Merry Mount
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Even as the Puritans were striving to build an austere theocracy in New England, they were defied by a character named Thomas Morton, whose Merry Mount colonists disported themselves in free-spirited revelry.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2014
The 1930s witnessed a false dawn when Howard Hanson's Merry Mount and Deems Taylor's The King's Henchman, among other worthy pieces, took the stage at the Met only to disappear soon after.
From Time Magazine Archive
Porgy is a relic of the first important period in American opera, the '30s�a decade that also saw Louis Gruenberg's The Emperor Jones and Howard Hanson's Merry Mount.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ann Arbor critics prophesied a great success for Merry Mount at the Metropolitan next winter.
From Time Magazine Archive
After a few weeks at Plymouth, Morton repaired to Merry Mount and resumed the business of a fur-trader, but, as might have been expected, he was soon brought into conflict with his neighbors.
From England in America, 1580-1652 by Tyler, Lyon Gardiner
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