| 单词 | placidity |
| 例句 | The larger she grew, the deeper Blanca sank into an Oriental placidity that dashed all her husband’s attempts to introduce her into society. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You slap me,” she said, with a placidity equally fearful, “and I do guarantee you you won’t do no more slapping in a hurry.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But the placidity of his face belied an unusually active mind. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’m plenty angry, Pudge. And you haven’t been the picture of placidity of late, either, and you aren’t going to off yourself. Wait, are you?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The cows gazed at him with a sort of threatening idiotic placidity; the horses peered down their long snouts like curious, intelligent gods. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The placidity of her countenance along with the smoothness of her skin made her face appear like a mask, with living, human eyes behind it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Her wasted placidity in the tragic final scene was deeply affecting. Music Review: ?Lulu? at the Met, Now Conducted by Fabio Luisi 2010-05-09T22:19:00Z “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” creates discomfort and suspense in part by playing off the discrepancy between the horror of the crimes and the placidity of the suburban locales. Liz Garbus Is Taking Back the Voices Stolen by the Golden State Killer 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z The placidity of the Cold War boom generated an urgent need for rudeness and disrespect, and Mad responded, broadening its critical gaze beyond comic-strip-art parody and into more generalized social and cultural commentary. A World Without Mad Magazine 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The stylistic placidity draws attention to the disturbance of Hildy’s alcoholism, the way her drinking interrupts even the film’s genre. ‘The Good House’ Review: Expending Emotional Real Estate 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Ecocide is a frightening, complicated political issue, and yet the members of the Future Library Trust allude to it with a strange air of placidity. This Library Has New Books by Major Authors, but They Can’t Be Read Until 2114 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The placidity was largely the province of Mr. Fresu, who plays with the lyrical concision and softly plangent tone of Miles Davis. Music Review | Ralph Towner and Paolo Fresu: Ralph Towner and Paolo Fresu Play at Columbia 2010-03-26T20:50:00Z I wouldn’t say serenity, I would say placidity about that time. Brandi Carlile talks new music and Gorge surprises ahead of Echoes Through the Canyon concert 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z They get together, and the resulting placidity and comfort settles them both. Submarine ? review 2011-03-17T15:00:01Z But he found it — the mantra, the pacific placidity — and tried to keep it. Review of Martin Scorsese's George Harrison documentary 2011-10-05T14:20:00Z People got married, divorced, babies were born and people died, and there was this placidity. Brandi Carlile talks new music and Gorge surprises ahead of Echoes Through the Canyon concert 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Look: a man caught in the act of grabbing another man by the throat, which would alarm were it not for the eerie, inexplicable placidity of his victim’s face. Bruce Gilden’s Gritty Vision of a Lost New York 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z They are places where, during those Major/Blair/Brown years since Andy left school, the service sector ethos has been absorbed into an existing fabric of placidity and the places look weirdly alike. The World's End – review 2013-07-18T14:30:00Z Beginning in chiming placidity, the song gradually assumed a forward pull, and Mr. Binney applied similar pacing to his solo, moving from judicious concision to a torrential overflow. David Binney: David Binney?s Art of the Straddle at 55 Bar 2010-04-07T21:58:00Z But despite her placidity, Poplavskaya has leapfrogged to prominence in recent years, profiting from the malaises or caprices of others. Marina Poplavskaya: 'I am a person of extraordinary ability' 2011-04-09T23:05:35Z Ms. Nicholson, seen to better effect earlier this season in Melissa James Gibson’s play “This,” imbues Judy with a thoughtful placidity that is at least a relief when compared to Mr. Waterston’s shrill emotionalism. | 'Parents? Evening': Julianne Nicholson and James Waterston at Flea Theater 2010-04-30T02:27:00Z A dark aura of repressed sensuality alternates with scenes of suburban placidity. Review: 'Far From Heaven' pretty close to heavenly 2013-06-03T00:34:08Z The power of Mina’s writing is such that she can transport readers from placidity to violent pandemonium in the space of a paragraph. Denise Mina’s ‘Blood, Salt, Water’: An atmospheric, chilling thriller 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z But about midway came a handful of Mr. Legend’s solo songs, which reduced the whole stage to placidity, though the organist James Poyser added nervy flourishes of drama on “Green Light.” Music Review: Putting Ballads Aside for Soul That?s More Soothing Than Sweaty 2010-09-24T22:07:00Z Hoffman writes admiringly of "the logic, restraint, and complex placidity" of his creations, which showed "the outlines of a modest Palestinian peasant house fused with contours far grander and stranger." Three architects who built Jerusalem: How they shaped and fled (and were forgotten by) the conflicted city 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Once you start looking at the statistics, the apparent Norman-Rockwell placidity of skating and sledding fractures apart. Motherlode Blog: Helmets: Because Their Thick Skulls Aren’t Thick Enough 2014-02-07T17:22:38Z She lets the camera drink in the differences between their big-city home environs and the placidity of their woody, lakeside getaway. Review: Anna Kendrick explores codependent damage in 'Alice, Darling' 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Kemp’s contrasting placidity conceals an urgency even though he has led Abrams by about five percentage points all year, which Monday’s debate probably did not alter. Opinion | Kemp’s placidity conceals an urgency about defeating Abrams in Georgia 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z What might have been striking about Saturday was its placidity, especially in a month not famed for meteorological serenity. A calm day in December, with signs of autumn, winter and spring 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z The seeming placidity of the city was perhaps deceptive. With Gatherings Banned Amid Turmoil, Tunisians Can Only Watch. And Wait. 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z CAC workers around Hangzhou continued to scan the internet for anything that might perturb the great sea of placidity. Leaked documents show how China’s army of paid internet trolls helped censor the Coronavirus 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z C.A.C. workers around Hangzhou continued to scan the internet for anything that might perturb the great sea of placidity. No ‘Negative’ News: How China Censored the Coronavirus 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z With all the dire warnings, the general seemed to be losing patience with his countrymen’s trademark placidity. ‘Russian aggression’: Sweden to reconstitute armed forces over feared attack 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Soon, they, too, found comfort in the placidity. Finding Stillness in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters in the Age of Trump 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Facing an unprecedented challenge to his rule, Maduro has sought to project power and placidity. Mass protests to sweep across Venezuela as Maduro clings on 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z With a slicked-back mohawk and a southern drawl, he has none of the holier-than-thou placidity of many western New Age gurus. Magick 'saved my life': the former death row inmate turned warlock 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z He has the polish of a former Marine officer and federal prosecutor, and radiates a determination not to radiate anything other than placidity. Opinion | Could a Democrat be the best of both worlds in red-state America? 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Given the comparative placidity of recent presidential contests, almost no one had relevant experience of herding delegates in a convention setting, with one notable exception: Manafort. Paul Manafort: how decades of serving dictators led to role as Trump's go-to guy 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Mehta, the former director of research and analytics for the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program and the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, pointed to several other indicators of uncanny market placidity this year. The Stock Market Has Been Magical. It Can’t Last. 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z That placidity sits in stark contrast to what happened in 2016, from Britain’s decision to leave the European Union to the election of Donald J. Trump as president. JPMorgan and Citigroup Report Slow Trading in Otherwise Strong Results 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Once a month or so, the couple will swing by, sit on the bench, their bench, and amid the park’s placidity, contentedly gaze at the humanity filing past, and feel good. 4,223 Central Park Benches With Stories to Tell 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s as if we’re reinventing the proprieties of the Victorian age, when no one would refer to sex or the lavatory, when outward bland placidity concealed a ferment of hypocrisy. What’s so embarrassing about being embarrassed? | David Mitchell 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z This string of images is unfurled so skillfully that the garish, indifferent vitality of the children and the placidity of the cow turn our attention away from the pyre itself. An Intimate Novel of a Terror Attack 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z His sister Sandra, 62, was skeptical that the queen was an image of placidity behind closed doors. Britain hails Queen Elizabeth II’s longevity on the throne 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z Originally colonised as a slave trading outpost at the edge of the Mali empire, it stood apart in its placidity. The reckless plot to overthrow Africa's most absurd dictator | Andrew Rice 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Only someone with her unique combination of drive and outward placidity could run a tremendously popular, hugely productive website and then begin a second career chastening us for our addiction to the Internet. Arianna Huffington’s Improbable, Insatiable Content Machine 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z It is unclear why so many horses have particular goat friends, but Andrew Lakeman, a trainer at Belmont, said their fiery demeanors are complemented by the goats’ placidity. Barnyard Buddies Curl Up at Belmont 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Global Salon opened its season on Jan. 28 with Yungchen Lhamo, a Buddhist folk singer and Tibetan refugee with a crystalline, operatic trill and hypnotizing aura of placidity. World Music Institute, a Tour for the Ears and Hips 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z "Our objections to the use of dolphins in war may be sentimental, because we project idealized notions of placidity on their perennially smiling faces," he concludes. The morality of dolphin soldiers 2014-05-06T21:17:23Z Last year’s triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis was supposed to shake the country out of its paralyzing placidity. A Nervous Japan Swings Right Ahead of Elections 2012-12-14T21:35:33Z But she lay calm and still as if asleep, with her features full of a sweet placidity, such as they had seldom worn in life. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Her placidity of temper was likely to be one of her most convenient endowments. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z It finally killed him, but that with his amazing corpulence he could live a long time with a serious rupture, and keep his general health and his placidity, is very interesting. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z A certain drawn look about the mouth, and the added placidity and beauty of death gave to it a likeness to Elsa which had not seemed to exist in life. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z The scene was the perfection of drowsy restfulness, when the sudden blast of a steam-siren broke in upon the placidity, and with the sound a steamer, looking gigantic in these miniature surroundings, entered the bay. The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza 2012-03-21T02:00:34.053Z With a cheerful placidity, which was but the reaction of her utter helplessness, Mrs. Dorrance began her new life. The Dorrance Domain 2012-03-10T03:00:14.767Z Sarella had a fund of mild obstinacy which her placidity of temper partly veiled. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z His astonished companion inquired the cause of such placidity, in the midst of anger and turbulence. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z She told him, preserving the gentle placidity which, not without thought, she had adopted for her r�le. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Was ever poetical justice done with more placidity and completeness than in the prison scene? The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z Perhaps he fancied that the wonted scene would deaden the pain of memory and restore him to his wonted placidity. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z People let her have her own way because she was so placidly sure that they would, and it seemed almost profane to disturb the placidity. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Bruce's eye here kindled with a sudden fire, and his whole countenance became animated with an expression of fierce eagerness that strongly contrasted with its former placidity. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z Then she resumed the placidity of her angelic expression, and minced along after the younger Kenway girls, and out of sight around a corner of the house. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z “It’s paint,” he finished, examining it with a placidity almost impersonal. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z Sooner all the pain in the world than the placidity of years without fire or inspiration. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z They had none of the fat placidity of the suckers. Hoof and Claw 2012-01-28T03:00:27.507Z It occurred to Mrs. Hatherly that Brown's face lost a trifle of its usual placidity as his eyes rested on his daughter, who was, however, still apparently talking to the naval officer. For Jacinta 2012-01-27T03:00:20.840Z In spite of Castro's good natured, smiling placidity, he started in surprise as if indignant at such a question. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z "I don't mind," said Yankelé with undiminished placidity, "de longer de better." The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z They accepted it, now, with a matter-of-course placidity. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z With the last words, his face resumed its normal expression of placidity, and, before he continued, he began to pace slowly up and down the room, with his thumbs in the pockets of his trousers. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z Once on this lofty plane, the individual would not be trammelled by material obstacles, but would abide in that spiritual placidity which is the exquisite realization of mortal perfection. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Once outside, he breathed again, recovered his usual placidity. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z His patient placidity was remarkable to those who came in contact with him—not knowing that he dwelt in a serene world apart and dreamed love’s young age-old dream therein. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z Made a start," said Mrs. Ray, glancing at her placidity with an air of tart exasperation, "made fifty starts, you mean. In a Mysterious Way 2011-09-25T02:00:17.377Z She was flagrantly complacent, and her placidity enraged one immeasurably, and goaded nervous temperaments to the verge of frenzy. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z She had a square, stolid face, which had settled into the heavy placidity that comes to those who expect nothing. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z Part of Gus' power and menace has come from his suave placidity—and from how Esposito has managed to lace that unflappable calm with just the slightest hint of efficient murderousness. Breaking Bad: The Man Behind the Chicken 2011-06-07T00:05:00Z You need ozone to restore your placidity, but go back again later, like an obliging chap, if only to give my message to poor Grémond.” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z He experienced a restlessness foreign to his habitual placidity, which restlessness, by reason of its strangeness, worried him considerably. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z Then in the Narrows beyond Para I remember an impression of elegance and placidity, for there, the waters still being tidal and saline, the palms were conspicuous and in profuse abundance. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z “I am,” Billy assured her with his usual placidity. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z There is no placidity, no rest in the heart of the land. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z This was not, indeed, the case, and the action arose from nervousness, for the usual calm placidity of her mind was sadly ruffled. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z His was not by any means a life of placidity and optimism, and he had the air and reputation of doing things. Castles and Chateaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country 2011-08-27T02:00:22.057Z Then we shook hands again, and I found her death-like placidity a good deal harder to bear than if she had broken down or gone into hysterics. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z And those were yet further from the truth who confused her silence with placidity. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z We tire of sensations and the extraordinary, and would revert to a smooth placidity of plain occurrence. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z With Mrs. Dale’s death the quiet placidity of the children’s life ceased. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z It simply seemed as though nothing, either material or spiritual, could ruffle the placidity of Aunty Rose Kennedy. Carolyn of the Corners 2011-08-10T02:00:14.997Z The opposition of Boss Tolley and his gang was the last thing to trouble the placidity of Parson Hunt’s soul. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z “I am glad, too, that it was a mistake,” she said, her face dropping again into its soft placidity. Marjorie Dean College Freshman 2011-07-27T02:00:32.033Z The fixed placidity of his countenance is not disturbed by your approach, but if you overstep by one pace what he considers the proper limit, down goes his head under cover of the flood. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z At mention of Marjorie her self-imposed placidity flew to the winds. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z “It isn’t this house, but another, that is burning,” the Northern girl said, with continued placidity. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie Great Times in the Land of Cotton 2011-07-17T02:00:32.150Z His placidity, his assurance, began to shake Nell’s confidence in herself more than any other thing. The Heart of Canyon Pass 2011-08-04T02:00:24.083Z The feelings of a wild bull in a net must be placidity itself compared with those of poor Philip on finding himself thus cornered and publicly taken possession of. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z There, duels are plenty as blackberries; and the editor of a daily paper wings his friend in the morning, and writes a premier Paris in the afternoon, with equal satisfaction and placidity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z The festivity within, and the placidity without, led my thoughts naturally to the source from whence my comfort springs—to the Great Bestower of every blessing. Mary Wollstonecraft's Original Stories 2011-06-26T02:00:10.173Z Brokers, speculators, actors, sometimes public speakers, on whom appearances in public in spite of apparent placidity are often a severe strain, may have to be guided into quieter paths of life. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z However, she did not allow such details to disturb her placidity for long. The Old Blood 2011-06-13T02:00:22.897Z "Of course," was the Duchess's comment to the Bishop as she watched the scene with her eyeglass up and the placidity of relief, "of course they will conquer us." The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The forehead is indeed that of a god,—an unalterable placidity dwells upon it. Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good 2011-05-25T02:00:17.943Z And I do not mean that there was any shallowness about the girl's nature; though assuredly the placidity would be wanting. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z And such colossal placidity is full of fate. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Lose your temper on all occasions, as nothing is more conducive to stoutness than placidity. Back at School with the Tucker Twins 2011-05-14T02:00:10.887Z How was he going to work with that constant reminder about his house of his past placidities? The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z The placidity of repose enhanced the beauty of his finely moulded features; but he was very pale, and his cheeks and temples looked worn and thin. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Her countenance, too, wore an unexpected expression of placidity, almost cheerfulness. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z There is something fine in the picture—a strain of Egyptian placidity permeates the features. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z Mine host's placidity gave way somewhat at these peremptory orders, which were accompanied by a loud and significant tapping of a whip across a riding boot. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z The stars, what consolation they have given the wretched in long ages of suffering, by their eternal placidity, their quietude from the feverish follies which we know intuitively belong to a lower life. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Tonight, however, throw all placidity out the window. March Madness: America's Bad Case of Butler Fever 2011-04-04T16:05:19Z We look, however, a little below the surface, and we think that we can discover two very cogent reasons for this state of singular placidity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Not a resentful word escaped him, and his features retained their usual expression of benignant placidity. The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] 2011-03-27T02:00:17.093Z Eglinton's placidity had in no sense given way before the deadly insult; only his face had become pale as death, but the eyes still looked grave, earnest and straight at his enemy. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z So, swallowing his chagrin as he best could, and putting on the semblance of placidity, the King in silence awaited his coming up. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z University College, Nov. 18, 1853.—This morning I was asked to breakfast with the Master, whose courteous placidity is such that he looks as if turmoil, contradiction, and reform could never approach him. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z One who had seen him but for an instant would have taken the immobility of his countenance for placidity. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z Anna was struck by the placidity with which they covered their apprehension. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z But there was obviously no look of sarcasm in his eyes, nor the hint of a sneer in the even placidity of his voice. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z One of the most striking features of Laennec's character was his absolute placidity and lack of personal ambition. Makers of Modern Medicine 2011-03-05T03:00:29.580Z She was embittered, humiliated, broken-spirited, yet she maintained throughout a mask of placidity to the world, inquisitive, pitying, ridiculing, as she knew it to be. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z He was not content with the present, then; it had been a false placidity—he would risk his life for light; life without it, even with Mattie, did not seem for an instant worth considering! Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z The agent's wife assumed an injured placidity, than which there is nothing more aggravating. The Westerners 2011-02-14T03:00:39.347Z But the placidity did not yield to eagerness, only to a certain effort at sulky protest, as Gaston, having mounted the steps, now stood facing him in his own doorway. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Yet there could be no doubt that discomfiture and perplexity were beginning to play the deuce with the Chief Constable's official placidity. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z But to maintain this placidity was not without its special difficulties. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z His cousin had annoyed him; stirred up the acrimony of his nature, and destroyed all that placidity of demeanour which he had fostered lately. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z Her intense placidity infuriated him only the more. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "We'll get 'em all right in the morning," remarked the woman with her exasperating placidity. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z Not seldom Pierre's social placidity was ruffled by polite entreaties from the young ladies that he would be pleased to grace their Albums with some nice little song. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z Christopher received this outburst with his usual placidity—the placidity that only woodsmen have cultivated in its most artistic sense. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z "I can see," said Billy with strange placidity, "I can see that I've got to get out of here." The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z The placidity of the old man remained undisturbed. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z He possessed the art of outward placidity to a masterly degree. Lord Tony's Wife An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel 2011-01-31T03:00:13.650Z But his mother, Jen, though grateful for Adam's placidity -- a marked contrast to his rambunctious older brother -- viewed his undemanding behavior with an uneasiness that grew as he did. Mother labored to find reason for son's developmental delays 2010-08-24T04:00:00Z It came to him suddenly that that placidity and hauteur which he had so admired in the old days were no mask for fires within. The Valiants of Virginia Then all the world lay still, Calm in the deep placidity of strength That recks for nothing human. Provocations Here in these ultimate September days of summer's reluctant farewell life had all the rich placidity of an apricot upon a sun-steeped wall. Sinister Street, vol. 2 In such universal placidity it could not be wrong to hold that hand wasting itself amid small energies. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The dark, bearded lawyer, the picture of strength and placidity, raised both hands silently, summoning Luisa and Franco, one to either side of him. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico And Sally frequently considered Gerry far too addicted to moods, which were disturbing to her own comfortable placidity. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines "She knows now," said old Mrs. Waterlow, who remained unsmiling, but with a placidity full of satisfaction; "and she'll hardly be able to forget." The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece The attempt was never successful; the reserve and placidity which sit with gracefulness on the high-bred Englishman, was a stiff, uncourteous manner in the more cordial and volatile Irishman. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Nor could Michael resent that news of death which could ennoble his mother with this placidity of comprehension, this staid and haughty mien of sorrow. Sinister Street, vol. 1 The Marchesa preserved her external, marble placidity, though her heart was filled with anger and rancour against her grandson. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico "But you don't appear to be having any difficulty in refusing, Polly," Mrs. Webster answered with her usual placidity. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines He had spoken too much from the height of his detachment, and the placidity of his words might well seem horrible to her. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece In youth it has quite a queer charm,—the charm of mysterious placidity, of smiling calm. Lafcadio Hearn It is a simple little place, with a certain placidity and quiet that are very soothing. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway This man's placidity and inveterate good-humour were getting on her nerves. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Nevertheless, she realized how greatly this same placidity annoyed her beloved twin sister in moments of agitation. The Camp Fire Girls Behind the Lines Really, it was a sort of placidity that gazed back at her, so unlike the disfigured, tear-blinded reflection that had been there that morning—when she had read the paper. The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece All day long the hound would stay in the meadow close to the cow, who, uneasy at first under his attentions, came to accept them with bovine placidity. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road The placidity of peace on a mountain-top, shade in a dell, and love in a garden crept into her tones. Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole Lady Massiter was also large, but she had the kind and warm placidity that makes some women the type of all maternity. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary He grew weary of this placidity, and as he turned upon one side he heard a prolonged hiss from the shore. The Garden of Eden The strange placidity which usually characterized the old man's face had not returned to it since Alan had spoken with him on the dock; its look was intent and queerly drawn. The Indian Drum The sunshine flecked her face and her hair, and in the sweet placidity of sleep he hardly recognized the girl he had often seen in the country church on Sundays. Clover and Blue Grass His courtesy is changed to boorishness, his placidity to snappishness. Windyridge He fidgeted on his cushion, and his Turkish placidity threatened to be seriously disturbed. Bye-Ways Like rivers, and yet so unlike them in width, depth, and placidity, with their broad mouths guarded by clustering islands, one can find nothing in Nature more grand, solemn, and impressive than a Norwegian fjord. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia There was no change there; the ordinary placidity of their wonted manner, and the kindly love-greeting borne in their mellow voices, startled her—so strong had been her conviction that all was disclosed. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 Two sad-robed sisters looked on with the placidity of canvas saints. Where the Pavement Ends Alice was in her usual seat; and the placidity of manner which distinguished them from ordinary sufferers, spoke their usual obedience to the Divine will. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative The Cymri therefore looked on with placidity and satisfaction at the mutual enmity and reprisals of Normans and Saxons, for they remained unconquered and unmolested in their upland homes. Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards Jesus, seated on his bench, regarded the preparations for this insulting ceremony with unalterable placidity. The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth The hide-bound, red-tape-ridden official was more moved than he would have cared to admit, by a sense of irritation at the placidity of this witness, who was even now almost on his trial. The Heart of a Woman Her features were regular, but expressively alive compared to the artificial placidity of the court beauties. The Envoy, Her Had he lived fifty years earlier, Carlyle would have been invited to find salvation in the easy-going, drawing-room rationalism of Hume and Gibbon, or to content himself with the ecclesiastical placidity known as Moderatism. Thomas Carlyle Famous Scots Series Madame Arles had been educated in the Romish faith, and accepted all its tenets with the same unquestioning placidity with which she enjoyed the sunshine. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 Jesus, to so many outrages and ill treatment, opposed an unalterable placidity, and on his pale and handsome features Genevieve did not see the least impatience or the least anger betray itself. The Silver Cross or The Carpenter of Nazareth Even Cortez lost his habitual placidity of temper and began to complain. Hernando Cortez Makers of History But after an hour's solitude, he had sufficient command of himself to fill the appointment, and he appeared at the Davis house with all his usual placidity of manner. The Torch Bearer She showed her hurt beneath the placidity his gift imposed upon her. Assignment's End It is said that beer drinkers are slow, and a little stupid; that they have an ox-like placidity not quite favorable to any brilliant intellectual display. The Intellectual Life If she had struggled or cried out, he would have gone on with his voluble, excited declaration; but her placidity was incomprehensible to him. Eleven Possible Cases His grandmother smiled at him out of her warm placidity, and though Rose still drew his eyes to her, he was aware that she did not mean to question him. Rose MacLeod No one had a greater appreciation of, or took a keener pleasure in, life's unruffled placidity than the young society man. The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure Her face was anything but serene, the complex of emotions in her tilted green eyes far removed from the ready placidity he had learned to expect. Assignment's End But there are times when this placidity is what the laboring brain most needs. The Intellectual Life Instead of Germany's order, confusion prevailed in France; instead of Germany's placidity, disturbance prevailed in England; and in both France and England incompetence seemed the chief note. The Pentecost of Calamity I was in mid-air with a scene of extraordinary beauty and placidity spread before me. Captain Macedoine's Daughter He injected an antidote to the hypnotic and gave her the standard test for emotional response as her expressionless face cleared to placidity. No Charge for Alterations It was something, he said to himself, to find such serenity, such sweet placidity of life, possible in the very midst of nineteenth-century England, with all her turmoil and bustle and distraction. A Life Sentence A Novel At the same time he was slightly impatient: his faith in the dangers of Havana had been shaken by the city’s aspect of profound placidity, its air of unalloyed pleasure. The Bright Shawl It was evident that something much out of the ordinary had occurred to rob him of his usual placidity. Doubloons—and the Girl Surrounded by attentive minions, who had full 'confidence in his dispositions' he reposed, with the urbane placidity of a corpulent idol, in the curve of his great horseshoe desk. Captain Macedoine's Daughter Whatever placidity there is is attained by means of vampirism. The Kempton-Wace Letters Her placidity was not so much the result of temperament as of choice. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings "I am sure that if any one deserves it, Elizabeth does," said Mrs. Heron, recovering her usual placidity of demeanour. Under False Pretences A Novel With the bellow of the whistle Mr. Carville's face cleared and assumed its wonted placidity. Aliens All things considered, the gay placidity of temper with which the count had borne his fate was really remarkable. Jena or Sedan? Can't you see the man, content with a good digestion, unailing body, and mild pleasures, and enjoying life with bovine placidity? The Kempton-Wace Letters The placidity of a medium commonplace mind is uninteresting, but the placidity of a strong and well-governed one borders on the sublime. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings But Mrs. Heron's placidity was of a kind which would not be ruffled. Under False Pretences A Novel As may be well imagined, during the remainder of that eventful day, until the hour of the Prince's arrival, the Abbé did not enjoy his customary placidity. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 She has reached a sort of tragic placidity. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) And after looking at it till my spirits have subsided into something like kindred composure and placidity, I open my letter-case, and find your last unanswered epistle lying on the top of it. Records of Later Life "That was only a figure of speech, my dear," replied Mrs. Rathbawne, with engaging placidity. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel She accepted the fact with placidity that she herself was not good. Daddy's Girl The little child pushes through its first month of venturesome encounter with the rough world it has entered upon bravely; and the household is restored to its uniform placidity. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 The placidity of its life was undisturbed by financial deficits. A History of Giggleswick School From its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 Its contemplative placidity might have been inviting another sad and wise old woman to recognize these facts of life with her. Tante Anything that disturbs the seeming placidity of the surface always strikes alarm to the undeveloped mind. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex England’s usual calm placidity had 170 vanished in exultant rejoicing. An Orkney Maid She felt a little shocked, but her placidity was too deep-rooted to be altogether destroyed. Melomaniacs After supper they sat talking, the lusty moon lifting a wondering face over the hills in genial placidity as if sure, after all its ages, of giving the world a surprise at last. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek But, as she lay in the little room, her hands folded on her breast, corpse-like already in her placidity, something wailed within her and lamented. Tante Her face was infantile in the smallness of the features, in their perfect round, and in the expression of helpless placidity which seemed to lie upon it. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Their placidity amused the Marchese, and so did the thought of the little scene that he knew was being enacted in the library. Olive in Italy It made her analyse him ruthlessly; his childish lack of self-criticism, his placidity, his insatiable vanity, his almost deliberate exploitation of his personal charm, all these things she cast aside and ignored. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists Franklin's account of this affair for its coolness and placidity may almost be compared with Gibbon's "I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son." Benjamin Franklin With all his rather sickly grace and ambiguous placidity, Mr. Drew was not lacking in character. Tante Addison, in a much kinder language and gentler voice, utters much the same sentiment: and speaks of the rivalry of wits, and the contests of holy men, with the same sceptic placidity. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges His placidity and stolid indifference are rudely shaken by the sharpers, who differ only from the boatmen of Beirut in that they wear pantaloons and intersperse their Arabic with a jargon of French. The Book of Khalid “I hope so, at least,” said Brunken, with a modest placidity. The First Violin A Novel He seemed, however, to pierce beyond the smiling placidity of her expression, and to be aware of something that chilled him, of something that seemed to say: "There are such things as broken hearts." Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real She put forward these remarks with unbiassed placidity. Tante The usual blank placidity of his face was rippled by radiant exultation. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West Elsa, lulled into security by her mother's placidity and Béla's apparent simple friendship, hardly was conscious of the precise moment when the siege against her passive resistance was once more resumed. A Bride of the Plains He at least was awake; his highly-strung new restlessness would not accord with the placidity of these contented people. The Education of Eric Lane Jake and Hannah, their faces settled once more into their accustomed expressions of good-humored placidity, leaned from their windows and waved their hands. Treasure Valley She was watching, with her old contented placidity, a scene in which she had little part. Tante A look of recognition disturbed only for the instant the placidity of the ochre features. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China She was a stout, sleepy-looking woman, with a soft voice, and in placidity and a certain cosyness of exterior somewhat resembled a large white cat. Not Like Other Girls He did not know that long afterward he was never to see Winny Dymond's eyes and parted hair without some vision of strength and profound placidity and cleanness. The Combined Maze The light-hearted child was often weary of these complainings, and turned for relief to the placidity and cheerfulness of her mother's mind. Madame Roland, Makers of History He represented it so well, indeed, that, when Mrs. Fennamy discovered that he had taken Persis off for an intimate conversation in a wood, even her tolerant placidity was deranged. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 Snow deserved it, for she was a beauty, and a very well-behaved cow, letting Alice and Ellen stroke her and pat her and feel of her thick hide, with the most perfect placidity. The Wide, Wide World This love continued for four years with occasional interruptions in its placidity. A Preliminary Study of the Emotion of Love between the Sexes Strange to say, the immigrants, Irish and American, have in this conformed to the better type; so that gentle manners, placidity of character and restraint of emotion may be said to prevail among them. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study The letter which my uncle had written, said Edgar, announcing her death, mentioned with what patience and placidity she endured her malady, and with what calmness and resignation she met the approach of death. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father Presently she took from him the elder baby which, whimpering again, was quieted at once by her broad placidity. Tatterdemalion P——, as usual, drew forth his pipe, and soothing himself with its fumes, exemplified absolute comfort and contentment in the placidity of his countenance. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition His hair was dark, and his eyes brown: but the same calm placidity of expression rested on his features as on hers, and his motions were quiet and deliberate. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The very serenity and placidity which Quaker worship and industry produce in the true Quaker have resulted in the emotional ruin of some, and in the subconscious volcanic state in others. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study I was most impressed with the exceeding mildness and placidity of their demeanor; as if they had time enough, plenty to eat, and nothing to fear. Birds in the Bush Beyond this is a garden, and beyond the garden are the other buildings of the convent, where the placid sisters keep a school—a test, doubtless, of placidity. A Little Tour of France Her breath came and went with the long-drawn placidity of deep sleep. It, and Other Stories This placidity shed its soft light into the modest academies of the rabbis. Jewish Literature and Other Essays The eventualities of road traffic do not usually disturb the placidity of the bullock, but if he once gets frightened and loses his head, he gives way to unmitigated panic. India and the Indians Like rivers, and yet so unlike them in width, depth, and placidity, with their broad mouths guarded by clustering islands, one can find nothing in nature more grand, solemn, and impressive than a Norwegian fjord. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Chaumont It was difficult to believe in these dark deeds, however, as we looked through the golden morning at the placidity of the far-shining Loire. A Little Tour of France With the dumb placidity of some ruminant, Avery was sitting in his same place on the platform of the emporium. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 By the urbane placidity which marked the utterance of his happiest speeches, Sir Nicholas Bacon often recalled to his hearers the courteous easiness of More's repartees. A Book About Lawyers This labourer, a marvel of placidity and unconcern, merely raised his head slowly and looked across at the aircraft, and then went on with his digging. Learning to Fly A Practical Manual for Beginners There was no placidity in those brown eyes now. The Free Range In repose the face wore a placidity which was almost that of melancholy. The Sign of the Spider Her restlessness, so unlike her usual benign placidity, at last attracted her husband's notice. Love of Brothers That day he had dined on one of the plumper girls, and his mood was a comfortable placidity. Tales of Space and Time The unnatural placidity weighed on him, and as day followed day serenely his nerves grew edgy. Shoe-Bar Stratton One fact we have found out, which we fear will ripple the pure water placidity of some of our best friends; but the truth must be told. Moon Lore She soon regained her wonted placidity of exterior, and Millard found it difficult to divine how far his affection was reciprocated. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York She had not recovered her sweet placidity since that time. Love of Brothers Like the recollection of a dream once dreamed, it lay before her with its walled gardens, its vaguely familiar houses, its sunlight and placidity. The Ghost Girl Her placidity was exceedingly annoying to this set of girls. Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life The boatman, losing his placidity, turned a deep red. Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Whenever any sign of placidity was visible, Joseph sure to appear on scene, rub someone's hair the wrong way, or stir up some slumbering lion with long pole. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 20, 1893 The fair placidity of her face was broken up. Love of Brothers To her the calm placidity of the man was nothing less than monumental impudence. The Place of Honeymoons And again she was puzzled by his placidity. Children of the Desert The Turks, since their heavy but futile attacks of two nights previous, had not returned into that placidity which betokened cessation of evil intentions. The Tale of a Trooper My own disposition is so equally divided between perversity and repentance that I could not endure the placidity, the ennui, of a level turnpike existence. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance The calm of the succeeding twenty-four hours was but that which precedes the storm, and the glassy placidity of Steve's life for that one day proved to be the deceitful stillness of deep waters. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives Perhaps this conflagration was intensified by the placidity of his gaze. The Place of Honeymoons It was pleasant to be thus greeted: a change from Aunt Alison's calm unimpassioned placidity. Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls Not that it had any character of sternness in it; on the contrary, it possessed a placidity, blended with firmness, which was anything but forbidding. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II I resented the placidity with which he was accepting a situation that should have called for considerable meekness on his part. The Prairie Mother "These days, my dear," she said with unwonted placidity, "the world is so full of treachery that men and women absorb it by every pore." The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Suddenly the distant sound of firing disturbed the placidity of the scene about the "headquarters." The Mission of Janice Day Into her ample placidity fell the high-pitched clamor of noisier people, like pebbles into a mountain lake. Young Hilda at the Wars “It’s ready, Madam,” said that damsel with much placidity. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot One had been fond of him because of his sweetness and placidity, not for any brilliance. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest "I am not going to get it," replied Clark with extreme placidity; "you are." The Rapids The schoolmaster showed a surface placidity which was really no criterion of his inner feelings. The Mission of Janice Day The mask of placidity had been wrenched from her face, leaving it blanched with the conflict between yearning, temptation and loneliness. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel Mrs. Lamotte speaks slow and seldom; smiles when she does speak; and looks as if nothing ever ruffled the placidity of her mind, or the even tenor of her pleasant existence. The Diamond Coterie There was the same broad placidity of brow, the long oval face, the thin long slightly curved nose, the heavy lids, the slim erectness, the same suave repose. Black Oxen He progressed steadily with quick energetic steps, an alert and suggestive figure amidst a scene of placidity. The Rapids Theresa moved into the house on the Corn Market with as much peace and placidity as if she had been anticipating such a change for years. The Goose Man Her face exhibited a beautiful modification of her father's hard and determined expression, blended with her mother's gentleness and placidity. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Burns is his brother—his helper in time of need, when fretfulness and impatience are replaced with placidity by his strains, or of a sudden with a mounting joy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 It is almost instantly over; and the disturbed features of the Monté dealer resume their habitual expression of stern placidity. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Thus the outrage committed against Joseph by his brethren is toned down into a calm, orderly transaction; placidity reigns throughout; all is brought into keeping with the painter's spirit of gentleness. Overbeck She prowled nervously round Mrs. Leyburn, filled with contempt for her placidity; but she did not attack her. Robert Elsmere Even an old lover, and the only one she had ever possessed at that, dropping, so to speak, from the skies, after fifteen years' disappearance, did not ruffle her placidity. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 Any reference to the "right one" always disturbed her placidity. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904 She was startled one day, however, out of her usual placidity. The heart of happy hollow A collection of stories Madeleine, too, looked paler than usual, and the troubled expression which had displaced the wonted placidity of her countenance was, doubtless, owing to this unanticipated interruption. Fairy Fingers A Novel I have not Your fortunate placidity of mind, And I get grumpy. Mr. Faust She had returned to her placidity, a quiet domestic fowl whose feathers were only to be ruffled when some terrifying shadow flitted overhead. Country Neighbors “But Emmy Lou can catch up,” said Emmy Lou’s Aunt Cordelia, a plump and cheery lady, beaming with optimistic placidity upon the infant populace seated in parallel rows at desks before her. Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart The Teutonic placidity of this youth confounded me. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 Maybe he should be glad that there was even this much fire left under the smug placidity of Earth. Victory His placidity, his venerable and friendly aspect, gave somehow to the bare forecastle, with its vacant bunks like empty coffin-shelves in a vault, an air of domesticity, the comfortable quality of a home. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories His countenance, which exhibited that singular placidity which sometimes comes with death, was as serene as a lily, and gave no evidence of the convulsion that must have ensued. The Flaw in the Sapphire Though short and fat, he had none of the placidity which we associate with corpulence. David Malcolm Or only, if I may say so, the wind of their flight disturbing the solemn placidity of the Fynes’ domestic atmosphere. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Smoking in calm placidity, the amiable pair discussed the subject. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains A dozen races between the Caspian and the Vistula had fused to produce this machine-tool agent, and over the union of them there was spread, like a preservative varnish, the smoothness of an imperturbable placidity. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories But when he faced her a little doubt chilled him: she was so calm and complete, in her sunny, busy, balanced life, that he feared to disturb that sweet placidity. Mrs. Dud's Sister With external activity, with palpable pursuits, above all, with a suitable placidity of nature, much even in certain states of sickness may be performed and enjoyed. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works This man—the man inside the cab—cast off his stiff placidity and behaved like an animal. Chance A Tale in Two Parts "But Emmy Lou can catch up," said Emmy Lou's Aunt Cordelia, a plump and cheery lady, beaming with optimistic placidity upon the infant populace seated in parallel rows at desks before her. Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day The appearance of the old man was really patriarchal, and there was a placidity in his countenance which gave a very favourable impression. Olla Podrida This consolatory reflection seemed completely to neutralise the effect of my last attack, and Mowno’s countenance resumed its habitual expression of calm and somewhat stolid placidity. The Island Home "Your face and hands are so brown," she replied, with a frankness which was robbed of all offense by her placidity and unself-consciousness. Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden He was serene, as water is serene that has been lashed by tempests, and that holds in the depths of its placidity secrets that none can discern. Sacrifice Next, being of a placidity almost inhuman, he decides to bury the corpse as that of his wife, and not worry anyone with explanations. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 Literary composition was undertaken by him with the same placidity with which another man might devote himself to book-keeping. Mary Wollstonecraft Never, even for a moment, is passion allowed to disturb the cultured placidity of the dialogue. John Lyly One person has the patience, another has the courage, another has the placidity, another has the enthusiasm; that which is lacking in one is made up by another, or made up by all. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony She could not easily cease to be charm ing, but she maddened no longer, and if she had had a heart at all, her lover's extreme placidity might have piqued her into love. Despair's Last Journey Cherry accepted this provision with a promising placidity. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 Then when the pool had regained its old placidity, with the flecked sky pictured on it, he began his Gaelic story. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Leicester smoothed his brow, as if by an effort; but the trouble was too deep-seated that its placidity should at once return. The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III The one demands placidity, patience, caution, plausibility, and unwearied industry—such attributes as those which have been already set forth in the words of the Antiquary. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author Indeed, she was rarely at home, save when appearing, as now, on a hasty visit, which quite disturbed Mrs. Rothesay's placidity, and almost drove old Hannah crazy. Olive A Novel He said:— In strong contrast to the energetic animal, with its various reflex movements and pulsating organs, stands the plant, in its apparent placidity and immobility. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches A neutral-coloured beast, something like a donkey, bundled out in a clumsy, unwilling sort of manner, and on his egress commenced cropping the grass with the utmost sang froid and placidity. Kate Coventry An Autobiography Hence the conclusion that the bottom of the sea is in a state of perpetual rest and placidity. The Ocean and its Wonders Square windows give the appearance of easy-going placidity; longish ones, that of surprise. The Dog Crusoe and his Master He slept through it all with the placidity of an infant. Red Rooney The Last of the Crew Prudence looked up expectantly, sure of a break in their serene placidity. Prudence Says So Her fine placidity was lighted now with an inner flame, but she was very quiet about her happiness; she was not very articulate in her joy. Play the Game! The paroxysm was as short as it was violent, and her features again returned to their usual placidity of majestic beauty. Rattlin the Reefer “Old man!” cried Sir Hurricane, losing his placidity a little. Frank Mildmay Or, the Naval Officer After a few moments Paul, now schooled to infinite placidity, inquired for the second time if he had found anything. High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn He said little to Miss Niphet; and she, with her habit of originating nothing, sat in her normal state of statue-like placidity, listening to the conversation near her. Gryll Grange “So the old woman said as was looking for her needle in the bundle of hay,” observed old Bob, with provoking placidity. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat At the end of twenty weeks the patient appeared quite well, the wound had been closed six weeks, the previously irritable mental state was replaced by placidity, and he was sent home. Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre He was not only glad to let live, but painstakingly energetic in making the living of people a pleasure to them, and he received with amused placidity adverse comments upon himself. The Bibliotaph and Other People “And it seems they want a lot of attention, mushrooms do,” Maggie went on with unperturbed placidity. Clayhanger "In a position which I no longer occupy," he amended, recovering his placidity. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House He want221ed to give her a peace that would make permanent the placidity of her eyes such as had warmed his heart during those three days. Trail's End Oh! that placidity!—better have some great, heavy, splashing sorrow thrown into it than that ever calm surface.... The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. "I guess," said Mrs. Merrithew, a dry smile twinkling in the placidity of her countenance, "you'd better take me right home first, and then you can explain to her yourself." The Lovely Lady That placidity of hers gave her the air of being as relentless as a Fate. Mary Gray There was a poignancy in their very placidity, in the folded hands and the incommunicableness of them, that was very searching. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions Her face was flushed; indignation disturbed the placidity of her eyes. Trail's End "We risk it," answered Barker, with a perfect placidity. The Napoleon of Notting Hill He loved the life of the hills; the cool, invigorating mornings, the keen wind of the noon peaks, the placidity of the evening as the stars multiplied in the peaceful sky. Overland Red A Romance of the Moonstone Cañon Trail But if this were happiness, then happiness was not what she had been accustomed to think it; where were the rest, the contentment, the placidity and satisfaction which the word was usually considered to imply? Quisanté None the less, the Saint's hold is most delicate, and his features are marked by the utmost placidity. A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions So upon these little billows sailed the stout bark of Russian idealism, rising, falling, never overwhelmed, always bravely confident, never seeking for calm waters, refusing them indeed for their very placidity. The Dark Forest Shaw gazed for a few moments at this new authority, the veiled god of Huxley and Tyndall, and then with the greatest placidity and precision kicked it in the stomach. George Bernard Shaw The face is youthful, not more than thirty, and without a wrinkle; the cheeks are a little flushed, the prevailing expression is placidity. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers Not even Mrs. Baxter, entrenched in placidity and petticoats, quite escaped its influence; even Morewood's cynical humour hesitated to play on a situation so unexpected, possibly so serious. Quisanté The placidity of the Lump was proof even against so severe a blow. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl "That seems a plausible enough reason," admitted Mr. Westlake, folding his fat hands across his equator and leaning back in his chair with a placidity which seemed far removed from any thought of gain. The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story "I wonder"—Tate's face assumed its cheerful placidity—"if his marrying of Jude and Joyce would hold in any court o' law?" Joyce of the North Woods Not a single misunderstanding occurred to mar the placidity of their solid confidence and good will. The Friendships of Women "But my God Almighty, gal," Parson Acup, wrenched out of his usual placidity by the effrontery of the project, spoke vehemently. A Pagan of the Hills At first the Lump was somewhat taken aback by this sudden acquisition of a female friend; but his remarkable placidity stood him in good stead, and he endured it with an even mind. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl He could fancy how, to-morrow, their dull placidity would be wrung by the discovery of the crime. The Prelude to Adventure By persistent practice he had felled every circumstance to a dead level—he would raze this new element, too, to the ground, and things would assume the old placidity. Joyce of the North Woods But, for the moment, no one had eyes for anything but the stoic placidity of the expressionless features of the Indian. The Triumph of John Kars A Story of the Yukon On the whole January seemed fated to pass out in uneventful placidity so far as Jane and Judith were concerned. Jane Allen: Right Guard Geoffrey was of a placid and easy, perhaps lazy, disposition; but his placidity rested like the ice of a mountain lake on deep and dangerous water. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow But the third night out came an occurrence to break the placidity of the voyage for Kendric, and both to startle him and set him puzzling. Daughter of the Sun A Tale of Adventure He saw her now the same, outwardly, and the placidity of the oft-repeated type held her afar from his rugged place. Joyce of the North Woods Momentarily the latter had forgotten his assumed air of placidity. Then I'll Come Back to You But that was so like Franklin; no one could outdo him in interest, and no one could outdo him in placidity. Franklin Kane At this moment it reminded me of my uncle, his impatience and rage, while when it flowed more peacefully, I pictured to myself the placidity of the Icelandic guide. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth Perhaps it was this very willowiness, this apparent placidity that made him attractive. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story When a young writer in Colosseum alluded to him as out of date he took it with the utmost placidity. Gilbert Keith Chesterton It had never known placidity of expression, beyond what the habitual command of good-breeding imposed. Queechy, Volume I He had an air of tension, constant, yet under such perfect control, that it counted as placidity rather than as strain. Franklin Kane Snow deserved it, for she was a beauty, and a very well-behaved cow, letting Alice and Ellen stroke her and pat her, and feel of her thick hide, with the most perfect placidity. The Wide, Wide World There broods above Them such placidity, such quietude,— Conceive, she can't remember being wooed, Has quite forgotten what is meant by love. Love's Comedy For all his placidity, he seemed to possess the power to infuriate her. The Swindler and Other Stories The placidity of Mrs. Hanway-Harley was becoming ruffled; the hour was drawing on apace when she would make clear her position. The President A novel Not that she needed to act placidity and acquiescence before Aunt Grizel; she felt them too deeply to need to act; the pain, perhaps, came from having nothing else with which to meet her. Franklin Kane And," continued Wentworth, emboldened by the placidity of the other's tone, "if you had been wiser, you wouldn't have lost your pulp-wood holdings. The Challenge of the North We could scarcely expect a man who lived under Nero, and after the reigns of Tiberius, Caligula, and Claudius to write with the mild placidity of the Augustan poet. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour "Just for exercise," she answered dreamily; and her placidity the more exasperated her journalist cousin. Gentle Julia The war burst upon and shattered the placidity of his existence very much as the bombs from the first Zeppelins shattered the peace and security of London and Paris. The Hidden Places The stoicism, grim determination and placidity of the Reverend Fathers constituted something which their square heads and addled brains failed to understand. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Every postage-stamp and car-fare had its important part in the school-teacher's system of economy; but she was quite happy, and her large face wore an expression of perfect peace and placidity. The Portion of Labor How still is the starlight,-- Aloof in the placidity of dream! More Songs From Vagabondia It was, it always had been, his placidity that caused her most despair. The Helpmate It has all the sweetness and placidity that go with such bodies of water, on the one hand, and all their bold and rugged scenery on the other. The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention She had a large but charming face, full of the sweetest placidity; her eyes, as blue as the sky, looked out upon the world with amiable assent to all its conditions. The Debtor A Novel Nothing could damp his eternal placidity and good humour. Observations of an Orderly Some Glimpses of Life and Work in an English War Hospital He had the outward placidity of corpulent people, a natural artlessness of demeanour which was amusing and attractive, and there was something shrewd in his simplicity. Romance But though Maggie went from flame to flame, there were long periods of placidity when she loved nothing but her work, and was as good as gold. The Helpmate At all events, Annie Stone had not that sweetness and placidity of temperament popularly supposed to be coincident with stoutness. By the Light of the Soul A Novel In general she had an air of such utter placidity and acquiescence that it almost amounted to numbness. The Debtor A Novel I should think that contentment, almost reduced to placidity, is one of their outstanding characteristics.' The Parts Men Play Nothing alters their immutable serenity; nothing troubles the unalterable placidity of their physiognomy. Great Pictures, As Seen and Described by Famous Writers There was a pause; diffidence and embarrassment on my side, placidity on hers. Arms and the Woman We have crossed the French country in several directions, from the rather harsh serenity, full of suggestiveness, of Champagne, to the rich robust placidity of Brittany. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 There was a cheerful placidity about him which took the keenness from any hope or fear of a universal character upon which they touched in their discussions. Atlantis Nothing seemed to move his young placidity,—whether happy or unhappy his mien was exactly that of a stone Jizo. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists He would win the money of his nearest and dearest friend, or lose his own to an utter stranger with the same placidity. Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' The man was an amusing blackguard, and took the 'gruellings' that occasional manual lapses led him into with a placidity that amounted almost to quiet enjoyment, and tickled Done's sense of humour immensely. In the Roaring Fifties The variance from her habitual placidity encouraged him. The Survivor Her cheeks were still attractively round; her glossy black hair was, with much placidity, smoothed over her temples, cunningly brought above her ears, and twisted in an alluring knot at the back of her head. A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories Gerda looked at her with her wide, candid gaze, with the unrancorous placidity of the young, who are still used to being snubbed. Dangerous Ages She had not troubled, she had only slightly eddied, stirred with a few ripples the placidity of a placid stream of life. Mike Fletcher A Novel The placidity of his blue eyes did not alter in any degree. Poor Man's Rock In accordance with her constant mood, the ordinary speech of a virago has a piercing quality quite opposite to that softness indicative of placidity. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Outside, the waves of emotion might surge in vain, while within, she and Roger would settle down to the humdrum placidity of married life. The Moon out of Reach Going home, he bathed and changed into his customary garb of smooth black, to which his rotund placidity of bearing imparted an indescribably silky finish. The Clarion She commenced dressing the game with that placidity of countenance, and with that dexterity which proved she was well versed in that most important branch of a housekeeper's duties—cookery. The Home in the Valley Lord Wyverton left the place, and the general aspect of things returned to their usual placidity. The Odds And Other Stories I need hardly say that increasing intensity of sound will suggest vehemence, approach, and its visual synonym, growth, as well as that decreasing intensity will suggest withdrawal, dwindling, and placidity. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University The fiord had hardly resumed its ordinary placidity, after the passage of the hurricane, when they borrowed a boat of one of their neighbors, in order to go in search of him. The Waif of the "Cynthia" They chew the cud of custom with all the placidity of good-natured oxen. The Ascent of the Soul Part of his strangeness seemed to be that through it all he retained a certain placidity of temper. A Man's Woman How delightful it must be to understand one's own nature thoroughly, to know that no whirlwind will ever sweep us off the beaten track, no stormy passions stir the calm placidity of our life. Wise or Otherwise Monsieur Théophile Gautier, who looked like an obese Turk habited in European clothes, laid aside his Moslem placidity to cry that the tragedy was marvellous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Frank was enjoying "a blast o' the pipe," after having risen; to which luxury the return of Owen gave additional zest and placidity. Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three The gloom which lay upon the heart of Kathleen Cavanagh was neither moody nor captious, but on the contrary remarkable for a spirit of extreme gentleness and placidity. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two The vicar entered shortly—an elderly gentleman of benevolent aspect and snowy beard, but sturdy and lithe-limbed for his years, clearly one of those persons who seemed predestined for the placidity of clerical life. In Friendship's Guise He resorted to society for simple relaxation, and could even find a pleasure in dulness when accompanied with placidity. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions "I went," she announced, her voice high-keyed with confidence as to what was about to fall upon the totally unprepared placidity of the unsuspecting Mrs. Lathrop,—"I went to post a letter to Cousin Marion!" Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop Over this frank revelation of hidden truths Aunt Bell's handsome head was, for the moment, nodding in sub-rhythms of psychic placidity—a state from which Nancy's animated entrance sufficed to arouse her. The Seeker For once in his life Joshua was shaken out of his usual placidity. The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary As they lay in this placidity and ease they were suddenly aware of a slight buzzing in the air. Round the World in Seven Days The lady summoned all her strength of character, and resumed her outward placidity. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. A quiver ran through his frame as I spoke, but he preserved the same placidity of face. Trumps To-morrow Job was to hear what Mrs. Northover had to say concerning his proposal, and, meantime, the pending decision neither unsettled him nor interfered with his usual placidity and enterprise. The Spinners She seemed in her placidity to be far removed from any earthly emotion, and resembled a picture of the Madonna, serene, peaceful, and somewhat sad. Red Money Fortunately for his wife, her imperturbable placidity and want of acute feeling prevented her from appropriating many hard hits from her husband that would have made Freda wretched. Gladys, the Reaper The calm and mellow placidity of her look, so heavenly and undisturbed, lulls the soul, and subdues its operations to her influence. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 "Which avenue?" inquired the driver with that placidity which cabmen assume whenever one is in a hurry. Doctor Claudius, A True Story It was part of Job's genius never to be put about, or driven from placidity by anything. The Spinners But he realized that she had been lulled into a false sense of security, of present immunity from "the old, old thing," by her own placidity. The Three Black Pennys A Novel And succeeding wonderfully well—so well, indeed, that none would ever have suspected the agitation seething under the cold placidity. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Considering the heart-rending struggle in which she was engaged at this time, with the aggravated infliction of an unsympathising and dogmatic friend, the wonder is how she retained her outward placidity at all. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings "Why, but that's just what somebody did!" mother cried, throwing off the cloak of her placidity. Winnie Childs The Shop Girl Nor was the peace which he felt and which he commended to others the peace of mere negative placidity and indifference. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 “You consider yourself the aggrieved person, I suppose,” went on the Englishman, subsiding into a state of contemptuous placidity. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate "There is no occasion to search you, Marston," she smiled, "I shouldn't find very much except—placidity." The Cab of the Sleeping Horse But when he finished, the placidity became active opposition. The Taming of Red Butte Western The Superintendent was an elderly man, inclining to stoutness and of unyielding placidity. Father Stafford Emma sat back and surveyed her trim and tailored self with a placidity that had in it, perhaps, a dash of malice. Half Portions Let some of the masculine lecturers on placidity of temper try for one week the cares of the household and the family. Around The Tea-Table Always placid, her placidity at this moment had a shining quality. Christopher and Columbus He is a man of gigantic build, and of imperturbable placidity. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin Ayre accepted his friend's jocosity and his own excitement with equal placidity. Father Stafford She noted bitterly that his old evenness of temper, the gay placidity that made so delightful a basis for their joint happiness, had absolutely disappeared. A Daughter of To-Day The grey placidity of Val's closed eyelids and crossed hands was the last memory that Lawrence would have chosen to evoke on his wedding night. Nightfall "There's another thing I neglected to mention," Sudden drawled, blowing smoke with maddening placidity under the tirade. The Thunder Bird Her modesty is disturbed by no vanity, and the placidity of her meditations is interrupted by no vulgar commotion. International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Septimus, however, sipped the decoction of the dust of ages with his usual placidity. Septimus The sad placidity of every day was gone; as in the throes of the dance they kept their gleaming eyes upon the fluctuations of fortune before them. White Shadows in the South Seas Impossible to insult that crippled tempest on the sofa with the sweet eternal placidities of Mozart or Bach. Nightfall Without going more deeply into questions which we could discuss the rest of our lives," said Durtal, "I marvel at the placidity of the Utopian who imagines that man is perfectible. Là-bas The mystery of this placidity had been already solved by our captain, whom I had asked what price I should bargain to pay from the steamer to the shore. Italian Journeys Although it crushed us by its formidable placidity, still it fascinated us, for we could not help looking at it and it did not tire our eyes. Over Strand and Field Nor did she see anything mysterious in the intense preoccupation of an insect, or the astounding placidity of a primrose growing at the foot of a tree. If Winter Comes For your placidity and comfort through the Lord Jesus Christ I charge you, "Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars and Orion." New Tabernacle Sermons He has described it as "a dreary town, where the pupils studied music with true German placidity." Edward MacDowell Susy's little pink and white face had lost its look of peaceful placidity, her yellow curls their smoothness. Patricia On his return from his wearisome and fruitless expedition to the shed, Jean forgot his usual placidity and gave way to anger. The Downfall He strove to visualise his studio, to summon up the calm routine of the old regime—as though the colourless placidity of the past could steady him. The Common Law "Look, look!" she repeated, a girlish excitement rippling her placidity. The Last Shot I read profound placidity—deep—million— violet fathoms down, in that soft, pathetic, woman eye! Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II Was there a hint of sternness underlying the placidity of the rejoinder? The Rocks of Valpre The calm placidity that comes of a love of virtue and the possession of it makes me sick! Kindred of the Dust Nobody envies the quiet matron whose domestic life flows onward with the placidity of a sluggish stream. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 The old loftiness, the old placidity of mood, were gone. Miss Bretherton Some men prefer the sleepy settled villages, the sweeping fens with their bickering windmills, the hush and placidity of old market-towns that brood under the looming majesty of the castle. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Gradually, however, the talking became more infrequent, the cheerfulness passed into a kind of placidity; and without any particular crisis or sign of the end, Robert Browning died on December 12, 1889. Robert Browning Dr. Livingstone took this rebellion with wonderful placidity, for in his own mind he could not greatly blame them. The Personal Life of David Livingstone Lord K. first reached the Peruvian Andes, and began to climb the sides of Chimborazo with that placidity, that sang-froid, which is the characteristic of an elevated soul instinctively attracted to realms above. The Cross of Berny What malicious ignorance there is graven in its simplicity and placidity. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev This she let him do with perfect placidity. The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight They are trained from their infancy to show neither pain, nor pleasure, grief nor excitement; so that a wonderful placidity is always depicted on their faces. Corea or Cho-sen The Land of the Morning Calm With what blandness and placidity they sit and hear the religious teacher excoriate the ambition of Ahab, the treachery of Judas, the treason of Athaliah, and the wickedness of the Amalekites. The Abominations of Modern Society Then there followed a period when we felt the results of the intimate relations of the three emperors, which for some time permitted us to face the future with greater placidity. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle She had an air of extraordinary unruffled placidity. Five Nights "Old man!" cried Sir Hurricane, losing his placidity a little. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer He refused—at any rate he did not come—and the exquisite placidity of the stream of their love was slightly disturbed. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns A very loud rasping noise, like a vicious menace, sounded from the street, shivering instantaneously the delicate placidity of Mrs. Maldon's home. The Price of Love There are traces of a battle and defeat marked on it; the stamp of hope deferred and resignation, yet without that placidity which usually betokens the acceptance of an inevitable destiny. Said the Observer It is all too much of a Mazeppa ride; there are times when we pray for a good quarter of an hour of comfortable dulness, or at least of wholesome bovine placidity. Robert Browning He had retained his placidity the way his dog was now happily wagging its tail and looking up at her while its partner stole the food that was in its dish. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America And through the green meadows runs, or rather lounges, a gentle, unsalted stream, like an English river, licking its grassy margin with a sort of bovine placidity and contentment. Ralph Waldo Emerson She would actually insist on the gas being lighted with a taper; a paper spill, which was just as good and better, seemed to ruffle her benign placidity: and she was funnily economical with matches. The Price of Love She who had always been used to the mild placidity of Mrs. Douglas, and who had seen her face sometimes clouded with sorrow, but never deformed by anger-what a spectacle! Marriage "Heigh-ho!" sighed out Sara, presently, having finished, and diving into her open workbasket for the placidity her flying needle could so cunningly simulate. The Vertical City To a grand if sometimes too unruffled placidity succeeded a physical and psychical perturbation which belonged both to the man in advanced years and to the particular moment in the century. The Later Works of Titian She admired her husband too simply, and she was too content, but she had marvellous qualities of naturalness, common sense in demeanour, realism, and placidity. The Roll-Call Nothing has happened in these years to break the placidity of our routine. Our Lady Saint Mary Sherman alone displayed the placidity of a soldier. Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts Constant comradeship with Nature seems to beget placidity and quiet assurance. George Washington Great sprawling dry lakes ominous in their very placidity; dust dry, with little whirlwinds scurrying over them and mirages that lie to you most convincingly, painting water where there is only clay dust. Casey Ryan The magnificent monotony of its stupendous placidity was not broken except by a few hours of ruffled rollers that tell of agitations that, if gigantic, are remote. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient Upon the countenance of his wife rested a placidity sinking almost into fatuity. Paul Faber, Surgeon I fancied that I detected behind his placidity an almost relieved self-satisfaction, as though things were going very much better than he had expected. The Secret City There is something so stilling in the far placidity of the high stars—in the sweet sharpness of the night winds. Nancy You must not be taken in by apparent placidity: it often means two forces at work instead of one. Father Payne It would have gratified Albert to have been able to detect the vibration of a painful memory or a pitying emotion, but Helen did not suffer her placidity to be ruffled by disturbing emotion. The Mystery of Metropolisville The look of fear in them vanished, giving place to good-natured placidity. The Nest of the Sparrowhawk The husband snubs her openly for her mental defects, and she with perfect placidity accepts his rebukes. Sterne I lunch in the great dining-room, with tall full-length Tempests eying me with constant placidity from the walls; with the butler and footman still trying respectfully to ignore my swelled nose and bunged-up eyes. Nancy The prelate became excited, speaking of his quarrels with the Chapter; the placidity of mind produced by the quiet of the garden disappeared as he thought of his hostile subordinates. The Shadow of the Cathedral I began by remarking that she must find London a very complete change after the sun and placidity that she had come from. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 23, 1919 |
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