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Therefore, point de mauvaises plaisanteries, point de jeux de main, et point de raillerie piquante.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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Italians, he says, "qui sont plaisans de leur naturel et encline à la raillerie se mocquoient furieusement de cette avanture."
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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But I intended this a sober letter, and therefore, sans raillerie, let me tell you, I have seriously considered all our misfortunes, and can see no end of them but by submitting to that which we cannot avoid, and by yielding to it break the force of a blow which if resisted brings a certain ruin.
The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 Parry, Edward A 1901
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But I intended this a sober letter, and therefore, sans raillerie, let me tell you, I have seriously considered all our misfortunes, and can see no end of them but by submitting to that which we cannot avoid, and by yielding to it break the force of a blow which if resisted brings a certain ruin.
Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple (1652-54) 1888
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Il ne faut pas se mettre sur la raillerie, quad il n'est point temps de solastrer.
George Washington's Rules of Civility Conway, M D 1890
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Therefore, 'point de mauvaises plaisanteries, point de jeux de main, et point de raillerie piquante '.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Therefore, 'point de mauvaises plaisanteries, point de jeux de main, et point de raillerie piquante '.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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"Now, you in old countries, are amused or supremely indifferent if foreigners laugh at you," she said, "as we are in the South, but our parvenues in the East haven't got to that plane yet, and resent the slightest show of criticism or raillerie.
Elizabeth Visits America Elinor Glyn 1903
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: ” “Il se faut bien garder de prononcer aucuns nouueaux mots, quand l'on parle de Dieu ou des Saincts, & d'en faire de sots contes, soit tout bon, ou par raillerie.”
George Washington's Rules of Civility Conway, M D 1890
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"On trouve," says Voltaire, [165] "dans la lettre à Maitre Acacius Lampirius (Literæ virorum obscurorum) une raillerie assez forte sur la conjuration qu'on employait pair se faire aimer des filles.
Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction John Davenport 1833
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