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His antics were those of a posture-master, or "Professor of Deportment" on stilts.
These antics were repeated all the while the observation lasted, and had a very funny effect in proving that drollery is practised, if not understood, in the rotatorial world.
When once flushed from the nest the Gray Plover becomes very wary and restless, and does not return for some time; should the young be hatched various alluring antics are indulged in to withdraw attention from them.
When disturbed the old birds become very noisy and excited, careering wildly to and fro, and should the young be hatched they become even more demonstrative, and by various antics seek to decoy an intruder away.
Imagine my disgust upon one occasion, when, having heard that a very rare and charming performance was about to take place, and having hurried to the spot indicated, a little coffee-house, I found the anticipated treat was nothing more nor less than the clumsy antics of a half-naked negress, probably a new arrival from Egypt, who was performing one of the hideous dances of which I had already seen too much.
The Little Owl makes a quaint pet, and thrives well in confinement; its antics and poses are really droll, and the big eyes look at you with a seeming deep intelligence.
” They lay there laughing and joking and watching the uncouth antics of the monster waddling across the shell-riddled, ground, cheering when it appeared to trip and recover itself, cheering when it floundered sideways into a hole and crawled out again, cheering most wildly of all when it reached the barbed-wire entanglements, waddled through, bursting them apart and trailing them in long tangles behind it, or trampling them calmly under its churning caterpillar-wheel-bands.
The infantry pushed out after it when it reached the barbed wire, and although they took little heed to keep cover-being much more concerned not to miss any of the grave and comic antics of their giant joke than to shelter from flying bullets-the line went on almost without casualties.
They drew endless comparisons and similes; the dug-out rippled with laughter and chucklings over their appearance, their uncouth antics and-primest jest of all-the numbers their guns had cut down, the attempts of the Germans to bolt from them, the speed and certainty with which a gust of their machine-gun fire had caught a hustling mob of fugitives, hailed through them, tumbled them in kicking, slaughtered heaps.
The gender-smashing antics of the Cockettes in San Francisco exemplify the collectively-made, often anonymous projects that contributed to the development of the gathering as an art form--beyond the Happening lay the Be-In and drag ritual.
) Are his antics maybe too over-the-top to enjoy?
" Keyes did not disappoint those who missed his antics last time.
Others complain that during sweeps, local affiliates compete by injecting even more carnivalesque antics into local news.
Most critics love his pointed satire, especially such antics as offering Nike's chairman a free ticket to Indonesia so he can visit his company's sweatshops there.
Tucker's hyperactive antics make the film almost a "scamp minstrel show" (Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly ), while Chan is the butt of infantile Chinese-food-related jokes.
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