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Oh, along at first I missed being a night owl—the tunes, the jollity. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Whether pursued with perky jollity or ominous solemnity, these shows are playing mind games with their audiences, reminding you that on stage as in life, what you see is not necessarily what you get. London Theater Journal: Mind Games 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z
But musicals, with their prescribed jollity and often underage audience members, are an improbable medium to tackle such heavy content. Broadway, wasted: The 10 best musicals about drugs 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z
“The Invisible Man” will most definitely be staying put, its false jollity an acquired taste. Theater Review: Slamming Doore, Heavy Sledding 2011-01-11T13:00:02Z
An opening movement that anticipates Bruckner’s sensations of tremulous piety and majestic ascent gives way to a clockwork ballad, a show of blithe spirits and an acidic jollity that borders on mania. Music Review: Interpreting Several Phases of a Singular Creator 2011-02-27T22:57:49Z
Expensive without being prohibitive, neat, lean and sweet-fleshed, they have a sense of jollity to them that I suspect comes from the carol. Nigel Slater: ‘I love the crackle of winter’ 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z
Setting all that up, though, is convoluted, with an excess of exposition and forced jollity. Review: In ‘Fern Hill,’ Scene-Stealing for the Common Good 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z
But if there is joy in the bonnets and hairdos, there’s little jollity in the piece itself. ‘Nevermore,’ a Musical Biography of Edgar Allan Poe 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z
It's not perfect, a particular faux pas being the inability to distinguish between troops, but it's genuinely interesting, challenging tactical jollity. Skulls Of The Shogun – review 2013-02-02T06:00:13Z
The jollity of Dutch taverns is long gone. Oiled on canvas: the art of intoxication 2012-12-31T12:05:44Z
Photograph: A Phillipson/Livepix It's week two of the fringe, and unease about low audience figures continues to thrum beneath the surface jollity. Is the Edinburgh comedy bubble about to burst? And X Factor, the musical 2012-08-14T14:40:09Z
And now we are heading into seasonal territory of twee and saccharine jollity, the nastiness of Saki is a welcome refreshment. Season's readings: Three stories by Saki 2010-12-23T13:04:07Z
She said the musical, "beneath its jollity, is morally null and - without seeming to notice it - racist." Broadway hit 'The Book of Mormon' lands in London 2013-03-22T16:16:05Z
Nancy Mitford, for jollity, and Gary Indiana, who I hope might be persuaded to sing. Olivia Laing’s Reading Piles Are Far From Organized 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z
False jollity and overenthusiastic signifying do not fill in the gaps between ideas. Bringing Out the Best of Sondheim, Herman and … Schraubstader? 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z
But there’s an unhinged jollity to it, too. A Welcome Gust of Weird, and Adventures in Shadow Puppetry 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z
This smutty jollity is missing from the New York incarnation. ‘The Village Bike’ Stars Greta Gerwig as a Woman Obsessed 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z
So it proved: The Worst Christmas Of My Life, available on DVD and repeating on BBC2 tonight, is an astonishing anthology of all the worst possibilities of the holidays' forced jollities. What the Guardian TV critics watch every Christmas 2010-12-24T08:00:04Z
Both are also generally spared the over-emphatic jollity that Dehnert has evidently encouraged as a way of plowing through difficult passages of dialogue and forcing the weird jokes to bloom. Review: Young Bros and Maidens Harmonize in ‘Love’s Labor’s Lost’ 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z
The contrasting humor and jollity of the finale built toward a waterfall of triplets in all parts, and the musicians completely nailed the ending as a single, vibrant unit. Jeremy Denk shares spotlight at Seattle chamber-music fest 2011-07-21T19:35:04Z
And third, it is a bit of jollity amid an otherwise overwhelmingly negative response to the show’s final season, which suffered a drubbing from fans and critics. Mad props! How Game of Thrones gave us the mystery of the year 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z
That searching quality matched the eloquence of the violinist Augustin Hadelich, whose slight toughness of attack suggested unease under the jollity and poise of Mozart’s surfaces. Review: Manfred Honeck Coaxes a Burnished Sound From the New York Philharmonic 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z
It adds new dialogue, scenes, and plots; it subtracts jollity and subtlety. How Not to Adapt “Anne of Green Gables” 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z
But it was an insular jollity, one that didn’t really come through the screen. Review: At the Emmy Awards, TV Celebrates Its Own Survival 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z
He is neither buoyed up with jollity nor sodden with melancholy; he is, from the moment he first appears, always threatening to fade. This Happy Breed; Henry IV, Parts One and Two ? review 2011-07-30T23:05:50Z
The whole thing, beneath the swaying and the jollity, could not be more historically loaded. The importance of the Notting Hill carnival 2011-08-25T18:59:03Z
The major chords, the marching rhythms, the simpering enforced jollity of it all. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-12-26T05:00:00Z
There is the music-hall jollity, The Phantom Of The Opera, Fu Manchu and more, all wrapped up in grand and lavish ruse that is classically Doctor Who – genteel, horrific and just a bit deranged. The Talons Of Weng Chiang: Doctor Who classic episode #9 2013-06-28T09:00:00Z
Whether or not this movie sets off a new penguin craze, it will probably sell some penguin merchandise and provide about 90 minutes of tolerable jollity. | 'Mr. Popper?s Penguins': A Home Invasion by the Antarcticans 2011-06-16T22:03:05Z
But, for all the production's jollity, I still yearn to see Marivaux's play presented as rueful comedy rather than rompy farce. The Game of Love and Chance ? review 2011-04-08T17:55:21Z
Nothing goes quite as planned, and Silvio’s irrepressible jollity is no match for the tides and crosscurrents of postwar Italy. ‘Una Vita Difficile’ Review: Life Comes at You Fast 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z
Or, more accurately, take audiences on a joy ride from jollity to the occasional scream. Review: A Shakespearean Sparks Revival of 'Deathtrap' in London 2010-09-21T13:30:00Z
Mr. Puts’s music here is mostly a pastiche-like ensemble of chattering jollity without much creepiness. Review: ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Eagerly Awaited, Has Premiere in St. Paul 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z
The prevailing mood is one of jollity, and yet what we are witnessing are the rushes from a martyrdom video, shot at Osama bin Laden's farmhouse in January 2000. 'Bin Laden doesn't do jokes' 2010-04-30T23:10:00Z
Presumably it includes the ability to display relentless jollity in an ultra-competitive environment. The Internship: how cinema sold its soul – but didn't get paid 2013-07-01T14:45:37Z
Stan's last surviving relative became coy and refused to enter into the jollities. From the archive, 15 August 1977: Lonesome pining 2011-08-15T09:56:53Z
There was a veritable jollity to the opening movement, with distant echoes of the fairgrounds of his “Petrushka” in its circuslike mood — so jolly, indeed, that it kept drowning out the soloists in merry brass. Review | Homage to the Classical: NSO offers Mozart, jolly Stravinsky and Josefowicz 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z
It made for a frustratingly flippant whole, with a penchant for relentless carbonated jollity that suggested the series was almost embarrassed by its more intellectual components. Last night's TV 2010-06-17T07:00:00Z
The Specials' chilling 1979 debut took Prince Buster's Al Capone as its template, kept the threat of extreme violence but threw a bucket of cold water over the ska jollity. Readers recommend: songs about eavesdropping ? results 2011-07-14T12:18:29Z
Hawley is a marvellous songwriter, but his oeuvre – sombre, heartfelt, lovelorn – doesn't really lend itself to festive jollity. The perfect New Year's Eve playlist 2010-12-31T08:00:03Z
A parade, for her, is a sweet release of pent-up jollity. Parades are a joy and a nightmare — and somehow still the way we celebrate in 2018 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z
He is seated behind the Resolute desk, his Chiclet teeth exposed in a rictus of extreme jollity. Kim Kardashian Meeting Donald Trump in the Oval Office Is a Nightmare We Can’t Wake Up From 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z
And the bonding agent that incites all this frankly ferocious jollity is a great big CG crocodile answering to the name of Lyle who lives in the attic of that brownstone. ‘Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile’ review: A musical showstopper this is not 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z
Even a near-century later, the mood March evokes with his deliberately destabilizing rat-a-tat verse feels familiar: the desperate giddiness, the forced jollity, the nihilism masquerading as abandon. Is the Party Over or About to Begin? 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z
Boxing Day football is an integral part of the Great British Christmas Experience, right up there with forced jollity, familial contempt, murderous self-loathing and socks you’ll probably never wear. Aston Villa v Crystal Palace, Fulham v Southampton, EFL and more – live! 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z
In the light of which, all that jollity, all that eye-rolling, all the indulgence of his early public life curdle. The party prince: how Andrew got his bad reputation 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z
A great outpouring of grief and anger and sorrow and doubt had to take place before the certainties and jollities of the mature writer could come into being. Gertrude Stein, Alice B. Toklas, and “The Making of Americans” 2005-06-06T04:00:00Z
As this jollity grinds on, though, it takes on a machinelike brutality. The Concerto Challenge 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z
These parties would be highlighted with large amounts of food and drink, and the jollity of an evening at the Fezziwigs. How to do Christmas like Charles Dickens 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z
The enforced jollity, the pressure of gifts, the anxiety of everybody in a room all at once and the heating on at 23. Meghan v Kate: why we all love a good family feud 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z
So what could one make of an excruciatingly crass sketch in this year’s show that put racist stereotypes of Africans at the heart of the supposed jollity? China portrays racism as a Western problem 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z
This cast-iron plan will invariably be shattered by friends and family members turning up unannounced and trying to impose their jollity on you, so here are 10 ways to overcome them with consummate ease. Unwanted Boxing Day visitors? Here’s how to get rid of them | Andy Dawson 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z
There was, amidst all of this jollity, perhaps only one moment of doubt. Rust? What rust? Rory McIlroy says he and his once-injured ribs are ready to go at Erin Hills - Golf Digest 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z
In an online posting, meteorologists at the local National Weather Service office, appeared to join in the general spirit of jollity created by the surprising warmth, saying that it was “perfectly normal.” Springlike December day wasn’t a record, but temperature was way above normal 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z
Movie review of “Trolls”: Coerced jollity is the order of the day in this animated kids movie about a race of relentlessly chirpy pint-size trolls. ‘Trolls’: Cheery kids movie gets a little hair-raising 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z
Argentina fans arrived early to spread their jollity inside and around the arena. United States Rolls to Victory Over Argentina to Chants of Rival Fans 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z
The jollity often has a desperate quality to it, and the raunchiness, of which there is plenty, tends to be either sophomoric or overly crass. Review: Accessorized in the Outback in ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ on Long Island 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z
Yet the question, which lurked beneath the jollity and the protest in Philadelphia, is whether the former secretary of state can surf. Bridging the torrent 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z
The president, Marvin Krislov, is bald, with a wide smile and an air of introverted jollity, as if perpetually remembering a very funny joke that someone told him on his way to work. The New Activism of Campus Life 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z
But 99% of the time, the balance between grit and jollity was struck perfectly. Phife Dawg: the socially conscious rapper who gave 90s hip-hop its good vibes 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z
“Its triumph and rough jollities, festivals and strange rites are a matter of history, and live only in the immortal verse of Burns and traditional lore.” New York Today: An Old-Fashioned Halloween 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z
But beneath any jollity there is a foundation of fury. Neil Gaiman: ‘Terry Pratchett isn’t jolly. He’s angry’ 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z
Likewise, the Telegraph declares Glasgow "the first winner of the Games" for a show "rich in humour, jollity and self-deprecation". Peaches' drug 'secrets' and Games pictures - papers 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z
This production catches the Sybaritic jollity, the vivid vim of the Dream. Smith praised in Shakespeare comedy 2013-09-18T10:53:43Z
The entire thing that Facebook is selling to users is the ability to communicate links and fun and the jollity of life to other users of the site. Spammers Make $200 Million Out Of Facebook 2013-08-29T16:20:00Z
When it started to be grim-faced and serious and unsmiling – even rugby, especially rugby – the jollity drained out of it. A tribute to Frank Keating, the gentle monarch of sports writers 2013-01-25T20:24:00Z
The warmth, the unabashed jollity, the familiarity of the traditions and not least the comfort of my own language kept the ache for home manageable. IHT Rendezvous: Home for the Holidays, or Not: Tell Us Your Stories 2012-12-18T09:46:12Z
Strict observance of the UN’s calendar would mean more woe than jollity. Celebrating causes: Dies irae 2012-11-22T16:03:01Z
From the hush of the archery at Lord's to the jollity of the beach volleyball and the tumult of the boxing arena at ExCeL, excited, knowledgeable crowds packed out every venue. Olympics 2012: from tiptop venues to friendly volunteers – where did it all go right? 2012-08-12T17:01:23Z
Sculptures and slogans urging jollity, exhorting commerce, singing the beauty of nature and stressing historical continuity are in every corner. Bluewater thrives by not alarming shoppers with anything new or strange 2012-08-08T11:15:02Z
The crowd enjoyed that and suddenly the atmosphere was simply football match instead of forced jollity. London 2012: Japan put on a show as Coventry embraces spirit of Games 2012-07-25T20:41:30Z
"There weren't many street parties and it all seemed to be forced jollity." Punks of '77: Still angry after all these years? 2012-05-16T10:36:45Z
One was his jollity—not often disturbed, if people would humour him. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
The jollity of a life which the possessor believes to be threatened by assassination in every form and at any moment is of a somewhat ghastly nature. The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z
The feasting and jollity really extend over three days, though, as is natural, it is the first one that stands out the most conspicuous of them all. Sidelights on Chinese Life 2012-04-21T02:00:23.993Z
But nothing in him was out of proportion, and the geniality and jollity of the man were in keeping with his physical gifts. Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel 2012-03-13T02:00:28.227Z
Thanks to Ned Whiddon and his comrades the bark was in capital trim, and the crew, now after many days free men afloat, were at the top of cheerfulness and jollity. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z
It was a flash of jollity after months of gloom. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
We used to sing in college, "The Sultan better pleases me; His life is full of jollity." The Rulers of the Mediterranean 2012-04-25T02:00:58.380Z
As to behold desert a beggar born And needy nothing trimmed in jollity. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z
It's the death of all fun and jollity. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z
Of course there will be supper when she returns, and singing and wassail and jollity, warming to the cockles of the heart. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
Wherever she turned her eyes, she saw the familiar commonplace faces—bald heads glistening, jaws masticating, hands busy with knife and fork; but nowhere could she see any light-hearted jollity or genuine amusement and interest. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
This jollity, however, did not exclude topics of interesting talk. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z
There are certain moods when we rather enjoy seeing "needy nothing trimmed in jollity." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z
Her jollity and sense of humour are a great help. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z
Mr. Palmer was a charming host, full of humor, jollity and attention to every guest. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:47.297Z
All was jollity and animation—promise of fine sport; dull sky, gentle westerly breeze, dew-sprinkled earth; kindly nature seemed to proclaim a good scenting day. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z
Instead of that day being the scene of wild revelry and disorderly jollity, the negroes passed it as a “Sabbath of Sabbaths,” a solemn feast, “One bright day of gladness and of rest.” Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z
At heart, the Englishman of all classes loves feasting and boisterous jollity. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z
Through the days, indeed, there was never any lack of noisy jollity. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z
And there a scene of jollity and merriment awaited them. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z
High′-jinks, boisterous play or jollity: an old Scotch pastime in which persons played various parts under penalty of a forfeit.—adj. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) 2012-01-11T03:00:23.770Z
To-night, every one was bent upon making the end of the camping trip a season of befitting jollity. A Scout of To-day 2012-01-11T03:00:22.820Z
Within the high inclosure of bush and thorn which we had raised about our camp, all was jollity, laughter and radiant, genial comfort. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z
But this clownish jollity grows rougher and rougher, and the crack and sting from a coachman's whip tempt a reply with the pilgrim's staff. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z
Or your introduction might be a whiff of fun, for which the youngsters are so eager that the most witless piece of jollity, if it spring from a merry heart, is certain to reach theirs. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z
They stamped upon my mind the whole fo'cas'le—its rough life, its jollity, its oaths, and its lies. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z
What I noticed on arriving was a certain air of jollity and gladness, breathing health, betokening contentment, which all the faces of the village people wore. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z
Certain troopers, believing that he had really broken his leg, were sorry for it because of his jollity. The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z
So they all crowded around and said good night,—all but the silent Scout who had not joined in the jollity. The Girl Scouts Rally Rosanna Wins 2011-11-29T03:00:16.213Z
They had spread a cloak upon the grass, and were eating their bread, with great mirth and jollity. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
And though quite avoiding all foolish frivolity, Still at all seasons of innocent jollity, Where is the play-boy can claim an equality At comicality, Father, with you? A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats 2011-10-27T02:00:26.373Z
Cast away thy pain, And give thy soul to mirth and jollity. The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges 2011-10-22T02:00:26.887Z
And certainly I believe it saw more jollity and good-fellowship within its timber walls than one would find in any of the palatial club-houses of Pall Mall. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z
It is, of course, for adults and not for children, with its grim horrors and its full-blooded jollity. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z
He was a good type of the Dutch merchant of his time, and on account of his wit and jollity was very popular with the other members of the society. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z
In the days following, came the jollities of Class Day, the joint celebration of the Societies, the Musical Concert, and lastly, the annual address by the President, with the conferring of Diplomas. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z
But, after all your jollity, what think you if it was Jacintha that gave it you in this disguise? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z
They spent a week at New Hall, in innocent mirth and jollity; Oliver himself joining in convivial pleasure with his children, disengaged the whole time from state affairs and Political Speculations. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 89, July 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. 2011-10-01T02:00:34.553Z
There was nothing but joy now on board, nothing but jollity and fun. Harry Milvaine The Wanderings of a Wayward Boy 2011-09-08T02:00:23.340Z
Nero always brought into the sick-room about a hundredweight at least of jollity, sprightliness, life, and love. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z
For the next four years we had plenty of chasing of ships, plenty of cruising, plenty of jollity and fun, both on shore and afloat, and now and then a pitched battle. O'er Many Lands, on Many Seas 2011-09-08T02:00:19.987Z
They range in subject from the stately interiors of grave and opulent burghers to tavern scenes of jollity and debauch. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z
The Middle and Southern states saw frequent meets of mounted gentlemen with hounds, usually at the tavern, to which they returned after the day’s run to end with suitable jollity. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z
Time and you and I will hold, Everywhere by field and fold, Concerts of content, and be Known afar for jollity. The Adventures of Seumas Beg The Rocky Road to Dublin 2011-08-27T02:00:23.463Z
Of all the jollity and junketting of that festive time very little remains to us; almost nothing except the practice of baking and eating pancakes upon Shrove Tuesday. Holidays & Happy-Days 2011-08-27T02:00:21.840Z
The impression remained overnight and increased by reason of the succession of another nurse, who prided herself upon her jollity, and believed that her patients needed cheering up. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z
The Goat accompanies the short days and long nights of winter, to show the season of mirth, feasting and jollity; for what could Capricorn mean but dancing or cutting of capers? Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z
Wherever he went among the folk of Candlestick Cove, in wet weather or dry, poor times or bad, there was a revival of jollity. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z
But admit that to-day there is reason enough for every kind of jollity. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z
Somehow the exaggerated jollity of their lively pianist, to Pep’s way 125 of thinking, was connected with the mysterious message he had received earlier in the afternoon. The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park The Rival Photo Theatres of the Boardwalk 2011-08-05T02:00:44.900Z
Collingwood was in such a condition that jollity was an affront to him. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z
Tranquility is better than jollity, and to appease pain than to invent pleasure. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z
Photograph: Matt Bright The word "festival" conjures up various images of jollity and fun. Essex slump to 144 all out at Southend as Leicestershire take control 2011-07-27T21:25:02Z
That night was one of extra jollity as far as the inhabitants of Parker’s Piece were concerned.  Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z
At length my birthday, the 4th of August, arrived, and which must, as my unhappy companions in sin urged on me, be kept with all due jollity. Twenty-Five Years in the Rifle Brigade 2011-07-21T02:00:19.027Z
For of old my jollity Drowned in woes I had to bear: Of thy help when I was ware Gone was all my misery, Sweet, in whom my joy must be. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z
Nothing was prearranged except that with friendship and jollity and the telling of stories we should give a farewell to the old year and a welcome to the new. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z
A merry farce—the very incarnation of thoughtless jollity,—the dinner and the announcement. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z
They have brought true hospitality to decay; and now, as a necessary consequence, harmony and jollity, mirth and the noble art of cookery, have come to the ground together. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
Then will there be sport and jollity over all the country. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z
He was thoroughbred, aux bouts des ongles, and with all his lightheadedness and devil-may-care jollity, was endowed with tact beyond the endowment of most Englishmen—young Englishmen at any rate. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z
Then there was a general laugh, and at length the jollity was cut short by the inexorable hand of Time. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z
Feasting and general jollity prevailed while the newly-wed King and Queen remained in the city. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z
His round, good-natured face beamed with life and jollity. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z
In the midst of this jollity a young man, haggard and weary, came running slowly into the camp. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z
This company consisted of seventeen, who were met on purpose for festivity and jollity; which, by plenty of meat, fowl, flowing cups of beer, cider, etc., they seemed to enjoy to their hearts' content. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z
All was quiet in the camp, the voices of the men made a kind of monotonous hum, and now and then a laugh arose from some centre of jollity for the time being. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z
The harvest generally takes place in July, and is a season of great jollity. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z
Down in the town all was laughter, dancing and jollity. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z
The whole party supped together, and spent the evening in jollity. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z
But there was so much dancing and drinking, and fun and jollity, that he forgot the bird and its feathers, and his father, and his quest, and the whole kingdom. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z
The days were full of jollity and feasting, and many visitors arrived. Little Erik of Sweden 2011-06-07T02:00:12.210Z
Southwest’s staff, in contrast, affect a madcap jollity reminiscent of British holiday camps in the 1970s. Southwest Airlines: Smiles and free peanuts 2011-06-02T11:04:01Z
After weeks of miserable indifference she was quivering with responsiveness again, feeling the relish of life, the tang of it, the jollity of all this bustle and hurrying past of busy people. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z
And nobody could long resist the sweetness of Ruth and the jollity of Agnes. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find Where they made it, and What the Strange Discovery led to 2011-05-31T02:00:34.950Z
Yet, amid all her amazing unconventionality and her astonishing athletic feats, one found, if he met her on her own plane of impersonal jollity, neither vulgarity nor suggestiveness. Famous Prima Donnas 2011-05-26T02:00:18.267Z
Despite the rapid downing of pints and singing, there is an air of slightly forced jollity about the place. Two-way traffic 2011-05-21T10:40:38Z
Why may not the eager, active heart of youth find its good cheer and jollity somewhere else than in forbidden places and among smooth and unscrupulous knaves? Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z
Here too are nights given up to fun and jollity, to college songs and wild and reckless mirth, when there is not a serious countenance among the crowd. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z
He piped the weather for jollity and pep. Turns about Town 2011-05-13T02:00:09.213Z
Bonfires were lit in the enclosure, and carcasses of sheep and oxen roasted thereat, the whole resolving itself into a grand carousal of drinking, singing, and rough jollity. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z
The fun, wit, and jollity of the remainder of the evening can no more be reproduced than the sparkle of yesterday's dew or the ripple of yesterday's waves. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z
It seems hardly the thing to do, perhaps, to single out the unhappy folks in a present world so full of jollity and talk with them awhile to-day. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z
Sometimes, in consequence of our ignorance of the language, laughable mistakes are made in the ordering of our meals, which seem to increase the jollity of both the waiters and our party. Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera 2011-05-17T02:00:17.310Z
Its jollity and good nature must be strongly emphasized and it must be directly addressed to the lover. Browning and the Dramatic Monologue 2011-04-30T02:00:14.330Z
The Robin Hood jollity that surrounded Tweed, his familiar name, the "Boss," the laughing stories that were told of him, showed that he was held in very different estimation from an ordinary thief. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z
At Christmas he took a flying trip to Fairleigh Park, and enjoyed a brief season of jollity and of companionship with Jessie; but he was soon back again among the snowy streets. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z
Without gadding, without haste, Without intemperance—which defiles all— Without inebriety, without jollity, Without silly, vulgar talk; 73. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 2011-04-19T02:00:18.103Z
The Latin muse had been nurtured amid the festivities of rural superstition; and the impure mixture of licentious jollity had so corrupted her nature, that it long partook of her rustic origin. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z
Even the jollities of the festival at the Apollo Saloon could not commence till a blessing had been asked. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z
A band of workmen, arm in arm, tramp along in great jollity, pushing their way and greeting the whole world. One Year Abroad 2011-03-27T02:00:18.457Z
And as for Shrove-tide, too, what point in jollity without a fast to follow?' The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z
But little by little, as the lessons progressed, Paul became less austere; and as he unbent, Aunt Gertrude regained her natural jollity; until she actually dared to tease him. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z
What interruption of the jollity, what mingled uneasiness and resentment, what turning of faces towards the new speaker, what forced laughter to conceal consternation! The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z
In fact, my lady, with all her blunt careless jollity of manner and pleasant mellow voice, was apt to be both jealous and suspicious. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z
They used to parade the town with trumpets and other musical instruments, and had great dinners and suppers and all kinds of jollity. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z
But the result of this course is not real mirth or jollity; it is perhaps more essentially dismal than a 'Tea' amongst the Protestant Dissenters. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z
The abode of jollity was the clerks' house, or bachelors' quarters. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z
With the latter this day is a short jubilee, and, with the peculiar skill of their race, they make the most of it—condensing the occupation and the jollity of seven days into one. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 2011-02-05T03:00:13.817Z
I also forewent shaving, that I might banish my razors, and in all respects set myself steadily to meet the accidents of life with as near an approach to jollity as I could muster. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z
The child himself was bright and gamesome, and I for my part gave way to some reckless and noisy jollity. The Blind Mother and The Last Confession 2011-02-03T03:00:11.867Z
There is a vein of humor in him, a large reserve of mirth and jollity. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z
They would be gone the greater part of a year, and always returned with a store of furs to be converted into money, which was, in turn, dissipated in the cities with devil-may-care jollity. On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada 2011-02-09T03:00:51.093Z
The merry days of youth, which glided away amid scenes of mirth and jollity. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z
So the year went round, and Thanksgiving came again, with the home jollity that makes a festival throughout the land. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z
I commented that evening to some Southern people I met, on the impression, almost of jollity, given by the Negro workers I had seen. Following the Color Line an account of Negro citizenship in the American democracy 2011-01-06T03:00:45.737Z
Red warmth, yellow cheer, and all-colored jollity were there with us. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z
In the variety and jollity of youthful pleasures, life may be well enough supported without the help of a partner. Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z
But he was nowhere to be seen and much else engrossed her attention, her pretty place card, the little Hallowe’en souvenir at each plate, the good supper, light but savory, and the general jollity. Betty Lee, Sophomore 2010-12-24T03:00:29.270Z
In the eighteen-eighties a good deal of old-fashioned shabbiness and jollity lingered about Harvard. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z
The best church-members frequently do not deem a little jollity of this sort a hanging matter, and there are ministers who can do a double-shuffle themselves if the worst comes to the worst. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z
All of which unseemly jollity was fortunately tempered by their neighbours. Planet Sport: Russia wins World Cup and the world press reacts 2010-12-05T00:08:00Z
I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself, and am only loud and merry to conceal my sadness.” Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale 2010-12-29T03:00:31.850Z
Ancelotti duly played it for laughs, right from the unexpected bark of jollity that greeted his sudden entry to the press room via a side door. Barney Ronay: Carlo Ancelotti's eyebrow of truth 2010-11-22T20:19:00Z
Their followers will be happy to hear of other fans' hatred and envy in place of the jollity and joking. The joking is over, it's a new reality for mega-rich Manchester City 2010-08-14T23:21:00Z
The tension of the past three weeks remained just beneath the surface, masked by the smiles and jollity this country is known for. Thai Protesters Storm Parliament 2010-04-07T08:31:00Z
The announcement quelled all the jollity of the party on the instant. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway
The village was en fête, and the general atmosphere was one of jollity and enjoyment. The Jolliest Term on Record A Story of School Life
Such news spoiled all jesting, and all jollity died away like the bellows of a bagpipe when the wind is gone out. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim
Even in the jollity of the pantomime and comfortable smell of well-dressed people the thought of the journey home through the rainy evening brooded upon the gayest scene. Sinister Street, vol. 1
She leaned against the door-facing to laugh, not in the jollity of good-humor, but in the sharp and racking titter of soured self-pity. A Yankee from the West A Novel
I heard her say with an odious jollity through the singing in my ears. The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen
Do but look upon the world I pray thee a little; doth it not live in jollity and mirth, yet it will be saved well enough for all that. Dialogues on the Supersensual Life
"What news do you bring, Rosenbusch?" asked the painter, who was as little pleased with his jollity as she had been before with his dejection. In Paradise A Novel. Vol. II
A discharged soldier got his gratuity and spent his day in jollity. Victory out of Ruin
The word cockney is not improbably derived from cocayne, the name of an imaginary land of ease and jollity. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3
The youth of all this and the jollity, the ease of it; all that was not of her old class. A Bed of Roses
He had unction, jollity, tenderness, dignity, but above all a most polished courtesy. Life on the Stage
This day let our court put on its greatest jollity, And let none wear a discontented brow; For where a frown is writ, we'll think it reason To say, that face hath characters of treason. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15
The carnival is a great festival--the very realization of jollity. On the Heights A Novel
Ignorance and jollity, such as we find in Bolton Abbey, were their more usual characteristics. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3
Much talent and still more jollity were wasted in that incommodious gallery. Maximina
The jollity of the passengers and crew profaned the calm grandeur of the night—the august and profound solitude of sea and sky. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II.
Helena was not so confident about the jollity. Helena Brett's Career
Every one was decorous, and yet with an undercurrent of jollity; for the sermon had stirred their imaginations, and ahead was a good dinner. The Shadow
There he was again, indeed, an old man by a dying fire, sitting among the ashes of burnt-out jollities. Carnival
There is a way to buy jollity in the world, and forgetfulness, and good cheer. Edelweiss A Story
There was that in his bigness, and in the very jollity with which he defied life and its pretended gravity, which opened all doors to him. Young Wallingford
She had laughed until she nearly cried over the hundred-and-one comic little incidents inseparable from this scene of universal jollity. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War
Though she only said "perhaps," her face brightened and she looked with pleased expectance at this young man who had brought so much happiness and jollity into her life. The Shadow
The men assisted in the operation; and, all being finished, they began to carouse with great glee and jollity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative
"Excellent, by Jove!—how good I 'Made it easier'—capital!" cried O'Shea, laughing with a boisterous jollity that made the room ring. One Of Them
Well, what connexion, you ask, is there with this girl’s sad fate and the jollity of the Cyder Cellars?  The Night Side of London
The chanting ceased and the singers subsided once more into their normal state of free and easy jollity. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War
Almost as large an audience was wont to assemble for this evening of mirth and jollity, as was seen at the stately service of the morning. The Story of Chautauqua
To them everything that savoured of jollity and amusement was specially inspired by the Evil One, for the hindrance of their ministerial labours. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series
It was really refreshing to see that good old man so cheery and light of heart; the very boat shook with his jollity. One Of Them
I propose merely to introduce bubble bowling as a feature in these entertainments, which will furnish no end of amusement and jollity, and add increased enjoyment and variety to the programme. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1878, No. 7. An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks
I remember nothing in Paris that corresponds with the laugh of the English gallery and pit—with its continuity and simplicity, its deep-lunged jollity and its individual guffaws. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5.
The Douglas squirrel is the only living creature that I can compare him with in exuberant, rollicking, irrepressible jollity. My First Summer in the Sierra
The next day, after a long evening of jollity, the Viper set out for Jamesport, S. C., with the unfortunate Barton bound with ropes to keep him from further violent manifestations. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam
It is true that I sit in the rumble of the carriage, while monseigneur, or my lord, reclines within; but would I exchange his ennui and depression for my own light-heartedness and jollity? Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands
Long time in lively jollity, Belov'd of all the court; And none like Tom was then esteem'd, Among the noble sort. The Nursery Rhymes of England
The mirth, jollity, and feasting that followed, filling up the rest of the day, were very similar to those of the day of the wedding, weeks before. Elsie in the South
To add to this, he drank deeply, quaffing off whole goblets of wine, and seeming to exult in the mad whirlwind of his own reckless jollity. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
Princess Dolgoruki, who was among the favoured, often told me with what good spirits and jollity the Empress enlivened these gatherings. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
All is jollity in the castle, till a gentleman clothed as a pilgrim, interrupts the general hilarity; for when the bride enters, he throws off the dreadful black cloak and reveals the outlaw chieftain. Physiology of The Opera
Christine is seated in a tapestried hall with one or two esquires who prefer to discourse of love to joining in the jollity. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens
The man was excited and nervous, and tried to conceal his feelings under a cloak of hearty good nature and jollity that ill became him. Marcy The Refugee
There was a reckless, unsuspecting jollity in his look that could not be mistaken; and his loud, hearty laugh bespoke the easy self-satisfaction of his nature. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life
Though nothing more than a child, the jollity of these suppers was a great source of pleasure to me. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun
For my part I think this season of supposed jollity the most uncomfortable and forlorn of any in the year. Portia or By Passions Rocked
The occasion passed off smoothly enough and was the occasion of considerable jollity. The "Genius"
Then all was jollity again, and the potboy, notwithstanding the shortness of his legs, danced like a veritable Christy minstrel. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3
After the first edge of their hunger was turned the jollity grew apace. Checkers A Hard-luck Story
Moreover, "Paul" was transmogrified as "Quawl," the Cherokees never definitely pronouncing the letter P; and thereafter in moments of expansive jollity Stuart permitted himself the liberty of imitation in saying "Quawl," and sometimes "Captain Quawl." The Story of Old Fort Loudon
We wrote merry verse, bringing in the college jollities, in wanton student-fashion, and the good-natured old don who was our tutor affected to be pleased with our work. Minor Poems by Milton
I was here stunned with a mixed noise of clamour and jollity: on one side of me, I heard singing and dancing; on the other, brawls and clashing of swords. The Tatler, Volume 3
With reference to the jollity of the start, it appears that a raven dying at two hundred and fifty or thereabouts, is looked upon as an infant. A Week at Waterloo in 1815 Lady De Lancey's Narrative: Being an Account of How She Nursed Her Husband, Colonel Sir William Howe De Lancey, Quartermaster-General of the Army, Mortally Wounded in the Great Battle
"What's the use of trying to run off, when there isn't any show?" asked the young prisoner, with a laugh, an assumption of jollity which was far from genuine. Through Apache Lands
After this tribute, such as they could pay to the holier character of the day and the reminder of home, the festivity and jollity began. The Story of Old Fort Loudon
He was short and stout, but there was no suggestion of jollity or even of good-humor in his rotundity. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches
The outcast watched the jollity from his dark corner, and marvelled at it. The Plow-Woman
During his first visit to America his jollity knew no bounds, and it became necessary often to repress him when walking in the street. Home Life of Great Authors
A few were inclined to demur at giving up the jollity of the feast, but by this time the majority of the lads had gone heart and soul into the movement for improvement. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines
There is much jollity and some drunkenness in the streets, notwithstanding the enemy’s pickets are within an hour’s march of the city. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
We were gradually nearing home, and the fun and jollity grew apace as we got closer to the end of our holiday and to the beginning of our every-day work. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865
Those involved in it went about their work with a reckless jollity productive of results eminently interesting to students of character and manners. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects
Much of the jollity and boyish hilarity of his life in society was a rebound from the strain of these books. Home Life of Great Authors
The artificers, having made good wages during their stay, like seamen upon a return voyage, were extremely happy, and spent the evening with much innocent mirth and jollity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25)
I have to thank you for an introduction to that beautiful—no, that’s not the word—that jolly, with an Arcadian jollity—thing of Vogelweide’s. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 23 (of 25)
I compared yesterday and to-day—the safety, comfort, jollity, open-air exercise and pleasant roadside inns of the one, with the tedium, anxiety, and discomfort of the other. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
Though rival fowls are enviously bitter, That doth not bate her jollity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890
He had an air of massive jollity that well became him; grossness and geniality sat upon his features; and along with his manners, he had laid aside his sly and sinister expression. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25)
But it did seem to me that this establishment possessed an atmosphere of cheery kindliness and jollity such as I had never before found about any residence. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography
True it is that the milk-white sacrificial oxen and the gay garlands of antiquity have been omitted; nevertheless, there remain the music, the incense and the unrestrained jollity of the people. The Naples Riviera
I was now honestly done with the purgatory of the covered cart; I was close to my great-uncle’s; I had no more fear of Mr. Dudgeon: which were all grounds enough for jollity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25)
Then all was jollity, Feasting and mirth, light wantonness and laughter, Piping and playing, minstrelsy and masking; 'Till life fled from us like an idle dream, A show of mummery without a meaning. Jane Shore A Tragedy
And yet the jollity did not in the least interfere with the business, which appeared to be going forward in a systematic and efficient way that even an untrained girl could not fail to notice. The Camerons of Highboro
In all my youth there was undoubtedly a marked absence of the care-free jollity, the irresponsible joyousness, which is supposed to belong naturally to youth. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography
I haven't the heart for jollity right now… For that reason, madam, instead of the pretty little tale which I had promised, you will only have yet another melancholy story today. Letters from my Windmill
But some of the young men proposed a dance; and they went on for the next two hours in hearty, healthy jollity. Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart
This superb Franklin of ours, who spent some evenings in mere jollity, passed nearly all his days in labor most fruitful of benefit to his country.”—Life of Franklin, Vol. i, p. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series
Not its business—Elliott had expected business, but its odd mingling of jollity 94 with activity. The Camerons of Highboro
Not even Sinang, with all her jollity, had any effect on him. Friars and Filipinos An Abridged Translation of Dr. Jose Rizal's Tagalog Novel, 'Noli Me Tangere.'
See Milton's 'L'Allegro,' 26: "Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity." Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer
Such a time inspired jollity in the human breast. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)
When she disliked a person she would pretend she could not hear a word he said, but Mr. Pickwick's jollity and compliments made her forget even to use her ear-trumpet. Tales from Dickens
And the higher the horses climbed the higher rose the jollity of the hay-wagon’s company. The Camerons of Highboro
Their evenings were spent in the saloon, but there was a conspicuous absence of anything like jollity. Lords of the Housetops Thirteen Cat Tales
A chorus starting with: "We are the M.G." proclaimed the jollity of our Machine Gun Section and the ingenuity of Sergeant W. Harrison. With Manchesters in the East
Henry could not find a satisfactory explanation of the man's eternal jollity. A Great Man A Frolic
He would double up with mirth without uttering a sound,—his chuckle being visible instead of audible,—but this peculiar expression of jollity was irresistibly infectious. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected.
Even this smoky hovel suggests good-fellowship and jollity beyond a dish of tea. The Strollers
Lord, how I loved that man, as a child, in those days: his jollity and bigness and courage and 24 sea-clear eyes! The Cruise of the Shining Light
The people of the sea, beyond the drain, watched the gathering of this annual invasion with interested eyes, but without taking part in all its jollity. Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore
He puffed away with re-animate zest, As though with an added jollity blest. The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems
He delighted at times in throwing off his mantle of prophecy, and unbending even to jollity, in his home life and among friends. Whittier-land A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected.
Your dullest man has but to stick one on, and lo! mirth, wit, and jollity. Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) And Two Other Reminiscences
In the books and silly plays she has read and seen it was pictured as being all song and jollity. Traffic in Souls A Novel of Crime and Its Cure
The absence of all joking and play and the almost painful sobriety of action, where jollity had been the rule, was particularly noticeable. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863
Bob held out most bravely, and strove to regain the jollity which they had felt before. Among the Brigands
It was all jollity and really innocent enough—a case of good fellows having a good time together. The Old Game A Retrospect after Three and a Half Years on the Water-wagon
They find health and good temper, jollity and good-fellowship, through their exertions. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war
Esther herself did not feel at all inclined for games or jollity, or anything of the sort, but the mere pretending helped her. The Carroll Girls
In Tog’s eyes there was never the light of love and humour––no amiable jollity. Billy Topsail & Company A Story for Boys
O the music, the lightness, the jollity of the zarzuelas of my father's time! Rosinante to the Road Again
While I stood thus, a prey to the keenest anguish, the mirth and jollity for a time increased, and at length grew fainter and fainter, until it ceased. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI
For he was known far and wide for his fun and jollity. Harper's Young People, July 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly
Her dark eyes danced and twinkled as she spoke, and there was an unconventional jollity in the very high-pitched tone of her voice, and an infectious merriment in her dimples. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life
So nobody, except Mr. Winters, had been very sorry to have him stay behind on this occasion when jollity and not low spirits was desirable. Dorothy's House Party
Then the soldiers and students joined in the jollity and sang together. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces
His was not a place where people went for relaxation and jollity, except on the rare occasions when the old folks were away and Wee Andra held sway. Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro
There were dancing and jollity and every room was crowded. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
Yea, mark you the jollity and pride that in this prosperity they shew; the port and countenance that every way they carry; in comparison of them that be noble by birth. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
“My Lord,” answered Sir Bruin, “let me alone with Reynard; I am not such a truant in discretion to become a mock to his knavery;” and thus, full of jollity, the bear departed. The Comical Creatures from Wurtemberg Second Edition
In the midst of the jollity in came Pogner from the sacristy; also, Beckmesser, who was the town clerk and a singer who believed in himself. Operas Every Child Should Know Descriptions of the Text and Music of Some of the Most Famous Masterpieces
We will drag Blanquette from the Rue des Saladiers which does not lay itself out for jollity, and we will dine at a reckless restaurant. The Belovéd Vagabond
Christmas was kept with much jollity on the part of many who had no fear of the Scarlet Lady before their eyes, and whose affiliations with Virginia and Maryland were of the tenderer sort. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia
There was beer of course, merrymaking and jollity—but no one seemed to overstep the bounds. A Modern Cinderella
Not a spark of life or jollity in the place. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
The hunchback stood for a moment listening to the noise and jollity beyond the doors. The Duke's Motto A Melodrama
The household, gazing at Robak, marvelled whence he had got such a bearing and such jollity. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812
"Well, well, Mr. McLachlan," said the jolly-looking man, not losing a whit of his jollity at the sight of the old man's distress. 'Lizbeth of the Dale
It was a lovely evening, and never for a long time was there so much jollity In the house. Three Young Pioneers A Story of the Early Settlement of Our Country
Every quarterly night the hospitable carpenters have them in after supper to be regaled with beer and cordials, and initiated into the mysteries of jollity that are connected with the existence of a master carpenter.  A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France
As the afternoon began to decline, their jollity began to rise, and ere the sun had set, the grog had risen high in their heads. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition
No—the very type of jollity and fun was the broad black face of “Scipio Besançon,” for such was the cognomen of my visitor. The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West
I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
Very often father and mother with their children labored at one piece of work, and there was much jollity, as the parents related many a good story to their children. Three Young Pioneers A Story of the Early Settlement of Our Country
The ceremonials of these holidays were various; but the brief and sometimes unintelligible notices of the chroniclers give us sufficiently vivid and minute pictures of the boisterous jollity that marked the proceedings. A Book About Lawyers
But it was anything but cold when we got inside—open fires and jollity! A Portrait of Old George Town
Most of the passengers and all the jollity went in this class. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia
Triumphs for nothing and lamenting toys Is jollity for apes and grief for boys. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature
The meal was excellent, as Mrs. Layton’s always were, and there was a great deal of jollity as it progressed. The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room
“I was explaining a few things about the game to Mr. Croyden, Davila, the rule of eleven and the Ace-King lead, and, for some reason, it seemed to move them to jollity.” In Her Own Right
All were out for a good time, and the atmosphere of good will and jollity was infectious. Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour
The rough warriors break into laughter, and in uncouth jollity stamp with their feet and spear-butts. The Wagnerian Romances
Ah then, all jollity seemed noise and folly. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems
Up! to the dance, to the dance! to jollity and pleasure! that was their invitation. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
His life hasn’t been exactly conducive to jollity. Penny of Top Hill Trail
The girl kept up a conversation with Aunt Susan on the sewing, or a fire of mirth and jollity with Nathan or Luther, with this undercurrent of thought always going on. The Wind Before the Dawn
Dame Lindsay, I perceive what thou wantest, to melt thee into thy former jollity. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17
Gayety did not prevail, nor is there anywhere among the Danubian Slavs a tendency to the innocent and spontaneous jollity so common in some sections of Europe. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878
He was jolly, but his jollity did not seem to me sincere; it was on the surface, a mask which he wore to deceive the world, and I suspected that it concealed a mean nature. The Trembling of a Leaf Little Stories of the South Sea Islands
The thing began in the ages of ignorance, I suppose; and as all it means now is a time of feasting and jollity, the dead of winter will do as well as another time. A Red Wallflower
The comfort, jollity, and abandon of the picnic tea were things of the past. Ringfield A Novel
Amongst our Prisoners were four Friars, and with them the Padre Guardian of Forteventura, a good, honest old fellow, fat, and given to jollity. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
Nor is it the less astonishing thing about them that, beneath all this seeming lightheartedness and jollity, there often lies smouldering a Fire of the Fiercest passion and blackest revenge. The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...
I love to remember our certainty, so reasonably established, that they would all join us as infallibly as children will join in jollity. Friendship Village
But this occupied but little time; and then, business over, there followed an hour of unrestrained jollity. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2
The feast proceeded with redoubled jollity, and louder than ever were the sagacity and justice of the Sultan extolled. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers
And a smile just lifted the corners o' his mouth, as sometimes a wind will just stir the leaves ere shaking them as with jollity. A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales
Drinking with him is an expression of jollity, not the means of it. A Poor Man's House
It is alleged by those who have no relish for the conversation of the fair sex, that their presence curbs the freedom of speech, and restrains the jollity of mirth. Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World
Even Dickens' hero could not have given such an air of jollity to a festive occasion like this. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir
He is not half a bad lad, with his dash and his fun and his jollity. As We Sweep Through The Deep
All at once one of them emitted a whoop and broke into a swift run, the rest instantly falling in behind him, and speeding with the same hilarious jollity. Camp-fire and Wigwam
Tired with all these; for restful death I cry; As to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing drest in jollity, And purest faith unhappily forsworn..... The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1
We are going some distance away, so that no one in the neighborhood of The Dales need hear our singing and our fun and our jollity. Girls of the Forest
She gave her father and Nan glowing accounts of the delightful times she had had at Fern Falls and the jollities of a country house party in the winter time. Patty's Social Season
His father is exactly like George Cruikshank after a night's jollity—only shorter. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete
Noxon looked at Mike, who for the first time heard him laugh with real jollity in his voice. The Launch Boys' Adventures in Northern Waters
Young Meredith has more fun and jollity, but the Hartleys are of a sterling good sort. Patty's Friends
“Would you not like to lead a different life?—such a life as other young maids do—amid flowers, and sunshine, and jewels, and dancing, and laughter, and all manner of jollity?” It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot
Then he vouchsafed, “Every step I take my stomach hurts me,” and 291 so he stalked on, alone amid the jollity of the marching column. At Plattsburg
And of the delights and jollities of that life, dwelling here in a corner of England, thou canst not so much as cast an idea.” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall
Midas recognized him and treated him hospitably, entertaining him for ten days and nights with an unceasing round of jollity. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes
But whoever she was, he was impressed by her jollity, her actual lust for laughter, her complete lack of restraint. The Goose Man
Ever since that time Hans resided in the village, and that is as much as to say that mirth and jollity abode there. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
He stamped up the stairway between us, with an air of stubborn jollity. Explorers of the Dawn
“Then, why do you folks that be no longer young, ever damp and chill young folks that would fain see the world and have some jollity?” Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall
For all the boy's giddy jollity, his blue eyes had a kind of stricken look when they rested on her face. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest
There are not less than a dozen of us at her feet, and the Grayson car is full of jollity. The Candidate A Political Romance
On seeing him, the old fiddler cried out, "By Jove, how I envy the fellow's jollity!" The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
That seems to me to be the one big theme in a tale which superficially is all jollity and laughter. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends
In the previous September Howard had reported her 'never so gallant many years, nor so set upon jollity.' Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography
Their boisterous jollity on the trail gave place to much quiet happiness; and there was ceaseless friendly contention, where Garth's every thought was for Natalie; and hers for him. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest
I caught hold of FitzGerald's verses to express that jollity which should be every man's who looks up from much reading or writing and knows that Spring has come. From a Cornish Window A New Edition
I think they must mellow occasionally into fun and jollity and wholesome nonsense. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908
Besides, she was "jolly," and jollity went a long way in Ramble Valley popularity. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
The Freshman giggled; she did not know just why, unless it was that his face and merry way inspired jollity. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University
They were all full of fun and jollity, and were enjoying the excursion to the utmost. Down South or, Yacht Adventure in Florida
For several hours, there was exhibited a very picturesque scene of feasting, smoking, and barbarian jollity. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
New Year's Day though it was, there was very little jollity on board; indeed, as regarded the greater number of the passengers, it was spent rather sadly. A Boy's Voyage Round the World
Still she never thought of envying them their jollity and self-satisfaction. The Privet Hedge
But just when I should be noting all these subjects for legitimate censure I am probably devouring page after page with giggles of delight for the wit and jollity of them. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, February 4, 1914
This was the lad the lady lov'd, Like all the girls of quality; And he broke the skulls of the men of Leith, Just by the way of jollity. The Book of Humorous Verse
To counteract it, Thackeray, up to the time of his resignation, struggled to maintain the spirit of jollity and the lightness of touch which had formerly been Punch's true note. The History of "Punch"
And yet almost none of the comparatively few scherzos that have been written here have had any sense of the hilarious jollity that makes Beethoven's wit side-shaking. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions
"The Queen," wrote a courtier a few months before her death, "was never so gallant these many years nor so set upon jollity." History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660
In Socrates was a little jollity and much wisdom pickled in the scorn of Fortune; but the Sophists inwardly bowed down and worshiped the fickle dame on idolatrous knees. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
The Sultan better pleases me, His is a life of jollity; He's wives as many as he will,— I would the Sultan's throne then fill. The Book of Humorous Verse
You would fain have more life and jollity, if I err not.” The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
Sudden doors flap, and gusts of brutal jollity sweep up the street. Nights in London
He made an ineffectual attempt to keep up his jollity. The Sheriffs Bluff 1908
For instance, Mr. Pickwick having received such a shock at the Bush—the announcement of the Bardell action—was scarcely in heart to resume his jollity and gaieties at Bath.  Pickwickian Studies
Freeman's Falls was a very stupid spot when contrasted with all this jollity. Ted and the Telephone
There’s never a bit of jollity for her. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
This very day, to others the day of greatest mirth and jollity, sees me overwhelmed with more and greater misfortunes than have befallen a descendant of Adam for these thousand years past, I am sure. The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764
It does seem as though the font of my jollity had quite dried up.” Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point
In all the Manor Farm jollity, we hear little or nothing of Tupman, who seems to have been thought a cypher.  Pickwickian Studies
S. The plainer dealer, the sooner lost: yet he loseth it in a kind of jollity. The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]
The Major's entire manner had changed; his levity had suddenly given place to a gravity most unusual to him, and instead of his wonted jollity his face wore an expression of the greatest seriousness. "George Washington's" Last Duel 1891
"Within the sound of their voices, two of their fellows—victims to the inhumanity of slavery—are lying dead, and yet they make Sunday "hideous" with wild jollity, while Sam's fate may be theirs to-morrow." Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time
Then I called for tea and lemon, and after that the gypsies sang for their own amusement, Miss Sarsha, as the incarnation of fun and jollity, taking the lead, and making me join in.  The Gypsies
Outside it blows a very little, a warm, damp wind; there will be a roll in the Bay of Bengal and we will head into it, and the natives' jollity will change to moans. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
One thing alone remains to be dispatch’d; To get a respite from th’ old gentlemen 277 To tipple some few days, which I must spend In mirth and jollity. The Comedies of Terence
There had been cases in times past when a taunting word had turned rude jollity into sour hankering for revenge. The Rainy Day Railroad War
The hero of our tale displays all that careless jollity, which copious draughts of maddening wine are calculated to inspire; he laughs the world away, and bids it pass. The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency
These affairs should be purely spontaneous and informal, and occasions of much fun and jollity. The Etiquette of To-day
How happy they are, old and young—you begin to wish you had been born a Burman when you hear their laughter and jollity. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
And since this business has turn’d out so well, Let’s spend the day in mirth and jollity! The Comedies of Terence
For their grit and jollity, and above all their readiness to tackle and see through such side tasks as unloading and stowing away some three hundred tons of coal were real "missionary" lessons. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
Below in the barn black C�sar sat quietly hatchelling flax, sometimes gurgling and giggling to himself with an overflow of that interior jollity with which he seemed to be always full. Oldtown Fireside Stories
Father and son on these occasions were simply full of jests and jollity, everything started an argument, and every argument lent itself to fun. Robert Louis Stevenson
Foolish fellows, with quaint ideas about simplicity of life, fraternity, and jollity, and old world ideals of beauty. From Edinburgh to India & Burmah
He rubbed his hands and laughed here, not because there was anything humorous and amusing in his thoughts, but out of sheer health and jollity of nature. Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray
Now, clams are hard to digest, but taken in connection with laughter and jollity they digest much better. Frank Merriwell's Cruise
If I were a man in decent health," he affirmed with an air of jollity, "I should be your father-in-law. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878
There was too much sunshine, too much sparkle in the clear air; too much jollity and happiness. Steve and the Steam Engine
For he played a ghostly and weird and awful theme, which stilled merriment and chilled jollity, and seemed to fill the night with phantoms. Cruel Barbara Allen From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)
The whole party had an air of Bohemian ease and jollity. In Direst Peril
The general taste is for jollity, bright colour, cheerful music. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile
All were full of mirth and jollity, and the scene enacted was of the most uproarious description. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion
At this period The Christmas Revels at the Inns of Court were observed with much zest and jollity. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
Twenty-five came driving over in a big carriage, with four gaily decorated horses, postilions, hampers of lunch, flutes and horns, and much jollity bottled up for the occasion. Shawl-Straps A Second Series of Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag
Sir Charles Clark, one of the greatest physicians of modern times, exercised a most exhilarating influence over his patients by his cheerfulness and jollity. How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions
Here they all had punch and an "hour or so of jollity." The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth
That little organ was susceptible only of impressions of jollity and mischief. The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands
The negroes look forward to Christmas not less as the season for present-giving than that of frolicking and jollity. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
No sooner was the fire crackling, the kettle singing, and the delicious odour of roasted ptarmigan tickling our nostrils, than disappointment gave way to hope and weariness to jollity. The Big Otter
In this new land, my brother Bob’s profession is fun, Jim’s is jollity, and mine is a compound of both, called joviality. The Settler and the Savage
A bright green ribbon round her waist, a pair of greenstone earrings put in beneath the clustering black hair, giving her a quaintly picturesque look, and Antonia was ready for the evening's jollity. The Making of a Soul
Chorus.—Very good song, and very well sung,     Jolly companions every one;     We are all here for mirth and glee,     We are all here for jollity. Snarley-yow or The Dog Fiend
Several of the neighborhood children were gathered at the farmhouse kitchen and jollity ran high. Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear
His wife—tall, strong, resolute, loud in voice and rapid of decision—represented order and arithmetic in the business, which he enlivened by his jollity and bustling activity. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 1 Boule de Suif and Other Stories
I tried hard to get the better of him by good-humour and jollity, but he became so insolent at last that I could not stand it. The Settler and the Savage
There are some men so amiable that everybody loves them; so cheerful that they carry an atmosphere of jollity about them. Pushing to the Front
Jos Curtenty, the renowned card, a jolly old gentleman of sixty, was in the chair, and therefore jollity was assured in advance. Clayhanger
It might be wondered that, circumstanced as they were, they had thus given way to a fit of jollity. The Cliff Climbers A Sequel to "The Plant Hunters"
I shall not keep you long, and then you can return to your jollity if you will.” Amos Huntingdon
“Sure, and I don’t see where your ‘jollity’ comes in, Master Bob!” observed his aunt, not by any means relishing the prospect. Bob Strong's Holidays Adrift in the Channel
And yet with all the loose talk was mixed up so much of real jollity and good-humour that it was impossible to feel wholly miserable. My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life
The occasion was a jollity of the Bursley Mutual Burial Club. Clayhanger
The old luxury, frivolity, and extravagance returned, and a perpetual jollity took possession of it. A Hungarian Nabob
Now all are gone to Arcady, Head bent on rousing jollity. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852
The jollity and licence of the Cavalier school, which characterized Johnstone, did not materially detract from, but added rather to the popularity of his character. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.
The rollicking coureurs des bois, who came to be almost a race by themselves, added their jollity and often carried it too far, ending in fighting and arrests. A Little Girl in Old Detroit
The periodic jollities of this company of men whose professed aim was to bury each other, had a high reputation for excellence. Clayhanger
And he was, doubtless, possessed of the dry humour and the spirit of simple jollity which make his race such charming companions for a time.  Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"
What the madre's reasons may be for setting her face against this bit of jollity I don't know; but you and she needn't go, you know. Belles and Ringers
In that age, they were equally removed from the coarse and boisterous jollity of the English country-squire, and the heartless conventionalities of high life. The Two Admirals
Behind the screen the sisters and the children sang hymns, and some in the congregation joined, though the men were much more at home in the music of the violins and in the jollity. A Little Girl in Old Detroit
But try as he might, Sandy could not feel like himself, with Treadwell's cheerful laugh and big-hearted, patronizing jollity resounding through the cabin. A Son of the Hills
The Mela lasts a couple of weeks, and it is a season of fun and jollity with both planters and natives. Ranching, Sport and Travel
Even Uncle Jack entered into the jollity of the occasion. Watch Yourself Go By
Alice was like her dead mother, happy, full of life and jollity, and her brown eyes generally sparkled with laughter. The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys
With the fur season the town was in wild confusion and holiday jollity prevailed. A Little Girl in Old Detroit
From jollity he may not share, Despair is darkly drumming At his dull breast, whose hearth won't flare, Because—"Christmas is coming!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892
It may be that the performances were as much enjoyed as if everything had been more complete, for I know there was a great deal of fun and jollity at their theatricals. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West
His quips, and cranks, his whims, and jollities, and jocund mischief, are but the effervescences of exuberant young life, the wild music of the mountain stream. Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales
Pleasure and amusement, drinking and jollity, will not make you happy.  True Words for Brave Men
The girls crowded around him, and all was noisy jollity. A Little Girl in Old Detroit
There was even jollity in the little command, despite the losses of the early morning. Under Fire
Dolby was large and ruddy, full of life and strength and spirits, a tireless and energetic talker, and always overflowing with good-nature and bursting with jollity. Chapters from My Autobiography
On entering, a scene of mirth and jollity commences, and reigns through the house till a late hour the next morning. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
He laughed merrily, showing a set of white, even teeth, and his jollity was so catching that his sister had to join in. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis
Even as he trudged along, whistling loudly now by way of conveying an idea of jollity to the anxious little party at the ambulance, Pike's keen eyes were scanning the mountain sides. Sunset Pass or Running the Gauntlet Through Apache Land
Not a breath of the broad humor of Teniers and Van Ostade in these masters; scarcely a hint of the robust animality and clownish jollity with which the clear-sighted Dutchmen endowed their rural revellers. Essays on Scandinavian Literature
Freed from the fret of routine's slavish toil,  They meet once more in freedom's jollity. The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail
There was not a trace now of any of the jollity which had marked him at supper. A Girl in Ten Thousand
Presently the people of the kingdom, following the example of their rulers, were laughing, too, and cracking jokes and, strange to say, they soon found they were working all the better for their jollity. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales
The jollity in my own part of the line was doubtless a picture in little of what was happening elsewhere. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army
Moreover, along with the silveriness of Rameau, the simple solidity of French prose, and some of the old jollity of the medieval French artists, is in the music of Franck. Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers
My appearance disturbed their preparation for a moment only, then all was mirth and jollity. Sixty Years of California Song
From the veranda the clink of glass and china, the low hum of merry chat, the sound of half-smothered laughter, fell upon the ear and vexed her with its careless jollity. Ray's Daughter A Story of Manila
The vintage not merely affords this work, but being attended with all sorts of jollity, the crowds it collects have a peculiarly vagabond character. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852
The men had little more than ten pounds apiece to spend in jollity. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
I have known several interesting octogenarians, but never one that surpassed her in loveliness, wit, and positive jollity. A Truthful Woman in Southern California
Clambering up occasional tall trees, it flaunted its crimson and party-colored foliage with true bacchanalian jollity, each leaf seeming drunk with its own red wine. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems
The news that Mr. Stephen Leacock has published a fresh series of burlesques will, I do not doubt, add to the Christmas jollity of a vast crowd of laughter-lovers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 15, 1920
Occasionally, the olive-gatherers had spread a white cloth beneath the tree, and were shaking the very ripe fruit down; but there was neither jollity nor romance about the process. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 Volume 17, New Series, April 24, 1852
The populace more outrageous in their festivity, made the air resound with acclamations, and illuminated every street with signals of jollity and triumph. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell
The meal was a great success—not only from a gastronomic standpoint, but because of the jollity—real or assumed—of Mr. DeVere. The Moving Picture Girls First Appearances in Photo Dramas
"Long time he lived in jollity, Beloved of the Court, And none like Tom was so esteemed Amongst the better sort." A Mother's List of Books for Children
They ceased upon the night: and the next news was that after five minutes' interval they were chained again and conscientiously throwing vim into Boum-Poump with the standardised five thumps of jollity on the kettledrum. Foe-Farrell
No discourse shall be either composed or delivered, except it be witty and lusty, conducing to mirth and jollity. ” Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
Even when ruined by confiscations and sequestrations, they endeavored to maintain the appearance of a careless and social jollity. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell
And with it grew the fun, the jollity, the excitement, the cries and the spirit of the school. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery
It is, however, so much more difficult to keep up misery than jollity that I like to think of his attempt as what the dramatic critics call a succ�s d'estime. My Lady Nicotine A Study in Smoke
She married him for his money, and couldn't put up with his plain way of living and his careless jollity. Christmas Its Origin, Celebration and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse
The most remarkable and typical feature, however, of the Saturnalia was the mingling of all classes in a common jollity. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan
When the seamen on board the ship of Christopher Columbus came in sight of San Salvador, they burst out into exuberant mirth and jollity. History of English Humour, Vol. 2
Then began an evening of jollity and clean fun. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery
Little remains to us of those days, and we have outworn their jollity. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series
Within recent years it has been noticed that the vein of seriousness that has run through the writings of Negro authors is fading away, and a jollity that is his own is taking its place. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro
The jollity was increasing and the serious intentions of Mr. Tripple were impending and ready to fall into open profession on the slightest encouragement. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
The jollity was of a rough farcical character. History of English Humour, Vol. 2
Most of the college boys were in the rear room, and the noise of their jollity floated out to Andy. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery
Everyone gives free course to his jollity till the chief comes whose black mask is sufficient to quiet everyone's good humour. The Poor Plutocrats
It was the manner of the man to be so,—if that continual playfulness which was natural to him, lying over a melancholy which was as continual, be compatible with jollity. Thackeray
In the old baronial halls where: "The fire, with well-dried logs supplied, Went roaring up the chimney wide," Christmas was kept with great jollity. Yule-Tide in Many Lands
We found Prince's in a state of unusual jollity, drinking the proceeds of their three puncheons, dancing and playing what Sá Leone calls 'warry.' To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
Still they found time for fun and jollity and spent many a pleasant evening in company with their other friends. Andy at Yale Or, The Great Quadrangle Mystery
Another employment, also, deserves to be noted, because it is truly characteristic of the boyish jollity of young soldiers. The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815
Who at the same moment could have been so merry and so melancholy,—could have gone so deep into the regrets of life, with words so appropriate to its jollities? Thackeray
The age is against the romance of colour, movement, passion, and jollity. Studies in Early Victorian Literature
In some parts of Africa this is men's work, and it is always done at night, with much jollity and carousing. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
The humour of Charles II. and his court consisted more of jollity than wit. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour
Drinking and jollity were such natural associates, that we feared terribly these men would be getting at spirits—and then what did we not fear for the fair companions of our adventure? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847
Gentlemen even in jollity-- Certainly people of quality!-- More Songs From Vagabondia
It has not the consummate plot of Tom Jones; it has not the breadth, the Shakespearean jollity, the genial humanity of the great "prose Homer"; it has no such beautiful character as Sophia Western. Studies in Early Victorian Literature
For the old grey had paces, if his jollity was somewhat abated; and Vixen went provokingly, minding her business like one who thought she had better. Wych Hazel
Which concerns the grand dinner at the King's House, and who were there, and something of their talk, reveries, disputes, and general jollity 108 XXIV. The House by the Church-Yard
Little Lucy was to lead the Christmas night jollities, and only the Santa Claus himself knew what would follow the wave of the long Chinese wand which she carried. Little Sky-High The Surprising Doings of Washee-Washee-Wang
Mr. Wilkinson really could not say, speaking conscientiously and without reserve, that he regarded jollity as an essential element in true womanhood. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life
Perhaps other born romancers would have thrown into it more life, energy, jollity, or passion. Studies in Early Victorian Literature
There was, indeed, no trace of ghostly occupants of the house; but on the contrary, the rooms, upstairs and down, speedily became the scene of much jollity. Everychild A Story Which The Old May Interpret to the Young and Which the Young May Interpret to the Old
Then mirth and jollity ruled the hour, all—old and young—seeming in gayest spirits and ready to join in any amusement that might be proposed. Elsie at Home
She was in a state of intense delight at our disappointment about the ruins, and discussed the situation in that soft Somersetshire accent that gives such breadth and jollity to the language. Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor
Good will and jollity prevail, and people "go in for a good time." Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
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