"Mummer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... before he threw them their apples and nuts. In several places in Swabia, too, Pelzmaerte was known; |207| he had a black face, a cow-bell hung on his person, and he distributed blows as well as nuts and apples.{90} In him there is obviously more of the pagan mummer ...
— Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan • Clement A. Miles
... 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 ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 • Various
... neither quiet nor reasonable on this matter," said Rose, with redoubled indignation; "and it is ill of you, lady, to listen to the falsehoods of that reverend mummer, who is neither true priest nor true soldier. But I will fetch one who shall confront him either in casque or cowl." So saying, she went hastily out of the chapel, while the monk, after some pedantic circumlocution, acquainted the ...
— The Betrothed • Sir Walter Scott
... boy!" she sobbed. Then, with a wonderful effort, she aroused herself, dried her eyes, and composed her features for the ordeal of facing her guests again. With remarkable self-control, she assumed her social manner as a mummer dons his mask; and, after one clasp of her husband's hand and a sympathetic look, went back to her guests with that leisurely, graceful step which was so characteristic of the ...
— The Scarlet Feather • Houghton Townley |
