1 He was gifted, on occasion, with a gentle raillery, which almost always concealed a serious meaning.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—WORKS CORRESPONDING TO WORDS 2 He indulged in gentle raillery at God with closed doors.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER II—MADELEINE 3 The diverse forms assumed by thought in the realm of slang, even song, even raillery, even menace, all partook of this powerless and dejected character.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER III—SLANG WHICH WEEPS AND SLANG WHICH LAUGHS 4 The stranger, then perceiving that the matter went beyond raillery, drew his sword, saluted his adversary, and seriously placed himself on guard.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 1 THE THREE PRESENTS OF D'ARTAGNAN THE ELDER 5 This raillery exasperated Jussac.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS 6 and this prepared a future mine of raillery against the devoted Elinor, which nothing but the newness of their acquaintance with Edward could have prevented from being immediately sprung.
7 Darya Alexandrovna saw that Anna disliked the tone of raillery that existed between her and Veslovsky, but fell in with it against her will.
8 And with this raillery Andrea went out, leaving the two girls a prey to their own feelings of shame, and to the comments of the crowd.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern. 9 Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned.
10 To save himself he had the habit of leaving his flattery open to the interpretation of raillery.