Word: humorously
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...have suspected this particular youth and the other who creep up behind one to snatch the book over-due at the desk of almost everything but never before of humor. Let us be thankful for small blessings...
...that the authors have treated this subject in a semi-jocular mood, for handled seriously it would be "100 percent Americanism" carried to impossible limits. As it is, the plot pretends at no more than do the plots of countless other pieces which seek chiefly to divert through situations, humor and music. It affords the usual opportunity for the hero to fall in love with the heroine at first sight,, to love her through several acts and scenes in the face of paternal opposition, and to receive the expected "bless you my children" at the end; it affords appropriate chances...
...head, willingness to work hard, courage to meet men in controversy, and if possible an even temper, can make himself a lawyer. To it as to many other things applies the homely proverb "It's dogged that does it". Eloquence, a retentive memory, a quick wit, a sense of humor, a good voice and good presence all help, but men have succeeded in the law who had none of these advantages...
Twenty short stories in the lighter vein which reveal the keen, sardonic sparkle of Merrick's humor, and are excellent examples of his ability to depict the life of the boulevards...
...Humor benighted in a wilderness of words. Philosophy as ancient sit is petty a more frequent use of capitals than custom (aristocratic custom, but custom nevertheless) allows--that is the Proletarian who for the first time wipes the dust from his shoes and steps into the prior. Nor does he seem a quite at home, naturally enough. Fingers that are more used to the aigrette, than to the pen do not response easily to the new demands; his humor somehow lacks that airy step of one who is well-fed and content with the universe. Yet now that this creature...