He indulges, however, in very considerable latitude with the other married ladies of the family; and has many sly Pleasantries to whisper to them, that provoke an equivocal laugh and a tap of the fan.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Very little things irritated him, and Pleasantries which he had taken in excellent part, time out of mind, now raised his anger.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
At seven o'clock Tonelli dined with the notary, next whom he sat at table, and for whom his quaint Pleasantries had a zest that inspired the Paronsina and her mother to shout them into his dull ears, that he might lose none of them.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells