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  • However, I have to say your list reminded me of a quote by Bert Lahr's son, "Frivolity is the people's refusal to suffer."

    The Anti-Pragmatic Manifesto Heather McDougal 2007

  • "Have you really missed hearing Kitty Bell at the 'Frivolity'?" asks

    When the Birds Begin to Sing Harold Piffard

  • "Frivolity," he groaned, "is really the cheap mask incompetence claps on when haled before a mirror."

    The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

  • "Frivolity," he groaned, "is really the cheap mask incompetence claps on when haled before a mirror."

    The Certain Hour 1909

  • In a weak moment she accepted a thinking part in a revue at the "Frivolity," and her career ended, as might have been expected, in a shocking

    Marge Askinforit Barry Pain 1896

  • In the evening I went to the "Frivolity," to see the latest rays of the lamp of burlesque.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, April 15, 1893 Various 1876

  • "Frivolity," he said, "is the smoked glass through which a civilized person views the only world he has to live in.

    The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

  • "Frivolity," he said, "is the smoked glass through which a civilized person views the only world he has to live in.

    The Certain Hour 1909

  • Frivolity and fun ... recent entries calendar friends profile

    Frivolity and fun... lyzbeth 2010

  • Frivolity and fun ... recent entries calendar friends profile

    Frivolity and fun... lyzbeth 2010

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