1 And I wanted you so much to be in a really good humour.
2 She drugged the wine with an herb that banishes all care, sorrow, and ill humour.
3 I shall not spare either yourself or your companions out of any regard for Jove, unless I am in the humour for doing so.
4 Thus did he speak, and they all of them laughed heartily, which put them in a better humour with Telemachus; so Eumaeus brought the bow on and placed it in the hands of Ulysses.
5 I promised to contribute a water-colour drawing: this put her at once into good humour.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte BronteGet Context In CHAPTER XXI 6 Mr. Bennet was so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, reserve, and caprice, that the experience of three-and-twenty years had been insufficient to make his wife understand his character.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 1 7 They were in fact very fine ladies; not deficient in good humour when they were pleased, nor in the power of making themselves agreeable when they chose it, but proud and conceited.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 4 8 She was received, however, very politely by them; and in their brother's manners there was something better than politeness; there was good humour and kindness.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 7 9 They could describe an entertainment with accuracy, relate an anecdote with humour, and laugh at their acquaintance with spirit.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 11 10 A resemblance in good humour and good spirits had recommended her and Lydia to each other, and out of their three months' acquaintance they had been intimate two.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 41 11 She saw that he wanted to engage her on the old subject of his grievances, and she was in no humour to indulge him.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 41 12 After the first fortnight or three weeks of her absence, health, good humour, and cheerfulness began to reappear at Longbourn.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 42 13 She was less handsome than her brother; but there was sense and good humour in her face, and her manners were perfectly unassuming and gentle.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 44 14 She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 53 15 It gave her all the animation that her spirits could boast; for she was in no cheerful humour.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane AustenGet Context In Chapter 54