1 They were affectionate, humorous, discursive, but not the letters of a lover.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XI 2 He came in, his ears red from the cold, his pinkish hair awry, and stood looking down at her, a faintly humorous smile on his lips.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret MitcheGet Context In CHAPTER XXXI 3 She took this in what seemed the only possible way, with a laugh intended to sink the question itself in his humorous treatment of it.
House of Mirth By Edith WhartonGet Context In BOOK 2: Chapter 2 4 Carol was shuddering with the vicarious shame which sensitive people feel when they listen to an "elocutionist" being humorous, or to a precocious child publicly doing badly what no child should do at all.
5 There was also a humorous office-boy.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XVIII 6 Carol was left to Dave, who tried to entertain her with humorous accounts of Ella Stowbody's fondness for chocolate peppermints.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XXX 7 He was a bulky, gauche, noisy, humorous man, with narrow eyes, a rustic complexion, large red hands, and brilliant clothes.
Main Street By Sinclair LewisGet Context In CHAPTER XXXV 8 Look now at Stubb; a man who from his humorous, deliberate coolness and equanimity in the direst emergencies, was specially qualified to excel in pitchpoling.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling. 9 Tranquilly permitting these irregular cursings to evaporate, Stubb then in a plain, business-like, but still half humorous manner, cursed Pip officially; and that done, unofficially gave him much wholesome advice.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleGet Context In CHAPTER 93. The Castaway. 10 Usually, when Lena referred to her life in the country at all, she dismissed it with a single remark, humorous or mildly cynical.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV 11 He looked like a humorous philosopher who had hitched up one shoulder under the burdens of life, and gone on his way having a good time when he could.
My Antonia By Willa CatherGet Context In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II 12 He seemed to hear some one make a humorous remark in a low tone.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen CraneGet Context In Chapter 11 13 I smiled at the notion; it seemed to me at the time to be humorous; and I made my preparations with the most studious care.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonGet Context In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE 14 Clifford was really clever at that slightly humorous analysis of people and motives which leaves everything in bits at the end.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H LawrenceGet Context In Chapter 5 15 The reddleman vented a low humorous laugh when he saw his adversary return with these.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyGet Context In BOOK 3: 8 A New Force Disturbs the Current