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单词 it was never merry world since
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it was never merry world since
e. it was never merry world since and variants: it is regrettable that; things were much better before (an event or circumstance). Obsolete.
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1550 R. Hutchinson Image of God (1560) Epist. ☛iij It was a mery world (quod ye papist) before the Bible came forth in englysh, all thinges were good chepe and plentyful.
1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 9 Twas neuer merry world with vs, since these gentle men came vp.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. i. 97 'Twas neuer merry world, Since lowly feigning was call'd complement. View more context for this quotation
1657 N. Billingsley Brachy-martyrologia vii. 170 The Sommoner reply'd, Twas never merry world, since in our tongue The Bible first came forth.
1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary v. v. 276 It was never merry world In England, since the Bible came among us.
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