Whether these conjectures are correct or not, the article is here given for the English reader's criticism, and, although not equal in humour to A.
Sparkling with genuine fun and bristling with pungent satire, this is an epitome of Artemus Ward's most genial humour and of his keenly sarcastic truth.
Some of the allusions are, of course, to matters long past; but the old fun and genuine humour of the showman are as enjoyable now as when first written.
Ward's burlesque orthography it is somewhat overdone; but it has, nevertheless, certain touches of humour which will amuse the English reader.
Their sharp sense of reality is in endless opposition to the whole sacerdotal masquerade, and their cynical humour stands against the snorting that is inseparable from pulpit oratory.
We ate our supper, and sat chatting together cheerfully, being put in good humour by the warmth and brightness of the ruddy flames.
He laughed at his own joke, and I laughed too, being in the humour to see fun in anything.
At seven o'clock our regiment moved out, and the men of the third squadron, of whom Cordova had spoken, provoked much humour and good-natured chaff as they rode past on their baggage mules.
Bolivar, who was in good humour that morning, made us stand by him and relate our adventures.
Mr. Woodward has that gift of humour without which all writing on nature is a weariness unto the flesh for young readers, and for many readers who are no longer young.
But, at the same time, if I've a whim to be complimented, I do think you might be gallant enough to humour me.
Nor did hishumour become more cheerful when at lunch he discovered that Mrs. Ilkington had kept two seats at their table reserved for Miss Landis and Arkroyd.
As for Alison, her humour was dangerously impregnated with the consciousness that she had played the fool to such an extent that she stood in a fair way to lose her necklace.
The joke was hardly apparent--though one's sense of American humour might well have become dulled in several years of residence abroad.
Rather," said he, bending over her hand and wondering at her high spirit of gaiety so sharply in contrast with her determined and domineering humour of a few hours since.
He thought it rather remarkable that they should enjoy so sympathetic a sense of humour on such short acquaintance.
A contented and easy-going humour shone from her broad, coarsely featured countenance, oddly contending with a suggestion of implacable obstinacy and tenacious purpose.
Now if quite out of humour with the bandbox and all that appertained thereunto, the temper of the young man was such that he was by no means prepared to see it confiscated without his knowledge or consent.
Well born, of humoursuited to my own; Discreet, and men, as well as books, have known.
But King Charles II being of an humour more sprightly than his father, was a professed encourager of poetry, and in his time a race of wits sprung up, unequalled by those of any other reign.
There is nothing to be found in them, to flatter a depraved populace, or humour a fashionable folly.
The same humour is continued thro' the whole, and not unnaturally diversified, as most poems of that nature had been before.
The same manner and humour runs through all his writings, whether Dialogues, Letters, or Poems.
He lived to the beginning of Queen Anne's reign, and died at an age near 90; his wit and humour continuing to the last.
He was attached to the Tory interest, and in the latter part of Queen Anne's reign frequently had the honour of diverting her with witty catches, and songs of humour suited to the spirit of the times.
Nevertheless, the essence of what we call humour is that amusing weaknesses should be combined with an amicable humanity.
Something analogous to humour can appear in plastic forms, when we call it the grotesque.
Nor can we suppose that particular ideational excitement to be entirely dissimilar to all others; wit is often hardly distinguishable from brilliancy, as humour from pathos.
As humour becomes deep and really different from satire, it changes into pathos, and passes out of the sphere of the comic altogether.
Here was a noble field in which the mythical fancy might run riot; hence came stories of usurpations, rebellions, conjugal skirmishes and jealousies, a whole world of incidents in which humour had free play.
Humour is such an elusive quality, depending so much upon individual temperament, that it is difficult to say in what consists its absolute perfection.
A draughtsman with a keen sense of humour is Mr. William Parkinson.
So very few can seehumour with the same eyes or appreciation.
There was a lot of humour in the sketch of the lion-tamer which appeared in one of the winter annuals.
With all the humour and charm there is in Plato, we cannot escape his tremendous teaching on the age-long consequences of good and evil in a cosmos ordered by God.
Did no one see the scene pictured with his own mind's eye--no one grasp the humour and the irony with delight?
Even if exaggeration and humour contribute to give it a twist, the essence of parody is that it parodies--it must conform to the original even where it leaves it.
But of his wit andhumour in daily life and the sunny playfulness of his banter in conversation with his friends, one seldom hears.
This, however, was not the case, and a comparison of the refractive index of the humour with that of water cleared up the whole matter.
With a drop of the aqueous humour he mixed tiniest speck of a liquid containing the rods, placed the drop under his microscope, warmed it suitably, and observed the subsequent action.
He studied the habits of the rod-like organisms, and found the aqueous humour an ox's eye to be particularly suitable for their nutria.
A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge, or vicar; So fill a cheerful glass, And let good humour pass.
Such an anomaly might have been redeemed by the expression; good-humour would have invested it with an air of agreeable farce.
Heritage, stumbling along by his side, effectually crushed his effort to discoverhumour in the situation.
Gentlemen, It hath been too much the humour of late, for men rather to adventure on the Forreign crazy stilts of other mens inventions, then securely walk on the ground-work of their own home-spun fancies.
His humour is (or was, till Whelpdale, poor wretch!
Atkins, who knew that Tessa was to become his wife, looked first at him and then at her with sly humour twinkling in his honest grey eyes.
In the middle of the eye, that is, the black thereof, is a certain humour most pure and clear.
And such [adders] lie in await for them that sleep: and if they find the mouth open of them or of other beasts, then they creep in: for they love heat and humour that they find here.
Nought oonly lyke the loveres maladye Of Hereos, but rather lyk manye, Engendered of humour malencolyk Byforen in his selle fantastyk.
The instrument and limb is the humour like crystal in either eye clear and round.
For raw humour medlied with blood that hath perfect digestion, is contrary thereto in its quality, and disturbeth the temperance thereof, as authors say.
And men use therefore in springing time and in harvest to slit the rinds, and to gather the humour that cometh out thereof, and drink it in stead of wine.
The Duchess's visit put Mrs. Winstanley in good-humour with all the world, but especially with Roderick Vawdrey.
He went off to get his gun, in the worst humourhe had ever been in since he was a child and cried for the moon.
I'm in the humour in which a man must either drink inordinately or cut his throat.
I have not felt in the humour for coming to church.
Our literature is at this instant a thing of shreds and patches--bad translations of bad books; the deep wisdom and the racy humour of Jean Paul are unknown, while the vapid wit of a modern French novel is extolled.
I see no reason why you shouldn't," said Dalton, a sense of humour overcoming his wrath.
There are stores of wonderful goodness all hidden away underneath the nastiness and ill-humour he shows to the world!
Dalton decided to humour her because of the deepening flush and starry eyes.
The fine sarcasm of his advice created a general laugh of good-humour among the servants assembled to serve the dinner.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "humour" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
