10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUMMERIES»
Discover the use of
mummeries in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
mummeries and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Daily Life in Portugal in the Late Middle Ages
6 Less common but no less popular were the mummeries. A mummery was a
mascp1erade involving exotic disguises which were slipped on to cause laughter
or to impress the public. It was customary for the mummers to accompany their ...
Antonio Henrique R. de Oliveira Marques, 1971
2
Below the surface [by sir A.H. Elton].
It's been taught me from my youth up until now, and now I am old I will not depart
from it. Popish mummeries I will not abide. Touch not the unclean thing — touch
not, taste not, handle not I" " What popish mummeries do you mean ? Speak out ...
sir Arthur Hallam Elton (7th bart.), 1860
3
The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England from the ...
From the numeration of the dresses appropriated in 1348 to one of these plays,
which consisted of various kinds of disguisements, they seem to have merited
rather the denomination of mummeries than of theatrical divertisements.1 The
king ...
Joseph Strutt, John Charles Cox, 1801
Recently, the New York Independent, a religions paper, published the following :
" Masonic Mummeries. — It is pitiable to see the mummeries of Masonry revived
upon public occasions. The moral dignity of the late commemoration at Plymouth
...
Allyn Weston, Charles Scott, 1860
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Below the surface: a story of English country life
Popish mummeries I will not abide. Touch not the unclean thing — touch not,
taste not, handle not !" " What Popish mummeries do you mean ? Speak out or I
shall leave the room, and not hear another word ! Popish mummeries, indeed !
Arthur Hallam Elton, 1857
... written by one professing to be a minister of the Gospel — one " set apart from
common use" to be a Doctor of Divinity. Here is the article alluded to. Masonic
Mummeries. — It is pitiable to see the mummeries of Masonry revived ...
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The History of Civilization
And how can the catholic religion, with its dead forms of worship, its unmeaning
mummeries, satisfy the demands of a living soul, just awakened to a sense of its
fearful responsibilities? In the palmy days of the papacy the confessor to the ...
8
The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
Although phrases such as cringing creeds, idle prayers, senseless mummeries,
and hireling priests may seem clichés to modern readers and might have been
staple ideas in anticlerical prose, they appear infrequently in English poetry
before ...
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Donald H. Reiman, Neil Fraistat, 2004
16 1 17 say [iUtg-] 18 the present age, for developed people[?],19 the churches
are full of mummeries{7],20 unfit to America, disgraceful, [Meg.]21 1. At upper
right. Deleted on two lines below: "Have done with these mummeries, of
churches" 2.
Walt Whitman, Edward F. Grier, 2007
Of course we thought them mummeries : that was why we got rid of them.
Whether is it worse, to call your Eminence's red stockings or the lighted candles
of those poor Pimlieo folks mummeries, or to tell us who wish to teach the
spelling-book ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1850
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUMMERIES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
mummeries is used in the context of the following news items.
Absurdities and Outrage Rippled Through the Culture
... of vicious and violent prejudice. Justice Antonin Scalia scoffs at the "mummeries" of the majority opinion. But no thanks for the mummeries. «Town Hall, Jul 15»
Edward Fitzpatrick: Scalia's virulence undercuts his influence, and …
... includes the terms “pure applesauce” and “jiggery-pokery” and his same-sex marriage dissent mentions “mummeries” and “judicial Putsch.”. «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
The conservative politics of the same-sex marriage ruling
These “mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages,” as Justice Antonin Scalia calls them, are not the extent of Kennedy's ... «Al Jazeera America, Jun 15»
Antonin Scalia's Top 5 Dissents of the Year
He also wanted to call attention to what he believed was some very bad writing; Scalia lambasted the majority opinion for its "mummeries and ... «National Journal, Jun 15»
Antonin Scalia Dissent In Marriage Equality Case Is Even More …
"Buried beneath the mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages of the opinion is a candid and startling assertion: No matter what it ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
HUFFPOST HILL - Nation Prepares For Gay, Drunken Evening
"Buried beneath the mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages of the opinion is a candid and startling assertion," Scalia wrote in his ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
Liberals Just Had An Amazing Week At The Supreme Court
... and "egotistic" opinion lacked "even a thin veneer of law" and was chock full of "mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
The GOP's apocalyptic gay-marriage freakout: “I will not acquiesce …
Buried beneath the mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages of the opinion is a candid and startling assertion: No matter what it ... «Salon, Jun 15»
Justice Scalia's gay-marriage ruling slapdown
Buried beneath the mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages of the opinion is a candid and startling assertion: No matter what it ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
Supreme Court ruling legalizes same-sex marriage in Kentucky
"Buried beneath the mummeries and straining-to-be-memorable passages of the opinion is a candid and startling assertion: No matter what it ... «Lexington Herald Leader, Jun 15»
