It made a new game for him, you see, amusing and rather flattering as well, the kind of a jape he was all too apt at.
The wink and gasp of Angus Jones as that flagrant vintage seared his throat ended the gentle jape as far as I was concerned.
So was sche lich the man arraied, And Hercules thanne hath assaied To clothen him in hire array: And thus thei jape forth the dai, 6870 Til that her Souper redy were.
Many fanciful derivations of the word have been affirmed, but so high an authority as Father Jape says that it comes from a very obvious source--the first words of the ancient Latin hymn Te Deum Laudamus.
Having in mind the former, the reverend Father Gassalasca Jape smites the lyre to the effect following: "Be good, be good!
I wold not he shuld jape hyr, for she menythe good feythe; and yf he wolle not have hyr, late me wete in hast, and I shall purvey for hyr in othyr wysse.
Some sort ofjape or jingle might be chiseled from the fact that Lot Spry and Ida Smart were married t'other day in Vinton, Ia.
Our young friend who is about to become a colyumist might lead off with the jape about the switchman who asked for red oil for his lantern.
You may think it is no trick to Can the topic militaire, And determinedly stick to Jape and jingle light as air-- To be pertly paragraphic And to jollity inclined, In an evenly seraphic State of mind.
For in prosperite she maketh a jape in blyndnesse; that is, she wyndeth him to make sorowe whan she withdraweth.
Beltane up and down with merry blue eyes, "why now do I know thee for a fellow of rare good judgment, for my company is of the best, in that I have a tongue which loveth to wag in jape or song.
Oft trolling some merry stave or turning with some quip or jape upon his tongue, but with eyes quick to mark the rhythmic swing of broad, mail-clad shoulders, eyes critical, yet eyes of pride.
Come thy ways, sweet brother, and let us set about this joyousjape forthwith!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jape" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
