Word: merriment
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Earl caused his kinsman to be sent as colonel of a company into France; he resigned his place to another gentleman, his friend, and came disguised like a Dutch shoemaker to the house of Simon Eyre in Tower street, who served the mayor and his household with shoes; the merriment which passed in Eyre's house; his coming to be mayor of London, Lacy's getting his love and other accidents, with two merry three-men's songs conclude the play...
...dishes and beer. Stories and songs gave wings to time till about mid-night when Mr. Sol. Smith Russell came in and took a seat at the table. There was no such thing as time. Mr. Russell and Harvard's funniest man took turns at telling stories and the merriment ceased only when there was sheer incapacity for further laughter. This was one of the best things of the trip...
...management of athletic teams, in which the appointment of a permanent business manager is suggested. Other editorials deal with a point concerning the elective system and with the Yale Lit's recent remarks on the Kodak describing an exercise in English 12. The editorial expresses Mother Advocate's combined merriment and indignation...
...bill, consisting of the new lever de rideau "Percy Pendragon," "A Double Lesson," and "My Lord in Livery." In "Percy Pendragon" Felix Morris has an excellent opportunity for the exercise of his great ability in character delineation. "A Double Lesson" and "My Lord in Livery" are brimming over with merriment, and Miss Vokes has lost none of her inimitable charm...