the gaiety of nations






the gaiety of nations

general cheerfulness or amusement – British

In The Lives of the English Poets, Samuel Johnson wrote about the death of the great actor David Garrick (1717-79), remarking that it has eclipsed the gaiety of nations and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.




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