| 单词 | mummer |
| 例句 | You look like a mummer girl with a pot on her head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “The Second Sons have no place for mummers,” the bravo j in pink said scornfully. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As evening fell, Nurse returned to tell them that it was time to don their mummer’s plate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Shy Maid was tied up in one of the meaner sections of the long, chaotic riverfront, between a listing poleboat that had not left the pier in years and the gaily painted mummers’ barge. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "This would doubt-less involve the four men your man Bronn searched for so diligently in all the low places of King's Landing. A thief, a poisoner, a mummer, and a murderer." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Stout’s old hound never stood a mummer’s chance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The countryside had no grotesqueries or mummer shows ... though it did have wells aplenty, to swallow up unwanted kittens, three-headed calves, and babes like him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It’s Midsummer Day. The city will be crowded with a large market and festivities. That’s always good for mummers. We should do well. And, as I told you, I have some matters with a man.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Me? I would never... you cannot think I had any part in any ...” That was the truth, or he is a master mummer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The prince laughed, as he always laughed when his bodyguard did this mummer's farce. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I know one stands before me now, weeping mummer’s tears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Yet it rankled, to sit here and make a mummer's show of justice by punishing the sorry likes of Janos Slynt and Allar Deem, while his sister continued on her savage course. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Tyrion glanced up at the eunuch in his smelly mummer's garb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z My troupe was not some poor batch of mummers, japing at crossroads for pennies, singing for our suppers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The mummers were a loud and lively lot, always quoting speeches at each other and drunk more oft than not. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It is too cold for this mummer s show, thought Jon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The waif had shaved her head for her when they took her eyes; a mummer’s cut, she called it, since many mummers did the same so their wigs might fit them better. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Pyp had traveled the Seven Kingdoms with a mummers' troupe, and bragged that he could tell what you were and where you'd been bom just from the sound of your voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Not here,” warned Gerris, with a mummer’s empty smile. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It all seemed so familiar, like a mummer show that he had seen before. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Your show was growing dull. Every mummer needs a dancing bear.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “My cousin cuts to the bone, as ever. Do you have any more to say to me, Onion Knight, or can we put an end to this mummer’s farce? I grow weary of your face.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Ship was closed up and forlorn, its troupe of mummers no doubt still abed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The tournament had been the most magical time of her whole life, and there was so much she had not seen yet, harvest feasts and masked balls and mummer shows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z This mummer’s show has gone on long enough. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then the mists parted, like the curtain opening at a mummer show to reveal some new tableau. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The whole pageant that Lady Melisandre had orchestrated beyond the Wall suddenly seemed as empty as a mummer’s farce. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She turned back as he reached for his coins, intending to put an end to this mummer's farce. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Instead she gave her pox scars and a mummer’s mole on one cheek with a dark hair growing from it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A mummer on stilts was striding through the throngs like some great insect, with a horde of barefoot children trailing behind him, hooting. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Words he had never meant to speak came tumbling out of him like mummers from a hollow horse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Cats were not fooled by a mummer’s moles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z "Then she still plans to go through with this mummer's farce?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We meet mummers, hobby horses, tups and all kinds of other fascinating festivities. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-07-15T23:06:47Z After the formal program, mummers and their fans traditionally congregate in South Philadelphia for a celebration that lasts late in the night. Some Mummers strut despite Philadelphia parade cancellation 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z The Mummers Parade, believed to be the nation’s oldest folk festival, stems from a mixture of immigrant traditions, some dating back of the 1640s, dubbed “mummer” probably from the German word for “mask.” Some Mummers strut despite Philadelphia parade cancellation 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z A kin slayer and fugitive, Tyrion assumes manifold roles in “Dragons”: mummer, soldier, paymaster, slave, river rat and captive. Books of The Times: In a Fantasyland of Liars, Keep Your Dragon Close 2011-07-14T17:28:37Z This production includes several plays-within-the-play, jaunty mummers’ skits in outlandish costume that give accounts of the events that inspired “Henry IV,” and they are not accounts you would trust for their veracity. London Theater Journal: A Double Double Bill 2010-07-28T15:51:00Z Every winter, the mummers, dressed as animals or wearing elaborate horned masks, perform a traditional dance in a spectacular parade, producing an astonishing noise from the huge copper bells worn around their waists. Bulgaria's Pernik scares off evil spirits with colorful carnival 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z And there are mummers' plays, I suppose, but to me they seem like relics. Community theatre: how Oberammergau got it right 2010-06-21T10:53:00Z In them, I got my first images of what Shakespeare’s childhood must’ve looked like, and the great wagons on which the traveling mummers rode around and presented their plays. Samuel R. Delany’s Life in Books 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The Mummers Parade, believed to be the nation’s oldest folk festival, stems from a mixture of immigrant traditions, some dating back of the 1640s, dubbed "mummer" probably from the German word for "mask." Defiant Mummers strut through South Philly despite parade cancellation 2021-01-02T05:00:00Z But the contest between Francis and the Order is more than an irrelevant mummers’ play. Pope Francis Is the Anti-Trump 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z A mummer’s play designed to trick someone out of hiding. 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' Review: Into The Great Wide Open 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The tradition is also known as soul caking - due to mummers traditionally handing out confectionary known as "soul cakes" to the audience at the end of the play. England's strange winter rituals 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z It was but a masking face, noble Duke, put on for sport, and, like a mummer's vizard, laid aside the moment it suited him to resume himself again. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z "Don't stand there babbling like a drunken mummer at Martinmas fair!" he shouted, with a round oath. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z Then came a pretty invasion of mummers, bearing the gifts of the Club, a fine gold watch and a handsome bronze lamp. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z "Not a mummer, but a body, a corpse—dried up and withered," explained the Captain. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z Polite, sober-faced people arrived in couples and groups and walked seriously up the stone steps of the residence, a swarm of mummers striving awkwardly to register grief. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Every one remained in seclusion at home, and the streets were only favored with the sight of some bold mummer, who afforded delight to the crowd of boys in his wake. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z The processions are headed by men of the Guardia Civil; mummers dressed as Romans follow, then come masked monks, girls in white raiment, bands of music, and city officials. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z It be high time he slipped loose from those mummers that play to please the cut-purses and their trulls in London. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z Put her away in a safe place till morning— The Queen is smouldering again to-night, And, if she sees your epileptic mummer, Will make us tie her up with her own serpents.... King Lear's Wife; The Crier by Night; The Riding to Lithend; Midsummer-Eve; Laodice and Dana? 2011-09-17T02:00:30.620Z So, also, are the carols, the waits, the mummers, and the games of Christmas time. Holidays & Happy-Days 2011-08-27T02:00:21.840Z It's quite a good piece, a sort of Twelfth Night revels and mummers all combined. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z With such primitive paraphernalia this Thespian travelled about with his company of mummers, writing his own dramas, and acting in them. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z We may live without painters Or writers or mummers, But civilized man cannot Live without plumbers. The Comforts of Home 2011-08-11T02:00:13.980Z And when the music excited him, he would jump up and dance, and act with the mummers, so that every one felt ashamed for him and fled away. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z What cared Duke Ercole, that bid His mummers to the market place, What th' onion-sellers thought or did So that his Plautus set the pace For the Italian comedies? Responsibilities and other poems 2011-07-28T02:00:10.517Z Never in their lives had these poor mummers so hurled themselves into their parts; never again would they murder and cheat and punish with such passionate realism. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z It is a ridiculous rite, and, thank God, it's for the last time that I am chief mummer in it. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z Watch the mummer managerial, Centre of a rev'rent group; Note with what an air imperial He controls his timid troupe. Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z No mummers' masks have ever blotted the scutcheon of my family tree. The Diamond Pin 2011-01-22T03:00:15.907Z There's not a mummer to compare with him. Responsibilities and other poems 2011-07-28T02:00:10.517Z The thin, garrulous specimen of humanity, with his absurd "ingenious words" and his nonsensical hypotheses, seemed more like a mummer than an investigator of crime. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z In Wales many well-known old customs are retained which in some other parts of Great Britain have disappeared, such as the mummers, the waits, carols, bell-ringings, etc. British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions 2010-12-20T17:11:57.810Z Other men discuss the summer, Or the poor potato crop, Nothing can prevent the mummer Talking "shop." Familiar Faces 2011-01-26T03:00:30.173Z Not to mention that in New Orleans there’s the tradition of masking, mummers, carnival, all the weird identity inversion. Sissy Bounce, New Orleans?s Gender-Bending Rap 2010-07-23T16:50:00Z The soiled and tattered mummer leaned over the carriage-door and exchanged compliments with the masked duchess within. The Fortunes Of Glencore In this impressive style the mummers marched through the district, the people everywhere fleeing in terror at the sight of them, and even deserting the houses at their approach. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II They had been mummers in a play, and she had escaped into the open air. Lady Cassandra To Fairfax, they were only brutes, black and white creatures, no more—mummers in a farce. Fairfax and His Pride They came attended by their wives and vassals, minstrels and mummers, and a host of idle followers, to add to the splendor of the pageant and do honor to their royal master. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 We are held in contempt, but such was the fate of every prophet; they make us into mummers and we learn mummery, but Balzac and Turgenev rise from their own dust. A Novelist on Novels According to Ellis, the mummers were supposed to be inspired by the spirit of the deceased; according to Moerenhout, they were not inspired by, but merely represented, the ghost. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Charlotte hesitated—then she went timidly on, at each step growing less Charlotte, the mummer of a minute, and more the anxious Pilgrim of all time. The Golden Age I was resolved to make amends for my self-revelation of a half-hour ago; I should at least prove myself the capable mummer; yet I found that I was fettered by an unaccustomed silence. The Portal of Dreams The mummery receives its due punishment; nevertheless, Mercy and Compassion come to the mummer's aid, and deliver her out of all her troubles. Pretty Michal The wheelwright then went to see the mummers tumbling in the high street of Condé. Devil Stories An Anthology The midnight reveller, and morning priest, At e'en the gay guitar, at noon the cowl; The holy mummer, tonsure and the missal, The world, our blessed Church, and Heav'n defied. Olla Podrida The swaying trees finished their dizzy dance, and the rocks that had seemed to be bowing to each other like so many mummers resumed their impassive attitudes. Doubloons—and the Girl “There you lay bare the mummer,” he said. Cynthia's Chauffeur “What would become of the mummers, if the lords did not fill their empty pockets?” he said, crushingly. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time You had much better go and see the mummers tumbling in the high street of Condé.” Devil Stories An Anthology Occasionally another mummer appeared from the bottom of the carriage, and he was supposed to represent the Conde de Onis. The Grandee So he gave order that they should have a good supper and be escorted from the castle, for he had no time to waste upon mummers. The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales The other mummers were coarse and vaude-vulgar, but she had captivated Davidge with her wild beauty, her magnetism, and the strange cry she put into her music. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards I picked out the kind they were to be, but mummer worked the monograms herself. The Seiners “We take no interest in the tumbling of mummers,” replied the stranger. Devil Stories An Anthology He was no better served than the mummers, clowns, jugglers, and petty chapmen who, wandering abroad, were deemed rogues and sturdy beggars. The Strollers It seemed that I had come among a lot of mummers, and one of these mummers was resolved to kill me, although I had never even so much as broken his leg. The O'Ruddy A Romance But Don Quixote was eager to give the mummer a lesson in courtesy, even, as he said, if he had to visit his sin upon the rest of the company, not barring the Emperor himself. The Story of Don Quixote And these stars––see, on the ensign––mummer and my cousin both worked them. The Seiners He once boasted in my presence that he was a born actor, and it is fair to say that he played his rôles—repellent for the most part—as behoves a mummer. England and Germany If you are a philosopher, you can study human nature through the buffoon and the mummer. The Strollers Anthony Mesmer, the great chorœgus of the magnetic mummers, was born in 1733, and excited a vast deal of attention, by the enormous pretensions which he set forth on the subject of magnetism. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 Now my friend Howard’s great hobby was making marionettes, and performing with them; and of these Lilliputian mummers he made a set, and then discussed ways and means for appearing with them in public. Adventures and Recollections There, I think I remembered it all, except of course that the colors are from me and mummer and my cousin Alice, and will you fly them for us?” The Seiners With each step that the Germans draw nearer the mummers redouble their efforts to excite laughter. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 I have seen a Danish harvest-home on a Sunday afternoon in the pretty village of Altona; watching its merry mummers as they passed by the old church-yard wall, where Klopstock lies buried. A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France "We're Christmas mummers," said Robin, stoutly; "we didn't know the way to the back door, but——" "And don't you know better than to come here?" said the woman. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Those are the mummers—but you—you, Monsieur, are Feurgéres—the artist! The Master Mummer Every Shrove Tuesday, in dim remembrance of the great carnival which in ancient, pre-Reformation days, preceded the rigours of Lent, mummers made the circuit of the town. Highways and Byways in Surrey I had word from my Lord of Leicester this morning that his mummers accompanied Elizabeth in her progress. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Not including the wandering mummers, the Theatre was preceded by the Religious Drama, the Pageant, and the Masque. The History of London So the front door being very gently opened and closed, the nursery mummers stole away. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others We mummers, you see, Isobel, though the world loves to be amused, are always a little outside the pale. The Master Mummer I held him in sight as far as Tower Street, but ere he had quite reached Mark Lane, a company of mummers, going westwards, came in betwixt and parted us. One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford So, then, she was in love with the mummer? Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man A wine of merriment flushed the crowd and mounted to the old mummer's brain and heart. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. It was the portrait of her mother as a child; but of this the nursery mummers knew nothing. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others It is as though we caught Ajax masquerading as a mummer, or Aeschylus dressed up in cap and bells. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations For something like eleven summers I've written things that aimed to teach Our careless mealy-mouthéd mummers To be more sedulous of speech. Something Else Again The mummer, from the moment that his future colleague aspired to represent the province, declared himself his servant, and offered to be his guide to the various clubs. Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man The theatre is the House of Life, Woman the mummer's part: The Devil enters the prompter's box and the play is ready to start. Songs of a Sourdough So as the Captain and his wife sat sadly over their fire, the door opened, and Pax ran in shaking his bells, and followed by the nursery mummers. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others Dancers and mummers were provided; wrestlers and cudgel-players, with games and pastimes of all sorts, were appointed. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 "A living lie," he replied bitterly, "a masquerader, a mummer, a nobody." Jack O' Judgment Ringers came next, and lastly mummers played their parts, according to an ancient custom, which some might consider “more honoured in the breach than in the observance.” The Voyages of the Ranger and Crusader And what befell their Passengers and Crews. Haphazard from their shoulders hang the garments of the hawker—combining in their person the motley of many manners with the medley of the mummers' closet. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies But beware What mummer's part you play in this strange scene. Mr. Faust Christmas had to pass without its junketings, or mummers, or mince-pies. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 All are philosophers, in their way, and all seem to have caught the tang of the profession and to be, subconsciously, of the mummer persuasion. Nights in London His morality is a mummer's mask; his pathos is pretence; the only thing truly Irish about him is his humor, his ceaseless wit, the unfailing sparkle of his fancy. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II "Does she think he is as great a mummer as Bolivar?" At the Point of the Sword New Bond Streets on the Surrey side Shall flaunt their gems and rare chinchillas To swell the local mummer's pride, And every bridge shall span the tide With Arcadies of Aston villas. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 The names of "priest," "methodist," "mummer," etc., were unsparingly applied to them; and in one instance, the windows of a person who was obnoxious on this account, were broken. Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs A troupe of mummers wandering unseen behind the great clock face of the city—an always unknown troupe of rascally mummers for whom the police are continually combing and setting large dragnets. Erik Dorn The mummers and the outsiders flocked into the small dining-room. The Lure of the Mask It may be well to point out," says Mr. Fallow, "that in the West Riding, or at any rate in the neighbourhood of Leeds, the sword-actors were quite distinct from the 'mummers.' Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries Fortune had given him that unforgettable mummer's face,—that clean-cut, mobile visage,—that animated natural mask! The Holy Cross and Other Tales As May Day mummers are seldom seen, Let us all give a copper to Jack-in-the-Green. London Town And here huddled on benches are the little troupes of mummers who have committed crimes. Erik Dorn We had occasionally official banquets, but they were very dull compared to those to which we had formerly been accustomed, while no maskers or mummers were allowed to present themselves. The Golden Grasshopper A story of the days of Sir Thomas Gresham Between Christmas and Twelfth Day mummers are in season. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries "My dear father!" cried Olivia fondly, looking with melting eyes at her parent; and Count Victor, too, thought this mummer no inadmirable figure. Doom Castle Christmas came and passed—Christmas, with its morning mass and evening carols, its nightly waits, its mummers or masked itinerant actors, its music and dancing, its games and sports, its plum-porridge, mince-pies, and wassail-bowl. All's Well Alice's Victory If times were hard and engagements few, that was the price the mummer must pay. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life Sure enough, Van Reypen, who had been engrossed with the mummer's chaff, turned back to where Patty had sat, and his look of amazement at her absence was funny to see. Patty Blossom The mummers were, as I had half suspected, the chevalier and a band of Osages. The Rose of Old St. Louis Many many years back the Captain's wife had been a child herself, and had laughed to see the village mummers act the Peace Egg, and had been quite happy on Christmas Eve. The Peace Egg and Other tales These favored nobles had also the privilege of expressing freely their opinions of the merits of the long-suffering mummers, which they usually did in a loud voice. Grace Harlowe's Problem Here in the heart of theatredom was the players' curb market, the theatrical rendezvous of the metropolis, where the mummer comes both to talk shop with his fellow actor, and seek a new engagement. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life Why not rather look on such creatures as strange, entertaining, and ludicrous mummers, and on the whole region in the light of a great masked ball-room? The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg I noticed among the throng a little group of mummers, such as had been at Dr. Saugrain's the night before in hideous masks. The Rose of Old St. Louis "Then are you the mummers who come round at Christmas, and act in people's kitchens, and people give them money, that Mamma used to tell us about?" said Robin. The Peace Egg and Other tales Of the comparatively modern play acted by the mummers space only enables me to give two examples, although I could give many more. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Moira and I were the only ones who were real, the only actors that were something more than mummers. The Lost Valley The most direct English survival is found in the village mummers who still call themselves “guisers” or “geese-dancers” and claim the right to enter every house. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan So, the front door being very gently opened and closed, the nursery mummers stole away. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World "We're Christmas mummers," said Robin, stoutly; "we don't know the way to the back door, but—" "And don't you know better than to come here?" said the woman. The Peace Egg and Other tales Christmas was the grand scene of mumming, and some mummers were disguised as bears, others like unicorns, bringing presents. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide The story forms a melodramatic stage-setting which the mummers have not been slow to use, representing the seven daughters as a ballet, the shepherds as a male chorus, and Moses as basso-profundo and hero. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers We have already seen that it is sometimes associated with the mummers’ plays. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan So, as the Captain and his wife sat sadly over their fire, the door opened, and Pax ran in, shaking his bells, and followed by the nursery mummers. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World It was a portrait of her mother as a child; but of this the nursery mummers knew nothing. The Peace Egg and Other tales Then the mummers set to the prince three jewels, one after the other, which were a bowl of gold, a cup of gold, and a ring of gold, which the prince won at three casts. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Then came a tumbler and played many agile tricks before them; and then a company of mummers, with the heads of birds and beasts, danced and sported. The Isles of Sunset The sword-dance thus passes by a gradual transition, the dancing diminishing, the dramatic elements increasing, into the mummers’ plays of St. George. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan When we were abroad, you know, she used to tell us about the mummers acting at Christmas when she was a little girl. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World Now all ye jolly mummers Who mum in Christmas time, Come join with me in chorus, Come join with me in rhyme. The Peace Egg and Other tales During the evening the proceedings were varied by visits from Christmas singers and the mummers, all of whom were well entertained. A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide Presently, sure enough, the queen heard tell of this new form of entertainment, and sent word for the mummers to appear at the palace. The Field of Clover In him there is obviously more of the pagan mummer than the Christian bishop. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan And the other two would take it up and wink back solemn as mummers. Wandering Heath "The mummers from Count Rostow's; they are his teams," replied the servants. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book I Christmas Tales from 'Round the World He was preceded by the trumpeters and followed by the mummers, and thus in state the boar's head was ushered in and assigned to its place on the table. Yule-Tide in Many Lands "Tell me, Dutil, how could that little Nanteuil, who is pretty and intelligent, get herself mixed up with a dirty mummer like Chevalier?" A Mummer's Tale They are represented by children, and a little drama is performed, one personage coming in after the other and calling for the next in the manner of the English mummers’ play. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan After some unholy admiration, she sent to speak to the mummer. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 My mummer says that folks that bear up the best are the ones that feel things most. By the Light of the Soul A Novel The other mummers have never spoken to me in their lives, so that it would be safe enough; and if it were not, I should not mind. The Return of the Native The mummers who are abroad this day follow the ancient custom of dear old Scotland, where these rites have prevailed for many centuries. Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions In these we may recognize the skin-clad mummer and the man aping a woman whom we meet in the old Kalends denunciations. Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan To check such mummers as these—all means are virtuous for that, Neal, eh? Oliver Cromwell My mummer went over to see if she could do anything and see how she took it.” By the Light of the Soul A Novel "Thank God!" said the Turkish Knight, stamping, and taking from the wall the conventional lance that each of the mummers carried. The Return of the Native That sees through tears the mummers leap, Would now its wearied vision close, Would childlike on his love repose Who "giveth his beloved sleep." The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation We see this jest reflected in the satire of the Middle Ages, in the bitter gibes of mummer and buffoon. Americans and Others On the luckless mummer who had incurred his displeasure he poured out the vials of his wrath. Fifth Avenue In Strutt's 16th Plate, specimens will be found of the whimsical habit and attire in which the mummers were wont to appear. Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 The actors were not a poor travelling company of mummers, as in Pagliacci, with no decent private accommodation for this kind of thing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 "A company of mummers has arrived in the village—they—they are to give their piece to-morrow." The King's Achievement "An ad., eh?" said the mummer, somewhat disconcerted. Austin and His Friends O leader of hosts, canst thou be mummer, languishing poet, pettish woman and spoiled princeling all in one? The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem At this stage of the conversation Bongrand, very jocular by nature, and with a good deal of the mummer about him, began to enact the scene. His Masterpiece We remember the old and dilapidated theatre at Kingston, the big shabby dressing rooms of the men, with the scribbled autographs of former mummers on the walls. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned It was the first time that the mummers had been near Overfield; they had heard tales of them from other parts of the country, but had hoped that their own village would escape the corruption. The King's Achievement On first seeing you to-day, your appearance, so superior to the rest of the May-day mummers, struck me forcibly, and I resolved to question Elizabeth Device about you. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Costumers, friends of the author, and critics, Scene painters, all of the tradesmen concerned, Kinsfolk of mummers even to the third generation, Wine agents, hot-house ladies, unemployed players, Hearty laughers or ready weepers "planted." The Broadway Anthology The mummers, who go their rounds in daytime, are men dressed as women. The Evolution of an English Town The want of faith in the operators, or the growth of a new and obstinate assortment of hazel twigs, threw discredit on the mummery and the mummers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 "My Lord has other matters to think of than a parcel of mummers." The King's Achievement Occasionally, the road was enlivened by strains of music from a band of minstrels, by a song or a chorus from others, or by the gamesome tricks of a party of mummers. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest Morris dancers footed it upon the green, and miracle plays were enacted by wandering troops of mummers. For the Faith Out they hied under the stars, and sought way to the postern whereby the mummers would come when their work were done. A Christmas Garland The convent had ceased to have any meaning for her; so she must return, but not to the mummers, they, too, had faded out of her life. Sister Teresa Without that all drama would be an incomprehensible jabbering and gesticulating of mummers, fit only to be put on the London stage at the present moment. Wagner A ring was formed by the mummers, and the round commenced to lively music. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest When suddenly, precisely like a mummer who in his great moment winks at you to let you know it is make-believe, the general-duke's dignity melted into a smile. Helmet of Navarre Here knight and baron caroused, here mummers have played and bears have danced, whilst sword and spur clanked upon the rude stone floor. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 It has been conjectured that the actors of the Mysteries of Religion were mummers, a word signifying one who makes and disguises himself to play the fool without speaking. A History of Pantomime Then the mummers set to the prince three jewels, one after another, which were a bowl of gold, a cup of gold, and a ring of gold, which the prince won at three casts. The Bed-Book of Happiness James laughed at the description, and soon afterwards a party of mummers, male and female, clad in various grotesque garbs, appeared on the stage. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest The head of the old actor capitally suggests the Spanish mummer. Promenades of an Impressionist Hallowe'en, for instance, lasts a whole week now, with mummers on the streets every night, October 25-31. The Art of the Moving Picture By degrees the Mimis, or mummers, with their fellows, spread themselves all over Europe. A History of Pantomime The degradation of a showy love, That over-acts, and proves the mummer's craft Untouched by nature? Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Francesca da Rimini As soon as the mummers arrived in front of the King, the dance began. The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest On this devoted day these noisy do-nothings collect with mummers, monkeys, bears, and rope-dancers, and hold their revels just beneath the windows of the tabernacle where the literary triumph is enacting. A Collection of College Words and Customs Not a mummer has stalked forth; not an auditor sits waiting. The Mettle of the Pasture The minstrels left off playing to listen to him, and the mummers suspended their merry evolutions round the May-pole. The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance And just as I had watched the chorus girls and mummers, three years ago, at the Globe Theatre, now, excited by a nervous curiosity, I watched this world of Parisian adventurers and lights-o'-love. Confessions of a Young Man This was better than any play I had ever watched from the sparred gallery of the palace, to which Gottfried Gottfried took me sometimes when the mummers came from Brandenburg to divert Duke Casimir. Red Axe For your wages, take my body, That at least to you I leave; Set the sulky plumes upon it, Bid the grinning mummers grieve. The Wild Knight and Other Poems The glee-singers, two men and two women, came forward and sang their glees, turning and bowing to each other like mummers. The Three Sisters "Come! your gift for the minstrels and mummers—quick! quick!" The Star-Chamber, Volume 1 An Historical Romance They had actually behaved themselves, these despised mummers, and their contribution towards the repairing of a church was almost sufficient to bring them within the pale of holiness. The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield And just as I had watched the chorus girls and mummers, three years ago, at the Globe Theatre, now, excited by a nervous curiosity, I watched this world of Parisian adventurers and lights o' love. Confessions of a Young Man He grinned at Mrs. Egg over the mummer's shoulder. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 "Now run along, baby; your mummer will be waitin' for you." Little Folks Astray The mummers' play, of which the above is a very brief résumé, lasts about half an hour, and includes many songs of a topical nature. A Cotswold Village He soon perceived, as he watched her at banquet, tourney, or pageant, that she went to a revel as to the Sacrament, and sat at a mummers’ show with eyes fixed on the Unseen. Gathering of Brother Hilarius I've played the mummer more or less; I fumbled fortune, flouted fate. Rhymes of a Rolling Stone Charlotte hesitated; then she went timidly on, at each step growing less Charlotte, the mummer of a minute, and more the anxious Pilgrim of all time. The Golden Age Do you ask that I should degrade the powers of the Higher Mysteries by dancing them out before you as though they were a mummers' show? The Lost Continent I persuaded the head of our mummer troop to write out their play as it was handed down to him by his predecessors. A Cotswold Village The Theatre is the House of Life, Woman the mummer's part; The Devil enters the prompter's box and the play is ready to start. The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses "Thank God," said the Turkish Knight, stamping, and taking from the wall the conventional lance that each of the mummers carried. The Return of the Native This company of mummers is alone in its mourning for him. The Master Detective Being Some Further Investigations of Christopher Quarles If a set of spontaneous mummers got the effect cleverly with cut crystals from the early Victorian chandelier there might really be something suddenly funny in it. Alarms and Discursions The same applies to the play the mummers act at Christmas-time; all has to be learnt from the preceding generation of country folk. A Cotswold Village Shepherds and shepherdesses, gods and goddesses, clowns and mummers, all took part in the rural drama which kings and queens delighted to honour. English Villages The other mummers have never spoken to me in their lives so that it would be safe enough; and if it were not, I should not mind. The Return of the Native It is all untrue; actors were then, as now, only mummers without judgement. The Man Shakespeare Her statue, carried in a splendid litter, robed with precious stuffs, curled and farded, passed through the streets of the city, with its guard of mummers and Corybants. Saint Augustin And Christmastide is kept in real old English fashion; nor do the mummers forget to go their nightly rounds, with their strange tale of "St. George and the dragon." A Cotswold Village He steps along with a long stride, and unless he be a better mummer than I judge him to be, I should know him whether in a monk's gown or a servitor's cloak. Wulf the Saxon A Story of the Norman Conquest Mrs. Yeobright, for want of room in the larger apartment, placed a bench for the mummers halfway through the pantry door, which opened from the sitting-room. The Return of the Native And when the foolish mummers were criticised for thus misreading the character, they answered boldly that Othello was a Moor, that his passion was Southern, and I know not what besides. The Man Shakespeare At penny-a-lining make your whack, Or with the mummers mug and gag? Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] After supper several farces, interludes, and comical scenes were acted; they had also several morris-dancers with bells and tabors, and divers sorts of masks and mummers were let in. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Oftentimes the mummers acted out little plays in which Father Christmas, Old King Cole, and St. George were familiar figures. Early European History Some traces of this character are still preserved in puppet-shows, and by country mummers. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies He had at hand a surer ladder to fame than the mummer's art. The Man Shakespeare The mummer took his hat from his head and stood for a moment staring vacantly at the bedroom door, as if striving to read there the secrets of life, birth, and death. A Mummer's Wife They drove to town with some mummers, and attended an amateur performance in a club. Tales of the Wilderness There are carols for the eventful eve, and mummers for the festive day. Coningsby They say you want to give your daughter in marriage to a mummer. The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman We were not wholly to blame in missing its sanctity, for the participants, who were more like mummers than mourners, had all been hired and were enjoying the day off. Roving East and Roving West Kate had been nearly a fortnight with the mummers, but she had lived almost apart. A Mummer's Wife The mummers brought in with them the smell of frost, furs, and napthaline. Tales of the Wilderness A large portion of the curious followed the disconcerted mummers from the square, while others hastened to break their fasts at the several places selected for this important feature in the business of the day. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons They go out; the OLD MAN plays the guitar; the other mummers dance; all watch them. Plays He said of the fool that he was "maybe the wisest of all," and spoke of him as dressed like one of the "mummers that used to be going about the country." The Celtic Twilight The mummers gaped and wondered at the arsenic green sides of the wolds, striped with rough stone walls or blackened with an occasional coalpit, the ridges fringed with trees blown thin by sea-breezes. A Mummer's Wife A troupe of mummers tumbled in, a bear performed tricks, a Little Russian dulcimer-player sang songs. Tales of the Wilderness Here come the mummers--gods and goddesses, shepherds and their lasses and all the other pleasantries, to keep us in humor! The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons And maybe the mummers are coming; the young people wanted to dress up. Plays The Old Year was tolled out and the New Year chimed in also, and again the mummers sang at the gate. Memories of Hawthorne There was no mistaking the kindness with which the offer was made, though the idea of going to sleep at this rough man's house for the moment staggered even the mummer. A Mummer's Wife Bacon prophesies that Shakespeare, 'this vagabond and humble mummer' would outshine and outlive in fame all the genius of his time. Average Jones At this moment, as the mummers were wheeling past the town-house, and the air was filled with music, while a general movement stirred the multitude, a cry of alarm arose in the building. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons Among them some were found with wings, and other strange variations; others again were like the mummers in a pageant, tricked out as kings or Gods or what not. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 The mummers stood at our gate on Christmas morning and sang in the dawn, acting the part of the heavenly host. Memories of Hawthorne This was considered as a sensible suggestion, and the four mummers started for the fair on the top of an omnibus with their wigs and dresses and make-ups stuck under their legs. A Mummer's Wife Strike him, father!" said the indignant Rose,—"strike the disguised mummer! The Betrothed In the mean time the procession had reached the station in front of the stage, where the mummers had already commenced their rites. The Headsman The Abbaye des Vignerons Those who wanted all these properties, blacked their faces, and turned their jackets inside out; and thus the transmutation of the whole assembly into a set of mad grotesque mummers, was at once completed. The Abbot It calls us mummers and mountebanks, and that's what we are! Harlequin and Columbine It's a great shame of Ralph to have you sitting up when I could look after him just as well, and all because of the mummer.' A Mummer's Wife They contributed a trifle each to these poor mummers of the lane's end, and it seemed that their charity had advanced them in their intimacy. Celibates "Not such a mummer as I am within the walls, and thou knowest that well enough, dame," replied the apprentice. The Fortunes of Nigel Aren't you ashamed to go round like a mummer when there is so much work to do in the house, and to treat the master's coat like that? Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus You are beginning to realise that I regard him as a mummer who would parade as an artless genius and classical writer. Thoughts out of Season Part I But her mother-in-law, guessing that Kate was thinking of the mummer, said, 'Yes, I wanted to talk to you about that. A Mummer's Wife Truly, I shall be glad to get quit of this heartless mummer. Pagan Papers "Clear me out this ring of mummers!" he said in his cold, penetrating voice. The Hidden Children It was amusing, how she deceived herself—for the harmless self- deceptions of us chronic mummers are always amusing. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel What were the mummers all so busy about and how little their mummery mattered! The Story of Julia Page Ralph has set his mind on having the rooms let, and the mummer, as you call him, is coming here to-day; it's all settled. A Mummer's Wife In what point is the Darwaysh more a mummer or in what does he show more of betise than the quack? Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 —But a lovely mummer! he murmured to himself. Ulysses It was an admirable piece of acting; it was the performance of a genius at the mummer's art. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel A mummer mouthed: "I brought them life, they gave me death." Imperial Purple Their kind host said that he would put him up for the night, but the mummers thought they would be able to get him home. A Mummer's Wife The mummer was going out to lunch with a lord and could only think of the people he was going to meet. The Untilled Field —I have conceived a play for the mummers, he said solemnly. Ulysses Albeit they ceased not from tilting all the day, the mummers and the minstrels took no rest, but sang for gold and got it; wherefore they praised the land of Siegmund. The Fall of the Niebelungs When evening comes on, four of the mummers hold out a quilt or sheet by the corners, and the figure of the Carnival is made to tumble into it. The Golden Bough The mummer was in the spare room; but he would be gone to-morrow, and she would be left alone. A Mummer's Wife I'm going to such a man's barn to see the mummers perform a play. The King of Ireland's Son And forthright the royal band of minstrels and musicians began to sing and perform upon instruments of mirth and merriment, whilst dancing-girls and boys displayed their skill, and mimes and mummers played their parts. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 Having assumed the dress of women, they entered ogling and smiling, and so well imitated the mummers in playing on the mundal, dancing, and mimicry, that the roy's son was charmed with their performances. A Forgotten Empire (Vijayanagar): a contribution to the history of India All the mummers wore crape, and all the horsemen carried blazing flambeaux. The Golden Bough And, oh, the singing, the whistling, the cheers of the mummers as the train rolled away into the country, now all agleam with the sunset! A Mummer's Wife The mummers were dancing before they began the play when the Churl came into the barn. The King of Ireland's Son Now, to have done with all this mummer's talk, will you swear to me by our Saviour and on the welfare of your soul to break with Hugh de Cressi once and forever? Red Eve Come all ye jolly mummers That mum in Christmas time. Yorkshire Dialect Poems (1673-1915) and traditional poems Sometimes the Carnival is represented by a straw-man at the top of a pole which is borne through the town by a troop of mummers in the course of the afternoon. The Golden Bough You must not suppose the company was made up of these mummers. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 The mummers and the people were gathered round them and they saw the Churl's face get black with vexation. The King of Ireland's Son They ought at least, to give us a moorish dance, or some other mummer! Notre-Dame De Paris From that sleigh one could hear the shouts, laughter, and voices of the mummers. War and Peace And it was natural to suppose that the more closely the mock marriage of the leaf-clad or flower-decked mummers aped the real marriage of the woodland sprites, the more effective would be the charm. The Golden Bough There was not even a mummer of approval from amongst the vendors or the parents. . .who wanted control virtually all of the time. Poems and Tales from Romania He ordered me to come here to-night and to shout 'Master, master, your mill is on fire,' so that he might be able to leave without paying the mummers their dues. The King of Ireland's Son She heard the bell at the theatre calling the mummers to the performance, and she saw, passing opposite, men with white faces and women in faded gowns going in at the stage-door. Madame Bovary Surrounded by the screaming children the mummers, covering their faces and disguising their voices, bowed to their hostess and arranged themselves about the room. War and Peace The Christmas mummer, flushed with success, had tucked Betsy under his arm, and was about to depart to the filling of impromptu dates elsewhere. Strictly business: more stories of the four million It were well if this discourse were taken to heart by all those who are too ready to associate Nietzsche with lesser and noiser men,—with mountebanks and mummers. Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none The mummers seized the Churl, stripped him and put him across the bench. The King of Ireland's Son Wise were the Greeks in making plain masks for their mummers to play in, and dunces we not to have done the same! The Works of Max Beerbohm Pelageya Danilovna began to recognize the mummers, admired their cleverly contrived costumes, and particularly how they suited the young ladies, and she thanked them all for having entertained her so well. War and Peace He fancied that as a mummer at the feast of Saturn he might earn a few drops from the wassail cup. Strictly business: more stories of the four million And there dwelled here a host of those who sold entertainment,—mummers and jugglers and singers, dwarfs and giants. 1492 "And will you pay the mummers' dues for all the people here?" The King of Ireland's Son Fairer than the mummers, it may be, were the ladies who sat and watched them from the lawn. The Works of Max Beerbohm Half an hour later there appeared among the other mummers in the ballroom an old lady in a hooped skirt—this was Nicholas. War and Peace They enter there, in an immense train, ranged in two rows; all masked like mummers in fantastic sacerdotal vestments; bearing on hand-barrows their heaped plunder,—ciboriums, suns, candelabras, plates of gold and silver.' The French Revolution It is easy to laugh at all that ensued when first the mummers and the stainers of canvas strayed into Mayfair. The Works of Max Beerbohm "He will pay me wages in full, give me double wages to hand to the servant-boys he has injured, and pay the mummers' dues for everyone." The King of Ireland's Son |
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