How delightful to hear, unseen, the repartees of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who comes down, it is natural to conclude, from her villa near to that of Pope.
This was no longer a strange Lilly, an animated puppet, but it was herself, the real Lilly, who laughed and made bright repartees as she romped and passed from arm to arm, feeling regret at each transition.
Miss Lyon, whose phrases were usually so well turned, and whose repartees were so ready?
The cunning politician Gama took me apart, and remarked that my repartees were too smart, too cutting, and that, after a time, I would be sure to displease.
This book contains some of the best hits and mirth-provoking jokes and repartees of the most celebrated End-Men of the day.
Containing some of the best jokes and repartees of the most celebrated "burnt cork" performers of our day.
Containing some of the best Jokes and Repartees of the most celebrated "burnt cork" performers of our day.
The Grave abound in Pleasantries, the Dull in Repartees and Points of Wit.
They say, 'The quickness ofRepartees in argumentative scenes, receives an ornament from Verse [pp.
England for his repartees and witticisms, so celebrated indeed that he himself came to agree to others' opinion, and thought them worth collecting.
Doubts exist also as to what his French poems were; most of his jokes and repartees were delivered in French, as we know from the testimony of Gerald de Barry,[290] but what he wrote in that language is uncertain.
One of his repartees we will quote, not as a favourable specimen of his manner, but because it was called forth by Congreve's characteristic affectation.
No man understood so well the art of polishing epigrams and repartees into the clearest effulgence, and setting them neatly in easy and familiar dialogue.
The champions of rhyme say that the quickness of repartees receives an ornament from it in argumentative scenes.
A thousand brilliant repartees would flash through the brain of the obstreperous one.
The light of reason being thus temporarily obscured, they part, to meditate further repartees and complain bitterly of one another to their colleagues.
Of the numerous reparteesof Aristippus to Dionysius, mentioned by Diogenes Laertius in his Life, it is difficult to say to which Lucilius alludes.
One of his repartees we will quote, not as a favorable specimen of his manner, but because it was called forth by Congreve's characteristic affectation.
And the exchange of repartees continued--some were mirthful, others strange, and not a few sad.
The Royal Jester, or Prince's Cabinet of Wit; Containing All the Bon mots Witticisms Repartees Bulls Humbugs that have been uttered by the greatest Wits of the present Century; London.
New Jolly Jester, or Wit's Pocket Companion; consisting of a diverting selection of Smart Repartees New Jests &c.
In witty reparteeshe was equal to Rochester; while for abstruse learning he was superior to many of the most learned theologians.
One of the best repartees ever made, because the briefest and the justest, was made by "the gorgeous Lady Blessington" to Napoleon III.
Innumerable stories are still told of his youthful escapades, of his audacity and skill in cribbing, of his dexterity in getting out of scrapes, of his repartees to masters and persons in authority.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "repartees" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
