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These are very strong words when applied to a little harmless teasing." "I do not call it harmless teasing when you are trying to make a child break a promise that he holds sacred." "A very foolish promise!" "I am not so sure of that." "Do you mean to insult me?" said Wyvis, flushing to the roots of his hair. "Insult you? No; certainly not. I don't know why you should say so!"
Everybody oh-ed and ah-ed and clapped hands, and doubled up with laughter, for, a tempting bit held playfully just out of reach, Bobby rose, again and again, jumped for it, and chased a teasing laddie. Then he bethought him to roll over and over, and to go through other winsome little tricks, as Auld Jock had taught him to do, to win the reward. All this had one quite unexpected result.
His conviction that he would become a famous man was as strong as ever, and his naive assertion of it was frequent enough to provoke great teasing in the domestic circle. Far from being irritated, he laughed with those that laughed at him, his sisters saying: "Hail to the great Balzac!"
Teasing and jesting with the latter were the negro porters of the train, who, though their ancestors were as little civilized as those of the Indians, have risen to a level only to be appreciated by comparing the African and the Indian side by side. There, also, was the Mexican, the lord of all this region in his earlier and better days, but now a penniless degenerate of Old Castile.
He knew right well that she was teasing him, though she did not mention the incident. He almost wished she would it might give him an opportunity to say to her the words that he longed to say. As for Lucerne or Langres Mademoiselle nimbly avoided those spots it was as if they had no place on her map of Europe. And try as he could, Paul could not bring himself to mention them.
In the early adolescent period the emotional factor is strong and characterizes many of the playful activities; the intellectual element takes precedence over the physical; the group interest widens, although the interest in leadership and independent action still remains strong; teasing and bullying are also present.
"Now I see that you're bent upon teasing, and we won't talk any more, please. What time did he say he would call?" "If I mayn't talk, I can't tell." "You may talk that much." "Well, then, he didn't say." "Basil," said my wife, after a moment, "if you could be serious, I should like very much to talk with you. I know that you're excited by meeting Mr.
"Who fired upon Fort Sumter? That's the question," said Thomas, his eyes flashing with indignation. "Why didn't they give up the fort, then?" "Give up the fort! Shall the United States cave in before the little State of South Carolina. Not by a two chalks!" "I think the North has been teasing and vexing the South till the Southerns can't stand it any longer. There'll be war now."
And if you can arrange to have the scene come off here, as you arranged for the last one ... I have always maintained that the lady with a convent vocation is by nature the foxiest of all women. I don't know why, but she shows it." The usual fashion of teasing Honora attributed to her qualities opposed to a religious vocation.
You could tell that by his face and by Mamma's ... Was that what you really looked like? Or was he teasing? Perhaps you would tell by Mrs. Sutcliffe's face. Or by Mr. Sutcliffe's. Their faces were nicer than ever. You couldn't tell. They would never let you know if anything was wrong. Mrs. Sutcliffe said, "What a beautiful scarf you've got on, my dear." "It's Mamma's. She gave it me."
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