| 单词 | risibility |
| 例句 | What is the difference — in fact, and in risibility — between a hobo and a bum? ‘American Cornball: A Laffopedic Guide to the Formerly Funny,’ by Christopher Miller 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z His great talent was to take tiny grains of information in reports and proposals, repackage them as official European policy and present them as part of a broad narrative about Brussels’ risibility. Luck runs out for not-so-truthful leader of ‘Brexit’ campaign 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z His light-heartedness and risibility were often assumed to hide bitter resentment or boiling indignation. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z With much effort, the risibility of the jokers was kept in subjection through the meal. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z Another roar of laughter from Smithers and his friends succeeded this confession, and the perpetrators of the practical joke indulged their risibilities to the full; evidently congratulating themselves upon the success of their plans. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z “Hello!” he cried at length, “what’s up?” after his companion had made one or two ineffectual efforts to control her risibility. Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer 2011-07-28T02:00:09.363Z Excepting only tobacco, it is the greatest weed that grows, and it has the advantage over tobacco that it does no man any harm, but serves only to excite his risibilities. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z But Victoriano had suppressed his desire to laugh too long, and now his risibility was beyond control. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z A circumstance so odd, so ludicrous, could not fail to excite the risibility of their riders; and laugh both did, despite their serious mood at the moment. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z This was too much for the risibility of the girls crowding in at the door, and no pounding of the broom handle could entirely quell the giggles. Nan Sherwood at Lakeview Hall Or the Mystery of the Haunted Boathouse 2011-02-14T03:00:33.337Z The effect of the combination would have tickled the risibilities of a stoic, if a stoic has the luck to be blessed with risibilities. The Trail of Conflict This see-sawing of the vessel and the oddity of the proceeding touched the Brownies' risibilities, and they began to laugh. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Mrs. Fane would seem to be much interested and make the most amusing mistakes and keep her son and her guest in an ecstatic risibility. Sinister Street, vol. 1 I believe that the humorous peculiarities of my countenance excited the infant's risibilities; at any rate, the young mother assured me that he smiled when he looked at me. A Top-Floor Idyl Priscilla's mourners' bench, it must be owned, was graced by the presence of one or two veteran troopers, the mention of whose names was enough to start the risibilities of that godless array, "the Mess." A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade He shocked the company by maintaining that the attributes of God were two—power and risibility; and that it was the duty of every pious man to keep up the comedy. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse The absurdities he is guilty of, the capers he cuts, excite our philosophic risibility. The Kempton-Wace Letters But as Con Hite looked at the elder man, standing helpless, his head held slightly forward, the sight apparently struck his risibilities, and his wonted geniality rose to the occasion. The Mystery of Witch-Face Mountain and Other Stories This near victim of uncontrollable risibilities was an Italian boy from the East Side of New York. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" The two waitresses exchanged glances, and went off together suppressing giggles, to return almost immediately, their risibility still causing them great physical inconvenience. Outside Inn “Caramba!” he threw himself back and gave noisy vent to his risibility. Carmen Ariza I have had one of the most outré conversations with him!—He really has a most prodigious effect upon my risibility. The Contrast Superlatively ludicrous and facetious, upon my erudition; and highly productive of risibility—ha, ha, ha. The Politician Out-Witted The idea is sufficiently ludicrous to excite the risibility of the most grave. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I It is exceedingly difficult for a boy to show off without exciting risibility. When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine Her sense of humor was keen, and her merriment when his recitals touched her risibility was extravagant. Carmen Ariza The contrast prompts ideas so irresistibly ludicrous, that to keep one's risibilities under austere control while instituting it argues a self-command almost miraculous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 Mr. Maguire did not respond to the young squire's risibility; the cast of his countenance was decidedly serious. Humorous Ghost Stories At any rate, the Lutherans were charged with having failed, at the public reading, to control their risibilities sufficiently. Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church My risibilities remained untouched until she languidly remarked that any woman who had twins on the prairie ought to get a V.C. The Prairie Mother Return Vide Lord Chesterfield’s Letters.—This noble Author, by the by, has set his dignified face against risibility. Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." Silent Tom began to laugh, not audibly, but his lips moved in such a manner that they betrayed risibility. The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness The "office" of Dr. C. excites the risibilities of the author. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Then she could say what she chose of her "little girl" without appealing to the risibilities of her audience. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale This adverb is misused in the South in a manner that is very apt to excite the risibility of one to whom the peculiar misuse is new. The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. The latter, in his efforts to oblige his young mistress and at the same time preserve his own dignity, presented so ludicrous a spectacle that Darrell was unable to restrain his risibility. At the Time Appointed The very driver's risibility rebelled against the habits of respect, and strengthened the chorus; while the lamb, as if conscious of the authorship of the joke, put in a longer and louder "Baa—a-a-a!!!" Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes The "office" of Dr. C. excites the risibilities of the author. The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 Not so Caspar—whose mirth was at once excited to the point of risibility. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters" But the people delight most in absurd situations that appeal to the risibilities without any injury to the feelings of others. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers "You don't call that a cat?" demanded Neale, when he could control his own risibilities. The Corner House Girls at School Although Alfred has worn many grotesque costumes since, none ever more strongly appealed to the risibilities of an audience than did those same garments. Watch Yourself Go By Perhaps his luck was calculated to stir only equine risibility. The Young Mountaineers Short Stories Or if that should not do, you may have recourse to Xenophon's method, which was boiling potatoes, and pelting the cats with them, an infallible receipt to promote risibility. Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica Crimes never come under their consideration: it is always something extremely ridiculous, or some ludicrous failing, that is turned into contempt and held up to risibility. Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre First, so that human nature be the cause thereof: thus risibility is befitting to Socrates by reason of human nature, being caused by its principles. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Mrs. Jarley and her famous waxworks, Mrs. Jarley, Mrs. Hodgkins herself, was a sight that would move the latent risibilities of the most morose Iago. Sixty Years of California Song The sight was too much for the risibilities of the Irish boy, and he forgot that he had been severely bitten by "centipades." Frank Merriwell's Chums Quickly I faced about, all the risibility of my red headed nature coming to the surface, and there I saw a big handsome chap standing in front of me. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers My risibilities may be agitated to a certain extent, but laugh in the face of a stranger, never! The Sun Of Quebec A Story of a Great Crisis But this only excited the further risibilities of his hearers, and he was forced to be content with the chance of making his vocal fascination condone the impression made by his ugliness. Great Singers, Second Series Malibran To Titiens Thou risibility without reason, thou subject of laughter, thou fool royal! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 A passage which I can refer only to the erudition and risibility of our modern surgeons and anatomists. Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century To see those proud young gentlemen and young ladies, dressed in their silks, jewelry, and prunella, from top to toe, take the jerks, would often excite my risibilities. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made As another mirthful spasm seemed imminent Dan retired, wondering just what in himself or in his errand had so moved the fat editor's risibilities. A Hoosier Chronicle The crowd which had now approached to within a short distance of the expectant little party, was of a most motley description, and its appearance, under many circumstances, would cause considerable risibility. Varney the Vampire Or the Feast of Blood My "caubeen" especially excited the risibility of the merry boys who thronged the streets. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 Old Matthew's risibility was evidently much tickled by the sense of their thwarted purpose. The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance A moment later the farrash re-enters with the look of a man scarcely able to control his risibilities, and says the man and his friends are still inside the gate. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama He does not, like many Clowns, content himself with raising a horse-laugh by contortions and grimaces, but tickles the fancy, and excites the risibility of an audience by devices as varied as they are ingenious. A History of Pantomime As a boy my risibilities were easily excited, and I'm glad that, even yet, I have not entirely overcome that weakness. Reveries of a Schoolmaster Even Walter, though he admired as well as loved his father, hung his head, and his shoulders shook with suppressed risibility. A Perilous Secret This was too much for the pent-up risibilities of the audience who laughed long and loud, greatly to the disturbance of the solemnity of the occasion. The Gentleman from Everywhere The risibilities of the sowars, however, are stirred to their deepest depths, and they nearly choke themselves in desperate efforts to keep from laughing outright. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Indeed, the Japanese have recourse to risibility whenever the frailties of human nature are put to severest test. Bushido, the Soul of Japan The prevalence of Iron Crosses appealed to the risibilities of the superficial observer. My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form Here, however, we were met by a figure, at the sight of which we found it almost impossible to restrain our risibility. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 532, February 4, 1832 His deportment was firm and contemptuous, and, as he looked on the formal and frequently grotesque figures of his guards, his features even assumed an expression of risibility. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 284, November 24, 1827 The ridiculous frequency of this tragic demonstration causes me to laugh outright, in spite of an effort to control my risibilities. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama I have had one of the most outre conversations with him!—He really has a most prodigious effect upon my risibility. The Contrast Perhaps the person who thus excited a transient emotion of risibility was a nobleman. Anna St. Ives As we cannot extend this convenient principle to all matters of taste, and all subjects of risibility, we are still compelled to acknowledge that no accurate definition of a bull has yet been given. Tales and Novels — Volume 04 As to the picture of the old woman by the same illustrious painter, and which was so ludicrous that he himself died with laughing at it, I cannot say that it particularly moved my risibility. A Virtuoso's Collection (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") He shocked the company by maintaining that the attributes of God were two,—power and risibility; and that it was the duty of every pious man to keep up the comedy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics I was noted, among my comrades, and not always to my advantage, for my absolutely ungovernable risibility. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth "Running about in the middle of meals!" muttered the doctor, pursing his mouth at the same time to restrain his rising risibility. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography The brilliant idea of their tails coming behind them instead of before them tickled the risibilities of the sympathizing friends, and for a few moments the woods echoed to their responsive mirth. Punchinello, Volume 2, No. 34, November 19, 1870 Her sympathies and her risibilities would bubble to the surface to confuse her. Gaslight Sonatas Our risibility is excited almost as much by the anticipation of the climax as by the recital. Mark Twain As to the footman, he was evidently in torture from restraining his laughter; and I observed that he was frequently obliged to make most horrid grimaces, from pretended fear, in order to conceal his risibility. Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World He appears to be devoid of all risibility, but he is often very noisy. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations The wind being extremely high, our caps and gowns were blown about most abominably; and this increased the risibility of the merry light infantry. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 "Each eye," the Italians say, "forms its own beauty," so every nation, every section, and each individual forms its own humor to suit its own peculiar risibilities. Writing for Vaudeville My first impulse, after amazement had a little subsided, was to laugh immoderately; in this I was joined by Stubbes, who, feeling that his mirth was participated in, gave full vent to his risibility. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 1 I have a very strong sense of humour myself, or rather what might be called risibility. Watersprings Somehow he felt almost irresistibly invited to laugh, though he had never been much given to risibility. Alice of Old Vincennes Purdy spiced the hour with a comic song, and in the character of an outraged wife tickled the risibility of the ladies. Australia Felix But happily his affection was incipient as yet, and a sudden sense of the ridiculous in his own position carried him to the verge of risibility during the scene. The Well-Beloved This is the risibility of an agile, triumphant reason. The Ancient Regime Sometimes she seems all of thirty to me; at other times, when her spirits and risibilities are aroused, she scarcely seems thirteen. The Mutiny of the Elsinore It was most profoundly ludicrous; and could not have missed exciting risibility in anyone save a pious, a disappointed, and humbled bride. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Father Sullivan was quick to turn an incident that provoked only the risibilities of his audience into a moral lesson. Drift from Two Shores A popular audience will forgive almost anything with which they do not agree, if the humorous way in which it is put tickles their risibilities. My Memories of Eighty Years |
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