The object of this romance was to laughdown the romances of chivalry of the Middle Ages.
They laugh at all his jokes, snub all who attempt to rival their patron, and are ready to swear to anything Sir Mulberry wishes to have confirmed.
He says, “I never laugh at the governor’s good humors, nor frown at his infirmities.
If it be good, you laugh at the pun; if bad, at the punster; and in either case, he is almost certain to laugh himself.
The Rule of Mortification is, when a man having got the thanks and laugh of a company for a good pun, an enemy to the art swears he read it in "Cambridge Jests.
A laugh would decompose his metal, And like a dog, with a tin kettle Dangling at his tail, he runs From witty wags who deal in puns.
Laugh and grow fat," is a very old and a very wise adage.
The Frenchman does not understand this, but he is to laugh heartily nevertheless.
When I think of my child, I laugh aloud to myself with pleasure.
At first he used to laugh at my observations, and try to make me laugh; then when he saw how firmly I was resolved to remain serious, he found fault with my simplicity and my taste for home.
As long as he hears the merrylaugh of his daughters around him, he is ready cheerfully to assume all the weight of this disorderly existence.
D'Athis, though much upset by emotion, pretended tolaugh the affair off, and wished at once to take his fugitives home with him.
He would laugh and call me all sorts of names taken from the poems and romances he had read.
Who would not laugh at the scheme--who would not actively oppose it?
We laugh at the narrow bigotry of the Mahometan, who feels contaminated if a Christian shares his dinner, and who will not give his vile carcass burial, for fear of pollution.
This was so odd a sight that crowds of people ran out to see it, and to laugh at it.
The good-hearted little fellow's voice began to choke in his throat, and he burst into a laugh to keep from sobbing outright.
Well now, if you'll promise not to laugh or poke fun at me, I'll up and tell.
Some would jest desperately about the ways and means of this escape; laugh about the scant shrouds and pine boxes in which they must set forth on the long journey.
I am afraid the word brother broke into a slight sarcasm on the doctor's lips, for he rather disliked these empty titles of endearment, and was apt to laugh at them a little in ordinary times.
Katharine tried to laugh and took his arm, leaning on it with that half caressing, half dependent grace which a woman who loves from her soul assumes unconsciously.
He had quite recovered his good nature and was very much inclined to laugh himself over Peter's trick.
All in a flash an idea came to him, an idea that made him laugh right out.
But then it is again true that it is very hard to laugh at anything that is not in some point ridiculous.
She encountered them without horror, welcomed them without shame, and spoke of them with a laugh rather than a shudder.
He must either resent what she said, or laugh and be ruled by it.
He had not strength of character to laugh at her description and yet to be unmoved by it.
Useless regrets are always foolish: we laugh at children who cry for what is quite out of their reach.
And then to do nothing but laugh at the mischief he had caused.
But if I talk to you of the asceticism of Stylites, and tell you that I admire it, and will imitate it, will you not then laugh at me?
She might behave as badly as had the Lady Ruth, and Miss Todd would do no worse than laughat her.
She would laugh with them, feed them, call on them, lose her money to them, and feel herself no whit degraded.
Isla repressed an almost overpowering desire to laugh aloud, and she politely inquired what would be the remuneration for this occupation.
Laugh and be merry together, like brothers akin, Guesting awhile in the rooms of a beautiful inn, Glad till the dancing stops, and the lilt of the music ends.
Laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man.
LAUGH AND BE MERRY Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song, Better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.
Laugh till the game is played; and be you merry, my friends.
The man known as Rap started to laugh, but a sharp explosion back of Bob turned the laugh into a sob and Rap, gasping for breath, sank to the floor.
Just before I lost consciousness," went on Bob, "I heard some one laugh and I would have sworn it was the voice of Hamsa, the man who has disappeared from lower nine.
Condon Adams threw back his head and laughed, but it was a grim sort of laugh that sent chills down Bob's neck.
Bob thought he heard the mocking laugh once more, but he couldn't be sure.
Before they could turn, a harsh laugh echoed through the room and the heavy voice of Joe Hamsa lashed at them.
Preposterous God, if thou knewest how I laugh at Thy hell!
Extending his long arms like the ragged wings of a huge sick bird, he was about to throw himself down, when, suddenly, a hideous mocking laugh rang in his ears.
I guessed what skull-like laugh Would break, what crutch 'gin write my epitaph For pastime in the dusty thoroughfare, III If at his counsel I should turn aside Into that ominous tract which, all agree Hides the Dark Tower.
Next second she recovered her self-possession, and with a light laugh said: "Well, there seems some truth in the assertion that the world is very small after all.
Strange that a man should laugh when about to take his own life; yet such is frequently the case.
It is pardonable not to laugh at what is amusing, but sudden guffaws at bad jokes is the test of a true sense of humour.
A Washington audience does not deafen you with applause, but Mr. Thomas Hard, my chairman, was so appreciative that he seemed to set the fashion to laugh and cheer and all went well.
But Jack's laugh was different from Rutley's, in so much that it conveyed, though suppressed and soft, an air of rollicking abandon.
His laugh seemed infectious, for Jack joined him with a "Ha, ha, ha, ha.
And his eyes twinkled mischieviously, while a laugh on his face was suppressed with difficulty.
Seeing him at the window, the woman and the surgeon were much frightened, for this laugh seemed to them a second sentence of death for their poor victim.
The king ordered the crowns to be arranged upon a table, and well lighted up, so that they shone like the eyes of the company which lit up involuntarily, and made them laugh in spite of themselves.
But with his forced laugh Petit was all the more suited to his occupation of watching and catching evil-doers.
Therefore, do I love them devotedly, but not so often as I could wish, since I have oftener in my hands my goose-quill than I have the barbs with which one tickles their lips to make them laugh and be merry in all innocence.
So you can laugh as loudly at those muckworms of philosophy who go about saying, "Our fathers were better," as at the good, philanthropical old bunglers who pretend that mankind is on the right road to perfection.
A hearty laugh followed this last remark, and the conversation became general, until the train arrived in Halifax.
I ran into the trap that was set to catch me," and a smothered laugh rang out on the frosty air.
Lancy was the only one who did not laugh over their tumble, and his frequent apologies made them feel that he blamed himself for the catastrophe.
A little later her smothered laughter camp from its depths, and the laughwas repeated when Elsie sank beside her.
Lancy was obliged to join in the laugh that followed.
I think you can safely venture to do so, seeing that he will probably come in of his own accord, if you don't ask him," and Lancy joined in the laugh raised at his expense.
The impropriety of our conduct would be shocking," and a musical laugh sounded through the room.
As Bauzy could make nothing of this, he could only nod and laugh civilly.
She thought it best to talk frankly of the matter to little Lucy Dunbar, and was relieved to find her ready to joke and laugh at it.
A sudden shrill laugh burst from the French woman, who had been looking at Mrs. Waldeaux with insolent, bold eyes.
A laugh that struck a chill to the very heart of the girl.
It was the ringing boyish laugh that held no hint of bitterness or sneer.
Tried tolaugh it off," declared the cowboy in disgust.
She laughed--a hard, bitter laugh that held as much of mirth as the gurgle of a tide rip.
You are a good boy, Downey, but you'll be a glum one if you wait to laugh at my mistakes.
Monk Bethune laughed--as the fiends mustlaugh in hell.
The man's laugh was infectious, and Patty found herself smiling.
There isn't a fellow at Guy's who wouldn't laugh at me if I told him what the guvnor does.
