Festivals

Examples

• All the year round, my people work for the well-being of the community, and these festivals, although they please them, are not without their objects. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Do you celebrate those festivals? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• As the dinner got on, I became aware, little by little, that this festival was not prospering as other like festivals had prospered before it. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Now there are occasions on which the governors and the governed meet together,--at festivals, on a journey, voyaging or fighting. Plato. The Republic.
• They had no theaters, no dances, no festivals. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• He spent great sums and incurred heavy debts to provide public festivals on the most lavish scale. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We are not yet in the time of fairs and festivals. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The Bacchanalia of Melnos do not include the debauchery of Athens, nor are the Anthesphoria anything more than innocent flower festivals. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Are the lovers of sights and sounds, who let out their ears to every chorus at the Dionysiac festivals, to be called philosophers? Plato. The Republic.
• The people went to the temple not only _en masse_ for festivals, but individually for help. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Our prime festivals were held in Perdita's cottage; nor were we ever weary of talking of the past or dreaming of the future. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• They were much given to festivals and shows, and, in particular, they were addicted to bull-fights and gymnastic entertainments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• For the avoidance of this, holy marriage festivals will be instituted, and their holiness will be in proportion to their usefulness. Plato. The Republic.
• All idea of resort for pleasure, of theatres and festivals had passed away. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The temple, by its festivals, kept count. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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