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
All that can be said now is that most Americans find themselves in a kind of no man's land, between Plymouth and Merry Mount, between Middletown and Woodstock.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world premiere of Merry Mount was given in Ann Arbor in concert form, climax of a four-day festival.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were not simply being "Puritanical" and self-righteous in their attacks against the scoundrel of Merry Mount.
From Time Magazine Archive
Its votaries danced round it, once, at least, in every month; sometimes they called it their religion, or their altar; but always, it was the banner staff of Merry Mount.
From From Twice Told Tales by Hawthorne, Nathaniel
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