"Revelry" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... is attached to each page.' As an author, Dr. Young had distinguished himself before he appeared as one of the Smectymnians. In 1639, while the Stuarts and the Bishops were doing all they could to break down the sanctity of the Sabbath, and to make it a day of vulgar revelry and rustic sport, Dr. Young published a thin quarto in Latin, entitled 'Dies Dominica,' containing a history of the institution of the Sabbath, and its vindication from all common and profane uses. There is no place of publication named, the ...
— East Anglia - Personal Recollections and Historical Associations • J. Ewing Ritchie
... bright with revelry, The beakers red with wassail; And music's grandest symphony Rung thro' the ancient castle; And she, the brightest of the throng, With wedding-veil and roses, Seemed like the beauty of a song ...
— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various
... under the veil of dissipation, and in the midst of splendid festivities, with his trusty adjutant, this hair-brained boy of revelry began to weave those intrigues which were afterwards to be knotted, or untied, by Montluc himself. He had contrived to be so little suspected, that the agent of the emperor had often disclosed important secrets ...
— Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3) • Isaac D'Israeli
... been increased by the arrival of Luke and the sexton. The former, who was in no mood for revelry, refused to comply with his grandsire's solicitation to enter, and remained sullenly at the door, with his arms folded, and his eyes fixed upon Turpin, whose movements he commanded through the canvas aperture. ...
— Rookwood • William Harrison Ainsworth
... In the delicious revelry of Baby's joy, as her trembling, fat little fingers pulled forth dolls and their like, all else was forgotten until it was Mary's turn, and then George's, and then the mother's. And then, when he had forgotten all about it: "Now father!" There was seemingly a breathless ...
— The Blossoming Rod • Mary Stewart Cutting
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