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Definition
to take delight in
or:
to party — especially in a noisy way
or:
to party — especially in a noisy way
- From Alexandria This is the news:—he fishes, drinks, and wastes The lamps of night in revel: is not more manlike Than Cleopatra;, nor the queen of Ptolemy More womanly than he: hardly gave audience, or Vouchsaf'd to think he had partners: you shall find there A man who is the abstract of all faults That all men follow.1.4 — Act 1 Scene 4 — Rome. An Apartment in CAESAR'S House (8% in)
- Nay, 'tis most certain, Iras:—saucy lictors Will catch at us like strumpets; and scald rhymers Ballad us out o' tune: the quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and present Our Alexandrian revels; Antony Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness I' the posture of a whore.5.2 — Act 5 Scene 2 — Alexandria. A Room in the Monument (60% in)
There are no more uses of "revel" in Antony and Cleopatra.
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