Wholesome merriment is the logical result of a deeply imbedded faith, and seriousness is only sad when it becomes superficial.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of Christmas Music] Reference

Wholesome merriment is the logical result of a deeply embedded faith, and seriousness is only sad when it becomes superficial.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas Luncheon] Reference

Behind the merriment was a strong current of malice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fire In His Hands]

His merriment was a pitiful cover for his desperation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference

Ministers at least will recall the merriment that Hugh Latimer made of Master More.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mushrooms on the Moor] Reference

The only darkening element in his merriment is his habit of examining it too anxiously.    From Wordnik.com.  [Among Famous Books] Reference

My reign has certainly been brief enough; with regard to the merriment, that is not quite so certain.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Duke] Reference

Their utterances are always coarse and obscene, causing much merriment, which is supposed to aid the patient in casting off his illness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The North American Indian] Reference

Do they clench shut in merriment?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bits and Pieces: Christmas edition : The Archive] Reference

This week we are quite merry; we seem to employ our minds on the merriment which is always displayed amongst us on such occasions.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan] Reference

My wit evaporates in merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight] Reference

Their Putnam County League foe had a different kind of merriment in mind during the contest.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Delphos Herald] Reference

The King was in good looks and good spirits, and after dinner cut his jokes with all the coarse merriment which is his characteristic.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3)] Reference

As she spoke, her dark eyes flashed with merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dorothy's Mystical Adventures in Oz] Reference

And we swelled the merriment with a forced sputter of ridicule.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference

"Just think, Ma," said Lily, taking courage from Pa's merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bill-Toppers] Reference

The tent was convulsed with laughter and merriment had full swing.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Pirate of Parts] Reference

The old woman herself shared in the wild merriment of the little ones!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

      Conduct in impromptu celebration with dancing and merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Open Letters to Closed Caskets] Reference

"GTL, Mr President, GTL," shout several members of the cast in merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barack Obama on The View - as it happened] Reference

He would laugh in merriment and say no, no, no — even though he meant yes.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Little Brother’s Large Legacy] Reference

To be sure, Brazilians are masters at parlaying life's misery into merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carnival Goes Political] Reference

There was no merriment, but there was a kindly look on every face that was beautiful to see.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference

Wilbur and his father joined him in the merriment, but Mr. Hill felt a twinge of conscience.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hero of Hill House] Reference

Lion, and he still seemed to be choked with merriment as if a sudden idea had occurred to him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference

The whole group who had been perfectly quiet as they waited, now broke into a jubilee of merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quest of Happy Hearts] Reference

No cheerful conversation, no juvenile merriment, or pleasureable excitement of any kind, were ever allowed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference

Solomon meanwhile stood apart, grinning from ear to ear, with his little black beads of eyes twinkling with merriment.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

I still remember the songs of the maidens, the cheerfulness of the old men, the open-hearted merriment of the laborers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

I was not so easily convinced, however, and asked to go back in to the drawing-room where the merriment was still unabating.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference

Without the building the young people gather for merriment, and the fragments of the feast are given to them when it is finished.    From Wordnik.com.  [Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians] Reference

(Soundbite of train) (Soundbite of music) LYDEN: Back at Chatelet, the summertime merriment of life on the metro dispels all darkness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Stations And Boyhood Love On The Paris Metro] Reference

The boys, who had finished their own breakfast, and scoured up the pans, heard the sounds of merriment, and came to inquire the cause.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference