"Satirically" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... both," said the chevalier, with an agreeable air; "and I wish that the marriage may end like a fairy tale: They were happy ever after, and had—many—children!" So saying, he took a pinch of snuff. "But, monsieur," he added satirically, "you forget—that you are ...
— An Old Maid • Honore de Balzac
... artist may have had later information. The "Star" is always so frightfully up to date. I ought not to omit the humorous remark of a correspondent, who said: "Mortlake might have swung in some wild way from one window to another, at any rate in a story." I hope my fellow-writers thus satirically prodded will not demand his name, as I object to murders, "at any rate in real life." Finally, a word with the legions who have taken me to task for allowing Mr. Gladstone to write over 170 words on a postcard. It is all owing to you, sir, who announced my story as containing humorous ...
— The Big Bow Mystery • I. Zangwill
... the James and Younger Brothers.' That ought to sell well with the Rutherfords," suggested Roy satirically, trying to rise to ...
— The Sheriff's Son • William MacLeod Raine |
