There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life. From LearnThat.org. [Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)]
The revelry is short-lived, however, for the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover) shows up and kills people in graphic fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Movie Review: Beowulf] Reference
His favourite part of the revelry is the march by different infantry, cavalry and mechanised regiments. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
The arrival of the guests, the welcomes, and the "revelry" of the assembly. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
His house became the scene of disorder and revelry. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
Not everyone is enchanted by this revelry with a cause. From Wordnik.com. [Carnival Goes Political] Reference
In the midst of the revelry they made a great calculation of resources. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Sonny Sahib] Reference
We will bury conscience in the poppy-haunted air of exhausting revelry. From Wordnik.com. [Clair de Lune A Play in Two Acts and Six Scenes] Reference
Up there we find the same elfin revelry, the same masks, the same music. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But the next morning it was clear that Joffe, 18, had missed some revelry. From Wordnik.com. [Walking a New Beat] Reference
And you can check out other people's recommendations to plan your revelry. From Wordnik.com. [Foursquare.com: The View from India] Reference
So would she work in the late hours when revelry had worked its own undoing. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
The scene of revelry takes place in the Park, a royal one, and really a noble one. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
Follow our reporting, observations -- and general revelry -- in our live blog below. From Wordnik.com. [Live coverage of the Sept. 14 primaries] Reference
Lorimer eventually realized that the revelry was unfolding in an apartment she owned. From Wordnik.com. [Faceboot! Apartment-trashing tenants evicted after party pix pop up on Facebook] Reference
How serious they are at their work of sweeping away the refuse of the night's revelry. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Life] Reference
'Come, sit by my side, and tell me what thinkest thou of last night's innocent revelry?. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Hark! he comes! the banquet o'er, new revelry succeeds, and now I can partake its joys. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810] Reference
The GABF blew through town this past weekend for three days of beer, medals and revelry. From Wordnik.com. [Colin St. John: The Ten Best Beers I Tasted at the Great American Beer Festival] Reference
The wolf-howling of its revelry was stilled, the clamor of its obscene diversions was hushed. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
It doesn't take much to send scores of Brazilians into the streets for a rousing round of revelry. From Wordnik.com. [Tears Of Joy] Reference
Then they glided out into the darkness, while from afar came the sounds of revelry at the big feast. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift in Captivity, or a Daring Escape By Airship] Reference
He went on to meet them, his dream before him, the wild sound of Ascalon's obscene revelry in his ears. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
All heard the approach of the carriage, the steps ascending the staircase, the sounds of revelry in the hall. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
With staff in hand he plodded wearily on his way, listening to the sound of revelry which struck upon his ear. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
But feeling ill as I did, the sounds of revelry combined with the posset only to soothe me into a heavy slumber. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
From higher up the hall came sounds of revelry, and now and again he caught sight of figures flitting to and fro. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Presently the city marshal sauntered out, leaving his comrades of the long trail to carry on their revelry alone. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Unhappily the Anabaptists have always been remembered by the crimes of John of Leiden and the revelry of Münster. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
So jump into your favorite ride and head out to follow your taste buds to culinary excellence and community revelry. From Wordnik.com. [Wicked Good Travel Tips: Lip Smacking Good Fall Food Festivals Across America] Reference
They had taken him away from the main part of town, as he was aware by the sound of its revelry in the near distance. From Wordnik.com. [Trail's End] Reference
Pierre Auguste Renoir captured the carefree revelry of an afternoon at a guinguette in his "Luncheon of the Boating Party.". From Wordnik.com. [Parisians Celebrate Revival Of Guinguettes] Reference
I was a little excited; I knew that I was the youngest of the party, and I was afraid of appearing awkward on that night of revelry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
A place wherein to forget that the world held aught save beauty; a place for luxurious revelry, and repose filled with lotus dreams. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
This armed revelry coupled with the rising fortunes of separatism, led Robert Gelbard, the senior US envoy to the Balkan to label the. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
The King had retired earlier than usual, for he meant to hunt on the morrow; but his absence only made the revelry more unrestrained. From Wordnik.com. [Orrain A Romance] Reference
For whatever of revelry was prepared for the nobles, brought always in Venice a corresponding pageant to delight the eyes of the people. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
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