The absurdities he is guilty of, the capers he cuts, excite our philosophic risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Kempton-Wace Letters] Reference
As a rule, I have no time for Jeremy Clarkson, but he is right about the risibility of this rig-out. From Wordnik.com. [Barefoot in the Park: Keeping Up Appearances] Reference
Here, however, we were met by a figure, at the sight of which we found it almost impossible to restrain our risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 532, February 4, 1832] Reference
Purdy spiced the hour with a comic song, and in the character of an outraged wife tickled the risibility of the ladies. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
And they were soon joined by Sir Sedley Clarendel, whose quaint conceits and remarks assisted the risibility of the scene. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla] Reference
Obj. 3: Further, whatever is proper to a nature, belongs to all that have that nature: just as risibility belongs to all men. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
“Running about in the middle of meals!” muttered the doctor, pursing his mouth at the same time to restrain his rising risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Oliver Goldsmith] Reference
First, so that human nature be the cause thereof: thus risibility is befitting to Socrates by reason of human nature, being caused by its principles. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
This is the risibility of an agile, triumphant reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Regime] Reference
Its risibility is highlighted by fat jocular types like. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
He really has a most prodigious effect upon my risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Contrast] Reference
Perhaps his luck was calculated to stir only equine risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Mountaineers Short Stories] Reference
"Ha! ha! ha!" vociferated Tallyho, unable to restrain his risibility. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
He appears to be devoid of all risibility, but he is often very noisy. From Wordnik.com. [The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations] Reference
Here risibility could no longer be restrained, and a general laugh ensued. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
Not so Caspar -- whose mirth was at once excited to the point of risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"] Reference
It is exceedingly difficult for a boy to show off without exciting risibility. From Wordnik.com. [When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine] Reference
The idea is sufficiently ludicrous to excite the risibility of the most grave. From Wordnik.com. [History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I] Reference
This noble Author, by the by, has set his dignified face against risibility. From Wordnik.com. [Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers."] Reference
Perhaps the person who thus excited a transient emotion of risibility was a nobleman. From Wordnik.com. [Anna St. Ives] Reference
But for unintentional risibility, nothing beats the scene from The Shawshank Redemption. From Wordnik.com. [Blogposts | guardian.co.uk] Reference
My "caubeen" especially excited the risibility of the merry boys who thronged the streets. From Wordnik.com. [The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848] Reference
Old Matthew's risibility was evidently much tickled by the sense of their thwarted purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of a Crime A Cumbrian Romance] Reference
~~347~~~ "What is the matter," inquired Gayfield, unconscious of being the cause of their risibility. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
Silent Tom began to laugh, not audibly, but his lips moved in such a manner that they betrayed risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Eyes of the Woods A story of the Ancient Wilderness] Reference
I was noted, among my comrades, and not always to my advantage, for my absolutely ungovernable risibility. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of My Childhood and Youth] Reference
Mr. Maguire did not respond to the young squire's risibility; the cast of his countenance was decidedly serious. From Wordnik.com. [Humorous Ghost Stories] Reference
We're not saying that the USPTO is staffed by stuffed shirts incapable of advanced risibility, but patent application number. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
I had not so much scope for risibility the other day as I could have wished, for I was seated near a woman, to whom, when a boy. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 1] Reference
The force of this, for some reason, did not overwhelm his wife; and her lip curled a little, half in contempt, half in risibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Celebrity, Complete] Reference
"Running about in the middle of meals!" muttered the doctor, pursing his mouth at the same time to restrain his rising risibility. From Wordnik.com. [Oliver Goldsmith A Biography] Reference
We shall not readily forget the mixed sensations of concern and risibility with which, day after day, from the first annunciation of. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810] Reference
Tallyho conceiving himself addressed by this, looked up with an air of surprise and enquiry, which excited the risibility of Dashall and. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
It was most profoundly ludicrous; and could not have missed exciting risibility in anyone save a pious, a disappointed, and humbled bride. From Wordnik.com. [The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner] Reference
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