Jollities

Andy Hayman, whose contribution to the first half-baked police inquiry led to this week's jollities in parliament. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Then came the stern rectitude of direct rule from London, replacing the improvised jollities and deal-making of “John Company,” as the old racket had come to be affectionately known. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mutalammis and his wife abode together in all comfort and solace of life and in all its joys and jollities till death parted them. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Such jollities have endeared him to commentators - shades of Bush here - who have labelled him "engaging", "warm" and even a "friendly teddy bear". ❋ Stephen Retherford (2008)

In strongly Protestant districts traditional Hallowe'en jollities were being ingeniously transferred to Gunpowder Treason Day on November 5th. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Bias plaints are always, at bottom, about the symbolism of an individual journalist's personality: the telltale left-leaning jollities of a Dan Rather or Katie Couric, the overripe entertainment-world analogies of a Maureen Dowd or a Frank Rich. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Today was a late lunch back at Kensal Rise -- very full of TV speak, which was not so interesting to me, but all the others work in TV so hardly suprising -- and general fun & jollities. ❋ Jinty (2004)

For this cause interpret you all my deeds and sayings in the perfectest sense; reverence the cheese-like brain that feeds you with these fair billevezees and trifling jollities, and do what lies in you to keep me always merry. ❋ Unknown (2002)

All compliance with unreformed persons, for secular ends; all conformity unto the course of the world, in jollities and pride of life; all ostentation of riches, wealth, and power; all self-seeking and self-pleasing; all lightness and carnal confidences, -- must utterly be cast away. ❋ 1616-1683 (1968)

What fun to be going home to Christmas jollities, parties and theatres! ❋ Blyton, Enid, 1898?-1968 (1967)

But how much larger and more present is the benefit you receive by me, since, as it were with a perpetual drunkenness I fill your minds with mirth, fancies, and jollities, and that too without any trouble? ❋ C. 1466-1536 (1958)

Mars > (God of war, the lover of Venus) 8 In loves and gentle jollities arrayed, gentle > noble jollities > revelries ❋ Edmund Spenser (N/A)

Then there are the ` sports 'which the _Saint Vincent_ boys have every year at midsummer, before the breaking-up for their holidays, when swimming races, boat races, egg-and-spoon races, and all sorts of jollities are all the go. ❋ John B. [Illustrator] Greene (N/A)

he was [full of] [JOLLITY] ❋ HKC LOL (2016)