risibles

It was with difficulty that Mrs. Harold controlled her risibles, so utterly absurd rather than pathetic was the whole situation, for not one atom of real grief for Joshua lay in poor, shallow Minervy's heart.

Peggy Stewart: Navy Girl at Home

There was a queer choking sound from Nora and she walked quickly down to the other end of the drawing room and earnestly fixed her gaze upon a portrait of one of the judge's ancestors, until she could gain control of her risibles.

Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower

The common construction put upon the expression, "_rule with rigor_," and an inference drawn from it, have an air so oracular, as quite to overcharge risibles of ordinary calibre, if such an effect were not forestalled by its impiety.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

His indignation began to melt as he thought of the miraculous recovery of the umbrella, and, since he was a genial and lenient soul, each glance he took at the wretched Pio tickled his risibles more and more, until his shoulders shook with merriment.

The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions J. Smeaton Chase

The common construction put upon the expression, "_rule with rigor_," and an inference drawn from it, have an air so oracular, as quite to overcharge risibles of ordinary calibre, if such an effect were not forestalled by its impiety.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

This something frequently covers a good deal of ground, for with one or two of the boys it means pranks or roguishness of some sort, which really enlivens the whole household and keeps our risibles from growing rusty by disuse.

A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan

These evenings were sometimes varied by recitations from an elocutionist on board; and a practised clog dancer excited the risibles of the company to the extent that they usually shouted with laughter at his exhibition of flying heels.

A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan

I dared not laugh at the child's earnestness, though I had some trouble in controlling my risibles, the aforesaid young officer not having

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel

The most that I could do was to lie back upon my bed, cram my fascinator into my mouth, and struggle to suppress my risibles.

A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan

Thus, taking the Laughing Hyena as the next illustration, it will be remembered by all students of GOLDSMITH'S _Animated Nature_, that this amiable quadruped invariably exercises his risibles when he is crunching the bones of some other less truculent quadruped.

Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 04, April 23, 1870 Various