Harry the Tailor. Sir Arthur and Charming Mollee. There was an old man came over the lea. Why should we quarrel for riches. The merry fellows; or, he that will not merry, merry be. The old man's song. Robin Hood's hill. Begone dull care.英文原著 · 《Ancient Poems》
Johnson liked a frolic or a jest well enough, though he had strange serious rules about it too: and very angry was he if anybody offered to be merry when he was disposed to be grave. "You have an ill-founded notion," said he, "that it is clever to turn matters off with a joke (as the phrase is); whereas nothing produces enmity so certain as one persons showing a disposition to be merry when another is inclined to be either serious or displeased."英文原著 · 《Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson》
Lucio then told the Duke some stories about Angelo. Then he told one about the Duke. The Duke contradicted him. Lucio was provoked, and called the Duke "a shallow, ignorant fool," though he pretended to love him. "The Duke shall know you better if I live to report you," said the Duke, grimly. Then he asked Escalus, whom he saw in the street, what he thought of his ducal master. Escalus, who imagined he was speaking to a friar, replied, "The Duke is a very temperate gentleman, who prefers to see another merry to being merry himself."英文原著 · 《Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare》
'Dummed if I ever see the like uv it. Whoa!'he shouted, as the cover flew open, releasing a jumping-jack. 'Quicker n a grasshopper! D ye ever see sech a sassy little critter? Then he handed it to Elizabeth. 'Wish ye Merry Christmas, Dave Brower!'said he. 'Ain't as merry as I might be,'said David. 'Know what's the matter with ye,'said Unde Eb.英文原著 · 《Eben Holden》
"All right, sport," said Curly, heartily. "But I want to come back again. Say, pal, this is a dandy farm. And I don't want any better fun than hustlin' cows with this bunch of guys. They're all to the merry- merry."英文原著 · 《Heart of the West》
Inside, it will say "MerryMerry" Or "Seasons Greetings," so as not to alienate our friends of other faiths, but we'll know it's Christmas.美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》