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• A humour is a liquid or fluent part of the body, comprehended in it, for the preservation of it; and is either innate or born with us, or adventitious and acquisite.
• For some days a fistula lacrymalis had come into my left eye, which discharged an humour, when pressed, that portended danger.
• He was in a particularly vile humour that afternoon.
• a prince of a pleasant humour
• I like not the humour of lying.
• Examine how your humour is inclined, / And which the ruling passion of your mind.
• Is my friend all perfection, all virtue and discretion? Has he not humours to be endured?
• […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]”
• She has a great sense of humour, and I always laugh a lot whenever we get together.
• The sensitive subject was treated with humour, but in such way that no one was offended.
• For thy sake I admit / That a Scot may have humour, I'd almost said wit.
• A great deal of excellent humour was expended on the perplexities of mine host.
• They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups. The boy became volubly friendly and bubbling over with unexpected humour and high spirits.
• Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
• I know you don't believe my story, but humour me for a minute and imagine it to be true.
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