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Besides all this, the untravelled Englishman—and such was Glencore when he married—never can be brought to understand the harmless levities of foreign life.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

But the levities of Julia, to which Augustus could not be blind, compelled him to banish her—his only daughter—to the Campanian coast, where she died neglected and impoverished.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

It was so sure to be one of those frivolous little levities which jar so painfully on serious feelings.

From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James

The Smallweeds had strengthened themselves in their practical character, discarded all amusements, discountenanced all storybooks, fairy tales, fictions, and fables, and banished all levities whatsoever.

From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)

Yet even for these levities with which his pages are so liberally besprinkled or bedaubed, some half-apology may be circumspectly urged.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan