10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REVELMENT»
Discover the use of
revelment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
revelment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Edinburgh literary journal; or, Weekly register of ...
Beneath their door-step, and underneath every uncultivated knowe, were those
little green-coated fairies, who, on days of revelment, and particularly at
Christmas, held high council in their subterraneous apartments, and rode forth
with the ...
... wonted bcckonings are performed-the usual course is pursued; and what was
so lately the scene of clarnour and revelment, is now filled with short and pithy
ejaculations of disappointment, or calmed down into a still and deep
consternation.
... glowing, panting, heart to view The mountain s t, empearled o'er with dew ;
That to the ban 5 of some far winding stream, Where live the dancing waters in
the beam Of summer sunshine ;-—draws his ste s away From school-boy
revelment, ...
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The Museum of Foreign Literature and Science
... landlords and entertainers in the penalty due upon their withdrawing. Whilst
the soldiery took up their residence in a large and commodious barn, from the
doors and the windows of which the voice of revelment and intoxication was
heard till ...
5
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... ref'-el-ling, l s. wttresiad, Revelment, ref'-el-ment, j gloddestiad, gloddestwaith,
gloddest, sarllach, cyf- eddach [terfysglu Revelrout, ref'-el-rwt, l. gloddestdorf,
Revelry, ref '-el-ri, s.gloddestwaith, glythi, glythedd, glythni, glythineb Revene, ri-
fin', ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
'He loves his bottle, but his loving wife Contrives to crown his revelment with strife
. Glooms past the tea-urn with prophetic ire, Or stirs, with desperate thrust, the
blazing fire. Addresses, questions, pauses, bites her lip, And scarcely deigns the
...
The rampart consists of a revelment of five feet high; and a sloping turf parapet, of
an equal height, leaves on the edge of it a berme, sufficiently broad to afford a
firm footing to the assailants. There is, on the inside of the rampart, a wall which ...
William Jackson Hooker,
1831
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The Threshold of Atrides. [In Verse.] By George F. Preston
... honour any more the Gods, Seeing their worshippers they may not save
Scathless of evil? Rather shout and sing In orgies profligate, and flushed excess
Of impious revelment; let loose our souls On blasphemy and bloodshed ; deeply
bathe ...
John Byrne Leicester Warren (Baron de Tabley),
1861
She never vents spleen. She feels tense whenever she keeps her vehemence
repressed; hence, she seeks lewd revelment (les fêtes de ses rêves), where
revellers lend her cheer. Whenever Helen dresses herself en fête, her sewn
vestments ...
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Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of ...
The rampart consists of a revelment of five feet high ; and a sloping turf parapet,
of an equal height, leaves on the edge of it a berme, sufficiently broad to afford a
firm footing to the assailants. There is, on the inside of the rampart, a wall which ...
Sir William Jackson Hooker,
1831
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REVELMENT»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
revelment is used in the context of the following news items.
This culture of outrage is making me #thirsty
Alcohol is definitely frowned upon and rightly so, but are we really such a state of teetotallers we can't revel in some rollicking revelment? Yup we are living in a ... «Herald Sun, Mar 15»
Jamaican drugs row threatens to overshadow country's awards double
... both awards since Britain's Colin Jackson and Sally Gunnell in 1993 – it should be a time of celebration and revelment for the small Caribbean island. Instead ... «The Guardian, Nov 13»
Review: The Bacchae
... 'bewitchment' seamlessly and creating just the right level of sympathy to really pack some punch to Agave's (Natalie Imlay) murderous revelment at the close. «A Younger Theatre, May 12»