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They stood in an alcove long known ironically as "The Statesman's Window," from the highly political railleries exchanged there when voluble Mr. Potter was on the Council.

From Time Magazine Archive

No person, no moment is safe from his railleries.

From Time Magazine Archive

No light frothy jests drop from his lips; no alarming railleries; no offensive expressions, nor insulting airs, reproach or wound the ears of your happy, thrice happy daughter.

From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson, Samuel

Jean silently shakes his head, and only replies to all these railleries by a kindly smile.

From International Short Stories: French by Cheneviere, A.

A lady who was often the subject of his sportive railleries, observed, that no one who saw the kind expression of his eye could feel wounded.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John