| 单词 | persiflage |
| 例句 | His dedication to his art and self-imposed absence from the persiflage of casual daily life obviously appeal to Ms. Poddar. V. S. Gaitonde’s Art Gets a Guggenheim Retrospective 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z Maybe that shows that they’ve finally gotten wise to the PR persiflage of Big Pharma. Column: Big drug makers are whining about having to negotiate with Medicare, but they can't afford not to 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z This is just PR persiflage, and you can safely ignore it. Column: Merck says it's being 'coerced' into negotiating its drug prices with Medicare. That's nonsense 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z None of this will keep Republicans and conservatives from attacking the reconciliation bill with smoke, mirrors and persiflage. Column: Tax provisions may be Democrats' most unexpected victory in the inflation bill 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding the Tea Party persiflage about freedom of choice at the lightbulb counter, it’s probably more appropriate to see the issue as part and parcel of conservatives’ broader war on energy efficiency policies. Column: Trump's attack on lightbulb standards is his flimsiest environmental rollback yet 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Musk is widely esteemed as a “visionary,” but he hasn’t shown that he can run a car company — which is what Tesla is, despite all the persiflage about its being a technology or software company. At Tesla, Elon Musk's jape blows up, leaving only a legal morass and questions about his fitness to be CEO 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z As often happens, the Twitter persiflage obscured a more substantive development: intelligence community leaks about the private phone conversations of Michael Flynn, Trump’s nominee for Director of National Intelligence. Trump’s relationship with the CIA is the “worst of any incoming administration” 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Complaints of his flippancy, his persiflage, his ridicule, his scurrility, his etc., came, and still come, from the enemy, and show that his blows told and tell. Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works 2012-03-14T02:00:25.570Z In cases where an angel would lose his temper under the gentlest persiflage it is only decent to leave a willing but disappointed man to himself. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z This was clearly not the moment for persiflage, so with a careless shrug of indulgence for the coarse manners of the lower classes, the abb� stood aside. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z But in what way can the absurdity of the "real presence" be answered, except by banter, by raillery, by ridicule, by persiflage? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z That mouth was well adapted to raillery and persiflage; and it was most eloquent in expressing contempt and anger. Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z She loved to rollick; persiflage was her natural expression at home. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z No one could fail to be amused by its delicate persiflage, its youthfulness and its utter irresponsibility. Oscar Wilde 2011-12-10T03:00:14.120Z The Sailor was a little wounded now and then by Ginger's persiflage. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z It is made up of persiflage and the quality called 'smartness.' The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z It is killing to hear them talk politics—discussing all the most burning questions with a sort of easy persiflage and "esprit de conciliation" that would astound our "grands politiques" at home. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z The middle class views him as the impersonation of vigor and brilliancy; part of the higher criticism sees in him little but sensation and persiflage. Modern Essays 2011-12-13T03:00:25.577Z In the presence of guests, such family crises must be tided over with neat persiflage. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z Now that he had not to meet persiflage and chaff, he was fairly cool and collected. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z She was predisposed to favor him; and a few light gay sallies, a great deal of conventional talk about the fashionable life of London, and a cheerful bantering tone of persiflage, completely charmed her. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z If I mistake not, you referred to me farther on in the style of airy persiflage as a "holier than thou," a journalistic, scriptural phrase in current use among so-called patriotic Americans. Search-Light Letters 2011-10-06T02:00:43.957Z Its colossal pains would be intolerable without such jesting and persiflage! The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z He was a person to be plied with the driest brand of North British persiflage. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z It is not certain whether this was said in simplicity or in persiflage. Four Years in France or, Narrative of an English Family's Residence there during that Period; Preceded by some Account of the Conversion of the Author to the Catholic Faith 2011-09-09T02:00:59.237Z Certainly he did not love babble nor little persiflage; he had neither the art to coin it nor the humor to redeem it. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z As a columnist for the Boston Phoenix and Boston Herald, he covered all sports, displaying an uncanny ability to cut through the persiflage and get to the core of a story or a personality. George Kimball obituary 2011-07-29T15:40:21Z He refused to unbend and to enter into their facetious mood, and his morose air became the topic of their persiflage. Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z Good heavens! do cease that stupid style of persiflage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z She was thankful he wasn't the guardian of the outer defences: just at present she was in no fit mood to bandy persiflage successfully. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The luxurious rooms, the abundant table, the easy persiflage in which worldly tact knows enough to flatter recognized talent. Modern Society 2011-06-23T02:00:27.897Z Covertly watching him, she saw Summerlad in the middle of a passage of persiflage start and fall silent, his lips in an instant wiped bare of speech. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z What had she, in her self-abasement and earnest reachings after a nobler life than he had ever thought of, or aspired to, to do with his masquerading tricks and persiflage? Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z And you are trying to hide it——” “With airy persiflage—yes,” he admitted, turning serious. Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold 2011-06-14T02:00:22.083Z The House, which relished the persiflage of Palmerston, thought Gladstone too serious, and resented a little, I think, the subdued tone of contemptuous superiority in which he addressed the leader of the House. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z But Dixie Lee had come down to get some eggs and she did not allow camp persiflage to divert her from her purpose. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z The coxcomb bit his lips, but immediately relapsed into his former persiflage. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z When I ask an expert opinion of an educated person I don't intend to be put off with mere persiflage. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z There was no persiflage of speech, or exchange of light drolleries, as in that conclave enlivened by the conversation of the English viscount. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The officer’s look told Pape even louder than his words that the time for persiflage had passed, unless he really wished a police court interval. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z The confessional, the worship of relics, the priesthood, and the monastic orders are derided with the deadliest persiflage. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Forester smiled, but not without anger, at the quiet persiflage of her manner. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Vaga coming up, after having finished her affair with the donkey, observed the look, and it called forth a fresh display of that persiflage she so delighted in. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z A few more glasses of Moët and Madeira, with a “tip” of Tokay to accommodate the Austrian Field-Marshal, another regalia smoked amidst more of the same kind of persiflage, and the party separated. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z The master was in the highest spirits at the success of his persiflage; his voice rose louder and louder, and his offensiveness became almost supernaturally acute. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Never was such airy persiflage heard in a mining camp before. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z But my thoughts strayed ever away from the King, his wisdom and his persiflage, to those who were one flesh in the sight of God, who were dining together for the last time. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Frau von N�rac showed herself a mistress of persiflage, and the young Count was no whit her inferior in this regard. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Corks popped freely, and there was much horse-play, and throwing about of bread, and at a certain stage of the evening rather frank persiflage in which, to Joan's relief, her step-mother took no part. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z He possesses the logic of the first, the persiflage of the second, and some of the sublimity of the third. Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society 2010-12-20T17:12:16.420Z But over this shrewdness now was brushed a film of optimism, the over-abundant hilarity of a business man on a holiday outside his accustomed surroundings, expanding in high spirits, persiflage, and practical jokes. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z All this is of course mere persiflage once it is known that the story of the Papal Bull against the comet has no foundation in history. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time He wondered if Lily were despising him, and wished that she would not catch hold of these detestable young men by the lapels of their coats, or submit to their throaty persiflage. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Steele did not know, and he told the stranger so without persiflage. The Key to Yesterday She knew how to push raillery and persiflage to the very frontiers of truth, and even peep over and see what lay beyond. The Fortunes Of Glencore It could not have been wholly caused by dissatisfaction, for he resumed his amusing persiflage with enhanced sparkle. A Traitor's Wooing He’s the only man I’ve met over here that could give yours truly any kind of a run in dispensing the pungent persiflage; but I had the advantage of driving mules as a kid. Sea-Hounds Michael could not help admitting, as he suffered this persiflage from Nancy, that Dora and Winnie did look rather common, and he wished they would not stand, almost within earshot, giggling and prodding each other. Sinister Street, vol. 1 On the lips of the men of her world, such sayings went for naught; they were but the tennis-balls of persiflage, served deftly, and with the intent that they should rebound harmless. A Romance in Transit But she thought this friendly persiflage meant that the interesting young man was a social equal as well as a person of veracity and excellent taste. H. R. But the Countess Hohenfels, although she was not noted for sensibility, could not rally, even to the persiflage of Oswald Tyne. Shadows of Flames A Novel Meanwhile, without heeding their persiflage, the Se�ora pursued the even tenor of her meditation. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion Nowhere is the capacity of the French language for persiflage better shown, and nowhere, perhaps, are more phrases which have become household words to be found. A Short History of French Literature Bantering persiflage bubbles in everyone, and good natured raillery adds zest to all phases of the experience, whether it rains or shines. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter He was not accustomed to indulge in persiflage with great ladies. The Intriguers The address to him is nothing more than a most exquisite piece of persiflage. Roman Women He likes persiflage, he likes banter, he likes argument, he likes antithesis, he likes brilliancy, and the dinner-tables of the epoch seldom offer these good things with their Metternich hock and Mouton Rothschild. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June "Would you mind," asked the widow, ignoring the last flippant bit of persiflage and picking up the violet envelope, "posting a letter for me?" The Widow To Say Nothing of the Man There was no joking here, nor that elephantine persiflage which marks rough men when they forgather in the wilderness. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure He feels depressed and talks about sticking a bodkin into himself, but Mr. O'Connor gives him a light, elastic step, and an air of persiflage, bonhomie, and frisk, which do not match the character. A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories Like children, they were inclined to try to imitate his bitter persiflage and be smart; and they demanded, as he said they should, the last ounce of consideration and duty from their neighbors. The "Genius" A kick under the table from Arthur put an end to further persiflage. Checkers A Hard-luck Story But the general attitude of the paper during this time expressed that peculiar tone of mainly Conservative persiflage which has distinguished in literature the great line of writers beginning with Aristophanes. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) In middle life natural indolence and his political occupations had kept Disraeli from filling up the gaps in his knowledge, while, in conversation, what he liked best was persiflage. Studies in Contemporary Biography Breakfast was partaken of to the accompaniment of the usual airy persiflage. The Deaves Affair Instead of belief, I discovered scepticism; instead of enthusiasm, persiflage and eternal quizzing, intolerable in professed martyrs to a sacred cause. Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 With which he seemed content to abandon persiflage, satisfied that his average for acerbity was still high. The Bandbox I think it would be impossible to be much with them and escape their persiflage, let us act as we might. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. I just dealt the Dutchman what you might call idle persiflage until you fellows had been gone a few minutes, and then I held him out my dollar. Gold I hear of Brougham from Sefton, with whom he passes most of his spare time, to relieve his mind by small talk, persiflage, and the gossip of the day. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II Thursday.—"Talk about Dizzy," said Harcourt, perhaps not without some tinge of envy, "if Old Morality goes on in this style, Dizzy won't be in it for persiflage." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, April 5, 1890 For Nightmare Abbey is chiefly farce, and The Misfortunes of Elphin is chiefly sardonic persiflage. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 People do not know what a dangerous game this French persiflage is, particularly in England, and how difficult it becomes to exchange it afterwards for real seriousness. My Autobiography A Fragment It was here that Ricker employed his blue pencil the most freely, and struck out passages of almost diabolical persiflage, and touched the colors of the black pessimism with a few rays of hope. The Quality of Mercy The world had had enough of the flippant persiflage with which Voltaire had treated the most heroic efforts and tragic disasters of the human race. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 But the old judge was not to be led aside by persiflage––he was interested in the matter of trails. Hidden Water Sydney Smith exclaiming against "derision and persiflage, the great principle by which the world is now governed," is again edifying. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 They buy the newspaper for information and recreation and are satisfied with the degree of poetry and persiflage dished up in its reading columns. The Clock that Had no Hands And Nineteen Other Essays About Advertising No, my "airy persiflage" was only a cloak. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 "Don't you flap again and spill me coffee, Mr. Chicken," he said, with delicate persiflage. The Trimming of Goosie Stirling, who had come to see us through, began at his persiflage immediately, and congratulated me upon the house I should play to, speaking of box-office receipts and a benefit night. Red Men and White A certain well-known passage of Thackeray, about ladies and Jonathan Wild, will sufficiently explain her own inability to taste Peacock's persiflage. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 A polite bow is made to the worship of the Emperors and its motives, the rest is little but persiflage. Atheism in Pagan Antiquity His Excellency, therefore, was thoroughly annoyed, and Castrillon's persiflage fell heavily upon his ears. Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange It is always occasional in character, and rarely succeeds so well as when the treatment is one of distinct persiflage. A History of Elizabethan Literature The Pantheistic Carlyle grumbles at his levity and rails against his persiflage. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The airy persiflage of his prose�its reiterated lucidities�pleasing to some, irritating to others, will have a place, but not a very important place, in English Literature. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions She said she thought persiflage was out of taste when the happiness of a mother’s whole life was in question. Ladies-In-Waiting It also shows us in Hamilton a somewhat darker but also a stronger side of satiric powers, differently nuanced from the quiet persiflage of the Contes themselves. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Bobby was enjoying a lot of preliminary persiflage when Shepherd incidentally mentioned their destination. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man One hopes there will always be a "persiflage" like that of Voltaire to clear the human stage of stupid tyranny and drive the mud-monsters of obscurantism back into their mid-night caverns. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations The irreverent persiflage of the Vision belongs to the now obsolete school of Voltaire, and in biting wit and daring ridicule the performance is not unworthy of that supreme master in diablerie. Studies in Literature and History What brilliant effort of persiflage was to follow will never be known, for at that moment came Sanders. The Keepers of the King's Peace It has much greater complication of interest and variety of treatment than Fleur d'Épine, in which, after the opening, Hamilton's peculiar persiflage, though not absent, is much less noticeable. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 But Skippy brushed aside their crude attempts at persiflage with indifference. Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World It is only offensive to tiresome realistic people, void of humour as they are void of imagination, this sweet psychological persiflage. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations He constantly resumes the moralising attitude; and his pungent persiflage is poured out, as if from an apocalyptic vial, upon worldliness and fashionable insolence. Studies in Literature and History I could hear Mary Ellen in the kitchen thumping a mop against the legs of the furniture in a savage manner that bespoke no mood of airy persiflage. Explorers of the Dawn He has also—as, to have this grave persiflage, he almost necessarily must have—a singularly clear and flexible style, which is only made more piquant by the "-assiez's" and "-ussiez's" of the older language. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 "There's a little too much persiflage around here," he said sternly. The Varmint In what persiflage he indulged, what bitter and satirical things he said of Germans and Germany is not recorded. Tam o' the Scoots But the row in Edinburgh, the lordly Whigs having considered persiflage as their own fee-simple, was really so extravagant that when I think of it now the whole story seems wildly incredible. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) "Come, come," I said, "this is not the time for persiflage." Once a Week “But I am,” she assured him, pleased and flattered with the centering of their persiflage on herself. The Squirrel-Cage The weapons of her office, bright sarcasm and irony, or laughing persiflage, were sheathed; her fine features were thoughtful; her dark eyes introspective. Under the Rose His mother felt, however, at the moment, that she would have preferred to hear a note of keen disappointment in his explanation rather than this tone of lightest persiflage. Flamsted quarries When the Big Boys dine daily together, they always pass the persiflage. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen He is sometimes, though rarely, a mocking as well as a rebellious spirit, and occasionally indulges in a grim persiflage beneath the dignity if not the capacity of Satan. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 5 Poetry Kate ate hurriedly and in silence, but the usual airy persiflage went on between Bowers and the herders. The Fighting Shepherdess Light and airy persiflage, it is called,” said Tom from the front seat. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point Auntie sniffs and goes off with her nose in the air, as she always does whenever I spring any of my punk persiflage on her. The House of Torchy He knew exactly what was going on in her mind, and—quite as earnestly beneath his persiflage as he had set himself to woo the widow—he set himself to win her daughter. Play the Game! If you want to buy a chicken or a cluster of eggs there must first be a prolonged shauri with much interchange of views and conversation and aërated persiflage. In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country The plumber at many dollars a day could afford a little persiflage with the cook in the kitchen where he was theoretically repairing the sink. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers He was in no mood for persiflage; if he smiled it was because he thought that things were coming his way, that the game was being played into his hands. The Borough Treasurer Say, they made a great team, them two, when it came to exchangin' persiflage. Torchy and Vee Now, I can chuck the giddy persiflage at Piddie day in and day out, and enjoy doin' it, because it always gets him so wild. Torchy She looked at him through his persiflage wistfully, searchingly. The Coast of Chance "Evolutionist," he corrected, happy in having touched the subtler note behind their persiflage. The Lovely Lady The captain grew red in the face at this piece of persiflage, and under the stress of excitement he swallowed his quid of tobacco and likewise his wrath, at Jim's coolness. Frontier Boys in Frisco According to etiquette, he should never have addressed her but in a vein of persiflage, and with a smile which indicated his perfect heartease and her bad taste. The Young Duke It is a note of ironic persiflage which is plainly indicated to the reader. The Youth of Goethe By this time Jerkline Jo, who had been hurrying forward along the wagon train to find out what had occurred, arrived on the scene of their airy persiflage. The She Boss A Western Story This, of course, was a matter of great concern to his nieces, in whose eyes he is distinctly persona grata, owing to his command of persiflage and taste in confectionery. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 On one of these visits, Blount remarked by way of airy persiflage, that that drink of wine that had been sent for was a long time coming. A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium And now coming at us with the airy persiflage, the first regular breath he's drawed. Then I'll Come Back to You With that Lebensweisheit which Goethe long afterwards marked as his characteristic, he published in his review a notice of the burlesque, in which it is recommended as "a masterpiece of persiflage and of sophistical wit." The Youth of Goethe But Captain Scraggs refused to be heartened by this airy persiflage. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates If we seek the light persiflage and airy humor of the after-dinner spirit, we find an inexhaustible fountain in the quaint customs and odd conceits of the Pilgrim Fathers. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Lothair was a picture of British society, partly indulgent and sympathetic, partly caustic or contemptuous, but presented all through with a vein of persiflage, mockery, and extravaganza. Studies in Early Victorian Literature The Idiot was only indulging in persiflage, Doctor. Coffee and Repartee The attitude and persiflage under such depressing conditions did not fail to impress our guards. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben I will try to put aside my flippant hollow attempts at persiflage, which constitute my worldly mannerism, and tell you in a few simple words. Infelice Oh, yes, I got off a few stale jokes and some heavy-footed persiflage. The Jester of St. Timothy's What passes for conversation at receptions, dinners, ordinary social affairs, is merely chatter made up, of persiflage and repartee. Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada To which statement, although to a certain extent veracious, I took exception, an' in the airy persiflage that ensued, he took umbrage to an extent that it made him hostile. The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country Genial persiflage of this sort was his particular forte whether my imitation of it is good or bad. Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 "Left your horse to bake in the sun, too, I suppose, while you practice the art of persiflage on me." Skyrider The book as a whole is very free from banter or persiflage. Life of Charles Dickens Her persiflage, which Charles had never much appreciated, was less frequent than of old, and she no longer poured out her witticisms with the placid sweetness of a person offering you bonbons. A Comedy of Masks A Novel I found myself greatly relieved, and sat down and wrote a letter to the Mayor and Corporation, which I may cite as a modele de vrai persiflage. George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life The conversation after supper is a good specimen of persiflage. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 340, February, 1844 No? life is too pleasant for you; you have not enthusiasm; why, your talk is always persiflage—it is the talk of the fashionable world. Prince Fortunatus Instead of wasting time in idle persiflage," he said when he had handed her a chair, "let's get right down to brass tacks. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man They did not expect or want a woman to know anything and preferred light banter and persiflage. How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers Still the slight persiflage to cover the audacity. Trumps The other players were laboriously wading through persiflage and conversation. New Faces She flung about bonmots, and chatted airy persiflage till his heart ached. What Answer? The persiflage of the French and of fashionable worldlings, which turns into ridicule the exceptions and yet abjures the rules, is like Trinculo's government—its latter end forgets its beginning. The Aldine, Vol. 5, No. 1., January, 1872 A Typographic Art Journal He treated the matter banteringly, and Selma was pleased at her ability to enter into the spirit of his persiflage and to reciprocate. Unleavened Bread His airy persiflage had not pleased Hope Wayne. Trumps He has the true French persiflage, founded on happy content, not the blank indifference of the Englishman's disregard. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 22, January, 1873 Well," said Betty obediently, for she had been so busy with her own thoughts that half the persiflage and gay bantering had passed above her head, "I was speaking of Mrs. Sanderson and her son. The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers He and his brothers ever tormented Knox by persiflage. John Knox and the Reformation His passion for places—roads, rivers, hills, and inns; his dancing persiflage and buoyancy; his Borrovian love of vagabondage—these are the glories of a style that is quick, close-knit, virile, and vibrant. Shandygaff It would have been outrageous, except that the manner made it seem persiflage, and therefore allowable. Trumps The time straying towards infidelity and confections and persiflage he withholds by his steady faith … he spreads out his dishes … he offers the sweet firmfibred meat that grows men and women. Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations There were a few replies; one by Mr. Dyce, who defended the Anglican view with mild persiflage and the usual commonplaces. The Life of John Ruskin Neither did the form of the "Primer," a little 18mo pamphlet of forty-eight pages, bound in pink paper covers, nor its ephemeral newspaper persiflage, rise to the dignity of a book. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2 Out of this strange environment came as variegated a column of satire, wit, and personal persiflage as ever attracted and fascinated the readers of a daily newspaper. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 He is also allowed to smoke, to exchange full-flavoured persiflage with his neighbours, and to refresh himself from time to time with mysterious items of provender wrapped in scraps of newspaper. The First Hundred Thousand If you knew him better you would know that under all that persiflage there is much depth of feeling and passion. What Dreams May Come Their persiflage and the consistent irony of their remarks surprised me. The Inferno "I was not aware you knew Mrs. Ford," said Mrs. Markham, observing the little flutter in Julia's cheeks, and thinking there was a meaning in Bart's persiflage. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio The second is of a very different flavor and shows Field indulging in that play of personal persiflage, in which he took a never-flagging pleasure. Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1 After the sagacity and enlightenment of this school came the school of persiflage. Studies in Literature And this has its practical side, for if we don't know how to pronounce the words "evanescent persiflage" we can call it "bunk" or "rot." By Advice of Counsel There was some airy persiflage in his note about having to go to Boston at six o’clock. The Bicyclers and Three Other Farces So, with a little badinage and persiflage, he took his leave. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio He indulges in the persiflage of a traveling salesman! Barks and Purrs Besides, Buckingham, as a man of fashion and a courtier, was master of the persiflage, or jargon, of the day, so essentially useful as the medium of conveying light humour. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author And then, when all is matured, what wit, spirit, irony, and persiflage, and what heartiness, naivete, and grace, are unfolded at every step! The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes They saluted the cheerful one gayly as "Sally" and indulged in varying degrees of witty persiflage before the inevitable "The Governor in?" Bambi It becomes habitual persiflage, incapable of taking a deliberate and serious view of anything, or of conceiving the solemnities that environ life. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861 "Drop this persiflage and come down to business," said Browning, winking at the others and nodding toward Hartwick, who did not seem to be taking any interest in what was going on. Frank Merriwell at Yale You're mentally incapable of recognizing the line of demarcation between legitimate persiflage and objectionable familiarity. Good Indian But enough of persiflage; now for cold facts. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 "Oh, a hundred miles up and down," grinned the conductor, and the exchange of persiflage cheered us both. The Story of a Pioneer While indulging in a little airy persiflage the girls had a great little trick of pursing their mouths into rosebud shapes over their soda straws, and casting their eyes upward at Eddie. Buttered Side Down: Stories On their way back to their rooms Harry and Frank were greeted by all sorts of calls and persiflage from the sophomores, who had gathered in knots to watch them pass. Frank Merriwell at Yale Winterbourne, who denied the existence of such a person, was quite unable to discover, and he was divided between amazement at the rapidity of her induction and amusement at the frankness of her persiflage. Daisy Miller It would be finely done, it would be gallant, it would have a sort of masculine eloquence as an answer to Christina's sinister persiflage. Roderick Hudson Bock paid no heed to this persiflage, but prowled the front end of the cellar, looking upward in curious agitation. The Haunted Bookshop I looked at his keen blue eye, his lean brown face, and his punishing jaw, and I knew that no airy persiflage would deceive him. Buttered Side Down: Stories "It's the occasion that's wanting," said James Bellingham, ignoring the persiflage. The Rise of Silas Lapham It never rushed hotly to her face but what he noted it in persiflage. Star-Dust Nan tried in desperation to keep on a plane of light persiflage, to hold him to his chair and to the impersonal. The Gray Dawn He grew more reserved, the more complimentary Marcus became, especially as in all his compliments there was a mixture of persiflage, which Marcus supposed, erroneously, that Ormond's untutored, unpractised ear would not perceive. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 No more was there between them that interchange of light persiflage which, presupposing some subject of common interest, is in itself a ground of intimacy. Lord Kilgobbin She laughed frequently while they were breasting the breakers; and afterwards, as in their street attire they were returning on the boardwalk, she chatted brightly with him, revealing a certain cleverness in off-hand persiflage. Tales from Bohemia The time straying toward infidelity and confections and persiflage he withholds by steady faith. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Because the author's mood is one of incessant irony and persiflage. Amiel's Journal Beauclerc could not be drawn out either by Churchill's persiflage or flattery, and he tried both, to talk of his tastes or opinions of women. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 The time straying toward infidelity and confections and persiflage he withholds by his steady faith; he spreads out his dishes; he offers the sweet firm-fibred meat that grows men and women. Poems By Walt Whitman He developed into something rather artistic the gift which he had always shown in his newspaper work for ironical persiflage. A Modern Instance Which was lucky, because I wouldn't have had a chance to get any persiflage out of my system. My Man Jeeves There is none of the shallow persiflage of the sceptic in his tone, nor any affectation of cosmopolitan superiority. Literary and Social Essays Even a grave, serious dislike, both Lady Cecilia and Helen agreed that they could bear better than that persiflage which seemed to mock even while it most professed to admire. Tales and Novels — Volume 10 Florida listened to his persiflage with an air of sad distraction. A Foregone Conclusion After some preliminary persiflage, in which she laughs to scorn the excuse which he offers for having kept away from her from a sense of propriety, she at once comes to the point: Is. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama Mrs. Spaulding enlightened me on the hotel piazza, after luncheon, when, as a sequence to this persiflage I brought up my friend. The Law-Breakers and Other Stories "And what may be your occupation, Mr. Bayham?" asks the Colonel, rather gloomily, for he had an idea that Bayham was adopting a strain of persiflage which the Indian gentleman by no means relished. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family "It is useless to waste time in persiflage," he began and then turning to Sam, "There is a place in Wisconsin," he said uncertainly. Windy McPherson's Son His real fault is to be found in his somewhat glaring diction, like the voix blanc in singing, and in an occasional stroke of persiflage. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne I am too selfish, too greedy of a little cheer to call it persiflage. Over the Pass It was possibly not unfrequently that Horace, his mother's pet, gleaned in the drawing-rooms of Arlington Street his first notions of that persiflage which was the fashion of the day. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 I nurse a private grief of my own beneath a camouflage of—of persiflage. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 He chastises with urbane persiflage the knowledge which the orthodox think they possess about the proceedings and plans of God. A History of Freedom of Thought Several sparkling orations, teeming with wit and persiflage, were nipped in the bud. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 Sir Chaps"—the Doge hesitated for an instant, with a baffling, unspoken inquiry in his eyes—"Sir Chaps, I like your companionship and your mastery of persiflage. Over the Pass One of the detectives stirred uneasily—he did not quite understand the American's light and easy manner, and he seemed to suspect him of persiflage. The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation His good-nature is the fruit of want of feeling; between his gracefulness and his sneering persiflage he is a perfect Mephistopheles-Apollo.’ Yeast: a Problem "Only a little while ago you dismissed my theory of the crime as airy persiflage." The Postmaster's Daughter At any rate, there is a touch of coarseness in this masculine persiflage which grates. The Earth Trembled This fellow's not full of all that kind of scholastic persiflage that you are, Jack. Over the Pass Lively conjecture inevitably figured largely in their arguments and, when persons of unrestrained wit devote their attention to airy persiflage, much may be included in their points of view. The Head of the House of Coombe The excellent lieutenant was not given to persiflage. The Prince of Graustark "The conditions, Fred," I said, "were scarcely conducive to polite persiflage." A Fool and His Money All his smooth and shallow persiflage, even his shrewd satiric humour, had vanished. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face It will be great fun, with plenty of persiflage. Over the Pass To the last Beaconsfield was suspected of persiflage because he wrote novels and was witty. Without Prejudice I dare aver, that few men have less reason to charge themselves with indulging in persiflage than myself. Biographia Literaria She was not in a mood for airy persiflage, as he soon discovered. The Hollow of Her Hand They were always talking in the Row, everlastingly gossiping, bantering and sarcastically praising things, and going on in a style which was a curious commingling of earnest and persiflage. The Gilded Age, Part 4. No, they will be too occupied with the persiflage. Over the Pass He would begin at once to talk on everyday topics; an intimate friend he would perhaps rally upon some standing subject of persiflage. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 For we kept a running fire going of airy persiflage—which was like the noise of boys whistling through a graveyard. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me The exact mode of representing Horace's persiflage is, as I have intimated already, not an easy thing to determine. The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry She regarded his attentions, glances, tones, as mere well-bred persiflage, indulged in for his own amusement, and she put him down as a trifler for his pains. Miss Lou "But I notice that you always say persiflage just as I am getting the better of the argument!" Over the Pass He did not like persiflage; it seemed an assault upon dignity, and in those early days in Washington he was full of dignity and of determination to create a dignified impression. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel Bert thought for a second that this was more than mere persiflage, for the expression on the girl's face was new. Undertow Once inside the carriage, the women began a light, friendly chatter; smiles and laughter; little jests about Benedicks, about the servant question, about coming home late o' nights; antenuptial persiflage. Half a Rogue The canvas is fine persiflage in its clever psychological characterization of the sleek dealer and the stupid helplessness of the bloated customer and his wife, who seem hypnotized by the wicked eye in the picture. The Galleries of the Exposition "That is real persiflage!" the Doge called after Jack. Over the Pass Chilvers's self-absorption lent itself to persiflage, and by indulging in that mood Godwin tasted some compensation for the part he had to play. Born in Exile I don't want any more of your meretricious persiflage.' Women in Love His good-humored smile, his ready persiflage, his ease in all environments, and his common sense—these were his bucklers. Half a Rogue Oh, say!" she rippled, pursuing persiflage with engaging lightness, "then you must be on the White Wings force. The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million As the Doge gets older I reckon he will like compliments better than persiflage. Over the Pass By this time I was wondering how long we were to stand here exchanging ideas and persiflage, an animated group of five. The Firefly of France English stolidity would only have smiled at the criticism even had it been couched in the language of persiflage. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 I asked in a tone of persiflage, as I took a step towards them. The Suitors of Yvonne: being a portion of the memoirs of the Sieur Gaston de Luynes It may be gathered from this incident that when the captain was in charge of the deck there was little idle persiflage among the "fo'mast hands." The Portygee There was the unprecedented situation of silence between the two exponents of persiflage in Little Rivers. Over the Pass Some of these men surrounding him, exchanging persiflage, might never witness another sunset. The Puppet Crown Most unions, when all persiflage is set aside, are primarily organized for business—the business of looking after their own interests. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners He approached King in Common-room with a sense of injustice, but King was pleased to be full of airy persiflage that tide, and brilliantly danced dialectical rings round Prout. Stalky & Co. He was not an Italian, still less a Frenchman, in whose blood there runs the very spirit of persiflage and of gracious repartee. Howards End There, he gave Jack a pat on the shoulder; a hasty, playful, almost affectionate demonstration, and broke off with a shout of: "Persiflage, sir, persiflage!" Over the Pass He was not an Italian, still less a Frenchman, in whose blood there runs the very spirit of persiflage and of gracious repartee.� Howards End When they are addressed in language expressly adapted to flatter their vanity, they look upon such empty persiflage as a testimony to the truth of their own praises. Treatises on Friendship and Old Age Enraged beyond measure by his persiflage and very manifest contempt of her, she sprang suddenly upon him, and caught at the lapels of his redingote. The Trampling of the Lilies She was tall, beautiful, lively, gracious and learned in persiflage. The Four Million He had dropped back into his slightly listless air of thinly veiled persiflage, and he appeared to address the lady, to explain the situation to her, rather than to justify the charge he had made. The Lion's Skin A man lacks delicacy in this kind of persiflage. Under the Redwoods If a young wife was modest or shy, she was the object of unflattering persiflage. The Women of the French Salons Obscured though it was by airy, elderly persiflage, he began to come upon a background of stability and points of view wholly to be relied on in his new acquaintance. T. Tembarom I was expected to crack jokes about the crockery and lighten up the granite ware with persiflage. Waifs and Strays Part 1 "Why do you think of a gulch when—" She stopped with a sudden recollection that he was not used to persiflage. A Mountain Woman I fancy that he is in the habit of indulging in a little airy persiflage with Frieda o' mornings, and he finds me a poor substitute for her red-cheeked comeliness. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed Feversham's whole manner changed; the trivial air of persiflage that he had adopted hitherto was gone on the instant, and his brow grew dark. Mistress Wilding After a few trifles of airy persiflage they got down to business. The Land of Footprints When Castleton went to his tent there was much characteristic cowboy talk, and this time vastly different from the former persiflage. Light of the Western Stars To the friends who darted out to the line of march, he was gracious, but he held his head high, and had no time for mere persiflage. The Land of Footprints |
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