The horse looked about in the thick of the night, as the head of the horse peers out of the cloak, in Welsh mummery, at. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Anerley] Reference
It needed to be left in peace and quiet, not be stirred up to listen to what, in her increasing ire, the nurse termed mummery and flummery. From Wordnik.com. [The Brentons] Reference
In this "mummery" the most successful spectacle was that presented by a group arranged in obvious ridicule of. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
The "mummery" consisted in slow, gliding motions, in whirlings about intended to be graceful, in slow liftings of the hands upward, and in the beating of the drums. From Wordnik.com. [Boy Scouts on Motorcycles With the Flying Squadron] Reference
“What mummery is this, mine host?” said Tressilian. From Wordnik.com. [Kenilworth] Reference
“I will have no such mummery where I command,” said. From Wordnik.com. [Westward Ho!] Reference
"Have they no mummery, no masques and spiced ale in Europe?". From Wordnik.com. [In the Garden of Iden] Reference
“Why, then, if this was a mere masking or mummery,” said. From Wordnik.com. [The Fair Maid of Perth] Reference
These latter had, each of them, some mummery peculiar to himself. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Caliph Vathek] Reference
He trusted his keen-edged sword more than all the magical mummery. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Avenger]
"I have lived without the mummery of prayer, and I will die without it.". From Wordnik.com. [The Redemption of David Corson] Reference
"You laid your trust in magic and mummery," answered Ascalante carelessly. From Wordnik.com. [Wings in the Night]
"You laid your trust in magic and mummery, " answered Ascalante carelessly. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian]
Conan spat sourly, having the warrior's contempt for all such magical mummery. From Wordnik.com. [Conan]
What a mummery it must be to treat as a king a being who has lost the majesty of man!. From Wordnik.com. [Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark] Reference
St. Mary's before: then it had seemed to her senseless mummery; now it seemed beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [Hetty's Strange History] Reference
But this mummery, this child's play of mists and shadows of thought, it could not harm him. From Wordnik.com. [Conan the Wanderer]
He insisted on Navarre taking part in this mummery, for it was to his interest to prevent the. From Wordnik.com. [Heroes of Modern Europe] Reference
Nine dirty years mine age, hairs hoar, mummery failend, snowdrift to my ellpow, deff as Adder. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
Kane stepped back, half-ashamed of this mummery and wondering what, if anything, would come of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon of Skulls]
At dessert Bianchon skilfully contrived to talk of the mass, speaking of it as mummery and a farce. From Wordnik.com. [The Atheist's Mass] Reference
Settling for anything less, Nolan feared, would send the Batman franchise back into camp and mummery. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Knight Director Shuns Digital Effects For the Real Thing] Reference
Until the close is almost reached the West Wittering Tipteers preserve the illusion of mediæval mummery. From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
These "visitations" seem to have been characterized by feasting and merriment and some undesirable mummery. From Wordnik.com. [The Customs of Old England] Reference
“A putative righteousness, the shadow of a dream, a fancy, a mummery, an imagination,” say some among us. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Justification by Faith] Reference
A most magnificent mummery or disguising was exhibited by the citizens of London in 1377, for the amusement of. From Wordnik.com. [A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide] Reference
Most of the shamans 'magic was mummery, but it proceeded from a deeper truth, from a fountain of genuine power. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Spike]
He left the stage quickly and rid himself of his mummery and passed out through the chapel into the college garden. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man] Reference
Under his breath he whispered, "Summary that mummery, Mary," and a thin smile fell about his lips while he listened. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
We paid a heavy fee to see the rare show; but it is well enough to understand the mummery that there is in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Across the page the symbols moved in grave morrice, in the mummery of their letters, wearing quaint caps of squares and cubes. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
We all want him to agree to go through with something he already considers to be mummery, and we want him to agree to do it now. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Breaking]
The ostentatious mummery of these mock ceremonies would cause a smile but for the frightful tragedy with which they were to close. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
He glided along the shadows like a creature of the night, and the black priests were completely engrossed in their ceremonial mummery. From Wordnik.com. [The Conquering Sword of Conan]
That solemn mummery, the "Peace Congress," might temporarily have turned the tide it was wholly powerless to dam; but the arch seceder. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
Much use has likewise been made of the advances of the Prussians towards Champagne, and the usual mummery of ceremony has not been wanting. From Wordnik.com. [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference
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