Merry. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Merry


I had rather have a fool to make me merry, than experience to make me sad. Shakespeare.—As You Like It, Act IV. Scene 1.	1
I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am, by seeming otherwise. Shakespeare.—Othello, Act II. Scene 1.	2
I am never merry when I hear sweet music. Shakespeare.—Merchant of Venice, Act V. Scene 1.	3
Jog on, jog on, the footpath way, And merrily hent the style—a; A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile—a. Shakespeare.—Winter’s Tale, Act IV. Scene 2.	4
How oft, when men are at the point of death, Have they been merry? Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act V. Scene 3. (Romeo at Juliet’s tomb.)	5
And if you can be merry then, I’ll say A man may weep upon his wedding day. Shakespeare.—King Henry VIII., Prologue, last lines.	6