The signora feigned to take the same delight shown by her father and daughter in Tonelli's Drolleries; but I doubt if she had a great sense of his humor, or, indeed, cared anything for it save as she perceived that it gave pleasure to those she loved.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
Then one or two began to laugh and utter some poor Drolleries; presently the sound spread, and within three minutes the whole pit was full of chatter and uproar.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Of that there is abundant proof; for although the care he took to obtain good and original jokes was conscientious in the extreme, he over and over again re-drew his own and other people's Drolleries.
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann