| 单词 | ribaldry |
| 例句 | The sight of him crouched in the shade with reddened face and streaming eyes evoked from his companions not pity but ribaldry. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Amid an exhausting onslaught of often obvious ribaldry, she is tireless, fearless and performing circles around Elizabeth Berkley’s portrayal in the movie. Theater Review: ‘Showgirls! The Musical!’ at XL Nightclub 2013-05-29T20:55:17Z In “Moneyball,” the locker room was a site of ribaldry and discipline; in “Goon,” it introduced hazing with a helmet; in “Crazy, Stupid, Love,” it brought us counselling on chivalry and Ryan Gosling’s domineering “schwanz.” Trump’s Locker Room Is His Safe Space 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z And in place of the other copy on the original poster, like “A story never told so frankly … so imtimately!” and “… a film of ribaldry and violance made from the juice of life!,” ArtsBeat: Mudhoney, Norah Jones and a Vintage Film Poster 2012-02-21T20:27:08Z He could never escape his wit and energy and ribaldry, though at times this was mixed with a profound anger. Joan Mir?: A fine line 2011-04-11T20:30:01Z But his ribaldry is often in the service of social causes, whether gay rights or Japanese-American visibility. George Takei Is Still Guiding the Ship 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z “Funk It Up” is a very enjoyable 70 minutes of ribaldry and repartee — and a subversive act of cultural appropriation. Theater: Shakespeare gets all funked up 2011-01-27T17:55:00Z Schneider's three adult daughters show up, and it's hard to say what provokes more ribaldry: That the first two are impossibly gorgeous fantasy babes, or that the third is butt-fugly. "Grown Ups": It's time to kill the midlife dude flick 2010-06-25T00:23:00Z But for all these literary correlations, Mr. O’Rowe’s language is distinct — in its ribaldry, its understatement, its metaphors and, especially, its exuberant, muscular descriptions of impossible battles. ‘Howie the Rookie,’ in BAM’s Next Wave Festival 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z As the context of Straparola's retelling is the entertainment of literate people, his version of the tale is self-consciously rustic, while straightforward ribaldry has become suggestion. Old wives' tales 2010-05-14T23:00:00Z Often I’ve found myself crying for mercy when Shakespeare’s characters engage in elbow-in-the-ribs ribaldry; with Mr. Ferguson’s impeccable phrasing and timing, I would have been happy for it to last longer. Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z By any sane measure, banter was falling into disrepute, as often a disguise for malice as a word for the ribaldry of lads on the lash. The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Maupassant brings it out from behind the curtain with a brazenness that spans café-table ribaldry and biological tragedy, whispered refinements and violent obsessions. The Writer Who Sparks the Finest Movie Adaptations 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Ms. Hathaway described herself as initially “discomfited” by the script, with its mixture of emotion and ribaldry — a sort of James L. Brooks for the Age of Apatow. Film: It?s the Relationships, Stupid 2010-11-20T19:13:00Z That bearing puts Mr. Williams, a poet, roughly in common with David Murray, the eminent tenor saxophonist whose warbling style is equal parts ribaldry and pique. The Playlist: The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar Join Forces, and 15 More New Songs 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z But there’s a big difference: Those things were viewed as bizarre and undesirable interruptions, amid a pageant full of glamour and suspense and drama and fantasy and mild self-mocking ribaldry. Oscars 2015: Nuggets of electric political theater, amid oceans of lame 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The series is broken up by subjects, and Part 1 on Thursday night is devoted to ribaldry and raunchiness. Review: CNN’s ‘History of Comedy’ Has Good Timing 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Amid scenes of egotism and oafishness, the last qualities a footballer loses, there are variable attempts at cuisine and amusing ribaldry around the table. Stanley Park 2010-06-10T07:04:00Z His endnotes point to its undercurrent of ribaldry and double-entendre, and he argues for Verne as artistically innovative in his use of temporal shifts, elisions and flashbacks. Review | ‘Around the World in Eighty Days’ — about to get a reboot — is the perfect Christmas tale 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z “This Paramount color release is worth seeing,” Thompson added, “if only for the casual, saddle-sore expertise and ribaldry” of Wayne and Mitchum, whom he referred to as “these two leathery dudes.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Everything’s Trash’ and ‘The Rehearsal’ 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z As a result, the character of Lipsky lacks the athleticism, physical vigor, pugnacity, even ribaldry that would complicate his relationship with Wallace. David Foster Wallace Isn’t Just Like Us! 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z Just before his arrest, Tray unknowingly impregnated his girlfriend, Shay, played by Tiffany Haddish, best known for the torrent of ribaldry that she brought to the movie “Girls Trip.” Tracy Morgan Turns the Drama of His Life Into Comedy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Theatergoers today seem to find the ribaldry bracing. Review: ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ from Roundabout Theatre has more showmanship than chemistry 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z But the Super Bowl is so essentially conservative that it warps even the slightest bit of ribaldry. Don't pillory Maroon 5 – they're the perfect band if you're too tired to feel anything 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z In this lively and beautifully paced production, Martin and his cast emphasize the mischievous, capturing Thomas’ heroic ribaldry while honoring his play’s mystery and essential sadness. Review: In 'Under Milk Wood,' the lost and the lonely live in the poetry of Dylan Thomas 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Awkward bits of brotherly rivalry or ribaldry go on for far, far too long, and any vitality is strangely subdued and muted. Myopic, unfunny 'Father Figures' sinks under white, male privilege 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z The Playboy Jazz Festival has always struck a unique balance between the ribaldry of its sponsor and the integrity of the Los Angeles Philarhmonic. Playboy Jazz Festival maintains a wide-angle appeal 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z I was in Pat Summerall’s extraordinarily messy hotel room before the Super Bowl in 1992 when he confessed to fascinating feats of ribaldry and told me I was free to write it all. Pressing the Off Button on an Indelible Marathon of Images 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z In the end, the ribaldry seemed to stay all in good fun, revelers reported. Gronk Cruise: 700 Patriots Fans, 13 Bars and One Rob Gronkowski 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z For those who always prefer good taste over ribaldry, this one is a must-miss. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation’ 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z He was sitting in his cluttered living room, enjoying his own ribaldry. A Group Portrait of New York’s ‘Oldest Old’ 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z The glorious Rosie Perez, who still lives near the park, remembered how she used to roll up to Snipes’s parties, but would leave because of to all the holleration and ribaldry. The one problem with Spike Lee’s gentrification argument 2014-02-27T17:02:00Z News of the books provoked ribaldry on Twitter among those following the events, with jokes that Snowden won't be allowed to leave the airport until he finishes reading them. Edward Snowden plans to stay in Russia, says lawyer 2013-07-24T17:51:09Z Mr Leach attributes the schoolboys’ feast to the fact that regular holidays were unknown in the medieval curriculum and that the boys found in the ribaldries of Childermastide some outlet for their long suppressed spirits. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It looks with no favour on criticism that is only destructive, or on ridicule or ribaldry as modes of attack on current beliefs. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z The King often sends me three or four trays—a retinue of pages brings them to my studio, laughter and ribaldry, and then decorum as they file into the studio. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z They know the paper before them to be a hoax, but do they believe in the ribaldry, the calumny, the less on that account? Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z These scenes are overcharged with blasphemy and ribaldry, and it is needless to preserve them here. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Coarsely abusive, foul, or profane language; vituperation; ribaldry. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z It was said that he was singing ribaldry about old Shalford. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z The moment we were gone, the stream of ribaldry poured across our path, and the tide of riot set in. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Held I the thunder yon ribaldry had been thy last, thou foul mouthed wretch.' The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Her speech was met with uneasy ribaldry, and smouldering ire. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The lower city alongside the river and Canal Street, crowded with cheap boarding houses for sailors and dock gangs, reeked in ribaldry and every phase of dissolute excitements. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z Towards three or four o'clock in the morning, similar cries, tumult and ribaldry were repeated. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z Forbes felt a ribaldry in the whole situation, an intolerable contumely. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Men of birth and parts condescended to the filthiest ribaldry and the most savage personalities. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z He openly appeared among the dramatists of his day as a reformer, and, poor as he was, refused to pander to popular tastes, whether those tastes took the direction of ribaldry, or blasphemy, or bombast. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z The conversation had possessed a certain elusive ribaldry; women were discussed with frankness, and yet he had not ventured to boast of his own conquests. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The men for the most part were more outspoken in ribaldry than the women, especially those specimens of masculinity who frequented at that hour the purlieus of Piccadilly Circus. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z Alas! these appeals for peace were received by those to whom they were addressed with coarse ribaldry, with sneers and jeers, and all the savage and barbarous passions which riot in blood. Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln 2011-10-24T02:00:19.173Z And what of him, the fierce iconoclast, Agnostic, doubting or denying all, 1010 Ofttimes in hate and horrid ribaldry? Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z His vocabulary grew in grossness, of course, after the King's execution and the declaration of war, but from the first it was ribaldry and abuse. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z We shall not deal in inuendos and irreverence, that so easily become ribaldry and blasphemy in passing to less dainty lips, nor yield to an excess at our tables, which teaches drunkenness to coarser palates. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z In a certain place a great man who was driving with his wife, when he saw the crowd and heard what they were saying, was angry, crying with a loud voice: 'What ribaldry is this? A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z And right anon the gentles gan to cry ‘Nay! let him tell us of no ribaldry....’ Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z For him these cloistered hours had meant no harrowing aftermath of remorse, no shrinking memory of license or ribaldry, but only the strange mental exaltation that had borne him to success. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z At that time I could think of nothing sweeter, even although it was spoken by this withered, wrinkled old man in tones of ribaldry and mocking. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z Thus all manner of obstinate ribaldries and mischief began to infest our path of progress. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z Men spoke harshly, or shouted ribaldries to one another. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z Instead of complying they indulged in some ribaldry, in which his get-up, as well as that of his ragged regiment, was held up to ridicule in effective fashion. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z As he gazed at that nonchalant epitome of ribaldry he had thought of other men who had so often been grouped about the table in that room—men of tempered habit, of standing and achievement. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Whole families of them, with their clothing, their pots and pans and sooty kettles, slung over their shoulders, come tramping down the weary miles, and fill the air with ribaldry, strange oaths, and horrible blasphemy. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z Quard slapped both newcomers on their shoulders, and kept his hand on the last he slapped, bending forward and engaging their interest with some intimate bit of ribaldry. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z The coarsest ribaldry assailed your ears, and noisome odours afflicted your sense of smell. Auriol or, The Elixir of Life 2011-06-24T02:00:23.867Z Not even the tragic experiences of the preceding winter had cured the conductors of that journal of their taste for savage ribaldry. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z It is in this connection that Holm justly finds fault with the modern critics, who reject indeed the ribaldry of Æschines as mendacious, but set down that of Demosthenes as a source of sober history. Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z Such scenes of ribaldry have 523 tainted even immortal pages, and have provoked much idle criticism either to censure or to palliate. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z She disdained to notice this ribaldry, but turned away from the servant to meditate on this disappointment. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z The vanity, the uselessness, the extravagances, and the ribaldry of the professional poets receive his hearty contempt; only those who write verses for pastime merit approbation. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z How would you, they ask, like to have someone of yours—someone who but yesterday returned your heart's clasp, now dumb and cold—made game of by such ribaldry? Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z He was the only member of this Assembly, where there were workmen of rude professions, who introduced ribaldry into the discussions. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z Lionel threw his eyes over the offensive lines, where in coarse ribaldry names the most venerable were held up to scorn and derision. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z He was associated with sordid hirelings, gross and uneducated, who treated his age with rude familiarity, and insulted his ears with ribaldry and scurrilous jests. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Accordingly, many of the jests of Plautus are such as might be expected from a writer anxious to accommodate himself to the taste of the times, and naturally catching the spirit of ribaldry which prevailed. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z But the two inside knew nothing of this ribaldry. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Fainter, but still perfectly audible, comes the vulgar ribaldry: 'Some other man! Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z Their conversation was too obscene to be repeated, yet every sentence of ribaldry was received by the company with shouts of laughter! Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z Crowds now rushed to the spot, and the limbs were hacked to pieces by the miserable poltroons amidst the coarsest ribaldry and mirth. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z The popularity and frequent repetition of the Mimes came gradually to purify their grossness; and the writers of them, at length, were not contented merely with the fame of amusing the Roman populace by ribaldry. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z In the midst of the wrecks of dissipation was the earnestness of devotion, prayer in the place of ribaldry; perhaps, too, dead formalism in the place of coarse but real enjoyment. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z Though he be lusty now, and strong, And bold in ribaldry and song, A time will come when he must flit, And to a stronger arm submit. Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z At the conclusion of this masterpiece of refined ribaldry, Brasset gave a peremptory little tap on the table and rose to his feet. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z Indeed, I understand that the tone of the speech has rendered all the ribaldry usual on such occasions in local journals impossible, and that the young barrister has acquired anything but popularity in consequence. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z She threw her head back and waited for a scoffing laugh from Lytham and a look from her husband that would move her to ribaldry. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z They discussed the often-overlooked humor in some passages of the Bible, including Jesus’ use of irony and exaggeration, and the ribaldry in the Book of Esther. Finding the Funny Amid the Sacred and the Professed 2010-10-09T02:51:00Z I had found a level of ribaldry that bordered on the paganistic. 2010-01-25T05:00:00Z Then, as the curses and ribaldry died away, he emerged slowly as from beneath a stupefying load. A Cursory History of Swearing "Your cap and gloves you've left in pawn, Thus adding ribaldry to scorn." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The ribaldry was Aristophanic or Rabelaisian with as little power to offend, so much was it consecrated and refined by immemorial usages. Sinister Street, vol. 2 These doctors and their servants were introduced as interludes to the spiritual plays, with long spun out episodes of the holy traffic, in which ribaldry and drubbing are not wanting. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. When he had done with his ribaldry, he slowly drew the point of his knife down the back-bone of the animal, from the neck to the tail, sundering the skin along the whole length. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Goose-Skin—"The court of ribaldry, of which these two bearers of the cross were worthy officers?" The Iron Pincers or Mylio and Karvel A Tale of the Albigensian Crusades In Esthonian legends, Vanemuine is not an Avatar and culture-hero, but the God of Music, who withdrew from men on account of the ribaldry with which some of his hearers received his divine songs. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two This, however, like many a scrap of battle-song, ribaldry exchanged between two armies, and the like, has interest rather for the antiquarian than for the reader. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 They have a language, too, of their own—the true Mucklebacket dialect; and freely and firmly do they throw from them censure, praise, or ribaldry. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative In comedy, nothing was so sure to please as mean buffoonery, vile ribaldry, and unmannerly jests of fools and clowns. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 With a voluble ribaldry for which her nation enjoys a proud pre-eminence, she assailed her opponents, one and all. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Instead of ribaldry there were kisses in the moonlight, the caress of eyes from which recklessness had gone. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern The Barristers of England, how rarely they refuse, The party they appear against with coarseness to abuse; Feeling a noble consciousness no punishment can reach The vulgar ribaldry they call the "privilege of speech." Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) It would abhor all insults, on a writer dead, though it had borne with the ribaldry, or even set the ribalds on work, when he was alive. The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition The figures of Christ and of his saints were thus protected from the ribaldry and insults of the Pagans. A Treatise on Relics One house for all to go to for the care of the body, Without ribaldry, without boasting, without thought of evil. Ancient Irish Poetry He was shocked and grieved to see that these young girls were about to read, to sing, and to learn by heart such ribaldry as he was ashamed even to cast his eyes on. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales He could not express his loathing and contempt for the vulgar and brutal ribaldry which could find matter for a grin in a man's appearance. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) He was going on with this ribaldry, when on a sudden he looked on his watch, and said, he had twenty visits to make, and drove away without further ceremony. The Tatler, Volume 3 But the silence of the church-yard is now broken by a voice—not of the youth—nor a voice of laughter and ribaldry. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 Wallop sat down, and Baxter himself attempted to put in a word; but the chief justice drowned all expostulation in a torrent of ribaldry and invective, mingled with scraps of Hudibras. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence My general diminutiveness of person has always been more than compensated, I think, by a corresponding magnitude of mind; but one is none the less sensitive to wayside ribaldry. Aliens Indecency and ribaldry bring down a man to the level of the beast, divesting him of all his rational superiority and soul-dignity. Talkers With Illustrations There is some humour in his narrative, but his metre and his ribaldry are heavy taxes on our curiosity. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 I cannot allow you to expose yourself to the brutal ribaldry of the ruffians below. A Castle in Spain A Novel He said the advertisement was "a false, wicked, malicious, scandalous, and seditious libel;" "full of ribaldry, Billingsgate, scurrility, balderdash, and impudence;" "wicked is a term too high for this advertisement;" "its impudence disarmed its wickedness." The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence The boys on the seat exchanged ribaldry that drew the eyes of the tall policeman to them, and they vanished. Aliens Such was the strain of ribaldry and malice which Martin Mar-Prelate indulged, and by which he obtained full possession of the minds of the people for a considerable time. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors I have overheard similar expressions of playful ribaldry upon his wife's lips many a time, but never when I was obviously and officially in their presence. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography The work, in its satire and its blasphemous ribaldry, is a fit parallel to those of Voltaire. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion The Court of which he was the centre certainly included a good many persons who might have at once dictated Massinger's most dignified sentiments and enjoyed his worst ribaldry. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) For robbery and ribaldry, for preventing marriages, and supporting the wicked, for treason, treachery, and tyranny, man may lose eternal bliss. Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century Among these insolent revilers of great fame for ribaldry was one Marvell. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors In Comedy, nothing was so sure to please, as mean buffoonry, vile ribaldry, and unmannerly jests of fools and clowns. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare "Oh, Roque! cease this ribaldry, so unbecoming in thee when we speak of him whom thou knowest I so much loved—when we speak of his untimely death." Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. If they are discussed it must be with laughing ribaldry. In a Little Town Woodcock kept a sort of tavern at what was called the Ten Mile River, which tavern he was enjoined by the court to "keep in good order, that no unruliness or ribaldry be permitted there." King Philip Makers of History Cross, maddened that he could not get his bundle of peripatetic ribaldries printed, wrote ballads, which he got sung as it chanced. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Rough fellows, much given to fighting, and drunkenness, and ribaldry, with a genius for coarse drollery and stinging repartee. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Such pitiful ribaldry awakened the highest powers of the Roman orator. Pius IX. And His Time It is certainly true, that every sort of ribaldry and obscenity are encouraged on the Chinese stage at the present day. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton To give in meant to become the laughing-stock of the camp, to have its ribaldry follow him, to be laughed out of the camp, branded as a coward. Rimrock Trail They were then such exuberant wits, that they could make even ribaldry and grossness witty. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors When, in former times, women were excluded from social banquets, such assemblies were scenes of ribaldry and excess. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The vulgar resorted to a simple explanation of the phenomenon, and the coarsest ribaldry against the Princess Mother was scrawled on every wall and sung in every alley. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) It drew this from Carlos Santander; who, relishing the jest, joined in the “ha! ha!” till the old convent rang with their coarse ribaldry. The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley They are the Carlyles and the Merediths of that spiritual and philosophical vision to which the impassioned normality of Byron with his school-boy ribaldry must always appear ridiculous. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations In the midst of all this public disregard for virtue, a spirit of ribaldry and disregard for the sanctions of religion had long been making its appearance in the literature of the time. The Huguenots in France They do not fight other birds so much as they hector them, making life intolerable by their ribaldry, coarse jests, and prying manners. Our Bird Comrades The Empress Elizabeth of Russia knew that her gallantries afforded him a favorite theme for ribaldry and invective. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) A mess of dissolute mates and midshipmen of the old Queen, 98, who held a sort of examination of ribaldry for a rank below that of gentleman. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. It is an odd thing that while I can relish and even hugely enjoy ribaldry in a Latin writer, I cannot so much as tolerate vulgarity in an English or Scotch one. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations He is half mad, eccentric, ingenious, with great and varied information and a coarse, vulgar mind, delighting in ribaldry and abuse, besides being an enthusiast. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I To all this ribaldry the czar listened with delight, taking note at the same time of anything said of which he might make future use against the participants. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Don’t swear or talk ribaldry, or take the best bits; share with your fellows. Early English Meals and Manners Virelais, rondeaux, ballades, chants royaux were the newer fashion; and the old versified tale of mirth and ribaldry was by the middle of the century a thing of the past. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. And yet its ribaldry, its irreverence, is unbounded. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations And those works which were produced or read were disgraced by licentious ribaldry, which had succeeded religious austerity. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges So it goes on: a varying scene of dignity and ribaldry, taking each other's place from time to time. Oxford Their feelings were outraged with ribaldry and insult: they were astounded at their reception, and many wept. The History of Tasmania, Volume I A justification of its choice of material has been attempted: there is no inconsistency in affirming that the tendency to use it with a mere monotony of ribaldry was emphatic. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] I am myself inclined to hold that sheer outrageous ribaldry, especially if graced with an undertone of philosophic irony, is the only kind of humour which is really permanent. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Then the lawyer tried to explain to him that no one read the ribaldry. Miss Mackenzie The air became stifling; the ribaldry of laughter enveloped her; instinctively she glanced around, and her restless, troubled gaze fell upon the duke. Under the Rose There was always a goodly number of dignitaries who richly enjoyed the drubbing he gave the other fellow, and these would gloat in inward glee over the Voltaire ribaldry until it came their turn. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 In the next place, let us clear away as it were and remove all insolence, and jeering, and mocking, and ribaldry, which are the evil seasonings of freedom of speech. Plutarch's Morals Some ruffians broke into this church after the occupation, and wrote ribaldry in the Bible and hymn-book. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War I called the Indian aside and spoke very plainly to him, and he ceased his ribaldry; but the white men still poured it out as they struggled to hitch their many dogs. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska If you prosecute, the right course is certainly that of information in the King's Bench; for it would be most unseemly to allege that your character has really been endamaged by such ribaldry. Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents But he was a good and a safe leader, who took his young men into no mischief and allowed no ribaldry or contempt for local authority. Patsy For if all these things are due to fortune, what hinders our saying that cats and goats and apes are under the influence of fortune in respect of greediness, and lust, and ribaldry? § ii. Plutarch's Morals I should have thought evil of any one who had sent me the vile ribaldry. Dr. Wortle's School The language of most dog drivers to their dogs consists of a mixture of cursing and ribaldry, excused by the statement that only by the use of such speech may dogs be driven at all. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska "I never yet knew it was ribaldry to talk about one's teeth." April's Lady A Novel Is a philosopher to unpack and throw away his philosophy, because an idiot has tried to overturn it on the road, and has pursued it with gibes and ribaldry? Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The most exalted station was not exempt from his audacious criticism, and learned institutions trembled at the sallies whose ribaldry often cloaked taste, intelligence, and good sense. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The Bishop must be got to say why he had sent that low ribaldry to a clergyman in his parish. Dr. Wortle's School How the ribaldry and valiant, stupid blasphemy rang out in these tumbling-down shanties! Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska When the quarrel arose between Reformers and "Papists," intentional ribaldry no doubt began. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) The ribaldry of my coarse associates moved me not; their boisterous and vulgar mirth aroused me not. Rattlin the Reefer It is still more singular, when he not only brings forward as an example of this ribaldry, Elijah mocking at the false divinities, but God himself bantering the first man after his fall. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Some in the prison are merry, and enjoy a dance, while others are indulging in obscene jests and ribaldry. Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited She paused on the threshold, as though the ribaldry took her in the face like a blast of hot wind. Brother Copas College founders accepted the apostolic maxim that the tongue worketh great evil, and they were convinced that a golden rule of silence was a protection against both ribaldry and quarrels. Life in the Medieval University But he seemed to take little interest in the ribaldry of the other fellows. Prairie Folks Discharged at length, and continuing his ribaldry in the columns of the "Register," he flies before an Act of Parliament, and takes new refuge in America. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 These were silent or even made some efforts to restrain the ribaldry of their men. The Lion's Brood This, he says, was "tolerated by Calhoun, because Randolph's ribaldry was all pointed against the Administration, especially against Mr. Clay and me." John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series Since the day When foolish Steno's ribaldry detected220 Unfixed your quiet, you are greatly changed, And I would soothe you back to what you were. The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 In the discussion which ensured, Bishop Warburton, forgetting that such ribaldries could not really tarnish his character, showed a heat which little became it. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The agent referred to in the statute was the well-known overseer of the cotton region, who was always coarse and often brutal, sure to be profane, and scarcely knowing the border-line between ribaldry and decency. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 The seemingly intelligent individual who can only find material for ribaldry in this connection is a more serious buffoon than he imagines. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Kipling, the grandson of a Methodist preacher, reveals the tin-pot evangelist with increasing clarity as youth and its ribaldries pass away and he falls back upon his fundamentals. A Book of Prefaces We have often heard people say that it is wrong for people to jest on this or that subject, or that they will not laugh at such ribaldry. History of English Humour, Vol. 2 Pepys might quite consistently scorn the ribaldry of Etherege and condone the obscenity of Fletcher. Shakespeare and the Modern Stage with Other Essays There was no ribaldry, no skylarking, no shrill discord of laughter without mirth in it to break the solemnity of the gracious night. Lore of Proserpine After almost a quarter of a century that address became the first chapter of Barclay's famous book, which created such ribaldry in the newspapers, entitled "The Obligations of Wealth." A Certain Rich Man This is the "Faust" of Gaelic poetry, incommunicable except to the native reader, and, like that celebrated composition, an untranslatable tissue of tenderness, sublimity, and mocking ribaldry. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Louis XII., when urged to punish some insolent comedian, replied, "No, no; in the course of their ribaldry they may sometimes tell us useful truths; let them amuse themselves, provided they respect the ladies." History of English Humour, Vol. 2 If the company happened to be unembarrassed, their ribaldry would sicken the philosopher; their coarse manners would revolt him; their political talk—well, that would probably stupefy him and cause him to flee. The Chequers Being the Natural History of a Public-House, Set Forth in a Loafer's Diary Majesty, and not be kept upon the coast, exposed to the ribaldry of the hostile Fantis. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative A loose ribaldry tainted the songs and ballads which circulated among the peasantry, and she was convinced that the diffusion of a more wholesome minstrelsy would essentially elevate the moral tone of the community. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century You helped us pass the jest along the trenches Where, in cold blood, we waited in the trenches, You touched its ribaldry and made it fine. With Our Soldiers in France About the commencement of the 7th century, Archilochus, a native of this place, harnessed his ribaldries better, and put them into a "light horse gallop." History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour How hollow and full of ribaldry is the heart of man! Pascal's Pensées How bitterly he decries the stale poems of the time as 'a heap of senseless ribaldry;' how truly he shows that licentiousness weakens as well as depraves the judgment. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 One of the girls tried to laugh, but there was something in the insane lightness of his eyes and the agony of hers that stifled the ribaldry in its birth. The Parts Men Play Still, could Joan have known the offence and the offender, we have no doubt she would have forgiven the ribaldry and the ribald as freely as she forgave all her enemies. Joan of Arc Nor was there, I am bound to say, much of coarse ribaldry, even from the free-spoken representative of the Tindals and Woolstons of other days. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic The law commanding a blasphemer to be stoned, could not teach one Israelite love to God, but it could save the streets of Israel from scandalous ribaldry. Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series Mr. Hoby the bootmaker's heart is quite sore, For seeing the Queen makes him think of Jane Shore; And, in fact, * * Pray excuse this ribaldry. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals The petitions of the pious were matched by the ribaldry of the profligate. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality "There, stop your ribaldry, Austin, and get up," said Aunt Charlotte, impatiently. Austin and His Friends Behind me on this island are crowded vile and wicked men, the murmur of whose ribaldry riseth continually like the smoke and fumes of a lower world. The Record of a Quaker Conscience, Cyrus Pringle's Diary With an Introduction by Rufus M. Jones Edward now arose and left the parlor, evidently annoyed at the empty ribaldry of his brother, and in a few minutes Hycy mounted his horse and rode towards Ballymacan. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two He was more dissolute in his conduct than his writings, and generally drove every female away by his ribaldry. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions Mrs. Blennerhasset was compelled to witness the ruthless destruction of all she held most dear, and to listen to the brutal ribaldry and insults of the rioting savages. Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Their vocabulary of Billingsgate and the ribaldry employed by them even against their Buddhist brethren, cast into the shade those of Christian sectarians in their fiercest controversies. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji The piece pleases our critics because it talks Old English; and it pleases the galleries because it has ribaldry. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century His own feelings forbade ribaldry, and abuse disgusted him, on whichever side employed. Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch For shame, young men," said a respectable-looking person, whose broad-brimmed hat, and formal and amply cut clothing, proclaimed him a Quaker; "is an old man, in tears, a proper subject for ribaldry? The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times He published three successive papers in "The European Magazine" for 1788, assailing her with the coarsest ribaldry. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings The moans of the sick were drowned by the blasphemy and ribaldry of their companions. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Standing outside, I heard song and ribaldry within. The Sword Maker Catherine paid no attention to such ribaldry, and drove on like Phaeton. Esther But passers-by are polite in France and do not salute the unfamiliar with ribaldry. Septimus Of the pamphlets published against him he said, "These vile ribaldries would raise the ire of a turtle-dove." The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The ribaldry and the obscenity and the insults with which he strove to make her ridiculous in the world fell at her pitying feet unheeded. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time As it was, fought on front and flank, with the thunders of the Church, and the ribaldry of malicious tongues to scatter their venomed darts abroad, Parnell was a doomed man. Ireland Since Parnell Peace, unfeeling man—you bring your senseless ribaldry to the wrong market. Jacques Bonneval But the silence of the churchyard is now broken by a voice—not of the youth—nor a voice of laughter and ribaldry. International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 You crawl up-wind roaring the most glorious nonsense, ribaldry, and exultation into the face of the blast. Shandygaff On the other hand, we find complaints that young fops hindered business by lolling on the counter an hour longer than was necessary, and annoyed the young women who served them with ingenious ribaldry. The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 He was guilty of accepting bribes, and, as some maintain, "was the great patron of ribaldry, and the protector of the low jester and the filthy." A Short History of Monks and Monasteries Two out of a vast number may be selected as painful evidences of a departed century's tombstone ribaldry. In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious We may thus explain the bewilderment which came over us at that burst of vulgar ribaldry from the leading British press, in which the organs above named have achieved a scandalous preeminence. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 Sounds of ribaldry came from the lower end of the town, but the aristocratic quarter was very quiet, and she walked unmolested to the house of General Castro. The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California He descends, at times, almost to ribaldry, at others he rises to poetic and prophetic heights. Architecture and Democracy Their heads stuck upon the posts of the victor's pa were targets for ribaldry, or, in later days, might be sold to the Pakeha and carried away to be stared at as oddities. The Long White Cloud Recklessness and effrontery were displayed in their countenances, and their discourse was full of ribaldry and profanity. The Star-Chamber, Volume 2 An Historical Romance He was pressed to punish some insolent comedians; but, "No," said he, "amongst their ribaldries they may sometimes tell us useful truths let them amuse themselves, provided that they respect the honor of women." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 3 The body, stripped of all covering, was thrust into a corner, where passers-by threw stones or mud at it, accompanying their insults with ribaldry and curses. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 The pleasantries of a waterman, the observations of a peasant, the ribaldry of a porter or hackney-coachman; all these are natural and disagreeable. The Illustrated London Reading Book In the first place, he condemns, without mercy, his ribaldry and obscenity. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces All Queen Elizabeth's popularity could not save her from the ribaldry of scandal, nor Shakespeare's genius protect his name from the foulest of stains. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Neither could this self-complacent feeling be much allayed, by the vague and abusive ribaldry with which his satire was repaid. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author Oh, in the night I hear such cries of butchered mothers with their babes, and see the flames of the little cabins—hear the shots and the ribaldry and the cursings. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Did these authors think that, by the coarseness of their ribaldry, they could destroy his well-earned fame? Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are It is not difficult to picture the contempt, the derision, the ribaldry, with which she would be greeted. Essays in Rebellion Rapscallions, in penitential fires, You'll rue the ribaldry that from you falls! The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan There is your shake-down on the floor, where you will have your warm, quiet bed, undisturbed by the ribaldry and curses with which you have been familiar too long. In Darkest England and the Way Out For five good minutes they stood there, shouting ribaldry at him, deriding him, mocking him, jeering at him. Three Men in a Boat He had wit, but not enough of it to excuse his ribaldry. The Book of Delight and Other Papers To deny the insinuations, or to resent them, was only to make these men and women coarser, and increase the laughter and ribaldry, so Barbara decided to stay away again. The Brown Mask She called out some rough, ribaldry to the woman who glanced up fiercely and deigned no further reply. Lo, Michael! To repeat such coarse colloquies and vulgar ribaldry is no pleasing task; except as a history of the manners of such men, and of the emotions with which on this occasion they were accompanied. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Such ribaldry, friend," said Oliver, "I treat with the contempt it deserves. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier Parasitic life, luxurious idleness, seemed impossible here; the atmosphere was too sacred, too solemn, for the fantastic ribaldry of scarlet runners, of flaunting yellow streamers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Nor have I, after the example of Juvenal, raked up that forgotten sink of filth and ribaldry, but laid before you things rather ridiculous than dishonest. The Praise of Folly An interested and ribaldry facetious crowd spared not its sarcasm. The Gray Dawn Oaths twenty in a breath, unmeaning vulgar oaths; ribaldry, such as till that hour I had never heard! The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Inclined to scoff, he would have had the religious material for jest and ribaldry ready to his hand; while if he had wanted to start as a hypocrite, it would have been specially easy. Weighed and Wanting And the child recited, first the Lord's Prayer, and then others in succession mixed with which were so much ribaldry and profanity on the father's part as cut us to the heart. The Secrets of the Great City Oh! go on with your ribaldry until the Archon calls the case. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 Thus the audience felt no call to champion the cause of their deities when held up to ribaldry on the open stage; they left them to defend themselves—if they could. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 Mulvaney nodded sympathy, and Ortheris, moved by his comrade's passion, brought up the rifle to his shoulder, and searched the hillside for his quarry, muttering ribaldry about a sparrow, a spout, and a thunderstorm. Indian Tales He made a jest of everything she said, turning it into ribaldry and asking some very direct questions about Lantier. L'Assommoir The morning and evening prayer was disturbed by the profane jest or the blasphemous ribaldry of God-hating men, who viewed our missionaries as deluded fanatics, justly deserving the contempt of all. Daughters of the Cross: or Woman's Mission He was a rabid enthusiast, and did every thing he could in the way of insult and ribaldry to provoke the feeling of the Christian church. Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Every expectant underling, every dirty, petty-fogging scoundrel showed his teeth, opened his vulgar mouth, and sent forth the most nauseous and disgusting ribaldry. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 I owe, too, an apology to my readers for introducing all this ribaldry. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography But the low moral tone of the time is indicated in all these works, in which heroic sentiments, rising often even to religious rapture, are mingled with scenes of the grossest ribaldry. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Swift has wit, and satiric power, and burning invective, and ribaldry, and caustic, scornful humor; but fun, in any just sense, he has not. Literary and Social Essays If he did riot presume to rebuke the ribaldry of his master, neither would he condescend to smile at it. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series If thou hast found thy tongue," said Brand, "thou art like enough to lose it again by slice of knife, talking such ribaldry of dignities. Hereward, the Last of the English All such parts of these early scenic entertainments as were not mere conversation or ribaldry, were probably composed in the Saturnian metre. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Does any man who has a wife and sisters, or children at home, say 'Go on' to such disgusting ribaldry as this? The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Ribaldry in woman seems more gross than in man, and this is woman's ribaldry. Woman and the Republic — a Survey of the Woman-Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Its Foremost Advocates When the stars began to glitter sharp and clear, our men fell to singing and dancing; and the boy Husayn Ganinah again distinguished himself by his superior ribaldry. The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Kedzie screamed with laughter at some of the ribaldry and danced in a jostle of fauns, satyrs, nymphs, and maenads. We Can't Have Everything But at this moment we became aware of a confused uproar, a ribaldry of laughter and shouting. Peregrine's Progress Those further off pelted them with stones or offal, and assailed them with insulting ribaldry. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 If a boat passes they greet it with a shout and a sally of wit or ribaldry. Concerning Animals and Other Matters The mob, for it was that now, bore him with jeers and jokes and ribaldry along the edge of the park. From a Bench in Our Square The same number of the Eclectic Review referred to Hood's parody of Lamb, "The Widow," as profaning Leslie's picture of the widow by its "heartless ribaldry." The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Some are debased by the more serious fault of ribaldry and profaneness. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives I am not a specially observant man; still one can make a shot at most things when driven to it, and I object to being the subject of Dawson's ribaldry. The Lost Naval Papers Your poor father’s mind has been quite unsettled by all their ribaldry. Yeast: a Problem Most of the fellows were sober and silent, not a bad lot to my judgment, with only here and there a countenance exhibiting viciousness, or a tongue given to ribaldry. Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" There was triumph in their songs, and there was ribaldry and there was longing. With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement "Proceed, son," said the Pope; "we will not be deterred from providing for the public weal by the ribaldry of a ratcatcher." The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales But if the public, or any other man, be he male or female, thinks that by ribaldry and derision I can be induced to publish the whole of this work before it's copyrighted, they're mistaken. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 29, October 15, 1870 "You denied your own hand!"—with other ribaldry still more gross and indecent. A Voyage to the Moon Such ribaldries used to be popular in English mouths concerning American visitors before the war; they were all of similar tenor. Hawthorne and His Circle For that loose ribaldry I shall have a word hereafter, if the jury desire to hear it. Mosaics of Grecian History Haughty plants within that humble bed See how death their pomp decayed and fled With unblushing ribaldry besets! The Poems of Schiller — Suppressed poems He ridiculed tattooing and nudity, but he also laughed with ribaldry at the religious arguments. Nonsenseorship Such ribaldry was distasteful to the King, and for the moment he frowned upon it. Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 He was alone while they slept, and then through ribaldry, scorn, and sarcasm, to the cross. Godliness : being reports of a series of addresses delivered at James's Hall, London, W. during 1881 When compared with the insipid sameness of her ladyship, or the coarse ribaldry of her son, the mirth of Miss Dundas was wit and her remarks wisdom. Thaddeus of Warsaw He felt an insane desire to imitate and reply to the groans, oaths, and ribaldry, which, as soon as the superintendent quitted the hospital, echoed around him. The Surgeon's Daughter "If thou hast aught in thee, save scoffing and ribaldry," said the real Abbot, "permit me, for thine own soul's sake, to speak a few words to these misguided men." The Abbot The song had let loose a flood of jest and anecdote which lost none of their ribaldry in the telling. Princess Maritza Ill it beseems, that such an one as thou Should lift thy voice against the Kings, and rail With scurril ribaldry, and prate of home. The Iliad As he has just asked Mrs. Mac-Candlish after the health of both her husbands, who are both dead, the lungs of ribaldry are more exercised than the fine eye of sentiment. Guy Mannering — Complete "But he must be suffering so!" exclaimed Corydon, who could not forget her love, even in the presence of his ribaldry. Love's Pilgrimage Heterodox ribaldry disgusts me, I confess, rather more than orthodox fanaticism. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Mulvaney nodded sympathy, and Ortheris, moved by his comrade's passion, brought up the rifle to his shoulder, and searched the hillside for his quarry, muttering ribaldry about a sparrow, a spout, and a thunder-storm. Life's Handicap Brought up amidst all the ribaldry and profanity of the markets, he had the whole vocabulary of the place on the tip of his tongue. The Fat and the Thin How American humour cracks into sardonic ribaldry at the spectacle. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me Lorelei was restless; the thought of more wine, more ribaldry, revolted her, and yet she was grateful for this delay, brief though it promised to be. The Auction Block In his theological controversies he was no less careful to avoid any approach to mere abuse or ribaldry such as some opponents of Christian dogma indulged in. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 He wandered down beside the sea, for his battle was not yet won, and until he was surer of himself he could not endure the ribaldry and rejoicing of his fellows. The Spoilers There was a note in his voice she had not heard before, some hint of leering ribaldry in the thick laugh that for the first time stirred unease in her heart. A Texas Ranger This supplies the infant population with a large stock-in-trade of ribaldry. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Through those street-sounds of fierce ribaldry and ghastly mirth, the voice of the dying woman penetrated, speaking more slowly, more distinctly, more terribly than it had spoken yet. Basil There was not enough irreverence and slang and coarse ribaldry, in the whole evening's entertainment, to have seasoned one line of some of our most popular comic poetry. Winter Sunshine From within came the noise of ribaldry and debauch. The Spoilers Some dissentient voices arose; an attempt at drunken ribaldry, strident hisses, 'Sh! Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life I ought to say that he had a punk of his there, and was going on with his stupid ribaldries to amuse her. Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini Once across that threshold she was safe from the coarse ribaldry that was making her heart throb and her cheeks tingle; for there the rights of the people ended, and those of the sovereign began. Joseph II. and His Court The young people sat in the taverns, or enjoyed evening parties at one another's houses, played the accordion, sang vulgar songs devoid of beauty, danced, talked ribaldry, and drank. Mother He was never seen at Church, held all the sacraments vile things, and derided them in language of horrible ribaldry. The Decameron, Volume I Consider the ribaldry of that, and ask yourselves whether this is a man who would immolate the chance of a witticism upon the altar of Truth. The Life of Cesare Borgia Let them bedevil the thin-skinned with their godless ribaldry; for myself peu m'importe—my shoulders are broad enough to bear all their envy, hatred and malice. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 To this "business" possibly we may attribute much of the ribaldry which starts up in unexpected places: it was meant simply to provoke a laugh. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Not so, however, of Farmicola's tavern, whither card playing, drinking, and ribaldry drew crowds, especially when the legislature was in session. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Such things are not comedies, but tragedies; subjects for pity and for silence, not for brutal ribaldry. Plays and Puritans It dealt in private scandal and ribaldry, only the more piquant for its pretty flimsy veil of double-entendre. The Paris Sketch Book If any came expecting the turgid eloquence or the ribaldry of the frontier, they must have been startled at the earnest and sincere purity of his utterances. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 But his elevation, though it furnished the Jacobites with a fresh topic for calumny and ribaldry, was not so offensive to the nation as the elevation of Portland had been. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 The ribaldry of his conversation moved astonishment even in that age. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The moans of the sick were drowned by the blasphemy and ribaldry of their comrades. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Hard upon their heels came a riotous company variously armed and accoutred, who forthwith thronged upon me pushing and jostling for sight of me, desecrating the quiet night with their hoarse and clamorous ribaldry. Black Bartlemy's Treasure Nay, let him tell us of no ribaldry. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems The Empress Elizabeth of Russia knew that her gallantries afforded him a favourite theme for ribaldry and invective. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 Tens of thousands of copies were circulated by the post, or dropped in the streets; and such was the strength of national prejudice that too many persons read this ribaldry with assent and admiration. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 The vulgar resorted to a simple explanation of the phaenomenon, and the coarsest ribaldry against the Princess Mother was scrawled on every wall, and sung in every alley. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 She shrinks from the riot and ribaldry that encompass her. Yet Again It is supposed that Chaucer expunged the Cook's Tale for the same reason that made him on his death- bed lament that he had written so much "ribaldry." The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems From his Venetian haram, he sent forth volume after volume, full of eloquence, of wit, of pathos, of ribaldry, and of bitter disdain. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 I judge by its public meetings; I judge by its journals; I judge by its pulpits, pulpits which every week resound with ribaldry and slander such as would disgrace the hustings. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 They treat the vow of celibacy, for example, so tempting, and, in later times, so common a subject for ribaldry, with mysterious reverence. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 A man might take a look, when a new-comer would push him on, and take his place, to be in turn pushed on--and there were laughter and ribaldry and revilements, all for the Nazarene. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ The mass of indecent Latin poems in circulation, and such things as ribaldry on the subject of one's own family, as in Pontano's dialogue 'Antonius,' did the rest to discredit the class. The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy Some are plundered, some mutilated, some covered with ribaldry and insult,—all more or less outraged and dishonored. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon But the religion of Jesus Christ cuts far deeper into the heart of man than to the dividing asunder of justice and injustice, civility and incivility, ribaldry and good manners. Bunyan Characters (1st Series) He was not the only person shocked by the ribaldry of the Swedish lady named Anna. Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William But the Chief Justice drowned all expostulation in a torrent of ribaldry and invective, mingled with scraps of Hudibras. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Blasphemy and ribaldry were the preacher's great attractions. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 Held I the thunder, yon ribaldry had been thy last, thou foul-mouthed wretch.' The Cloister and the Hearth The vast majority of those who appear in the public haunts of sin are there, not to engage in overt acts of ribaldry, but merely to tremble agreeably upon the edge of the abyss. In Defense of Women Now, when any vicious simpleton excites my disgust by his paltry ribaldry, I cannot flatter myself that I am better than he: I am forced to confess that he and I are on a level. Jane Eyre He was, as usual, interrupted in his defence by ribaldry and scurrility from the judgment seat. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 |
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