyde 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Things take on a decidedly goofier turn when Robert Pattinson shows up as the taunting French Dauphin, his Pepé le Pew accent and blond wig only making his performance more of a jape. Review | Timothée Chalamet stars in ‘The King,’ a handsome if dull take on English history 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z The coffee table part is a funny jape about the design’s similarity to a piece of midcentury furniture, an undulating shape raised on legs; but the kunsthalle part is more telling. An open letter to LACMA architect Peter Zumthor: Stop dissing L.A.'s art 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Hence there have been more japes than usual and we can takr solace in at least one minor English victory. India v New Zealand: Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-final – live! 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z It pitched the government, which was boring, cautious, and cognizant of the flaws in Britain’s relationship with the E.U., against the Brexiteers, whose very name carried a whiff of japes and derring-do. The Empty Promise of Boris Johnson 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Among Klein’s many japes was his use of the paint-smeared bodies of naked women. The Once Radical Slashes of Lucio Fontana 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Based at first in Washington, he recalled that he had to feel his way in the new genre of spoof and jape. Russell Baker, Times Columnist and Celebrated Humorist, Dies at 93 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Here's a look at some other family japes that went just a teeny bit awry. Six celebs injured... by their kids 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z "Some are saying this is just a Halloween jape. No it's not. Everyone knows what the KKK stands for" she added. KKK display treated as 'hate incident' 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z The president, so often the target of japes and jabs, was largely off the docket. Review: Weekend Update meets Hollywood in oddly downbeat 'Emmy Awards' 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z In any case, this gory, frenetic jape is less interested in quibbling over semantics than in signaling its own insouciant self-awareness. Review: Shane Black's 'The Predator' is a snarky, gory reboot with some ugly baggage 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z Twitter has had enough of fraudulent Musk imitators and has decided to put a stop to their merry japes. Ignore Zuckerberg. With skill and imagination we can drive the haters offline | Zoe Williams 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z Comrades in many historical japes together they will be glowering at each other across all 620km of their shared border today. World Cup 2018: buildup to France v Belgium, plus England latest – live! 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z As a crime, art forgery can seem trifling – less a sinister outrage than a half-complete Robin Hood jape that merely robs the rich. How to spot a perfect fake: the world’s top art forgery detective 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Twitter lit up on Saturday night and into Sunday with impassioned responses to the comic’s hyper-caustic japes at the expense of senior figures in the Trump administration. Michelle Wolf White House routine ignites backlash and defence of Sanders 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Of the group, only Cole, who sounds exhausting, continued to revel in such japes. The woman who gave birth to rabbits 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z It hadn’t been open that long, but a lot of my life had spun out there — the japes about the fancy vinegars and rambutan charcoal were meant as gentle kidding. Last Impression: Andy Ricker's Pok Pok LA 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z On the eve of the New York primary, and less than a decade and a half after 9/11, here’s Mrs. Clinton’s top surrogate making a jape about violently destroying a Manhattan building. Hillary Aims for Hilarity 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z The japes, of course, are key, especially if you work in an office with the right sort. I am funnier and franker on Google chat, but what’s the truth about instant-message me? 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z Morkel initially claims he touched it, so thus umpire Tucker goes upstairs for the run-out, but then the big bowler reveals he was joking - a jape! South Africa v England: third Test, day two – as it happened 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And when there’s no control, there’s the potential for all sorts of japes. Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z A comically broad, physically bold jape of Farrelly brothers proportions, it’s clearly meant to be the film’s big reveal. ‘The Overnight’ parties hard but stays modestly lucid about relationships 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z It’s not for me, you’ve made my life harder with your jokes and japes. Yet… iPhone 6 Plus Gameboy Accessory Is A Classic April Fool Hustle 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z After the panel ended, Mr. Yammouni said the japes had all been in good fun. Irreverence, and Youth, Reign at Celebrity-Studded Ad Week 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Morkel initially claims he touched it, so thus umpire Tucker goes upstairs for the run-out, but then the big bowler reveals he was joking - a jape! South Africa v England: third Test, day two – as it happened 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And when there’s no control, there’s the potential for all sorts of japes. Chelsea 2-0 Arsenal: Premier League – as it happened 2015-09-19T04:00:00Z He also indulged in the Borgesian jape of publishing "translations" of poems which were in fact his own. Alastair Reid obituary 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z "In the same way with the Google pin, if what you are looking for is here, then you've found it. It's a recursive jape, the most sophisticated type." The artist who fooled Uri Geller 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z After several weeks, the japes petered out — but they, of course, remain available online. Advertising: Mocked on Internet, Diet Coke Alters Ads 2014-05-07T00:27:19Z Researchers can take comfort that the most prestigious open-access journals, such as those published by the Public Library of Science, an American outfit, did not fall for the jape. Academic publishing: Science’s Sokal moment 2013-10-02T18:03:03Z It did cross my mind especially when I thought of some of the japes that used to be got up to. Brydon and Jones on honours list 2013-06-14T22:13:37Z In a blog post titled "I Think I Broke Something: The Story of Rickrolling Vine", Smidlein apologised to Twitter's engineering team for the jape. Twitter Vine app launches on Android after attracting 13m iPhone users 2013-06-04T08:52:57Z The "penny off" reminded me of budgets of the old days, but in this day and age it was a wonderful jape on the part of a government that thinks we all drink too much. A budget that revives demand for beer, but not much else 2013-03-24T00:05:58Z Dawson's book is rich with detail about those days, including what he describes as "usual japes" – one such being what they called a dogfight: "drawing lots for ugly dance partners" at a local dance. The Joy of Six: football trips gone wrong 2013-03-08T10:00:02Z Beyond the joshing and japes that often attend these functions, however, Button's professional optimism about the new season was underpinned by a very real belief that he can achieve something special this season. Jenson Button channels No5 at McLaren with nod to F1's Nigel Mansell 2013-02-02T22:00:05Z Her reference is to the phrase that transforms a prosaic comment into a joke about sex; it is a favorite jape of Michael Scott, the character played by Steve Carell on the sitcom “The Office.” Advertising: Your [Choose Your Expletive] Ad Here 2013-01-17T01:38:23Z Gascoigne had to have put some forethought into that jape and the feeling throughout his career was that he woke up each morning and threw himself into the execution of some prank or other. Paul Gascoigne heads for emotional reunion with Lazio fans 2012-11-22T09:59:14Z Although the targets are well chosen, there's a feeling that the japes don't go far enough to stir up controversy, or indeed, comedy. TV highlights 29/08/2012 2012-08-28T19:08:57Z They tittered briefly when the game's joker-in-chief brought that junior golf club with him on to court, and he shared the jape with those who noticed. Djokovic and Federer enjoy starters 2012-06-25T19:25:48Z This infantile echo of the preparations of '96 and '97 was diverting--a right jovial jest--a jolly jape! My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The burgomaster, seeing that this day was the day for the fair of japes, would listen to them no longer. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z A biting satire, yes, a merry jape,— The Bear that aped the Lion! In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z But liefer had I two good mallards, nay, two tiny sparrows than all their confessions; yet will I go thither to make a jape of them. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z "Then lead me thither," saith he, "And cease this jape of thine." Songs and Satires 2011-05-20T02:00:37.050Z Last week we looked at some of the 'best' April Fools' Day japes from the world of football. Did King Olav V of Norway really take a trip to Selhurst Park? 2011-04-05T23:07:00Z "As it's April Fools' Day on Friday, can you remember any of the 'best' japes in football history?" asks Eric Benson. The Knowledge: April fool! 2011-03-29T23:10:01Z Once he realised that White Hart Lane was no place for his comedy japes Zlatan sunk into a familiar sulk, only occasionally livening up to deliver a token parp of his comedy horn. The Fiver 2011-03-10T16:16:25Z The tour management had a sense of humour failure; a merry jape became a major issue and morale frittered away as a consequence. Pietersen's Lamborghini speeding fine 2010-12-09T10:15:00Z Have such innocent japes long gone, such guileless traditions deemed way past their smile-by date? Frank Keating: Is it really so awful to be an April fool? 2010-03-30T23:10:00Z "I'm sure there would be plenty of volunteers to fetch the ball should it be kicked over the wall," he japes. Have any league champions ever gone out of business? | The Knowledge 2010-03-17T01:57:00Z They can jape, change the subject, apply labels, accuse, bite ankles and declare 'victory', but what it is they do and do not do is plainly evident. 2010-01-08T19:24:00Z So Martin worked off his vitality in ragging, and, being of an ingenious turn of mind, became noted for the improvisation of new japes. Years of Plenty The wink and gasp of Angus Jones as that flagrant vintage seared his throat ended the gentle jape as far as I was concerned. Where the Pavement Ends Chaucer says, in the tale of the Nun's Priest, that Swevens be but vanities and japes. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition This poor soul fancied his vein was humour, and from him I have often endured the reading aloud of the dreariest laboured pages of japes and jests, which to his thinking were sparkling with wit. Modern marriage and how to bear it Our young friend who is about to become a colyumist might lead off with the jape about the switchman who asked for red oil for his lantern. The So-called Human Race He scarce lost an opportunity to put them down with a rough 178 jape; and, to say truth, it was not difficult, for they were neither of them quick. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston It made a new game for him, you see, amusing and rather flattering as well, the kind of a jape he was all too apt at. Where the Pavement Ends Do way thy japes!" said Robin, "Thereof will I right none! Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse He was yet laughing over his jape when Ianthe returned, and produced from under a napkin some large, thick biscuits, peculiarly reticulated. Dreamers of the Ghetto Some sort of jape or jingle might be chiseled from the fact that Lot Spry and Ida Smart were married t’other day in Vinton, Ia. The So-called Human Race I’d jape him if I gad my two hands upon him.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Yeoman is a droll fellow, a facetious dog, whether with pen or sketching pencil, and we laughed heartily at many of his japes and roughly-drawn sketches.' A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition For no doubt to some that be young—and to some that be old too—it is an occasion for mummeries and japes when a good man cometh home to his dame.' The Fifth Queen Crowned This he met by expedient that will be historical, as affording Jokim opportunity for a popular jape. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 Flushed faces keen and clever Contorted wildly; such mirth-moving shape Was taken by that genial histrion's jape As mobs are mute at never. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 January 11, 1890 “I am very sure he is your enemy,” Brilliana answered, sharply, “for he makes you his daily jape.” The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Shall the youths jeer and jape, "Behold his verse doth dote,— Leave thou Love's lute to scrape, And tune thy wrinkled throat To songs of 'Flesh is Grass,'"— Shall they cry thus and pass? Collected Poems In Two Volumes, Vol. II O precious code, volume, tome, Book, writing, compilation, work Attend the while I pen a pome, A jest, a jape, a quip, a quirk. The Book of Humorous Verse It is an old jape but not such a bad one: our friend Murray Hill will never return to the status quo ante Belloc. Pipefuls He is totally unconscious, and thinks himself the best friend in the world, and the most reserved; he concludes interminable speeches by: I jape nought, as ever have I joye. A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance Then for a moment we fell to jape and jesting; foolishly, for the Gods are always listening, and the Desert-Gods have long ears. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad Presently, when they heard him snoring, they began asking each other in whispers what jape they could play off on him. The Well of Saint Clare Honey, I don't believe in any of those spirit-rising liquors even when you faint, but I made this jape gruice right off our own vine and fig tree and I know it's pure and innocent. The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan She had always her smile to the side and her japes, and she looked to the warld. Foes To us sober Britons, whatever our opinions, these latter japes appear more or less ribald, though they are quite innocently made. Lost Leaders Yet, it must be, on wayside jape, The selfsame Power bestows The selfsame power as went to shape His Planet or His Rose. Songs from Books Thy japes are nought, thy tragics the mewing of cats; but thy news, fellow, thy news is too rich matter for thy sewer of a throat. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay The show is substantially new throughout—new songs, new scenery, new japes, new acrobatics. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 3, 1917 In most of Don Marquis's japes, a still small voice speaks in the mirthquake: If you try too hard to get a thing, you don't get it. Shandygaff A fig for the framers of venomous jape. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, September 12, 1891 Whether I am a fit subject for such a jape is, of course, a matter of opinion, but.... A Diversity of Creatures But when released from this, he delighted to add to the tribulations of his less erratic associates by his never-ending "japes, bourds, and mockages." Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 He hears the same old stupid japes over and over and over again. Analyzing Character I never join in merriment—I don't see joke or jape any— I never tolerate familiarity in shape any— This, joined with an extravagant respect for tuppence-ha'penny, A keynote to my character sufficiently supplies. The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan He scarce lost an opportunity to put them down with a rough jape; and, to say truth, it was not difficult, for they were neither of them quick. Weir of Hermiston Therewith he laughed, and Ralph understanding the jape, laughed also; and said: "Well, master Clement, but tell me who be these that we shall meet." The Well at the World's End: a tale One of the smoking-room humorists mocked his accent and ventured a crude jape. We Can't Have Everything It is a false notion, very general in the province of Cumana, that the excellent liqueur fabricated at Martinique owes its peculiar flavour to the jape. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 "You have now," said one of us, seeking to brighten the growing embarrassment of the situation with a small jape. Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front Oft trolling some merry stave or turning with some quip or jape upon his tongue, but with eyes quick to mark the rhythmic swing of broad, mail-clad shoulders, eyes critical, yet eyes of pride. Beltane the Smith Always they cry, jangle, and jape; that unneth they be still while they sleep. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus To a Thesaurus O precious codex, volume, tome, Book, writing, compilation, work Attend the while I pen a pome, A jest, a jape, a quip, a quirk. Tobogganing on Parnassus I left my purse under my pillow this morning"—a roar of laughter saluted the ancient jape—"and this ungentle fellow denies me credit. If I Were King And turned all his harm into a jape*. *jest For whatsoe'er this carpenter answer'd, It was for nought, no man his reason heard. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Nothing to him, the crude jape of the professional jester. Yet Again NAY, nay, said Epinogris, your sorrow is but japes to my sorrow; for I rejoiced my lady and won her with my hands, and lost her again: alas that day! Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 With that came Sir Dinadan, and when he saw Sir Tristram wroth he list not to jape. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 1 Just wait: Just wait a year or two for Cleopatra, For she's to be a balsam and a comfort; And that's not all a jape of mine now, either. The Man Against the Sky Alas!" quoth he, "this is a wicked jape*; *trick Now may I say, that I is but an ape. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems Forsooth, said the prince, therefore am I heavy that he is so escaped from me, for with his mocks and japes now shall I never have done with him. Le Mort d'Arthur: Volume 2 |
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