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The sound of music and merrymaking stopped abruptly, replaced by the shout of “FIRE!” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z
He listened to the sound of merrymaking and joy, and he wished he could be a part of it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
He walked briskly back to his hole, and stood for a moment listening with a smile to the din in the pavilion and to the sounds of merrymaking in other parts of the field. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Three or four stood behind her and coached her moves and generally made merry with her in a restrained way. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
Mark Antony and Cleopatra divided their time between discussing military plans and tactics and enjoying the merrymaking in their honor. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z
There never was such merrymaking as took place in the Hall that Christmas Eve. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z
‘Then you two shall go into a corner and finish your task, and we will hear it and judge it before we end our merrymaking.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
“Everybody come right forward and make merry. I god, it’s mah treat.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
‘Of course. This is merrymaking not business. Come and go as you like, as long as you don’t make a noise.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
And then Aragorn stood up, and all the host arose, and they passed to pavilions made ready, to eat and drink and make merry while the day lasted. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
It was a relief when they finally left for merrymaking elsewhere. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
If the house was in mourning, it wouldn’t be proper for Madam to dance with the admiral and make merry. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Well,” said Wilbur, “it means to have fun, to frolic, to run and skip and make merry.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z
It was the season for merrymaking, when the New Year approaches and old debts are paid. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z
In 1910 there were parties, making merry before the world ended of cyanogen pollution. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The postwar joy means that Washington’s theatergoers are making merry on the streets, not inside a theater. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
‘Yes, you are all safe for the present. Soon there will be feasting and merrymaking to celebrate the victory at the Ford of Bruinen, and you will all be there in places of honour.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Kit and Judith, each lost in her own thoughts, stood together near the wall, unable to join in the merrymaking. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z
Also known as King's Day, it marks the start of merrymaking that continues until the grand finale on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. A Salute to King Cake 2011-03-01T17:20:05.090Z
In the Cajun country of southwest Louisiana, masked riders went from town to town, making merry along the way in the Courir du Mardi Gras. Costumes, beads give way to ashes in New Orleans 2012-02-22T12:22:13Z
And then we make merry with the fife and drum players of Mississippi hill country as they celebrate one of America’s oldest forms of music. | T Travel Summer 2012 2012-05-18T15:04:33Z
For anyone who needs a refresher on what it means “to frolic,” according to good old Merriam-Webster dictionary it means “to play and run about happily,” as well as “to amuse oneself: make merry.” Twitter user discovers frolicking, goes viral: ‘Y’all ever frolic before?’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z
Also known as King's Day, Mardi Gras marks the start of merrymaking that continues until the grand finale on Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. Our Most Traditional King Cake Recipe 2014-02-22T03:50:04.379Z
Curiosity drew me to a Turquaz cocktail, made using beet juice and mezcal, two ingredients that sound incompatible but make merry going down. Ottoman Taverna review: Out of the flames comes a meaty taste of Turkey 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z
Robin and Regina wake up from a night of merrymaking. 'Once Upon a Time': A Snow Queen triumphant and Anna's fate revealed 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z
In her films she never wastes; she repackages her past, borrows from her heroes and makes merry with random moments. Agnès Varda: ‘I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh’ 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z
In Hebrew, Yom Kippur is connected linguistically to Purim, the springtime holiday of masks and merrymaking. Yom Kippur: A time for feasting as well as fasting 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z
This is a space where the owner can happily kick back alone or make merry as ice cubes clink and conversation flows. Bruce Budd Redecorates Houston Mansion 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z
With varying levels of merrymaking to partake in, 3 million visitors will descend on the Venetian lagoon next year from Feb. 8 to Feb 25. Some travelers are dressing the part when they visit historic locations 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z
Various lords of misrule and “wild men” oversaw the merrymaking, and wassailers drank one’s health in exchange for food or money. Review | Christmas: Holy day, holiday or nostalgic wish? 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z
Some are hell-raising provocateurs while others are more like cheeky jesters full of merrymaking and mischief. Hat Makers With Attitude 2011-10-03T18:23:15Z
"Carnival is the world's biggest manifestation of happiness, merrymaking, extravagance," he said. Rio's Carnival bacchanal opens, city celebrates 2011-03-04T12:16:05Z
I won’t lie; it’s a little dispiriting to head into a second consecutive holiday season uncertain whether it’s wise, epidemiologically speaking, to make merry. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z
Bing does a little globetrotting here, adding songs with Irish and Hawaiian settings, but it’s basically that warm Crosby baritone making merry and bright. Bing Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Crosby 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z
And then we make merry with the fife and drum players of Mississippi hill country as they celebrate one of America's oldest forms of music. T Magazine ? Travel Issue ? Summer 2012 ? The New York Times 2012-03-22T18:59:28Z
Surprisingly, his widow attended a dinner party on the very day of his death, and there, though her eyes were still red with tears, she laughed and made merry. Milan Kundera’s new novel feels so very French 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z
Here, the nostalgic merrymaking of the music fitted oddly with the bright ribbon of young string players ringing the Kronos players, and the amplification created a tinny, booming sound. Music Review: Kronos Quartet’s Wide Interests Project From the Stage 2014-03-30T22:19:45Z
From the street, the windows of the corner dining room captured the kind of merrymaking crowd competitors would kill to host. Wine and whimsy make a perfect match at the French-inspired Primrose 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z
I seldom want to make merry with strangers... Tips, links and suggestions: Tell us about the books you are reading today 2013-01-08T15:28:03Z
In Act I, a sense of real revelry, as opposed to compulsory merrymaking, animates Prince Siegfried’s birthday party. Sets Featuring Fonteyn, the Cunningham Company and Others 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z
But the clown mischief is sturdy, and Goodwin and cohorts make merry with it. Review: 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona' ? bromancing buddies and their gals 2010-03-25T21:47:00Z
If Ms. Fleming and Mr. Sills could communicate this bond — and if Mr. Sills can lose enough of his thick Italian accent so as to communicate at all — the merrymaking might just matter. In ‘Living on Love,’ Renée Fleming Moves Beyond Opera 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z
Picture windows pull in streams of light and catch diners on the small patio, merrymaking in a silent movie. Review | Rasika veterans serve memorable ‘Indian-ish’ food and drink at Daru 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z
While audience members drank and made merry, the stage goings on were almost uniformly serious and severe, with many short pieces seeming more like repetitive movement studies than fully conceptualized performances. Dance Review: A Dance Grab Bag at La MaMa 2010-06-13T22:44:00Z
As New York City crawls toward reopening, even as momentous protests fill the streets, the formal events industry, predicated on people assembling en masse for merrymaking or shared purpose, remains in the dark. Party Planners on Pause, Awaiting Revelry’s Return 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z
Yes, you want to make merry, but mainly you want to live long, and nearly everything in the show reflects that sentiment. Small Shows at the Metropolitan Museum 2010-08-05T22:21:00Z
Classic lines like “Bah, humbug!” and mentions of “making merry” are mixed with pointed anachronisms. ‘A Christmas Carol, Oy! Hanukkah, Merry Kwanzaa’ 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z
"The merrymaking, camaraderie, and liters of suds are what draw Müncheners and visitors alike," says Jabado. The Best Events Of The Year 2011-02-02T18:45:00Z
His characters make merry, but the punchline is often a jolt of existential dread. Artist of the week 148: Ryan Mosley 2011-07-28T11:11:44Z
In big cities, the merrymaking involving the playful splashing of water took place at designated high-security pavilions. Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z
Late Saturday, Buckingham Palace announced details of a three-day merrymaking jamboree that will rival Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee last June. Buckingham Palace Sets 3-Day Coronation Weekend for King Charles III 2023-01-21T05:00:00Z
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday that Mr. Biden was returning to Washington to attend White House meetings and participate in holiday merrymaking before flying back at 8:55 p.m. Biden’s multiple same-day trips between Washington, Delaware are costly for taxpayers 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z
It’s a day when we suspend our ordinary habits and set aside our prudence to spend an entire day eating, drinking and making merry — or at least watching football. Perspective | The climate impact of the Thanksgiving meal might surprise you 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z
It’s a list that includes office parties, family get-togethers, potlucks, pop-ins and night outs that seem to be making merry for everything — and everybody — but them. 15 gifts to make December birthdays feel special 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z
Two years later, shortly after the state passed a law to lower the eligibility for an open carry license, the right-wing governor tweeted a picture of himself making merry at a gun range. Texas Republicans loosened gun laws and slashed mental health funding before Uvalde shooting 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z
She added that people were so exhausted and there was no "merrymaking". Nurses and teachers anger over MP's lockdown drink comment 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z
Beyond the merrymaking, he is also facing scandals involving the costly interior decoration of his Downing Street apartment and his ill-fated defense of an ethically challenged Conservative lawmaker. A Pandemic Party Again Has Boris Johnson in the Hot Seat 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z
We eat, drink and make merry as if we'll be dead in only a few years. Three ways to be more rational this year 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z
A smattering of other “Real Housewives” doyennes make merry cameo appearances. Call him Mr. Christmas Movie: Meet the man behind your holiday favorites 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z
There were only several hundred Baylor fans there to share in the merrymaking, and the traditional confetti shower was a do-it-yourself exercise. Houston Hangs On and Reaches the Final Four 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z
Healthcare workers are bracing for a surge in infections following holiday merrymaking. Philippines prolongs partial coronavirus curbs in Manila to Jan 31 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z
They eat, drink and make merry with their new friends — they even celebrate Champa’s birthday on the beach together. Who is Ravi Patel? And why is he so happy? 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z
After a few days making merry in the grand old style, Jürgen Klopp takes his troops over to Manchester City today to thank them personally for losing at Chelsea last week. Manchester City v Liverpool: Premier League – live! 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z
Mr Howell said it was "absolutely appalling" that "gangs of people were out trying to make merry without any concern for social distancing" following the easing of the coronavirus lockdown measures. Trespassers swimming in "highly toxic" lake 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z
The world’s 1.9 billion Muslims celebrate the holiday from one sighting of the crescent moon to the next, with daytime fasting and nighttime merrymaking that culminates in Eid al-Fitr, which this year fell on Sunday. The Pandemic Upends Islam’s Holiest Month 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z
There was urgency to the ban in early April, when new cases of the coronavirus were ballooning and a holiday notorious for alcohol-fueled merrymaking was looming. No joy for Thai drinkers as ban on alcohol sales extended 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z
It is Thailand’s biggest holiday and is notorious for merrymaking and drinking, which contributes to a spike in traffic deaths. Thailand bans sale of alcoholic drinks in war on COVID-19 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z
They are happy and making merry like it’s Christmas — “they” referring to people who support making the District of Columbia the 51st state. D.C. statehood vote that counts 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z
The promotional video of the existing London location celebrated an opulent display of fine dining and merrymaking that was jarring amid all the talk of impending doom. Reform capitalism or face revolution, billionaires are told at Milken Conference 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z
And perhaps befitting a holiday that observant Jews celebrate with merrymaking, mockery and satire, critics of the administration greeted the comparison with a round of guffaws. In Purim interview, Pompeo suggests Trump is on mission from God to save Jewish people 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
Fat Tuesday marks the final day of the season of revelry and costumed merrymaking that began on Jan. 6. The Latest: Bundled up for cold New Orleans Mardi Gras 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z
Thousands of people gathering in New Orleans will celebrate Mardi Gras with parades, bead-throwing fun and costumed merrymaking in the streets. 10 Things to Know for Today 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z
Officials have urged centralized fireworks displays to discourage wild and sometimes fatal merrymaking. World welcomes 2019 with prayers, politics, music and fireworks 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z
The winter holidays are risky times for driving, with more cars on the roads, often-adverse weather and a higher-than-usual number of people making merry with alcohol. Perspective | Five myths about New Year’s Eve 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z
Tsai said she told him how his show gave her goosebumps from start to finish, and they made merry about this week’s launch. Lauren Tsai on her Marc Jacobs collaboration, new book and Marvel comic book covers - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z
The group makes merry before and after competition at the oval. New mass start event spices up speedskating at Olympics 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z
It also is celebrated as Twelfth Night, a time of merrymaking. New Year’s specialties on D.C. are restaurant menus 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z
But lately, when visiting friends for December merrymaking, I’ve noticed something missing:... Mistletoe Is an Endangered Species 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z
He superficially sets himself against the global forces of reaction while they make merry on his servers. Do we really want Mark Zuckerberg to run the world? | John Harris 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z
He shared his stunt on Twitter and then with The Financial Times, prompting merrymaking about Mr. Staley’s gullibility. James Staley’s Series of Unfortunate Events 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z
“If I say I’m a chimp, I am a chimp,” one riff begins, as Gervais makes merry with the culture of identity as self-assertion – and scores dependable laughs with rudimentary monkey business too. Ricky Gervais's transgender jokes show we're all in a kind of transition 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z
Shrove Tuesday, known in Britain as Pancake Day, was traditionally the last day for merrymaking before the start of Lent. Flipping heck: Timer glitch mars trans-Atlantic pancake race 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z
As my mother was a Jehovah’s Witness, my childhood was devoid of all the usual opportunities for merrymaking. A new year that changed me: I gave up weed – and became a book addict instead | Kit de Waal 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z
While the event has grown in size, it has remained largely the same for about the last decade, with the choir and a small band leading the merrymaking. After Terror, Berlin Finds Comfort and Joy in a Soccer Club’s Ritual 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z
Hundreds of partygoers were making merry in formal attire. Wall Street holiday parties are back...but don't tell anyone 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z
Arranged as usual in a configuration reminiscent of "The Brady Bunch," their animated characters also pop up in the segment while they make merry. Paul McCartney, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots, and 'Sing' cast are simply having a wonderful Christmastime 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z
Saturday: SantarchyDC is a simple concept: Hundreds of people donning cheap Santa Claus suits and walking around the city, making merry, handing out gifts and singing carols. 12 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of Dec. 9-11 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z
Many more, I suspect, are finding it difficult to contemplate making merry at Christmas. Forget red and green: Make it a blue holiday instead 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z
Did the merrymaking in Florida win us friends and increased respect in Latin America, Europe or elsewhere? Mr. Castro’s death and Cuba’s future 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z
Television programmers are once again making merry by unleashing a veritable blizzard of holiday-themed fare. When, where to watch your favorite holiday TV movies and specials 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z
“No doubt she was a woman made miserable by the confines of royalty. She also made merry within them.” 'The Crown' and the True History of Princess Margaret's Doomed Romance 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z
You want to make merry of this Olympics? The International Olympics Committe prohibits press from making GIFs 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z
But then the clouds will be blown away by the sight of French people making merry, something that in November seemed might never happen again. Column: Football part of France’s post-terror regeneration 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z
Local elected officials are dancing and making merry like it’s Christmas because of a liberal staple they splayed on the merger table. Utility costs in D.C. to increase with Pepco merger 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z
After calling his brother, he decided that it was time for lunch and a glass of wine; Kojima came along, and Vacanti kept exhorting him to make merry. The Stem-Cell Scandal 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z
An aggressive batsman by nature, he made merry at the crease for over six and a half hours. Pranav Dhanawade: The Indian boy who scored a record 1,009 runs - BBC News 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z
Let the fervid pursue their fervour and let the half-hearted make merry. A Point of View: Have yourself a very Jewish Christmas - BBC News 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z
Before long, over a thousand costumed revelers were headed off to bar-hop and make merry through Brooklyn and Manhattan. Saint Nicks get into the holiday spirits; some SantaCon revelers dressed as snow globes, gifts 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z
“I went to Studio 54 when I was young and made merry and whoopie,” she said. Let's move the Time Warp again: how a techno festival fell foul of New York's gentrification war 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z
Others dance to live music and drink huge amounts of liquor both in and outside the church in raucous merrymaking. AP PHOTOS: Devils, Indians invade Nicaraguan capital for annual Santo Domingo festival 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z
But while the sheep are making merry in the Farmer's house, disaster strikes. 'Shaun the Sheep' absurdly amusing for all ages 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z
Stewart has made merry with the consternation Trump has caused within the Republican Party, as well as Jeb Bush's White House campaign, the Bush family dynasty and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Jon Stewart steps away from comedy gold as U.S. election heats up 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z
More than a few askew the more make merry. Bronx Cocktail 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z
The battle moves back into town, where throwing is replaced by drinking, along with dancing and general merrymaking. The 12 Coolest Cultural Festivals Worth Traveling For This Summer 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z
He essentially said that “You do not have to worry about tomorrow, just live, eat, make merry today”. Read TIME's Exclusive Interview with Narendra Modi 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z
She is tussled from a night of merrymaking but without a second thought. New Gucci designer debuts as Milan celebrates youth 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z
Besides, there is no dancing or singing or making merry like Christmas in “Selma.” DEBORAH SIMMONS: Oscar, ‘Selma’ and ‘Scandal’ 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z
Shrove Tuesday, widely known in Britain as Pancake Day, is traditionally the last day for merrymaking before the start of Lent. English mother, daughter to watch Kansas leg of pancake race 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z
Other men dress up with painted faces and make merry at houses in the town to bring luck for the following year. England's strange winter rituals 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z
After the victory, as a newspaper reported, "fireworks were lit, balloons sent up, pigeons released and the Mohammedans of Calcutta made merry till late in the night". India's iconic football club facing closure 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z
I'll certainly ponder this next time I'm tempted to make merry with the white sugar. Are the British too hooked on comfort food? 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z
On Tuesday, when Colombia drubbed Japan, police reported just one violent death associated with World Cup merrymaking. Colombia mayors regulate World Cup merrymaking 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z
Whatever the reason, folks seem to stockpile for a holiday of merrymaking. How to Curb Your Holiday Vices 2013-12-02T18:50:00Z
Equally, their bowlers failed to cope with what happened afterwards as he made merry, hay and hell. 'Agar? He didn't stand out for Henley CC' 2013-07-11T16:17:06Z
Let us laugh and make merry, for we are on the eve of a new era.... IHT Rendezvous: Hark! The Herald of Christmas Past 2012-12-25T10:15:14Z
Ah, the Christmas toy; the dark side of the season, the perfect antidote to all the merrymaking. Furby shortage causes despair for Christmas shoppers 2012-12-21T15:36:11Z
And all the Giants lovers in the town of San Francisco ate and drank and made merry far into the night. Prince & the Panda: A Not-So-Grimm World Series Fairy Tale 2012-10-28T12:50:05Z
He re-entered the church for evening song, while the prince and the mourners returned to the palace to make merry and be glad.  The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z
Good faith, they are making merry by their fireside, though curfew has tolled long since. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z
Drink and forget, make merry and boast, But the boast rings false and the jest is thin. Poetry of the Supernatural 2012-04-22T02:00:10.897Z
Suddenly, above the noise of the revellers, came a shrill whistle, and as if by magic the din of merrymaking gave place to an almost oppressive silence. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z
The people are fond of pleasure and amusement, of games and festivals, and laugh and make merry to-day, and think not of to-morrow. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z
The men above were making merry in a boisterous way. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z
The First Speaker The war is finished, and we can make merry once more. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
It's really a nuisance, it does seem a shame That just as Nurse G. is prepared to make merry With two such sweet bantlings this Spook spoils the game! Punch, or the London Charivari, November 4th 1893 2012-04-07T02:00:30.293Z
With few exceptions the townspeople welcomed the change, the whole place being given up to unrestrained merrymaking. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z
Might he not have risen in wrath out of his sarcophagus to see these frivolous moderns thus making merry in the place of his sepulture? From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z
With the cacique he made merry, treating the natives to a small quantity of Spanish wine, they in return bringing in fruits, bread, fish, and flesh. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 2012-04-03T02:00:36.237Z
You have become a stranger to your friends; you shun merrymakings; you keep away from the marketplace and from the dwellings of men. Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes 2012-04-10T02:00:19.943Z
Cornelison’s ship happened to be in the port, and they rejoiced and made merry with their old companions, who had long given them up for lost. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z
His office was unpopular and odious and the wags of the day made merry with qualities, which at any other time would have commanded respect. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z
"To think that this is Plymouth, with merrymaking in its street on Christmas day!" exclaimed Desire, her eyes kindling with pleasure. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z
Thus he was for reform in Parliament when Parliamentary reform was a theme supposed to be dead and buried; when Palmerston had trampled on its ashes, and Disraeli had made merry over its coffin. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z
To think that men made merry in this room. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z
A large party of fierce-looking men, with pistols in their belts and cutlasses lying by them, were seated round a rude table, feasting and making merry over their wine beakers. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z
At eventide she ascended the wooden steps of the shieling, and sending the women to make merry with their friends without, hungrily watched over her child. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z
The most noted were the Greater and Lesser Dionysia, the Liberalia, and the Bacchanalia, where the wildest merrymaking and license were freely indulged in by all participants. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z
All the young girls in the neighborhood meet together and make merry on the happy occasion. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z
The Gipsies of old Stamboul were trying to lure me down from my fastness to make merry with them among the tombs. The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople 2012-03-26T02:00:38.077Z
They therefore resolve to wait until night and in the meantime to make merry. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z
Green branches and tissue-paper frills decorated the entrance; within, some sort of merrymaking was in progress. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z
Then there was a large grass house inside which many ghosts were making merry. Legends of Gods and Ghosts (Hawaiian Mythology) Collected and Translated from the Hawaiian 2012-03-21T02:00:33.043Z
So the Pinkies and the Blues marched side by side into the City and there was great rejoicing and music and dancing and feasting and games and merrymaking that lasted for three full days. Sky Island Being the Further Exciting Adventures of Trot and Cap'n Bill after Their Visit to the Sea Fairies 2012-03-17T02:01:04.773Z
Through him men and women and children have died of want; unhappiness and misery have gone through the land—and all the while he has been eating and drinking and making merry.' The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z
There is great rejoicing—feasting, merrymaking, hearty thanksgiving. Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman 2012-03-15T02:00:30.867Z
They give themselves up to mirth and merrymaking. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z
In his mission-work he was tirelessly energetic, self-sacrificing, devoted; on the other hand, he was as fond of merrymaking as a boy. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z
Aranka, feeling herself out of danger when she had only a married man to deal with, had quite regained her childish gaiety, and was making merry with the bridegroom. The Slaves of the Padishah 2012-03-06T03:00:24.060Z
We had four days in which to make merry and gather the roses; after that, who knows? The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z
The procession itself was easily rehabilitated, but the arbours on Kingsland, where the day was spent in merrymaking, called for much attention. The Influence and Development of English Gilds As Illustrated by the History of the Craft Gilds of Shrewsbury 2012-03-05T03:00:14.443Z
Why should he make merry over my brother who has wasted his living? The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z
So the youths took away the ox and killed it and feasted and made merry. Black Tales for White Children 2012-02-28T03:00:29.837Z
At night as he lay and mourned, he heard sounds of merrymaking, and music and laughter from the castle. The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde and Other Stories 2012-02-26T03:00:15.647Z
Professor Huxley made merry over the sentimentalists who picture the simple dignity of primitive man. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z
It never struck her that at such a moment men could be found who were capable of making merry. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z
Elder Son: Lo, these many years do I serve thee; neither have I at any time disobeyed thee, yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z
They are making merry over me in your servants' hall. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z
The symbol is an allusion to the old custom of going about on that night begging drink to make merry with. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z
"Well, then, have you, has any one heard these dead sailormen making merry--God save the mark--since that shed has been disused?" The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z
In Norfolk, as elsewhere, a “sell” is a word in current slang used for an imposture or a cheat, and doubtless Borrow meant to make merry with the credulous.  The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z
The people are making merry in the midst of all the pomp and luxury of the court. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z
The jolly sailor boys, the pretty peasant girls, all lent helping hands, and soon the merrymaking on board the gayly lighted ship began. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z
Sunshine and joy—and the baby—filled the world; the mother sang, laughed, and made merry. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
Nor were they very lonely, they added, for every Saturday the boys from the valley came up to hunt wild beasts, and then all made merry. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z
The grass and corn grew lush, but the light of the dandelions was quite extinguished, and it seemed that only a long time back had we made merry before the broad glare of these flowers. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z
It was meet that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found. The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children 2012-03-03T03:00:18.597Z
But here was Morton in present fact, something taller, it seemed, and a good deal heavier, well dressed in a rather vivid way, and making merry over his aunt's devotion. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z
This little knot of friends called themselves "The Five of Clubs," and met often to make merry and to discuss the things of life. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
His usually pale face was a little flushed; he was speaking rather thickly, and there came at intervals a small hiccough, which indicated that he had been making merry. Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z
He sat down, ate and drank and made merry, and behaved himself like the rest of the company; and living many years after, continued in the same health which he had gained. Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England 2011-12-19T03:00:41.437Z
"Give us some song," he said to the assembled company, "that we may make merry, for the night is yet young." By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z
When they are heated I will prepare a drink for them, and intoxicate them, so that they make merry, that they may sleep an everlasting sleep, and awake no more. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z
She and her "chief Vice" were always making merry together; when their flint and steel struck, the flash was laughter. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z
A few hours afterwards, the three friends had all but forgotten their perilous adventure among the snow, or remembered it only to make merry over it. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z
The show also frequently makes merry with “Nutcracker” allusions. | New Jersey: George Street Hosts Parody, ?The Nutcracker and I? 2011-12-10T00:25:12Z
So it happened that, whilst Rhys and the rest were making merry, William was half the time lost in thought, and one or other rallied him on his unsociability, as they considered it. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z
The bestowal of the rank of the table companion conferred the right to eat at or near the table of the king, and occasionally to make merry with him. The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) 2011-12-15T03:00:18.317Z
Tom's naturally good-humoured face wore an expression of unwonted gloom, and there was that in his air and general bearing which accorded ill with a time of feasting and making merry. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z
After this preliminary, Hamlet calls for wine and bids the players make merry. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z
Then he apportioned them the half of his riches and, after much feasting and merrymaking, the heroes took their brides and their riches and bidding the King farewell started homewards. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z
When I was young I remember that Pulitzer founded a school of journalism, and all newspaper editors made merry—they knew that journalism could only be learned in practice. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z
He made merry at the expense of his critics, or bewailed the perversity of their opposition; but he always encouraged them to "lay on." The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z
The marriage feast lasted fifteen days, and all Byzantium kept holiday and high festival; no business was thought of in the city, save that of eating and drinking and making merry. Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends 2011-11-24T03:00:40.487Z
It sounds like that man in the Bible—the man who had his barns full, all he wanted to eat and drink, and so he made merry. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z
And they ate and drank and made merry; after which they rested that night on soft beds and couches. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z
Meantime, around him the people were still making merry in the darkness that had ensued; Mara, with her companions, was dancing and singing through the rock-paved streets as they turned homeward. Under the Shadow of Etna Sicilian Stories from the Italian of Giovanni Verga 2011-11-12T03:00:38.073Z
The preacher brought the bill of sale of the "True Blue" claim, as he had named it; and that evening they had him in to join them in making merry over the can of oysters. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z
Such violent fights are authentically reported at merrymakings of the time, and as the aristocratic leader of such a brawl, Neidhart no doubt would find his subsequent residence among the peasants uncongenial. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z
The roar of the merrymaking without swept into the quiet passages like a titanic purr of satisfaction. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z
When he had got among them, he became in a moment beautiful like the others; and he joined in their games, and laughed, and made merry. Old Celtic Romances 2011-11-19T03:00:26.863Z
They climbed the parapets of the earthworks, and gloated and made merry over the scene of suffering. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z
Judith herself was accustomed to make merry over the whole matter of sweethearts and rhymed messages and little tender gifts; but Prudence was sensitive, and Judith was careful not to wound her by indiscreet questioning. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z
He appears to have been himself one of the people, a poet who possibly made his living by reciting poems of incident, and by singing at their merrymakings, though of this there is no evidence. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z
All around that clubhouse Sunday night, Freese’s manager and peers interrupted their merrymaking long enough to praise Freese to anyone who asked, and predict even greater things from him in the World Series and beyond. Cardinals See Greater Things Ahead for Freese 2011-10-18T00:24:10Z
With these, and cranberry-sauce in plenty, also bread, pork, and tea, we made merry around a cheerful fire. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z
The powerful orator, the earnest pleader, becomes the charming and attractive host, full of anecdote, censuring whatever is vile, but ever ready to make merry over what is grotesque.... Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z
There will be a heap of corpses, and the bureaucracy will make merry with their samovars and their brandy on the battle-field. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z
Neidhart assumes a flippant tone about matters of conduct, but his treatment of the summer merrymakings is usually innocent and agreeable. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z
“Alas!” said the stranger, “the foolish make merry while the eye of the Lord is yet upon them.” The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
They escape their pursuing enemies, thus making merry with the tragic conclusion of The Royal Mischief and using the same theatrical machinery that was being employed in Brutus of Alba. The Female Wits 2011-09-28T02:00:23.247Z
Soon to the music of old Cato's fiddle, the boys and girls were making merry by dancing the Virginia reel. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z
To his right the Second and Third Cavalry, fighting dismounted too, are making merry music. Campaigning with Crook and Stories of Army Life 2011-09-21T02:00:34.517Z
In the meanwhile let us be joyful and make merry! The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z
And there he drank and sang and made merry, clinking many a glass with the damsel that was jealous. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
Every nook and corner had been searched for plate, jewellery, and money, paintings had been ruthlessly torn down, furniture broken and burned, and Russian troopers had made merry in many a handsome drawing-room. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z
He looks like a good boy?” asked Mr. Fabian, when the young pair were toasted and all had made merry over the capture of the two. Polly and Her Friends Abroad 2011-09-18T02:00:29.443Z
“I’ll take the queen’s pearl necklace!” and 76 young hearts made merry of the pearls that had cost so many lives and so much misery. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z
Yes, you shall all have a bowl of punch, to make merry for her wedding, and I am going into the house to write about the clothes. Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z
The Duke and his friends were much astonished at the simplicity of these peasants who sang and made merry when all around them was an army ready to do battle. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
The people made merry, for ere long they might be cut down by a foeman's steel. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z
They were making merry at his discomfiture, before they did something worse. Wang the Ninth The Story of a Chinese Boy 2011-09-12T02:00:25.620Z
When the marriage was over, the day was spent in feasting and merrymaking. Stories of Great Musicians 2011-09-10T02:00:28.157Z
Each man on these frontiers has lost some one, and we make merry lest God might think that we murmur at our service. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z
Sometimes, for days together, she would be left alone in the house, while Dame Martha and Margaret dressed themselves up in all their finery, and went off to fairs and merrymakings in the neighboring town. The Old-Fashioned Fairy Book 2011-09-09T02:01:11.180Z
With the scant provisions found, several of the regiments made merry during the morning, while others pursued their devastating work. The Great War in England in 1897 2011-09-20T02:00:17.083Z
The others did not trouble themselves about the matter, but continued to make merry. 'Midst the Wild Carpathians 2011-09-09T02:00:57.830Z
Every one is singing, piping, and making merry. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z
If a man who has been born poor would drink and make merry, he must first renounce his pride. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z
The glory of that age lies less in thoughtless merrymaking than in a brave and steady struggle—with the elements, with circumstances, and with fellow-man. Chaucer and His England 2011-09-01T02:00:19.940Z
Then there is a great feast in the village and all make merry. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z
The men who were off duty often made merry in their own quarters, and in dull times it is supposed that they essayed to keep their spirits up by pouring spirits down. The Claw 2011-08-31T02:01:30.563Z
He is fond of merrymakings, drunken assemblies, doctors' visits, and children's feasts. The Standard Galleries - Holland 2011-09-06T02:00:08.153Z
On St. Patrick's Day they give themselves a holiday, and make merry,—those of them, at least, who still remain in the old Catholic Church. Holidays & Happy-Days 2011-08-27T02:00:21.840Z
They were making merry in a strange tongue, and their boisterous mirth was an offense to him. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z
Laugh with the sun, muse with the silver showers; Laugh and make merry, Spring is all too fleet, And soon will dance away on flower-loved feet. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z
Why a man could in no wise make merry. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z
"Mr. Wallingford wants us to eat, drink and make merry on the United Sales Recording Machine Company of New Jersey," he told them as he wrote. Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford 2011-08-11T02:00:13.017Z
A cackle of feeble laughter floated back to the room as if the departing Knickerbockers were still making merry on the stairway to the other world. The ghosts of their ancestors 2011-08-08T02:00:20.667Z
Unnumbered Frenchmen ate and drank, and made merry, and bought and sold; married their children and buried their parents, not knowing that France was giving a shock to all mankind for all time to come. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z
The men must have thought that they had never had so silent and grave a pleasure party before: two elderly gentlemen and two girls, none of whom seemed inclined to make merry in any way. The Lost Heir 2011-08-07T02:00:09.367Z
The next morning the Christmas chimes rang out, and there were houses full of happy children making merry over Christmas gifts. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z
You had given me leave, as you know, to join the merrymaking at Zabie and pick up a few coppers with my bagpipe. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z
The night was far spent when we crept softly about the stockade of that heathen village, but men drunk with palm wine made merry within, doubtless boasting how they had slain our leader. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z
We will take you on horseback, and when we have caught the shaveling we will make merry together out of the ducat. The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister 2011-07-23T02:00:09.843Z
Then came the merrymaking and the feasting in cabins decked with bunting, for no green stuff was available for decorating. The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the ?Discovery? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.487Z
Den who got time for make merry, eh? Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z
"You would find only wolves to make merry at your bidding, if that is it--why, the forest is utterly uninhabited!" For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z
And, in a short space, there began the dance, joyous and gay, and at it every one, because of the happy festival, made merry. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z
The Indians had a large plot which they used for feasts and a place where they made merry when the feasts were over. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z
We British know better than you how to make merry. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z
And the wine was passed, and the people made merry, and finally a deep sleep fell upon them all. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z
Lady Washington joined her husband in February, and there was an added dignity to 197 the kettledrums and merrymakings in consequence. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z
Wherefore I made merry, and ceased to grieve, for I would be joyous, since my sweet lady so ordained. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z
Smith satisfied them with less dangerous trinkets, and left them dancing and singing and making merry. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z
Well, take it, make merry with it, gamble it away with good comrades. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z
They squeezed him in somehow at the end of the table with the doctor, and the two made merry together like school boys. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z
It seems as though the city hath gone wild with merrymaking. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z
They have monster taps and rooms in which the excursionists sit and drink and make merry according to their custom.  Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z
As another war Christmas approached there was little heart to make merry, but for the sake of the children the older people felt that an appearance of festivity was necessary. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z
The wind was fair and the passage short; and when he was come into his own land again, his liege lord rejoiced and made merry. Tales from the Old French 2011-07-09T02:00:12.200Z
A youthful scion—fair, blue-eyed, mirthful—makes merry in the old halls of his race. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z
While Eustace was making merry over his friend’s letter, the rector was cogitating over a very different style of communication, though from the same source. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z
It was old Mads the turnkey making merry with his nephews and the young fellows from the village who were to keep watch with him. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z
“They dance and make merry,” said the leader. Tales from the Veld 2011-07-05T02:00:29.217Z
They accordingly set to work to make merry over their plunder. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z
O dear old friend, who used to quote this, and make merry over Governor Tarbox, where art thou now? Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z
“All right,” said the latter; “now look to yourself,” and mounting his horse he overtook the rest, who had been making merry over their friend’s eccentricity. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z
So long, however, as she makes merry with that clique, her foot shall never cross my threshold. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z
The young London barristers who followed the circuit made haste to fraternise with the theatrical folk, and a sort of little colony came into being in which everyone rejoiced and made merry. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z
And who may this be that you have got to come and make merry with you, while I ... and for your expenses too.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. III (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:15.707Z
They whistled, laughed, made merry with the gentleman out of livery next door, and established a confidential communication with the housemaid over the way. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z
All have made merry over the extravagances of melodrama and "problem" plays; the vanity and the mistakes of actors, actresses and dramatists; and the blunderings of the average playgoer. Mr. Punch at the Play Humours of Music and the Drama 2011-06-29T02:00:22.990Z
Meg going one day with her neighbours to make merry, a miller near Epping looking out, the boy they had with them, about fourteen years old, said—"Put out, miller, put out." Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z
Here scores of parties chatted and made merry, talking over the prospects of the horses in the great race of the year. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z
The feelings of the party rose in cheerfulness: they ate and drank and made merry, and repeatedly declared that they had never passed more pleasant moments. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z
He is a born musician, genial, sociable, loving to dance, sing, and make merry among his companions. The Friars in the Philippines 2011-06-17T02:00:20.100Z
After the temporary scare of the snake had passed, the picnic party made merry, laughing and talking as they enjoyed the lunch the girls had put up. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise The Cave in the Mountains 2011-06-16T02:00:18.377Z
The one party making merry upon the fat of that goodly land, the other feeding upon the husks and smarting under a scourge each several lash of which was an intolerable "grievance." The Story of Bacon's Rebellion 2011-06-16T02:00:14.737Z
They made merry around the carcases, eating such a quantity of meat that their bodies swelled until they looked like ticks on the dewlap of a cow in summer. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z
On the score of these great hopes they already made merry, and each thought it needless and stingy to retain a single groschen of money in his purse. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z
Clark’s tall figure stole noiselessly into the 186 great hall, where the Creoles were making merry and leaned silently with folded arms against the doorpost, looking on at the revels with a grave smile. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z
On his way home he fell in with townsmen and neighbours, and made merry, and drank, and chattered of all he had seen in the town. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z
As a rule, the tramps were as careless and jolly as Béranger’s Bohemians, and laughed and made merry as if the world and its hardships were but jests. A Canterbury Pilgrimage 2011-06-13T02:00:24.520Z
I survive it all; I eat, drink, make merry—am feasted, courted, and adored, and all because I don't let affairs of the heart vex me. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z
He hurried towards it and pressed through a crowd of beggar-women with their faces bound up, leaving only two openings for the eyes, over whom he had formerly so often made merry. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z
But he never joined in their games, and sat apart when the young folk made merry, as if he scorned such childish pastimes and longed to be a man in all things. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z
To these recalcitrant spirits, license and a rough sort of merrymaking became the order of the hour. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z
"In other houses people call in numbers to help them make merry; here we are merry when the people go!" A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z
The chuck-box was broken open and ransacked for a butcher-knife; then as Buck went off to trim away the ribs of the cook's beef, Hardy Atkins and his friends made merry with the quiet company. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z
Grouped around their belfry-towers and organized within their gilds, they made merry in their free jocular language over their own hardships, and still more over the vices of their lords. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z
But one could see that he was in no mood for merrymaking and family festivity; whenever he withdrew into a corner he left off smiling and knitted his bushy black brows. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z
It seemed to take no notice of them, and the reaction made merry at these supposed discoveries. History of the Commune of 1871 2011-05-07T02:00:33.113Z
I fancy the fairies make merry, With thorns for their knives and forks; They have currants for bottles of sherry, And the little brown heads are the corks. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z
The guests began to eat and drink, and to make merry. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z
They will make merry for a long time. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z
In winter-time “a noisy crew” made merry upon the icy surface of the lake. The Lure of the Camera 2011-04-27T02:00:25.413Z
We made merry for a time, but presently it clearly became a case of “a drop too much,” and we sat up in despair.  The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk 2011-04-27T02:00:21.617Z
They completed their walk to the house of the hymeneal merrymaking in a bitter silence, both very miserable. True and Other Stories 2011-04-26T02:00:27.117Z
They set out again along the edge of the army, stumbling across rough fields, crouching behind hedges, turning aside to avoid a lighted house where some officers were making merry. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z
Of all that great multitude which had been making merry, none remained. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure 2011-04-30T02:00:12.743Z
One day, a young man whose name was Really Black Raven Feather was walking along the beach, and he saw a group of boys making merry with a kid. Indian Legends Retold 2011-04-21T02:00:49.077Z
It would be easy to make merry over the prophetical books by quoting passages; but it is a pious duty to refrain from so doing. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z
She poured saké, she made merry with the good company. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z
Each lord returned to his castle, and all their tenants made merry. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z
Baron Suyematsu again laughed boisterously, as one who can afford to make merry at an extravagant idea. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z
I found the house fall of visitants, chiefly young people about my own age, all making merry, and had little difficulty in being admitted of their crew. Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 2011-04-09T02:00:09.087Z
He was like the marsh fire in fair weather; Though in foul, we made merry together. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z
When the company returned to Ballamona they sat down to eat and drink and make merry, for "excessive sorrow is exceeding dry." The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z
Then a sound of merrymaking came up from the whole valley. Granny's Wonderful Chair & Its Tales of Fairy Times 2011-04-12T02:00:26.413Z
The news would set the bells ringing in every steeple in Axholme; there would be bonfires on every hill and mound, and feasting and merrymaking in every manor house and farm and cottage. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z
But o'er his last passenger rivals made merry. Punch 1893.07.29 2011-04-01T02:00:37.493Z
Why had he left his abode and descended upon the peaceful merrymaking of the Terminalia? Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z
She even insulted me with vile words: called me the cub of a conspirator; while Jermyn, and Holland, and others of the young lords in her company, made merry at my expense. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z
The gentlemen, who breakfasted with us that morning, laughed and made merry over the rations, and told me of the mule meat that was soon to be served up to us. My Cave Life in Vicksburg With Letters of Trial and Travel 2011-03-30T02:00:13.113Z
He was attended by several men, who did not enter my dungeon, but made merry in the chamber adjoining mine. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. Walks and Words of Jesus A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists 2011-03-26T02:00:17.857Z
There was a call in the ringing of the hammer that drew him on faster than the merrymaking of Pan had, or the sound of battle. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z
Madame Lalande, hitherto such an enthusiastic Royalist, making merry, while the State Martyrs were scarce cold in their graves, and things looking black generally! No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z
"Yea! and we will kill the fatted calf, and slay the rams, and make merry." Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z
The Vavasour patrimony was lost, and all the ceremony and merrymaking of the day had been in honour of the heir of—Nothing. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z
Great was the pride of the people that the Princess had come amongst them in their merrymaking. The Stars in the Pool A Prose Poem for Lovers 2011-03-24T02:00:09.750Z
They forgot caution and opened the gates through which the men and women and children flocked out to the plain to make merry and exult over the defeat of the Greeks. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z
But these were reserved for the officers, who, in a somewhat similar fashion, were making merry inside. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z
But the night after, two or three people, who had been to some small merrymaking in a cottage just off the Meiros road, heard the sound as they were going home, soon after ten. The Terror A Mystery 2011-03-22T02:00:24.957Z
Had your disappearance anything to do with this merrymaking? The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z
Hoitle-mattee is made merry—the contract for removal is spread before the seven chiefs—they all sign it: and the juggle is complete. Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land 2011-03-22T02:00:20.123Z
Then the fauns danced in and made merry to the tunes that Pan played. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z
She could not withdraw it from that strong, ecstatic clutch, and as she started, protesting, to her feet, he rose too, overturning the reel; and the kittens made merry confusion in the methodical cuts. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z
On the night of Christmas Day, just when we were dancing around the tree, making merry and having a high-old-jinks of a time, the way children will, grandma came in and looked at us. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z
The elders among the people tell the stories at their merrymakings around the camp-fires and within their primitive houses, to amuse and instruct the youth and children. Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India 2011-03-14T03:01:03.290Z
Not I, for a truth, when every Frenchman in the farm was now dead or a prisoner of the Tartars, who caroused where yesterday we had made merry. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z
The reapers made merry so late that night, that they were quite willing to observe the ensuing Sabbath by resting most vigorously. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z
The common people, one and all, were given each a bag of golden coins that they too might make merry. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z
His father's friends made merry over his gambling ability. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z
Slinging the ball down from wide of the crease Yardy yielded wides and boundaries as O'Brien made merry. England's World Cup swamped by Ireland's green tide 2011-03-02T21:40:40Z
It was ridiculous to see whole companies of the Guard making merry over casks of French liqueur or wallowing like schoolgirls in boxes of sweetmeats. The Great White Army 2011-03-12T03:00:25.450Z
There is a certain strain of sadness in those quoted words of his, which surely never belonged to those “golden summer days” when he made merry with the three little Liddells. Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life 2011-03-01T03:00:47.317Z
He was very full of joke that night, telling wife and daughter of one or two little incidents which had happened to him during the day, and making merry exceedingly. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z
She chatters on gayly to the duke, losing sight of the fact of his rank, and laughing and making merry with him as though he were one of the ordinary friends of her life. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z
Thither thronged hundreds of peasant men and women, who danced and made merry till the early hours of the morning. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z
Men made merry, and forgot all the past and all the future. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z
Both the children--for children they still were with their respective sixteen and seventeen years--joked and made merry over their conceit, as such thoughtless young creatures will. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z
Cyril, on the contrary, becomes feverishly gay, and with his mad observations makes merry Lilian laugh heartily. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z
The prodigal had indeed returned, but friends and neighbours must not come and make merry yet—the fatted calf must not be killed till to-morrow. The Torn Bible Or Hubert's Best Friend 2011-02-09T03:00:51.890Z
Did the great god Pan yet live, in truth, and did he make merry o' summer nights in sylvan court and viney bower? A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z
Even the worst old "grind" in the college came out and looked on while the hilarious students made merry, even if he did not join in the riotous proceedings. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z
The bodies of the Martyrs were distributed in different places, and the people assembled and made merry, as the year came round, holding festival in their honour. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z
There is, besides, some talk of merrymaking at night-time, which fitly leads up to our introduction to Jessica in the next scene, and prepares us to hear of her intrigue with Lorenzo. Shakespeare in the Theatre 2011-01-30T03:00:17.973Z
From that day to the 21st there was a perpetual round of splendid festivities and general merrymaking at court and in the city. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z
And we feel desirous very Of imposing some restrictions On the humour that makes merry Over personal afflictions. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z
While the party was making merry in Traeger's, Dismal Jones wandered in. Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z
Meanwhile, the rabbits, aware of nothing, made merry and merrier. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z
In the grounds of Eden Hall is a spring called St Cuthbert’s Well, and the story is that one of the earliest of the Musgraves surprised the fairies feasting and making merry round the well. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" 2011-01-19T03:00:19.027Z
It seemed a prey to nameless terror, and, conscious of our own courage, we made merry over it. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z
From the break of day Till the vesper-bell rings clear, Of grave he makes merry and hastens to bury His cares in the butt'ry bier! Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z
It is kept as a general holiday of rejoicing and merrymaking. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z
After dancing and making merry, they all sat down at the table and the real feast began. Verotchka's Tales 2011-01-24T03:00:16.880Z
Almost to the very gates of Dublin, in the centre of what should have been pure English land, the merchants went riding Irish fashion, in Irish dress, and making merry with their forbidden Irish clients. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z
It was, therefore, decided that the very next time some neighbours gathered together to make merry, Jella should take part in the festivity. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z
Usually the festivities in connection with a peasant wedding in Norway are kept up for three days, and during the time there is much feasting and merrymaking among the friends of bride and bridegroom. The Evolution of Fashion 2011-01-06T03:00:44.710Z
Meanwhile, however, the secretary remained imperturbably tranquil as before, and so well aware of the true state of the case that he could afford to make merry over the madcap adventurers. What was the Gunpowder Plot? The Traditional Story Tested by Original Evidence 2011-01-03T03:01:06.770Z
She realised that everything she said was lost on him; that he even seized whatever opportunity offered to make merry at her expense. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z
It has seen them make merry in its halls, it has seen them pass. Nooks and Corners of Cornwall 2010-12-30T03:00:24.033Z
On the morrow there was again a party in the village, for it was carnival, the time of the year when good folks make merry. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z
They were always feasting and making merry in their tents. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z
A writer in an English paper also made merry of the celebration in Dublin, where a banquet was given to Sir Charles Bright, in an article bearing the ominous title: "Very like a whale!" The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph 2010-12-29T03:00:29.577Z
He might make merry as much as he pleased at Miss von Schwertfeger's expense, but the colonel stood on too high a plane to be the butt of his ridicule. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z
For all the Lent, the treacherous and trying weather, the wars and rumours of wars, Madrid enjoyed herself, ate, drank and made merry, flirted and gambled. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z
There they pitched their tents, and began to prepare their meal and make merry. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z
Party followed upon party, ball upon ball, theatricals upon concert: all threw open their doors to entertain their friends and make merry, in order to feel natural and normal after the incredible nightmare. The Hidden Force A Story of Modern Java 2010-12-24T03:00:34.823Z
Who were the people, now probably long dead, who had made merry over it? The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z
Did he want to make merry at her expense? The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z
A ghost which confines itself to the cellar and the garden need disturb neither the merrymaking nor the slumbers of the guests. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z
Some other friends had been asked to come and make merry with them on that evening. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z
“I found the treasure as well as thou, and have as much right to make merry with it.” Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z
With the miners' exit from their underground prison scheduled for as early as Tuesday night or Wednesday morning, the mood was less of merrymaking than of exhaustion and frazzled nerves. Miners' kin struggle with jealousy, rivalries on eve of rescue 2010-10-12T12:50:00Z
I come to make merry, and find a dour face as ill to meet as Calvin's own,—and, as for drink, the bowl is empty. A Blot on the Scutcheon
The festivities of All Hallows in Wales are in the main like those of other Christian lands, in so far as they consist of feasting and making merry. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z
After spending a month of merrymaking, he returned to Stockholm. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History
But he forgot altogether about his poor brother, who could only look on from afar, and see all the good people eating and drinking, and enjoying themselves, and making merry. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z
Don't make merry too soon," said he; "we haven't come to the end yet. The Undying Past
The crystal, however, was brought, the wine and the brandy were sent round, and the day-labourer made merry with his children. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13
It was broad day when she awoke and the birds in the forest were making merry music. The Princess Galva A Romance
One day Crundchu prepared himself to go to a great fair or assembly of the Ultonians, where there would be feasting and horse-racing, tournaments and music, and merrymaking of all kinds. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
For my father had married a gipsy girl whose beauty had taken him at a village merrymaking. Deep Moat Grange
Spite the Spy and his horde heard it as they feasted and made merry. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or shed tears. Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man
From the court came the sound of men and maids singing, as they made merry after the hot day's work. A Sister's Love A Novel
As the company were making merry, however, a beggar clad in rags and shod with clumsy old shoes came into the hall, carrying a bag, as beggars are wont to do. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
I made merry as if I had lost nothing, and carried myself as confidently and open-hearted as I had been no prisoner in the hands of my enemy but among my best friends. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim
But as the Brownies feared to attract the attention of the Doubt's crew who were yet on the island, they kept the sound of their merrymaking within bounds of their picket lines. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
The parents turn pale in the midst of their merrymaking, the mother's eyes fill with tears, and the father's head droops. Yiddish Tales
There they were received with great joy and rejoicing, and after that for several days there was feasting and merrymaking and pleasant sports of all sorts at the castle of the Fountain. The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions
They caroused and made merry in peace and amity, and Branwen became the bride or the Irish king. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race
As she made merry over my defective French, I quietly began to explain how grateful she ought to be that a sensible man conversed with her at all. The Children of the World
Not more than a dozen Pixies are on guard, the rest are beyond the demilune in the camp at supper, carousing, singing and making merry over Rodney's capture. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
I and my wife were what is called "taken into the boat," the little one in the middle, and we made merry till daylight. Yiddish Tales
Inside, the little piano in the parlor, played upon by the elder Miss Waddle, after her day's teaching, made merry music. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir
She laughed and made merry as she talked and Baby gurgled his appreciation. Cinderella Jane
No, but he bade the servants put shoes on his feet, and a ring on his finger, and kill the fatted calf, and make merry. Wondrous Love and other Gospel addresses
The soldiers rapidly recovered from their panic when they found they were not pursued; then, in right Brownie fashion, began to make merry over their own ridiculous flight. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
Do you suppose I engaged you for a merrymaking? Yiddish Tales
The breakfast was made merry by Jennie, who waged gentle warfare on Parker, whose preconceived ideas of the people resident on an Indian reservation had been shaken. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop
Stiffness could not exist under such conditions, and the grave scientists unbent from their dignity, and jested and made merry like a lot of school-boys. Bee and Butterfly A Tale of Two Cousins
When he was gone, the trio made merry with true holiday zest. A Romance in Transit
They were all in high feather, and were making merry yarns and jokes over the late disasters which had befallen their enemies. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies
The account given us of his merrymaking with his children puts a very different aspect on Hearn's nature and outlook on life. Lafcadio Hearn
‘The good man is making merry to-night, and has forgotten to bring in his oxen; lucky ’t will be if they do not fall a prey to the Black Douglas.’ Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands
Comes young Silligrew, who makes merry about "sticking to Rules for supper and no exception," or some such nonsense, which I have forgot, though we laughed heartily at his manner of saying it. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890
When the people came in they yelled with delight, and danced and called for rum to make merry. The White Queen of Okoyong A True Story of Adventure Heroism and Faith
And sitting beside me in the old tavern of the "Lame Cow," in that self-same tap-room where he was wont to make merry, he told me the history of his life. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
They eat, and drink, and make merry; or they interest themselves in preserving a few old relics. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance
It was a festival of fortune's favorites, a merrymaking of those lucky few who have nothing to do but enjoy life's pleasures. By Right of Conquest A Novel
She thought of English merrymakings, of the games with apples, of the curious old stories and songs that she had heard on such nights as this in her girlhood. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895
Captain Askew and his subs, late as it was, were still making merry with song. Harper's Round Table, July 16, 1895
By Gad! a real soldier of fortune! devil-may-care! eat and drink and make merry for to-morrow we may die. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Cal laughed, Jack made merry over the prospect, and Hazel could not help being amused at the deliberate plot to kidnap a woman's heart who had for twenty-five years earned her own living. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter
"Octave, you are trying to make merry at my expense." The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century
There was dancing; and during the intervals people laughed and sang, and made merry, while Landolin struggled with rage and sorrow. Landolin
At the castle the mother was making merry with the dragon. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
He was a boon companion; made merry until a late hour in the night, and then lay in bed until nine o'clock in the morning. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools
One, at least, drew a ten-thousand-dollar prize last December and is away to make merry in the New World. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
We dived into a lurid, crowded cavern that echoed with some dismal merrymaking of string and drum. Where the Pavement Ends
He was but twenty-five at the time of his marriage, and had found no difficulty in turning into a boy again to make merry with his girl wife. An Unknown Lover
At the castle the mother and Sharkan were again making merry when from afar they saw Vitazko with two pitchers in his hands. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
The colonel made merry with the very idea. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools
From the east goes up to the sky the clamour of Sealdah, the rumble of the trams, and the voices of all Bow Bazar chaffering and making merry. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel
Groups were making merry, and pledging each other in foaming bumpers, the “seeing-off” contingent in particular making special play with the sparkling “gooseberry,” all chattering, talking, laughing. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt
The savages were enjoying themselves in uproarious merrymaking. A Veldt Vendetta
Sharkan and his mother were making merry together when they saw him coming. The Shoemaker's Apron A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Here they were, refreshing and making merry and enjoying themselves, while the man who had led them, and taken a tiger’s share in the fight, had gone straight away to care for their wounded comrades. In the Whirl of the Rising
But I refrained, and went to the huts of my other wives, instead, and made merry with them. The White Shield
Quebec and Montreal flourished, and the young, and also the old at times, frolicked and danced and made merry. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10)
A feature of the representation which is received with special favor is the Christmas merrymaking in the Latin Quarter, which is as vivacious and realistic as could be wished. Trilbyana The Rise and Progress of a Popular Novel
So, for a long season of peace, the Keiths sang and made merry over every trifling incident. The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn
“She encouraged ladies and gentlemen to dance and make merry,” for instance, whereas “she had better tell them to pray for a good end of the matter at issue.” The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History
To wind up the festival a great drinking bout was held, when canoesful of piwarree, the Indian's beer, were drunk, and every one made merry. The West Indies and the Spanish Main
They play at times upon the keeloun, a kind of tambourine; but as a rule their merrymaking is confined to feasting, and of the conduct at these feasts the less said the better. Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10)
So it was generally admitted that Gonella had won, and they paid him the money, with which he made merry for many days.” Legends of Florence Collected from the People, First Series
But until that day comes, why you at least can make merry. The Dark Goddess
Let him make merry by his own fireside, and not vex his small brain about what the world will be when the years have died away.  About London
On this solemn day, all labour is suspended; the workmen receive from their employers a present of money; every person puts on his best clothes; and there is merrymaking in every family.  Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2]
These many years have I served thee, neither have I at any time transgressed thy command; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with my friends. The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth
"I built myself a lordly pleasure house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell; I said, 'O soul, make merry and carouse, Dear soul, for all is well.'" The Bible Story
The children make merry if they chance to find a red ear in the corn. The Golden Age in Transylvania
When he was old enough, he came to his relations while they were all gathered in the great House of Assembly, dancing and making merry. Legends of Ma-ui—a demi god of Polynesia, and of his mother Hina
In the spring when the sky was blue, nobles and peasants were possessed with the desire to make merry in the flower-strewn meadows. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels
But you are a true Kralitz, Franz, and we shall meet again, and feast again, and make merry for longer than you think. The Secret of Kralitz
Falstaff in jail would make merry with the jailers, divert them with quips, throw dice and drink endlessly the sack they would offer him for love. A Novelist on Novels
They were as gay as ever at sunset and in the moonlight, but I took no part in the merrymaking. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series
There was a merrymaking there, on the strength of the wedding of someone or other of his numerous kinsfolk. A Frontier Mystery
“What d’you think, Halse?” said Inspector Bray, as the two talked apart while the others were laughing and joking and making merry as they laid out the things. Forging the Blades A Tale of the Zulu Rebellion
And are they not planning all kinds of merrymaking for Christmas week? Hildegarde's Harvest
This Narvaez read aloud to his officers, and kept the whole time making merry at the expense of Cortes and all of us. The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain.
From far and wide come dog-teams of the red hunters down the frozen river trails for the feasting and merrymaking at the fur-posts. The Whelps of the Wolf
Holofernes makes merry, and, drinking to drowsiness, lies down in his tent to sleep. Oriental Women
This is the way in which one party looks at another, that other being a simple merrymaking! Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853)
They made a feast for him, and they sent oxen and sheep to all the people, and wine, that all might rejoice and make merry. Tales of Troy and Greece
Leaning back on the balsam couch, they made merry over their meal, while the stars came out white and clear over the dark woods. Northern Diamonds
Joseph, that poor man may be dying, and by your hand, while you are making merry. The Princess and Joe Potter
The "children of the bride chamber," the name by which the invited guests were called, made merry at the "marriage feast," which was always provided and lasted several days. Oriental Women
We shed our tears and our blood, and they make merry and mock at us! The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries
A great feast was at once prepared, for the king had brought home with him many of his nobles to rest and make merry after the hardships of war. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales
His conviviality was famous, and many stories are told of his youthful merrymaking in London taverns in company with Ben Jonson, who always remained his close friend, and other dramatists. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume"
However, we made merry, and treated some gay damsels outside to the remains of our bottle. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia
Of all Sandy's bairns little Jock was the merriest and the worst, and of him Maisie had many stories to tell me, making merry when she brought me my piece in the twilight. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
All three had brought together their harems to celebrate the occasion, and while the masters were diverting themselves upstairs, their servants were making merry below. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries
A great feast was spread and all the people ate and drank and made merry. Czechoslovak Fairy Tales
So the merrymaking went on; the hilarity grew apace. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906
Approaching nearer, a din of shouts, chaunts, and laughter, saluted our ears, for the rogues were evidently making merry over their potations. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia
More than anything, it struck me as strange that my cousin Lochinvar could make merry in the very city—where but a few months before his father had been executed and done to death. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway
At this terrible sound the noise of the banquet and the laughter and the merrymaking of the officers died away. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906
Then they sat down together at the dining-table in the shaded calm, and while Billy drank, she leaned her elbows on the table and, with the ice clinking in her glass, drank and made merry. Rose MacLeod
Oh yes, Sire, I reckon it as one of the great enjoyments of life to be able to make merry now and then with one's friends. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace
From some of the windows haggard faces smiled at Daniels, and he heard sounds of a merrymaking that were particularly offensive at this hour. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure
If Mary must suspect anything, it was a relief to find that she only suspected this, and Minola tried to make merry with her about her absurdity. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6.
He found him in high good humor in the middle of the banquet drinking with his officers; they were beginning to make merry. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 5 July 1906
"Why, we have nothing to fear from them to night," replied the dervish, "as they are making merry at the cadi's expense, in consequence of the great fortune which his daughter has met." Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors
And they were making merry, were the motor maids and boys. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea
He incontestably was familiar with the life of drinking places and houses in which rough merrymaking was the chief business. Artists Past and Present Random Studies
And whether they had games and merrymaking after supper, it is better to leave that to everyone to imagine for himself than to say anything about it. Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol 08 (of 10) Bastiano to Taddeo Zucchero
The kopanitschar's wife now brought in the supper, and all five of them straightway sat down and made merry in honor of the festive occasion. Pretty Michal
The potlatches were of different kinds, although all partook of the nature of a feasting or merrymaking and were distinguished by the giving of gifts. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast
But she tells us that often when she made merry she would fain have wept. Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens
Men with coarse frocks and leather aprons, women in homespun gowns, turbaned negresses, swarthy negro slaves, dusky Indians,—all made merry in their several ways as though glad of an excuse. Literary New York Its Landmarks and Associations
"Take and make merry, dear women; and may your little ones never be torn from you!" said Odille as she also gave a hand in the distribution of the booty. The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres
Nor that road through weed and berry Drowsy days led me and you To the old-time barbecue, Where the country-side made merry. Days and Dreams Poems
At half-past eight the old Virginia homestead, where belles and beaux had made merry many long years before, was gay with the voices of the invited guests. Madge Morton's Trust
“The Dryades were nymphs of woods and trees, dwelling in groves, ravines, and wooded valleys, and were fond of making merry with Apollo, Mercury, and Pan.” Minor Poems by Milton
If Mr. Stock had sent him a good sum of money to procure his liberty, or even to make merry with his wretched companions, Jack would have thought him a friend indeed. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales
I thank you, sir; with us the world wags on pretty much the same, but when a man has been planting violets on his mother’s grave he does not feel like whistling and making merry. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part
It was the custom on the occasion of these visits to make merry in a temperate way. In the Brooding Wild
He walked down the platform, and Jeff saw that he was making merry with one of his friends over his inquiry. A Little Hero
On great occasions the choir were entertained by the rector—once during the summer when they made merry out in the green woods, and once in the winter when they were entertained in the school-room. A Mad Love
Cynthia and he would make merry over the feast. Cynthia's Chauffeur
Greece, daughter of the light, made merry with the gods of darkness, the tunbellied Cabiri; but yet she bore with them, adopted them as workmen, even to shaping out of them her own Vulcan. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
A few guests arrived to assist in making merry, and there was no discordant note to jar the harmony of the gatherings. Banked Fires
Tired of their disputes, I left them squabbling and struck off by myself, and got a little band together, quite of youths, and with them made merry all across the country from sea to sea. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880.
You see that the promise of Jeremiah's, "Thou shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry," is immediately followed by this, "Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria." Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work
The little that Loramer saw of her, he chaffed and made merry. Stories by American Authors, Volume 7
The citizens, the very peasants make merry and shrug their shoulders. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages
The happy Father Jesuit bade everybody feast and make merry, to celebrate the double victory of Piskaret. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women
I wish I could have been there to assist at the merrymaking. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years
Captain Armytage, who never missed a merrymaking of any description within a circle of miles, took on himself to reply to this teetotal oration. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement
There is, indeed, no subject on which the satirists of the world, both great and small, have so largely and so persistently made merry. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects
But he made merry over the ivory, apes, and peacocks of existence. Ivory Apes and Peacocks
The war-ships were open to receive the fugitives, and the gentlemen who had made merry over Fangalii were seen to thrust each other from the wharves in their eagerness to flee Apia. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)
"What can we do without father?" the little girl exclaimed, thinking of the merrymakings of other years in which he had always been prime mover. The Spectacle Man A Story of the Missing Bridge
Nearing the shanty they heard a sound as of one making merry, and espied in the window the glow of a glorious fire. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement
The wedding took place all over again, much finer than the first, with festivals and banquets and merrymakings for days and weeks. East of the Sun and West of the Moon Old Tales from the North
But Crow Wing had evidently not come to join in the merrymaking. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga
“I have been drinking all day and making merry,” said Keawe. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 17 (of 25)
H�rlin looked up, caught the disagreeable laugh and wink, and suddenly realized that Heller had been the original cause of his ejection and was now making merry at his expense. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19
That they, in no manner, commiserated the sorrows of the unfortunate; but made merry over the plunder of churches, and administered justice, not according to the truth, but the price. Pope Adrian IV An Historical Sketch
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