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attention from modern scholars than he deserves. He seems to have composed convivial verses for drinking parties. However, he is remembered particularly for his...

between humour and insult is fine and constantly shifting, and at times the convivial spirit may degenerate into more heated debate and perhaps, physical altercations...

satiric novel, interspersed with delightful lyrics, amorous, narrative, or convivial. During the winter of 1815–16 Peacock was regularly walking over to visit...

was in Lieder für Freunde der Geselligen Freude ("Songs for Friends of Convivial Joy"), published in Leipzig in 1782, together with Kindleben's German...

short songs celebrating love and wine - or (of verse) in praise of love or wine; amatory or convivial Geordie dialect words Cuthbert Sharp The Bishoprick...

gluttony with the conclusion: "There was not a trace of pleasure and conviviality in the paintings depicting folk life". Peter Weiss draws an arc from...

vitrification, vitriol viv- live Latin vivere "to live", related to vita "life" convivial, revive, survive, viable, victual, vivacious, vivacity, vivid, vivisection...

is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true...

that "every man has his Mermaid's Tavern, every hamlet its shrine to conviviality". William Stansby Mermaid Series Affinity group Halliday, F. E. A Shakespeare...

"anacreontics", were used to entertain patrons in Teos and Athens. Dubbed "the convivial bard of Greece", Anacreon's songs often celebrated women, wine, and entertaining...

take on a more regular shape. Meanwhile, he had written many songs for convivial occasions, and "to console himself under all misfortunes"; some had apparently...

few public assemblies – at least in the heart of winter – in which the convivial spirit of the season could be released". Further, he suggested that the...

a drinking ditty to be chorused with glasses swung in rhythm", but "convivial, ... in a special and stately way". Early publications of the song ascribe...

canted over like a tipsy man's hat, and the whole group presents a most convivial aspect. The toppling incident took place in the early hours of January...

November 2019.; translation from Paton, William Roger (1918). "Book 11: Convivial & Satirical Epigrams; No.357—Palladas". Greek Anthology IV (in Greek and...

magnanimous, albeit somewhat cool and unimpassioned, with a tendency for convivial excess. His appealing manners and conversation contributed to his general...

Cape Society is a convivial Edinburgh tavern-based society which was first established in the 18th century. It is one of many Convivial Edinburgh Societies...

the extemporaneous work of Nino Oxilia, who composed its verses out of the blue on a convivial occasion in 1909. Oxilia's text was set to music by Giuseppe...

joined verse or repartee. This use is comparable to Japanese renga 'linked verse'. Skolia are often referred to as 'banquet songs', 'convivial songs"...

and Oxford always remained his home. He was known as a very easy and convivial as well as a very learned don, with a taste for taverns and crowds as...