"Ironical" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Judson if she had any suspicion of the person who had tampered with the packet. She looked at me with an icy smile, and answered in ironical accents, which were even more chilling than the ...
— Birds of Prey • M. E. Braddon
... away to join a conference in Uncle John's sitting room. Major Doyle was speaking when she entered and his voice was coldly ironical. ...
— Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John • Edith Van Dyne
... shoulders slightly. This affair had hopelessly and unreasonably complicated his existence for him. One absurdity more or less in the development did not matter—all absurdity was distasteful to him; but, urbane as ever, he produced a faintly ironical smile, and said in his calm voice, "It certainly will do away to some extent with ...
— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad
... that by declaration of republican principles he had violated the oath of allegiance. When this appeal had been dismissed, Sir Charles, on rising again to address the House, was, in the discreet words of Hansard, "received with much confusion." There was a "chorus of groans and Oh's and ironical cheers." But the House, after a brief demonstration, settled down to hear the speaker, who proceeded to set out the grounds on which he asked for full information concerning the Civil List under a number ...
— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 • Stephen Gwynn
... who now came to her house as they might come to a cafe, to swagger and learn the latest news. She had noticed the free-and-easy manner in which these people entered her drawing-room, and it had made her take a dislike to them. Even the marquis, with his ironical politeness, was beginning to displease her. To triumph alone, therefore, to keep the cake for themselves, as she expressed it, was a revenge which she fondly cherished. Later on, when all those ill-bred ...
— The Fortune of the Rougons • Emile Zola
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