1
True enough, sir; but this is nothing more than harmless pleasantry.
2
Are you ashamed-yougreat, sulky and hulking boy-totake my harmless pleasantry so uncouthly?
3
It is refreshing to turn from cynicism and prurience, to gentle and more harmless pleasantry.
4
The manner in which Wyatt received this harmless pleasantry convinced me, at once, that he was mad.
5
It was incredible; his excellency could not possibly have intended any wrong, it was only a harmless pleasantry.
6
I was not aware that it was necessary to ask your permission before smiling at a harmless pleasantry.
7
"Are they to be got in the shops?" I inquired, as a harmless pleasantry.