"Bantering" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... a grim smile. Here at least was one he had defeated and banished from the fair. What on earth was the man doing? Oh, he had been giving his sister a ride on a donkey, and they had met with an accident. Mr. Talboys was in a humor for revenge, so he pulled up, and in a somewhat bantering voice inquired where was ...
— Love Me Little, Love Me Long • Charles Reade
... is presented in the greater part of the original pieces in his "Little Fables for Big Children". They are written in a vivid, pithy style. The delicate, bantering criticism and the deep philosophy with which they are impregnated put these fables among the finest ...
— The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885) • Nahum Slouschz
... exclaimed in a bantering tone: What! still repeating the same old talk, (13) Socrates, which I used to hear from ...
— The Memorabilia - Recollections of Socrates • Xenophon
... voice was slightly raised during the first part of this answer, the last words were said with the ease and self-possession of Celimene bantering the Misanthrope. ...
— Madame Firmiani • Honore de Balzac
... this was one of those gentry who stick to you like a leech and that there was nothing for it but to submit. In a rather bantering tone, he asked: ...
— The Eight Strokes of the Clock • Maurice Leblanc
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