| 单词 | quietude |
| 例句 | It was a period of quietude, a kind of spiritual preparation for the trials of manhood that lay ahead. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I could imagine her tramping through the rooms, perhaps paying sixpence for admission, ripping the quietude with her sharp, staccato laugh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The guns, the quietude, the serenity of those old geezers, and the idiotic TV program, the enthralled children without a care in the world—it had upset him, he couldn’t get his bearings straight. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z According to his account, the strangest thing was that there were so many people around him, moving so urgently, handling his body with such excitement, while all his awareness was of quietude. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted peace, an absolute quietude; she wanted an interlude of darkness, warm water, the pipe tobacco smell, security. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Seabiscuit’s eastern critics were, in the words of Jolly Roger, “numbed to quietude.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I am enjoying a bit of quietude in my private toilet right now to strategize for the next undertaking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Musically, this is a journey from clashing orchestral sections, driving rhythms and tough harmonies to uneasy quietude. Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic deliver a riotous 'Spring' 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z All of it dares a certain kind of "Masterpiece" acolyte to complain missing the relative quietude of English countryside and nitpick over elocutionary details. "The Gilded Age" is a glittery confection that's more "Dynasty" than "Downton Abbey" 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God.— Celebrities Pay Tribute to Maya Angelou on Twitter 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z The quietude begins with a shoji screen by Mr. Childress that blocks off the gallery’s front window, its lightweight frame reiterating the six basic lines of the hexagram structure. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z In its quietude “Oranges and Sunshine” is the opposite of the recent film “The Whistleblower,” a devastating, high-pitched exposé of human trafficking involving United Nations workers in postwar Bosnia. | 'Oranges and Sunshine': ?Oranges and Sunshine,? Starring Emily Watson - Review 2011-10-20T23:25:39Z The music goes through passages of jittery riffs, burnished string chords, elegiac quietude and eruptive restlessness — complete with actual shouts and claps from the players. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z Even so, his character Joe Deacon is a departure from other taciturn men Washington has played, figures whose purposeful quietude serves as a lockbox holding back secrets and hiding talents. Great acting can only take HBO Max's throwback noir "The Little Things" so far 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z The white-on-white work is barely perceptible but notable for its quietude. Amalia Pica's protest art screams its message with whispers of white 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z The overture, “Glass,” opens in dreamy quietude, with bowed bass and pinging guitar harmonics; Mr. Malaby appears only after several minutes, projecting his soprano in a strong, focused beam. Review: Tony Malaby, Weaving Spells With Paloma Recio 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Then it settles to quietude, or maybe gratitude, as it feeds as we all do, as we must, upon the invisible gift: our purest, sweet necessity: the air. Mary Oliver in The New Yorker 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z Accustomed to decades of quietude, people are sitting ducks as the night begins to fill with the monsters that can kill or contaminate in a heartbeat. 6 things you should know about 'The City of Mirrors' 2016-06-13T04:00:00Z Within its first few minutes, Bruch’s hyper-Romantic Concerto for Two Pianos moves from tragic melodrama to monastic quietude and back again. What to Do in N.Y.C. This Weekend: Baaba Maal, the Tony Nominees, and Fufu 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Unlike some Violas who look as if they are prepared to breeze into Illyria and take the place by storm, Rebecca Hall displays a sombre quietude perfectly matched by Tony Haygarth's captain. Twelfth Night - review 2011-01-19T00:40:00Z His gray hair, gray suit and general air of quietude offer a sharp contrast with the crackling intensity of the Pollock. Rockwell Paintings at the Smithsonian American Art Museum 2010-07-01T16:28:00Z “We found there were a lot of creative people there seeking quietude and wanting to make work,” says Mosa. The Artists Behind the Ribbon-Filled Set of Loewe’s Men’s Show 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z His means of combining a slightly smoked delivery with quietude creates an irresistible attraction, the basis his chilly, polished portrayal of Hannibal Lecter. The magical magnetism of Mads Mikkelsen 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z Anchoring it all is the deliberate, heavy quietude of Titus Welliver’s performance as Bosch, communicating untold skepticism and disdain through an arched eyebrow or a downturned lip. Review: ‘Bosch’ and the Art of the Pure Police Procedural 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Blessed with a gentle microclimate and abundant sunshine, Aix immerses visitors in quietude and nature. Better than Elba: Echoes of Napoleon on idyllic French islands 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Those seeking quietude — like we were — should stay away from the main drag. On Virginia’s Chincoteague Island — all this and ponies, too 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z We’ve broken quietude in new ways, re-examined what we thought we knew, carried phrases as mottoes, or leverage. Word Up! Three Picture Books and a Graphic Novel Celebrate the Power and Joy of Language 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z For example, the shot of the White residence framed by the discarded heater at the curb in front subtly devalues suburban quietude. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Olsen deserves credit for daring to attempt such quietude in a festival setting; her wavering falsetto and personal lyrics, however, deserve better. Pitchfork Music Festival day one 2013-07-19T23:27:00Z Of fairy tales and failed attempts at quietude, of a child’s memory soup of imagination. Joan Didion Revisits the Past Once More 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z For some viewers, quietude may yield to boredom. ‘In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis’ Review: Serene Demeanor, Bracing Message 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z The gaps and silences suggest a woman who cherished privacy and quietude, a woman seeking shelter from her Byronic reputation. In Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Diaries, the Private Life of a Celebrity Poet 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z For all his bellicosity, the Scalia in “The Originalist” is also a charmer, balancing his ursine ferocity with a thoughtful quietude. After the Play, a Supreme Encore From Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z Our media has shown its usual timid quietude during this election season, rarely offering opinions, seemingly willing to go quietly into the good night of history, like a guest at its own death-party. BREAKING: “It takes great moral courage for me to now endorse Hillary Clinton for President!”: The Greatest Living American Writer 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Last summer, with so much of the town’s signature liveliness replaced by pandemic quietude, coming here was like visiting a stricken relative. After a Midsummer Shiver, Provincetown Proceeds With Care 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The components of Cage’s Quartet in Four Parts, a 20-minute piece that explores stillness and quietude, come from a set pool of short motifs, sonorities and modal-sounding chords that appear repeatedly. Music Review: Mivos Quartet Performs Compositions by Modernists 2012-10-14T21:20:40Z But perhaps because of that, she caught audiences by surprise, offering up observations she’d been filing away throughout her lifetime of quietude. Aparna Nancherla may have been a shy child, but she’s a comedy star now. 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z In its quietude, the show provided us with backstory about these two people while bringing us face to face with some part of ourselves. "WandaVision" concludes by giving Martin Scorsese the MCU film he always wanted 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Instead, Mr. Kelly’s work was more orderly and observant, based on color, control and quietude. Ellsworth Kelly, abstract artist of enduring influence, dies at 92 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z One is occupied by Andy, an irascible, dying ex-civil servant tended by his wife, Bel, whose quietude conceals a certain steel. Review 2011-04-12T23:37:43Z Chayka traces a geographic path to quietude, writing about the ancient Japanese city of Kyoto, where soft footsteps through rock gardens and Buddhist temples offer a seductive vision of paradise. Perspective | In a noisy world, books about silence are booming 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Nor is it the first ballet to imagine the eerie quietude of outer space. Taking Flight: Julie Kent at Washington Ballet 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z “Fox Fire,” which Ms. Davis composed for her duet with Mr. Taborn, begins in searching quietude and slowly gathers velocity and spikiness, taking a late detour into looping groove. The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Feldman was emboldened by the Abstract Expressionist painters to compose music that similarly eluded formal design and strove for purity of expression, quietude and mysticism. Music Review: Abstract Expressionism in Aural Mixed Media 2011-02-25T23:55:36Z Interestingly, that sense of quietude is a recurring theme in this year’s awards contenders, which tend to follow wallflowers rather than firebrands. ‘Tell the judge I love my wife’: The brilliant simplicity of ‘Loving’ 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z I think in the quietude of their own home, yes. Dance of the District 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z This bustle was different from the quietude I’d observed upon arriving alone a few days before. Medieval meets modern in charming Kilkenny, Ireland 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z It’s a very good friend and allows me to get the exercise I need, and the quietude. Yo-Yo Ma Tries to Bring Us Comfort and Hope 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z The storm ceases, the rocks roll to a stop, and the snow returns to its quietude after the fall. Returning to the scene of the crash: A survivor of the Uruguayan rugby team plane crash reflects 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z After the restrained quietude of “Portraits 1-3,” Mr. Charon’s “Place Between Places” felt almost exaggeratedly theatrical. Dance Review: Doug Varone?s Former Dancers, at the 92nd Street Y 2010-03-15T21:39:00Z This elusive work was a bold experiment in quietude. Four Guys Named JACK 2010-09-03T15:19:00Z "It certainly provides you with peace of mind and quietude," Ezhokina says. In Leavenworth, the hills come alive with the sounds of chamber music 2011-07-15T20:42:37Z The play’s strength is in its playful riffs on language, as Oliver and Bernadette adapt to the new regime of state-enforced quietude. ‘Lemons’ Review: A Fun Thought Exercise, Without Deep Thoughts 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z These remote sites typically do not have amenities like bathrooms and picnic tables but make up for it in quietude. Get Outside and Safely Visit a National Park 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z We drove an hour and a half yesterday, side by side, in perfect, comfortable quietude. Motherlode Blog: After Children Leave the Nest 2011-08-22T21:00:45Z I know some people look down on my quietude, but I feel it would impact my ability to be an artist. Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke' 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z Most of what I remember is still there, even the quietude; I had the Buddhas and the mummies to myself. 2010-01-15T06:06:00Z In it, the composer credited Rauschenberg's "White Paintings" for his own interest in quietude. Alas, mere 'Shadows' 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z And the view from above, evoking the quietude of space, creates the added illusion of being able to release all your pent-up political frustrations into the ether. Postelection Therapy: View Swing States From Space 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z Her last tweet, “Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God,” seems particularly haunting yet enlightened now. Maya Angelou’s Twitter feed may be the best poem she ever wrote 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Díaz shoots and edits this process to put across a sense of quietude and patience, emphasizing process. ‘Our Mothers’ Review: Uncovering Atrocities in Guatemala, Bone by Bone 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z I take a deep breath and feel the quietude that has enchanted people through the centuries. In Israel, a search for tranquility amid the Holy Land’s most popular tourist attractions 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Even with this in my head, the quietude of the decaying development is more captivating than creepy. Less than a mile from Hilton Head, this S.C. island couldn’t be more different 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Yet for all its quietude, the show is radical. Review | You’ve probably never heard of these artists, but they painted reality in a way we’ve lost sight of 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z In contrast to the general hubbub, the strings produced moments of glorious quietude, especially at the work’s halting conclusion, which fades from quieter to quietest. Music Review: A Fresh Face Confronts a Seasoned Mahler 2011-03-18T22:24:01Z It’s time to respect the garden’s quietude and cultivate our own. It’s winter; the garden is resting, and we should, too 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Even with quietude becoming more commonplace than turkey cries in his late work, Ichiyanagi's pieces still retain their explosive power. A dean of Japanese music talks boundaries, John Cage and life with Yoko Ono 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z A modernist sculptor acclaimed — perhaps mistakenly — for her work’s quietude, Asawa wove sublimely delicate hanging forms out of nested lobes of looped wire. Ruth Asawa: Solid Form Meets Thin Air 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z And did she need to approach yoga from a relatively cynical point of view, using phrases like “I got ready for the bossing” and “quietude on the hoof”? Books of The Times: A Cynical Position Overcome With Yoga 2010-12-22T23:06:18Z Part of the allure of this expedition is its quietude, at least for the audience. ‘Styx’ Review: The Refugee Crisis as Moral Thriller 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z When Mr. Jones stepped forward for his turn, piano and drums dropped out, and he started in terse quietude, gradually gaining force. Sean Jones Quartet at the Jazz Standard 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Cloud Gate’s founder/director, choreographer Lin Hwai-min, describes it as “a work about practicing asceticism … and the quest for quietude.” Golden visions from Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan | Dance review 2014-03-07T18:41:37Z Esfahani did address the quietude of harpsichord music in answer to a question from the audience afterward, noting that it is an instrument for quieter times. Hip harpsichordist Mahan Esfahani goes for Baroque but is unfortunately hard to hear 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z If you seek quietude, this is the hike for you. Chart out your summer trek: 6 long-distance hikes across Washington 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z He began the project during the quietude of the coronavirus pandemic, sitting alone at an upright Yamaha piano in the music room of his Pasadena, Calif., home. Perspective | Strings attached: A new Eva Cassidy album features an orchestra 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z There isn’t a lot of emotion in the quietude of those 16 words uttered in arresting song; just enough to make you realize that the emotion has to come first from you, not her. Commentary: How Julia Bullock became an essential soprano for our times 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Barton draws on an older — if surprising — title to demonstrate this quietude. ‘Black Power Kitchen’ and the legacy of cookbooks on a mission 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z That atmosphere of quietude was all the more important as she processes this tragedy in her hometown. Raleigh shooting rampage shatters quiet neighborhood’s peace 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z We all lived in the quietude, the emotion of the moment. How the star of 'Till' found the strength to play 'the mother lode' of roles 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Faced with the choice between quietude and resistance, he quickly learns that a life of submission is no life at all. Review | In Celeste Ng’s ‘Our Missing Hearts,’ a boy fights for freedom 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z Without the modulation of emotional peaks and valleys — without moments of quietude, against which to contrast all of Brian’s pointless, impotent rage — the film gradually grows tedious. Review | John Boyega rages against injustice in the fact-based ‘Breaking’ 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z For all their quietude, they are also expansive in their cultural and historical reach. Perspective | Behind this picture’s intimacy, a complex portrait of the artist Like its predecessor “FAR: Lone Sail,” the new game makes a virtue of quietude. Review | ‘FAR: Changing Tides’ review: A gorgeous, compact maritime adventure 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Only the discovery of a Little Free Library upon my return to the Lake Morena ranger station brought me back to the hike’s earlier quietude. Savoring solitude on the Pacific Crest Trail 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z She hopes their newfound quietude will also give them the space to recover when they're ready. How the tiny-home movement is providing more than just a roof to homeless people 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z But in Mehrauli, the only other visitors for the day are a group of men playing cricket, whose shrieks occasionally pierce the quietude of the afternoon. The amateur historians documenting Delhi's past 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z In short: while the box that the QuietOn 3 came in urges you to “Enjoy the Nordic quietude,” I’m afraid Nordic quietude is no match for New York City sirens. The QuietOn 3 earbuds use ANC to help you sleep 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Photography, for all its ambition, cannot bear witness; nor, for that matter, can the mirror, save perhaps in moments of rapture or deep quietude. The Emily Ratajkowski You’ll Never See 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Silence is truly golden in this alternative reality, with quietude being the only defence against the fast-moving monsters' keen sense of hearing. A Quiet Place Part II: Critics praise delayed sequel to 2018 horror hit 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The EQS’s body is also packed with insulation to enhance the luxurious quietude inherent in electric propulsion. Mercedes EQS Electric Sedan: The S Stands for Stunning 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z From our Protestant work ethic to our bootstraps mythology, we have enshrined work as the highest good — quietude is, if not a sin, an indulgence we do not quite deserve. Opinion | Everyone is tired. We need to give ourselves an actual break. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z The way Hurston plumbs the quietude and power of her main character’s inner life is profound and beautiful. Spokane-based author Kate Lebo, of ‘Pie School’ fame, shares her reading picks 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z There’s peace and quietude in Plaquemines Parish, among the citrus groves, oil refineries and the salty breeze. Beauty, Serenity, Stillness: An Ode to the Final Miles of the Mississippi River 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z It was in that quietude last spring that Aitken — who typically produces multimedia works and large-scale installations — began to cut up his old clothing. Pandemic City: Doug Aitken, L.A. Dance Project and a COVID-19 'art encounter' 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z A deer appeared at the end of a row of trees, and in the quietude, I began waxing about the treasure we call California. Column: The pandemic and the economy top voter concerns, but there's a bigger issue 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Echo Park resident Harris has long fished the river, and other nearby urban oases, but quarantine has emphasized the practice’s quietude. Fishing the L.A. River is more than a quarantine hobby. For some, it’s therapy 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Noise level ranges from tranquil to somewhat loud, depending on the crowd; they plan to adjust for greater quietude as needed. Brand-new natural-wine bar Petite Soif is thinking big on Seattle’s Beacon Hill 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z “In each of these impeachments, they are not taking place during periods of quietude,” said Jay Winik, a prominent historian and author of “The Great Upheaval” and other books on pivot points in United States. A President Impeached, and a Nation Convulsed 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z One suspects that she might have interesting things to say; her determined quietude is perplexing. Review | Valerie Jarrett’s winding path to the Obamas’ inner circle 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “The Master and Margarita” lags a little in its slower bits, where the production can’t always find the intensity in quietude it so gleefully locates in noise. Of Satan and Stalin: How a wild party in Moscow inspired a scene in a novel that became a play 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z I feel so thankful that any band could incorporate such vast amounts of space and silence into their albums: they really created a precedent for artful quietude. Musicians on Mark Hollis: 'He found hooks in places I'm still trying to fathom' 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z He then lay next to it and sang, on his back, “We Shall Overcome” — first with an out-of-body virility, then with an out-of-body quietude. The San Diego Symphony has joined the California orchestra vanguard 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Like the opening scenes, the finale of “The Sisters Brothers” is another subversion, this time by way of a dreamlike quietude and, of all things, gentleness. Review | Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly’s new western has bloody violence and suffering. But it also has sweetness. 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z On his farm, surrounded by a sparsely populated expanse of quietude, Mr. Tester said he was confident that after 12 years in Washington, voters understood where he was coming from. Jon Tester, a Democrat in Deep-Red Montana, Isn’t Sweating Trump’s Threats 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z His word on Wednesday was “quietude,” and he created some. After 16 years, backup spelling bee pronouncer gets his shot 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Despite a strong cast, striking locations and slick digital effects, the overlong movie lurches from chase to battle to soul-searching quietude — and then back again — in frustratingly generic action-movie style. Review | ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’: The marathon sci-fi trilogy comes to a pedestrian end 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z I hope, and suspect, that Mill is right about this: that we all have the ability to find some durable joy in quietude, normalcy and contemplation. Opinion | The Anxiety of John Stuart Mill 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Throughout much of Mexico City on Tuesday, nightfall brought an eerie quietude, as businesses closed early and people sought the succor of their families at home. Mexico City Volunteers Venture Out in Force to Aid Quake Victims 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z In Pursuit of Silence Filmmaker Patrick Shen explore the virtues of absolute quietude and the impact noise has on our daily lives. Movie openings: June 28-30 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z There is a growing worry that this quietude is unlikely to last. Earthquake experts wonder whether Southern California is next 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z He bought the Putnam Street home and continued leading a monastic life of quietude and prayer under the direction of his father. One-man monastery shows up in Williamston 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z But I was always more dazzled — and more likely to be hysterical myself — when Mr. Wilder turned the freakout dial down to zero and ruled the screen with quietude, as the great comic actors do. Here’s to the Milder Gene Wilder 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z And let's not forget 'seizure', 'quietude', 'engraved' and 'transcendent', in the accompanying image. Verbose tweet inspires linguistic laughter from Indians - BBC News 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z However, many experts agree that embracing this quietude and other common traits of introversion is helpful in successful haggling, even if the process presents a personal challenge. How Introverts Can Win at Negotiating Retail Purchases 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z I was even more impressed when she managed to achieve the same quietude under much more challenging conditions at an outdoor show on Saturday afternoon. Talking to singer-songwriter Julien Baker about art, pain, and Dashboard Confessional 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z “People may have heard of this life of quietude but they don’t get to experience this life in America.” One-man monastery shows up in Williamston 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z The fans in the sellout crowd at Madison Square Garden responded, in turn, with two hours of sustained quietude that belied their presence at a professional sports event. Tired and Depleted, Knicks Stumble to Defeat 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z The quietude surrounding Ms. Morrison’s ascendancy, which has not been previously reported, belies the complicated question of gender at the Century, an enclave that prides itself as a sanctum for worldly conversation about the arts. With Election of Female President, a New Era for a Former Boys Club 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z For a while, the Hamiltons found renewed happiness and quietude in a new home in Upper Manhattan. America's First Political Sex Scandal 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Even in the quietude of the Hamptons, people are willing to pay for the opulence of even more quiet. Soundproofing for New York Noise 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Decide what matters to you this month and focus on that, whether it's time spent with family and friends, quietude or something else. 31 Healthy Habits to Try Each Day of December 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z It is impossible to characterize the presence and stunning quietude emanating from these individuals. Photographing a Los Angeles Community for 22 Years 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z They only needed to know him in the quietude of death, as a man whose heart had stopped beating in Queens. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z That’s never truer than when a stocky but still charismatic Crowe puts himself squarely in the middle of the action, his character’s native quietude seamlessly giving way to gallant physical heroics. ‘The Water Diviner, starring and directed by Russell Crowe 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z So we caught up with the artist, represented by Papillion, Los Angeles, to discuss his first exhibition in New York, his interest in material, and what that quietude is all for. 4 Questions: Samuel Levi Jones 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z But David Brin, an astrophysicist and science fiction author here, says that Earth’s relative radio quietude should not be changed so radically, so quickly. Researchers call for interstellar messages to alien civilizations 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z But the surreal quietude that now envelopes Langtry belies its wild and wooly past. Bean’s town fading from landscape 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z An hour later, driving home, Moore reveled in the warm breeze, the sunny skies, that quietude that had drawn him to Florida after growing up dodging the danger of L.A.’s inner-city neighborhoods before attending UCLA. Moore makes comeback from life-threatening injury 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z You can play that game for hours here if you like, exploring Ubisoft’s Kyrat in trancelike quietude, but the gameplay rewards are marginal–exploration for its own sake has to suffice. Far Cry 4 Review: The Best Far Cry Yet 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z Turbulence created by the front roof pillars and side mirrors is the biggest obstacle in the pursuit of quietude. How Mercedes Made The Quietest Interior In The World On The 2015 S-Class Coupe 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z The effect is one of meditative quietude that befits the show’s content. ‘Gregory Crewdson: Fireflies’ in the Bronx 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Don’t be afraid of a lull, a quietude, a silent period. Learning To Listen: Where Organized Causes Really Begin 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z “But not when you’re talking about 10-year-old discussions that were guaranteed in the quietude of an academic setting, and not when they are meant to reignite the harsh feelings of so long ago.” A Heinous Crime, Secret Histories and a Sinn Fein Leader’s Arrest 2014-05-02T03:42:37Z Marine fossils are protected by layers of marine sediment and the quietude of ocean deeps. Death Valley's First Life Came by Land, Not by Sea 2014-04-28T20:40:00Z Finland’s positioning in the far north of Europe, he said, fosters a quietude that is helpful in molding men — and women — capable of succeeding in goal. Finnish Soul Is Reflected in Goalies 2014-02-04T01:44:57Z A day after the verdict, Isaac Jones, 56, spent part of his morning on a bench near a memorial for Mr. Martin in Goldsboro, and sadly took in the neighborhood’s quietude. Tense Over Looming Zimmerman Verdict, City Eases in Its Aftermath 2013-07-16T01:28:56Z I think she liked the quietude of the neighborhood. Florida octogenarian claims record Powerball jackpot 2013-06-06T02:12:05Z They loved the place too much, a common sentiment among Kissam Avenue’s residents, who all said it was a hidden bastion of neighborliness and quietude. Coming Back: Move, Stay or Wait and See on Kissam Avenue 2013-01-21T02:22:11Z People have long been drawn to Midland Beach for the quietude, affordable real estate and proximity to the water. How a Staten Island Community Became a Deathtrap 2012-11-11T02:20:54Z Can China continue to deal with ethnic dissatisfaction by pouring in soldiers and frightening locals into quietude? As China Readies for Transition, a Spike in Tibetan Self-Immolations 2012-10-29T17:05:22Z Launching the javelin has been described by Chris Turner, a writer and expert on the event, as a reflection of the quietude in Finnish culture and a metaphor of escape from the country’s interminable winters. Inside the Rings: For Kenya’s Julius Yego, the Javelin Beats Running 2012-08-07T18:47:04Z The spacious pool, dark and still, wore a death-like quietude of surface. Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland 2012-05-22T15:16:54.237Z The poet, weary of this restlessness, is searching for the consolation of quietude; and here—as might be expected of Liszt—comes the thought of religion shown by the Andante religioso. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Everywhere, except in the adjacent grove, did quietude and stillness reign. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z Contrast an operation in a well-ordered hospital on shore--where perfect quietude reigns and everything is conducive to success--with the conditions on board a war-ship in action. With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight 2012-04-21T02:00:25.260Z There, if there was a life of sombre monotony and quietude, there was at least companionship; she had associates of her own age. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z All this, be it remarked, was carried on with both speed and quietude. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z He said that there ought to be ten thousand men at Baltimore and Annapolis, and that he could not venture to respond for the quietude of the Department with a smaller number. Baltimore and The Nineteenth of April, 1861 A Study of the War 2012-04-04T02:01:00.923Z He did not breathe a word of his intention to any of his domestics; but every one observed a great change in his behaviour, which all his habitual quietude could not entirely conceal. The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl 2012-04-03T02:00:27.997Z The old pastoral life, with all its rustic charm and quietude, disappeared as thoroughly as if it had never been. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z It was a scene of enchanting peace and quietude. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z Thus we saw this church in a moment of such exquisite half light and quietude that its memory is a possession for life. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z “It kind of spoke to the quietude and isolation that some people enjoyed and some people found frustrating,” Mr. Hammerman said. | Red Hook, Brooklyn: Red Hook, Brooklyn/Living In - An Outlier Near the ?Center of the Universe? 2012-03-16T03:02:02Z The physician cannot afford to sacrifice gastric quietude and competency of function to the use of remedies whose value as antipyretics is, to say the most, quite doubtful. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z There is something very solemn in the quietude of a scrub untouched by the axe of the lumberer or settler. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z Yet on he went; and as his years declined, And quietude and peace becalmed his mind, He felt and owned, no greater bliss could be Than resignation for Eternity. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z The ten preceding years of his orphanage passed away in a course of happy quietude. Wise Saws and Modern Instances, Volume II (of 2) 2012-03-12T03:00:23.003Z By prayer she had attained what she calls a “celestial quietude,—a state of union, rapture, and ecstasy.” Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The unusual quietude of the yards made Ralph think of Sunday. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z These bold hearts once gone, the village sank into quietude again. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z The quietude pleased him, but only because it favoured his plans; the lark's hymn, because it covered with a fair mask his lurking ambush; the sunshine, because it seemed a good augury. My Lady Rotha A Romance 2012-02-27T03:00:10.983Z Nature seems quite in harmony with the general quietude and restfulness. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The day passed in quietude, the men cleaning their weapons and still further strengthening the wall. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z A sudden relaxation, a falling back into quietude of the seething mass approved the consent. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Interestingly, many yoga classes – after bouts of bending and rounds of heavy breathing that become increasingly vigorous – end the activities in a period of quietude where the practitioner enjoys a sense of calm elation. Hot. Sexy. Yoga? 2012-02-15T18:16:36Z Yet this occurred but seldom, and folks could only guess how the Penal Code burned into her flesh by a certain unnatural quietude and an artificial repose of manner beyond her years. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z In the quietude of the isle the student may open his history, and read on page and scene the story of a hundred English hearts sorely tried, but triumphing at last. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z Cuchulain will dwell there and brood, "For three days more in dreadful quietude, "And then arise, and raving slay us all. Poems 2012-02-15T03:00:33.707Z Nothing could denote more peace and quietude as I sailed on the Potomac on that lovely evening. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z Dass lived here in quietude, with something of the honours and responsibilities of a bishop, brought up his family in a God-fearing way, and wrote endless reams of verses. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z One goes up in a state of suppressed agitation over the latest reports and rumors, and finds himself suddenly wrapped around by an atmosphere of businesslike quietude that extends nearly to the front trenches. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z He then read of wines and the joys of heaven—he could not afford to buy those full orient vintages, but, nevertheless, in the quietude of his rooms, he drank deep. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z "It is because I love you," he answered feebly; and at that her quietude gave way. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z They emphasized their claim by their extraordinary quietude. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z In its very quietude there was to her harassed thoughts something clandestine. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z "Can't you keep his name out of the conversation?" she suggested, but with a dangerous quietude of voice. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z There was something horrible in her quietude, and a great fear of I knew not what caught at my heart and turned my blood cold. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z And underneath this cloud, from end to end, from side to side, the garden seemed to me to be waiting--waiting consciously in a sinister quietude for this payment to be made. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z I am now enjoying what I have been sighing for ever since I started on my summer excursion, quietude and seclusion. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z As yet the world was grey and cool, and something of its quietude entered into her and gave her peace. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z She remained in a pose of most enigmatical quietude. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z So that, though the land resounded with war and the rumour of war, Sir Thomas remained in an enforced quietude in his castle at Cromartie. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z I remembered the conviction with which he had spoken--all the more assured for the very quietude of his voice. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z The Vespertinal Sentimentalist, on the other hand, looked upon the Guatemalans as wanton disturbers of the public quietude, and considered Andorra in the favourable light of an oppressed nationality. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z It was a calm, breezeless morning, with scarcely a sound to disturb the cool quietude, except the song of a robin on the top of the old maple. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Drink not too much or speak boastingly of it; make it not a refrain, but drink a little from time to time in quietude. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z His general faith in "Democracy" is too serenely above the tumult to disturb anybody or provoke a riot call in the quietude of Beverley. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z And as I looked about me the fever of my thoughts died, they took a new and unfamiliar quietude from the stable quietude of the hills. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Call it by what name you will, fate or fortune, did not Napoleon, the man of death and of action, and did not Swedenborg, the man of quietude and visions, acknowledge it? Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z In the large disasters that were sweeping the world, the mad confusion of injustice and revolt, of contending privilege, the serene primness of Havana, its starched formality of appearance, offered a priceless quietude. San Crist?bal de la Habana 2012-01-01T03:00:08.773Z I remember my friend remarked as curious on each of these occasions the quietude with which the histrionics submitted to be so unfairly treated. Curiosities of Impecuniosity 2011-12-31T03:00:16.190Z They have come from the office and the shop, from domestic service and the dressmaker’s room, from the High Schools and the Colleges, and from the quietude of the stately homes of the leisured rich. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z But none the less I dreaded to ride through it; its very quietude frightened me. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z In the ordinary quietude of his tent or office, when thinking of nothing but the subject which he was describing, he undoubtedly recorded his observations with accuracy. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z Feeling nothing of the ascending motion, the first impression that takes possession of you in "going up" in a balloon, is the quietude—the silence, that grows more and more entire. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Many such find it difficult to write in the midst of quietude. The Lash 2011-12-20T03:00:32.457Z The fuse shop is usually characterized by its cleanliness and quietude. The Woman's Part A Record of Munitions Work 2011-12-31T03:00:15.627Z Again there were almost audible stares of reproach from the audience, and quietude settled down once more like a pall. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z And hardly any one can doubt that the turmoil of a world's fair is about the worst possible background for such exchange of thought, which demands repose and quietude. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z In a curious degree the music is both contemplative and impassioned; its pervading note is that of still flame, of emotional quietude—the sweeping and cosmic winds of "Tristan und Isolde" are absent. Aspects of Modern Opera Estimates and Inquiries 2011-12-12T03:00:24.900Z All of us were shouting in each other’s ears for days afterwards, and even trying to converse in signs in the idyllic quietude of Kinbasket Lake. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z "To the golf-links; you say you want to go somewhere where we can be quiet; you'll have the quietude you want there." A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Therefore, if only for the sake of peace and quietude, it would be better to avoid the risk. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z That the turmoil of a world's fair is out of harmony with the scholar's longing for repose and quietude is a natural presupposition, which has not been disproved by the experience of St. Louis. International Congress of Arts and Science, Volume I Philosophy and Metaphysics 2011-12-12T03:00:31.160Z The life he led grew more and more repulsive to him as time went on; and he yearned unceasingly for the quietude of his native village, and for his own fireside peace. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z All her recent resolutions to spend a life of lowly quietude, had melted into thin air. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z We shall have all the quietude we want there. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z The sea was smooth, with something of treachery in its sullen quietude, as though it were only biding its time to break out again and do its worst. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z Perhaps so; and perhaps I owe my quietude of spirit to the influence of as comforting a breakfast as ever blessed the palate of a scientific egg-breaker. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z He switched off the ignition, and, in the relative quietude that succeeded the machine-gun-like explosions of the exhaust, took stock of the situation. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Their quietude in the midst of that whirlwind of battle was wonderful to see. Birds and Man 2011-10-20T02:00:25.513Z Had I known that the noises which had disturbed my rest were but the imitations of the red monkey, I might have slept in quietude. The Emigrant's Lost Son or, Life Alone in the Forest 2011-10-13T02:00:39.777Z A breeze springs up and whispers gently in the trees, and I come nearest of all then to a sense of peace and quietude. Mavis of Green Hill 2011-10-12T02:00:41.317Z Here is a document purporting to be issued "to keep in quietude" "faithful inhabitants." The History of Cuba, vol. 2 2011-10-11T02:01:01.423Z For my part, I shall make a point of dining here one night with an alluring young thing fresh from the romantic quietude of a Convent School. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z They regarded them as more fitted for the quietude of the study than the bustling activity of the tribune. Victor Hugo: His Life and Works 2011-10-07T02:00:23.887Z Amid the quietude of nature, everything in the castle was noisy, moving, seething like a bee hive. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z Beyond this animated exhibition of my horse the day passed uneventfully, and at night I enjoyed to its fullest extent the quietude of a country inn. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z Apparently satisfied with the result of their operations, the Turkish destroyers and patrol-boats steamed off, and quietude reigned once more on and under the waters of the Golden Horn. The Fight for Constantinople A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula 2011-10-04T02:00:17.837Z The sight of his studious face and short-sighted eyes and distrait, shy manner chilled them and reduced them to quietude and self-consciousness and suspicion. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z But Mrs. Kitto would bring in her sewing, of which she seemed to have a great deal, and sit over it, also by the hour, in a quietude as grateful as her sparing speech. Denis Dent A Novel 2011-10-04T02:00:16.973Z The night passed in undisturbed quietude; then came day, and he waited in vain. The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z I do not believe, either," said Rainsfield, "that we shall ever enjoy any degree of quietude until we have suppressed the wretches. Fern Vale (Volume 3) or the Queensland Squatter 2011-09-30T02:00:17.137Z For aught we can tell the present is an era of quietude and slow change, compared with some of the eras which have preceded it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z This profound quietude did not indicate the arrival of Urbain, and at that moment Blanche wished to hear some sound which would at least break the solitude of the night. The Barber of Paris 2011-09-18T02:00:25.547Z Our five motorists were filled with this quietude as they went Westward. The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z But mostly there is just a pleasant hum of human quietude. Turning Box Cutters Into Plowshares: Part I, The Challenge 2011-09-11T16:18:41Z The firing frightened them away for a time; but an hour's quietude would always be followed by their reappearance. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z The woman was of a gross type strangely accentuated by her feline quietude. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z But here, in this clean, water-lapped little cabin-room, there reigned a delicious quietude, only broken by the drowsy murmur of the river which flowed swiftly just outside, past the wooden walls of the barge. The Red Cross Barge 2011-09-05T02:00:20.603Z We knew a rare happiness in that exquisite quietude. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Yes; whether for delight in our quietude, or for strength in our conflict, "He hath said!" must be our daily resort. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z Who can tell how scenes of peace and quietude sink into the minds of pain-worn dwellers in close and noisy places, and carry their own freshness deep into their jaded hearts! Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z The 800 or so residents love it for its quietude, its isolation, and now, for the many ways the community is trying to right itself even before the Federal Emergency Management Agency arrives. Town Draws Together in the Midst of Losses 2011-08-31T03:03:35Z He rose and went to the chimney-piece and stood there, striving for greater quietude. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z When a fretful child suddenly falls into quietude and deep slumber, an isleswoman will say that it is because of the Smoothing of the Hand. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z She was pale, but her manner had regained its old quietude and gentleness. Jane Oglander 2011-08-30T02:00:38.717Z And what a strange, odd friendship it seems when we contrast the tender and delicious quietude of the Essays of Elia with the portentous flow of Coleridge's speech! English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z The advent of wandering beggars, or 'old stragglers,' as we were wont to call them, was an event of no ordinary interest in the generally monotonous quietude of our farm life. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z Scarcely more than thirty years ago it possessed the quietude and dignity of a patrician domain; it was beloved of our Knickerbocker social element; it was the tranquil stronghold of caste and exclusiveness. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z I knew now what was that passing of the trouble in the face of Seumas Dhu, what that sudden light was, that calming of the sea, that ineffable quietude. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z It was evident, not only in the finely cut features, but in the dignified quietude of manner that marked them both. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z After a raving paroxysm of considerable duration, it is a hopeful symptom, if the patient become dull, and in a stupid state; inclined to sleep much, and feeling a desire of quietude. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z But He passes on, easily and as if unconsciously, to record that special messengers from heaven had, at times, interrupted the self-indulgent quietude of the husbandmen. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z At first he was bewildered into quietude, but as, in spite of his stolid ways, a badger is as plucky a beast as hunts the woods, he soon began to revolve plans of escape. Lives of the Fur Folk 2011-08-20T02:00:13.820Z Through the not less silent quietudes of air the grey skuas swept with curving flight, and the narrow-winged terns made a constant white shimmer. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z In yet another letter, this time to his friend, Alexander Small, after the birth of this little girl, there is a revelation of the domestic quietude in which his long life closed. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Determined to retire to rest, to resolve my case in quietude and secrecy, I left America. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z While the noble women, in the seclusion and quietude of their homes, were inspired by a moral courage which could only come from God and the love of country. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z Thus each of them has lost 2½ ozs. in the seven months of quietude. Addresses & Papers / Collectanea 2011-08-04T02:00:22.097Z The delicious state of quietude seemed to make her a part of all lovely, heavenly things. In Wild Rose Time 2011-08-01T02:00:13.473Z The quietude of the woods is disturbed by turbulent voices, the angry roar and shriek of the wind, the groaning and clashing of writhing, tormented trees. In New England Fields and Woods 2011-07-27T02:00:26.953Z He then would have told her alone, but even as he tried to hush his voice, it seemed to pierce the quietude "with frightful audibility, like the sibilation of a possessing spirit." Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z The strings resounded with a deep protesting chord and then subsided into resigned quietude. Molly Brown's Junior Days 2011-07-14T02:00:11.180Z "I had no meaning of the kind, I assure you," replied Henrietta, in her usual quiet manner, which always seemed to hover between the bitterness of a sneer, and the quietude or indifference of philosophy. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z I cannot say that those days were unpleasant, but the quietude of thought and heart of one week ago, they are mine no more. The Journal of Countess Fran?oise Krasinska Great Grandmother of Victor Emmanuel 2011-07-10T02:00:25.767Z I believe the suddenness and alacrity of this day's travel, after leaving the quietude of the canoe, had awakened a sympathy in the injured nerves. Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas 2011-07-10T02:00:18.883Z “Lord Artingale has often spoken of you, Mr Magnus,” said Cynthia, looking at him rather coquettishly, in fact as if she was better used to London society than the quietude of a country rectory. Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family 2011-07-08T02:00:20.557Z Factories closed; the stir and bustle of labour became a thing of the past; and the place was given over to a sleepy and respectable quietude. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z So also, the power of our wealth seems limited as respects the comfort of the servants, no less than their quietude. Unto This Last and Other Essays on Political Economy 2011-06-29T02:00:26.763Z Garvin had feared the Thing in himself that stirred so frequently now, and that dropped back into quietude only when he drugged it. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z The workers were dismissed, the watch changed, and quietude brooded over the ship. Rounding up the Raider A Naval Story of the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:25.163Z The raucous blasts on the horn disturbed the quietude of the sylvan scene, but without the desired result. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Around her the river lapped lazily, and the solemn quietude of the mist-covered waters was accentuated by the far-off turmoil in the city. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z There is no doubt that in this instance the unnatural quietude, the grave-like silence, and the dim religious light in which the victim was kept contributed to deter death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Mr. Greatorex presently calmed down, and heard the rest of the story in comparative quietude. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z Impassivity," he thought, "indifference, quietude, voluptuous serenity! who amongst men will appreciate you? Ancient Manners Also Known As Aphrodite 2011-06-13T02:00:23.863Z Some time since I began a poem called The Eve of St Mark, quite in the spirit of town quietude. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Her youth had passed in contention with misfortune, or in the quietudes of study. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z Shirley wondered what a man of his stamp was doing in the quietude of the Bellerophon. The Red Mouse 2011-05-30T02:00:14.700Z But suddenly she was startled by sounds that stole into the quietude—sounds of a child's unrestrained, sobbing grief, intermingled with unsuccessful attempts at consolation. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Its duty was the defence of the enceinte and the maintenance of quietude within the city. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z Now he has changed to calmness and quietude, as singular as productive of good, for his mind was most certainly killing him. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z From active mercantile business in 1811, he sought that domestic quietude with his devoted wife and family he so fondly cherished, and there he largely indulged his taste in reading to their ever attentive ears. Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778 2011-05-25T02:00:23.427Z At these signs of activity and the sounds breaking the general quietude, an exclamation fell from his lips; then, pausing only a moment to listen and observe, he sprang toward the guard-house. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z He sought without delay the quietude of his own rooms. Told on the Pagoda Tales of Burmah 2011-05-22T02:00:12.060Z The earth seemed singing to the heavens, "God is here!" and from the blue depths of quietude, where a few clouds spread their soft wings like brooding birds, came back the answer, "He is here!" Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z No corner of the town could have been more fitted to soothe him with a sense of cathedral quietude resembling that which he had just left. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z This true and grateful optimism enabled the chaplain to overcome the sharpness of sorrow, and to maintain that unruffled quietude of mind which is the happy mean between apathy and over-susceptibility. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z "You haven't asked me what the work is," said Owen, just a little disappointed by her quietude. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z There was something in the quietude of his attitude which depressed and mortified her; it was like—almost like indifference. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z 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 After all the tortures and the spasms, the quietude of it was delicious. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z I believe I comprehend you," said Lord Castlereagh, laughing; "you are covertly sneering at the easy and unexciting quietude of our London habits. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z “What I prefer or don’t prefer, it don’t matter,” he said, speaking with characteristic quietude and gravitas. Yankees Can?t Change Weather, or the Schedule 2011-03-31T01:02:00Z Some time since I began a poem called “The Eve of St. Mark,” quite in the spirit of town quietude. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z The room was empty, save for them, the few other guests being out, and in the house reigned perfect quietude, a peacefulness accentuated by the wheels and hoofs passing in the dusk outside. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z It was a delightful time, and, in after years, when the Acad�mie was celebrated and powerful, the original members looked back wistfully at this happy period of almost pastoral quietude. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z When Forester entered the Knight's room in the inn, where, in calm quietude, he sat awaiting the verdict, he hesitated for a moment how he should break the joyful tidings of Daly's arrival. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z But this plan was frustrated and he lived in comparative quietude till Michaelmas. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z He recalled her patient quietude, her dignity and sadness. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z He determined to quit Paris, where the life was far too exciting for his nerves, and to regain the quietude of Normandy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z Into its dignified quietude burnt an irruption of alien activity and the great white light of publicity. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z The most insufferable assumption of superiority is never half so chilling in its effect upon underbred people as the calm quietude of good manners. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Anna retired to her bedroom to savour an astounding happiness in quietude. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z I was watching her closely and as the glances of the two men met I saw uneasiness well up through the quietude of her face. The Black Eagle Mystery 2011-03-07T03:00:12.497Z There was, besides, a strange quietude reigning over Dawson. The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike 2011-03-06T03:00:22.017Z For this quietude and ruin of a place that one has seen full of life gives one a sinister sensation, and one is frightened by one's loneliness. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z The door lay open; only the latch was closed, such being the primitive security that prevails in that region of poverty and quietude. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z "She certainly gave us an exhibition!" he said, with his incisive, whip-lash quietude. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z I left the place regretfully; the tranquil quietude of my two hours' ramble through the garden restored me to a serene and peaceful frame of mind. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Absolute quietude, save for a gentle, continuous murmur of voices in conversation in the library below. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z They preferred the greater quietude of the enemy's positions. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z He is devoted to his family and friends, is domestic in his tastes, and his most cherished hours are those spent in the confidence and quietude of home. Presidential Candidates: containing Sketches, Biographical, Personal and Political, of Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 2011-02-27T03:00:34.390Z The quietude, the sound of her own voice, were giving the girl courage. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z The easy grace of her step, the elegant quietude of her manner, the courtesy with which she acknowledged what she termed "our most thoughtful kindness," were actual fascinations. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z The ticking of an old clock upon the wall, the noise of the tea-urn were the only sounds which interrupted the quietude. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z But death comes to the German soldiers there in another way, without any noise and quite invisible, and very horrible in its quietude. From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 2011-03-04T03:01:00.007Z There, at a distance of a hundred and fifty miles from Rome, in the midst of the richest corn-bearing and olive-bearing regions of Tuscany, he can enjoy country quietude. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z His course through life, though of almost uninterrupted prosperity, was not of unmixed quietude. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z The peaceful quietude of an existence on which no shocks obtrude is unspeakably delightful. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z The brass Buddha, its yellow face with the sightless eyes of meditation staring up in oblivious quietude to the skies, was lying all alone just within the temple gate. The Three Sapphires 2011-02-07T03:00:24.770Z She replied to even sarcastic questions without the faintest shadow of irritation, and exhibited throughout the most perfect quietude and good breeding. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z A glance at clearing-house statistics leaves no doubt as to the banking importance of the Western Provinces or as to the relative financial quietude of the East. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Reminders of its being known soon began to disturb the quietude of Abington Abbey. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z The quietude of the night, the scent of April pervading it, gave to the lonely building a dignity such as I had seldom felt before. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z London was now reduced to dumb quietude, save that murmurings were heard from the Presbyterians, who still insisted upon making terms with the king; but it was all in vain. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z The scene was in such apparent peace and quietude as it might have been lapped, if all the turmoil of war and strife were a thousand miles removed. A Hero of Ticonderoga 2011-01-27T03:00:45.450Z Had not she herself been in the hands of just such a lady’s maid as she had now become and seen her laugh when she had laughed, remain quiet when she had demanded quietude? The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z And yet it is also a quietude that, he reflects sadly, resounds with a shameful echo across all of football. Planet Sport: Football's shame one year after African Cup of Nations attack 2011-01-16T00:08:02Z As an instance, recuperative work, such as the bringing up of food to the firing lines is often allowed to go on in comparative quietude. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z The shrieks, however, of sufferers in agony, or of maniacs driven mad by disease, broke on the awful quietude. London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 2011-01-28T03:00:22.900Z His life, on the whole, has passed, since the action with the Armada, in ease and quietude. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Would Lady Cheyne take mercy on her, as she took mercy on so many people, and give her this peace and this quietude?—Yes, that was the way. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z They are the poems he wrote in the prison which gave him quietude and shelter, and in the silence of which the soft voices of his childhood rose again. Paul Verlaine 2010-12-28T03:00:19.670Z These five cavaliers, in their heavy cloaks, blacker than the darkness around, had really something supernatural in their grisly quietude as they rested stock-still in their saddles. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z At about six o'clock she had fallen asleep, and with this quietude my thoughts began to wander, and other fears returned. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z There was a superiority about him which, as it was more observable to their envy, they could by no means behold with quietude. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Here's the thing: The economy is in danger of sinking into an ominous quietude, marked by slow growth and high unemployment. U.S. Infrastructure Spending: No Time to Get Cheap 2010-10-18T00:42:00Z Her quietude said nothing, and the odors of her life, still rising from her, signalled, I remain among you. 2010-01-18T05:00:00Z In nearly every one of them the whole attitude, the droop of the shoulders and arms, and the quietude of the face are reposeful. The True Benjamin Franklin The quietude and seclusion of my life recalled my early days, and the peaceful routine of Malory. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z I could never behold, or even think, of this snug quietude in the bosom of unadulterated nature, without, at the same time, considering it as emblematic, in a striking degree, of man's experience in life. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 Then Roger and he vanished among the trees, while a loud knocking disturbed the quietude of the night in the street which adjoined the gardens. The Great Mogul The city was settling to quietude under a pall of smoky opal. The Princess Galva A Romance They knew how to reconcile, by quietude or politic deference, the dignity of Roman virtue with a discreet acquiescence even in the excesses of despotism. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius An unearthly quietude came over him as he walked up the long avenue of elms, painfully jarred on by the noise of Ezra's shuffling feet among the dry leaves. Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame Starvation, and a little mental quietude, with daily exercise, such as she could bear, in the open air, would have greatly changed her condition, when her diarrhœa first commenced. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Then with three cheers and a tiger, the jolly crew once more yielded to Twadeils' remonstrance, composed themselves to quietude and marched briskly away. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies There was a quietude about the little front dining-room in Belitha Villas that was very soothing to the somewhat strained nervous systems of Mr. and Mrs. Povey. The Princess Galva A Romance He is at one time drawn to philosophic quietude; at another he becomes the strenuous ambitious Roman of the old days, eager for the conflicts of the forum. Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius She modulated her voice to the prevailing quietude of the house and her footfalls were as light as the nurses themselves. Jessica Trent: Her Life on a Ranch Then suddenly, in that terrible moment of anxious quietude, there burst forth through the midnight darkness a faint ray of light which soon appeared a flame of fire, leaping and dancing exultantly. The Nightrider's Feud And here, soft wrought in memory's vague designs, Dim semblances her wistful gaze will greet Of lost ones that inthrall phantasmally sweet The mirror's luminous quietude enshrines. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches Then he heard old Caryll's rasping cough and broken benignant sentences, which with all their memories lulled his emotion to quietude again. Sinister Street, vol. 1 This action on the part of La Mole gave Coconnas a little quietude. Marguerite de Valois It was a glorious summer night, the moon riding high in a cloudless heaven, a night full of a tranquil quietude and filled with the thousand scents of dewy earth. Our Admirable Betty A Romance The ominous sound of breaking waves was gone, and it gave a perfect image of quietude and peace. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery The quietude of Queen's Gate stretching apparently for miles towards the south, increased the terrifying noise. A Bed of Roses One of our hurried flights had ended at a boarding house, and my extreme quietude—unnatural in a child of health and intelligence—attracted the attention of a certain boarder, who was an actress. Life on the Stage So Gud bade the frogs be quiet, and they were quiet with a great quietude, and peace reigned for a spell or two. The Book of Gud In wide contrast to the magnificence and profusion of the costly household, where each seemed bent on giving way to every caprice that extravagance could suggest, was the simple quietude of that unpretending family. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) And with this speech, delivered in an air of perfect quietude, but still emphatically slow, he settled his hat on before the glass, arranged his whiskers, and walked away. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Apparently she stood up to her grief and mastered it, developing an outer stillness, a quietude strangely disquieting to Phil and to me. The Book of Susan A Novel There, in the quietude of a grotto near Macao, still called the Grotto of Camoens, the exiled poet finished the first six cantos of his great epic 'The Lusiads.' Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII She was a magnificent dead weight; there was something positive and portentous in her quietude. The Spoils of Poynton "True, that is to be thought of," rejoined he, with an unmoved quietude of voice. Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) "We were greatly pleased with him," said Mary, "and now, knowing who he is, and what temptations such a young man has to over-estimate himself, are even more struck by his unassuming quietude." Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) To me, in particular, who have grown perhaps too reflective, too introspective, with the years of quietude on my farm, he seemed incredibly alive, so that I was never tired of watching him. Hempfield A Novel The Highlands, perhaps for the first time in history, formed a compact whole and settled down to peace and quietude. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" It took me but a moment to decide that quietude would be wisdom. A Top-Floor Idyl "Very well, M. Salvatori," said I, corrected by the quietude of his manner; "what is your day?" Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) This very quietude, however, is frequently misinterpreted, and, in Ireland especially, often taken for the very excess of pride and haughtiness. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Byron stands dreaming at the open window, the bridges and buildings of Pisa lie still and silver-lit before him: a subtle influence of quietude steals down upon him from the stars. A Day with Lord Byron This was the western wing or turret; and thither, accordingly, I often bent my steps, in search of quietude, and also of a magnificent prospect to be viewed from the summit. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. "I'll take your word for it," he said, and again lapsed into quietude. The Competitive Nephew "Mi Lor le Prince" was probably composing himself to a siesta; there was a stealthy quietude in the step of his servant along the corridor that said so much. Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) His might be a life of quietude and peace. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience The burden of these set forth with unmistakable plainness that the recent apparent quietude was but the calm before the storm. Harley Greenoak's Charge Yes; both were content, for in the hearts of both still rang the gladness and the quietude of a very conscious refrain:—“We shall meet again, soon.” John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising Can your world-wisdom produce a harmony of all the tendencies and dispositions of the soul, a quietude of the spirit, a state of self-renunciation, because our whole life is one continual act of self-sacrifice? Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine He therefore thought it was a place of quietude, where there would be no talk or toasts. Speeches and Addresses of H. R. H. the Prince of Wales: 1863-1888 My mother had not accompanied him, her state of health at the time requiring rest and quietude. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Jane had for some months lived in the strictest quietude, and prayers and masses for her safe delivery were offered in the churches for weeks before. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History She hoped she had secured the happiness of those she loved, but she had not gained that sweet quietude, that healing forgetfulness which she had expected. Peasant Tales of Russia In the morning the brilliant visitor took her departure, and the half-house fell back into its usual quietude. Anne Though in a measure prepared for a scene of unbustling quietude and tranquillity, I must own that the air of repose around, far surpassed all I had imagined. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance And they did laugh, and the laughter was so far good that it relieved the terrible tension of their nerves, and rallied them back to ease and quietude. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly The quietude of a man-of-war was in the life of the yacht; the seamen spoke low; if ever one of them smoked a pipe he kept himself out of sight with it. A Marriage at Sea If we cannot arrive in sufficient strength at a definite understanding with respect to the mode of handling the question of the franchise, then our line ought to be great patience and quietude in opposition. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) I step carefully between the recumbent forms on the deck lest I hurt them or disturb their quietude. Seeds of Pine The calm quietude of his manner, as he said this, threw me into a fit of laughter which lasted several minutes. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Nevertheless, to those whose love of peace and quietude was stronger than their artistic instincts and watchful admiration of budding genius, the neighbourhood of "La Childebert" was a sore and grievous trial. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Where and how had she caught up that gentle quietude which breathes like a balmy odor over the well-bred world? Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day This was evidenced by the quietude of the animal, now lying at the boot-boy’s feet in affectionate confidence, and refreshing itself with a nap, after its hilarious exercise. Dorothy at Oak Knowe A serene quietude, year after year, is the characteristic of most of the interior New England towns. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 There was comparative quietude after that until March 6th, when the natives began to resume the annoying fire on the infantry, and an artillery demonstration became imperative. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. By no means; it is absorbed in its sublime quietude. Priests, Women, and Families "He is dead," she said, with the utmost quietude. Rose MacLeod They had now been long enough in Italy not to feel depressed by its dreamy and monotonous quietude, but to feel the inexpressible charm of that soft existence, begotten of air, and climate, and scenery. A Rent In A Cloud The massive pyramid likewise typified, in an impressive manner, the main idea connected with the Middle: that of stability, immutability, quietude and repose, combined with power. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Well dressed, and with a manner of decent and respectful quietude, he slowly mounted the stairs, and saluted the bench and jury. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life "Go on," said Lady Hester once more, and with a stern quietude of manner that Kate felt more acutely than even an angry burst of temper. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life She was struggling out of her trance of quietude, almost offended at his haste. Rose MacLeod There is something unspeakably calming in the solitude of a forest, unlike the lone sensations inspired by the sea or the prairie; the feeling is one of peaceful quietude. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Nevertheless boys can be trained, if not to control their thoughts, at least to an outward reverence and quietude in harmony with the service. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. Now, perfectly retaining its quietude, it had acquired a new dignity of residence: because of its favorable, its exclusive, situation, it was occupied by young married people of highly desirable connections. The Bright Shawl If she could but fancy that, at some future time, such graceful elegance should be her own, that gentle languor, that chastened quietude of Sydney, or that sparkling lightness of Lady Hester herself! The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life It was evident that this marauder–whoever he was–had waited for the quietude of sleep to fall upon the place. Frances of the Ranges The Old Ranchman's Treasure There was an impassive quietude about his pale cold features that awed me. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas The grim quietude of these men was more fearful than any amount of noise could have been, and, as the president raised his hand slightly, a dead silence fell. The Red Symbol Her calmness that is born of despair, brings Dulce back to something that resembles quietude. Portia or By Passions Rocked During this process the respiration is in general more slowly drawn, the body endeavours to maintain a perfect quietude, and its position becomes fixed. Sound Mind or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect Their naked feet, closely joined together, produced a ghastly sensation of quietude. Their Son; The Necklace "I offered eight hundred for her on mere character," said I, sitting back, and sipping my liquid with a most profound quietude. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Remember, that quietude of manner constitutes a woman’s greatest charm; and, unfortunately, you seem almost a mimic mælstrom. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part At this moment, however, Fabian so far wrongs her as to attribute this inborn quietude to coldness and indifference. Portia or By Passions Rocked From this noontide quietude it must not be supposed the prison was untenanted; the calaboose at Tai-o-hae does a good business. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) On Saturday morning the city of Boston was in an ominous state of quietude. Under the Liberty Tree A Story of The 'Boston Massacre' "I have at least one consolation," he says, at last, calling to mind the quietude that surrounds Moyne and its inhabitants, and the withdrawal from society that has obtained there for many years. Rossmoyne Waterloo Bridge is chosen for its privacy; the Monument used to be chosen, we presume, for its height and quietude. Old and New London Volume I A misty peacefulness of smoke and quietude brooded over the Station. Banked Fires The quietude of this retired spot in the midst of a busy thoroughfare, and its accessibility to the Chronicle offices in the Strand, must have been very attractive to the young author. A Week's Tramp in Dickens-Land Each member of the party was more or less absorbed in his own thoughts, and Brian's face wore a look of stern determination which seemed to impose quietude upon the others. Under False Pretences A Novel In the month of October, 1696, the quietude of the household at the Jemseg was disturbed by the appearance of the Massachusetts military expedition under Hawthorne and Church. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 This was essentially a quiet marriage,—but it was quiet with a splendid quietude, and the obscurity of it was graceful and decorous. Lady Anna Every one went about his business, or followed his curiosity in quietude. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 All that is abhorrent to our moral sense, or dangerous to our quietude, or villanous in human nature, we benevolently disgorge upon Africa for her temporal and eternal welfare! Thoughts on African Colonization Angela's lips quivered, and her eyes filled with tears, but Elizabeth's face was rigidly set in an enforced quietude. Under False Pretences A Novel Although the Indians had committed no hostilities for two years, he believed no dependence could be placed on their quietude so long as the French were allowed to exercise their disturbing influence among them. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 But then they lapsed into quietude again; and time wore on to summer. The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories More serious thoughts than he had ever experienced were his that afternoon: Jay could not avoid remarking—in private—on his unusual quietude. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement The definitions which I am about to quote were not the work of oral confusion and haste, but were given in writing, in circumstances of entire quietude and ample deliberation. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education It is highly probable that the great majority desire no wider range; but even in the obscure quietude of that circle they are subject to a thousand chances. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 In comparison with this great shed, Elbow Lane, that Miss Bonnicastle had found so noisy, seemed a haven of quietude and Glory heartily wished herself back in it. A Sunny Little Lass “Even so, Mackellar,” said Mr. Henry, with the same perfect quietude of manner he had shown throughout. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) It was the quietude of bewilderment, alive to gratitude. When Ghost Meets Ghost These pictures have the true color, alive with the activity of nature or soothing in its quietude. His Lordship's Leopard A Truthful Narration of Some Impossible Facts Then as an eagle fleeth to his crag High in the stillness of the dim cloudland, Fled I from man into the trackless woods, To sate my soul with quietude and song. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems “I am in absolute peace and quietude, and so thoroughly prepared to enjoy your coming,—if that may be....” The Brownings Their Life and Art The blood spurted from my wrist; and with an instantaneous quietude and command of myself, I pressed my thumb on the little leaping fountain, and reflected what to do. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI The minister received her with his wonted quietude, and a brotherly kiss of salutation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 The old days of philosophic quietude, of self-contained and cultured ease, had been in themselves very pleasant, but his was altogether too large a nature to become in any way the slave of habit. Berenice "We were going simply to see the old trees, the old ruins; to pass a day in old times, surrounded by olden silence, and above all by quietude." Shirley The Captain was a queer old mortal, who in his hale old days had quit life on the ocean wave for the quietude of agricultural comfort. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes Then came the Spirit of History and he too grew sad as he gazed into the quietude of the night. Futurist Stories Yet only in the Church or for her service was there the quietude necessary for art work of the higher kinds. Raeburn Doña Maria, with characteristic quietude, was preparing for the duties of the approaching day. Carmen Ariza A strange quietude settled over her look, her movements, her very voice. Shirley Triangle felt relieved when daylight came, and had it not been Sunday, he would have packed up and put back for the prosy office and stagnated quietude of the city. The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes I know now that time cannot alleviate suffering, that nothing can teach the heart to forget or still it into quietude, save for a little season. Mabel's Mistake But quietude reigned in the higher spheres of literature. Arrows of Freethought After Markheim has killed the dealer, and gone upstairs to ransack the belongings of the murdered man, he suffers an interval of quietude amid alarms.–– A Manual of the Art of Fiction Towards midnight the teasing, monotonous bark of the house-dog disturbed the quietude of their vigil. Shirley The sclerotia are, here as in many other fungi, biennial organs, designed to begin a new vegetation after a state of apparent quietude, and to send forth special fruit-bearers. Fungi: Their Nature and Uses If the iron cordon of travel, by a little divergence, has spared their quietude, leaving them stranded upon a beach where the tide of active business never flows, all their dignities are gone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 Yet here, almost in sight of them, I was enjoying a quietude known only to the haunts of nature. The Beauties of the State of Washington A Book for Tourists But there was on her face next day a look of peace and quietude which Lettice had never seen before. Name and Fame A Novel The stock exchange is also in a condition of quietude. The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 Time passed on—days merged themselves into weeks, and weeks to months, and the harmony and quietude of Aberdeen was fully restored. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 When she and her comrade could sit down and talk in quietude, they might formulate the explanation which at present was beyond reach. Up the Forked River Or, Adventures in South America And suddenly the contrast of all these quietudes with his own restless life overwhelmed him in a great flood of hopelessness. Dreamers of the Ghetto Officers were elected as usual and the work went on in persistent quietude. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV During these two days of coolness and enforced quietude Old Hurricane had gathered a store of bad humors that required expenditure. Hidden Hand I do not know to what extent the same feeling prevails in our army, but there is certainly an element of it, which will not make for content or quietude. Another Sheaf And I declare most solemnly, that I am convinced that the Irish people would fall into line, and see the bill thrown out with perfect quietude. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The child who does not cry, does not breathe; it is said to be still-born; its quietude means death. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases And with another spender gone the Hotel Bender lapsed into a sleepy quietude. Hidden Water From the night of the 8th to the morning of the 11th there was an interval of quietude. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War Yet, when we undervalue the living ability of a nation from its quietude at the moment, we but adopt the example of every past age in succession. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 His quietude seemed to carry a private message to Moore, but he turned to her, as he spoke and smiled as if to ask her not to interpret him harshly. The Prisoner Is it not singular that this old hero should have escaped the numberless missiles of death in all the battles through which he had passed, so soon to succumb in the quietude of retirement? War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 Ritual and incantations are doubtless useful aids to religious worship and the necessary quietude of mind, but they are losing their hold over souls to whom religious life has become a matter of social service. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war A terrible storm of battle—the more terrible because unforeseen—had broken in upon the quietude of their home. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War The quietude of the official butchers and money squanderers is, and must remain undisturbed in their mansions, whatever be the moral leprosy dwelling therein! Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 With a final wave of his hat he disappeared from the enraptured gaze of his friends into the cool quietude of the presbytery garden. A Bride of the Plains I felt the delightfulness of springs born in my flanks, gifts of the glaciers; and in the ample quietude of horizons I felt the reposeful sleep of storms. Rosinante to the Road Again He was sometimes arrogant and overbearing in manner, was always ready for a fight, which he rather preferred to quietude, and had little disposition to spare an enemy. James Madison “This quietude is an incentive to good work,” she said, reflectively, at table. The Girls of Central High in Camp Or, the Old Professor's Secret This clamor of the wind through the lonely house; the Judge's quietude, as he sits invisible; and that pertinacious ticking of his watch!... The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I Already a plan was forming in his brain; the quietude of vespers would, he thought, help him to complete it. A Bride of the Plains In the quietude that blesses with a prelude of repose Let your soul be smoothed and softened, as the dew revives the rose. Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul Seated in this silence, in this quietude, she felt him hers. The Dust Flower I wanted quietude in which to think things over. The Prairie Child But coming so suddenly upon our quietude the summons surprised me. The Brass Bound Box The inhabitants are rather better educated than is usually the case in small towns, and its society is indeed noted in that part of the country for its quietude, culture, and refinement. Introduction to the Science of Sociology To me the quietude of the secluded English home had an undefinable charm like the smell of lavender, for which I have always had a cat-like affection. The Belovéd Vagabond The lady stood off, eyed him majestically through a lorgnette, and spoke with a force which came from quietude. The Dust Flower Off in the distance the high hills gazed down upon the smaller ones, guarding them in quietude. Rose O'Paradise She submitted with calmness and quietude to her lot. Madame Roland, Makers of History The same vacant face of quietude was presented to me in the corridor. Hurricane Island The summer of the same year, accompanied by my daughters, I sought the quietude of the mountains of Virginia. As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century The earth rested for a spell, and a solemn quietude stole over the scented fields. The Love Story of Abner Stone The quietude of these precious Sabbath moments made the week, with its arduous tasks, bearable to the sensitive girl. Rose O'Paradise The Finns detest their rulers, and are only kept in a partial state of quietude by a total subversion of the liberties guaranteed to them under the Constitution. The Land of Thor Contrast is one of the charms of the place; contrast between the shade and quietude of the pine-woods, and the whirl and movement of modern life and luxury in its most splendid and pronounced development. Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch His friends took advantage of the quietude which followed to induce him to make the journey to Italy, in the fear that the severe winter of Scotland would prove fatal. Lady of the Lake A fierce light kindled the old Sakai's eyes, which boded evil for anyone who attempted to disturb the quietude of their present rambling life. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) They lifted the cover of the basket, and there in quietude the barn-cat was sleeping his long last sleep. Rose O'Paradise The most busy thoroughfares of former times have now almost the quietude of a Sabbath. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The haughty Baronet writhed under this familiarity; yet was there an expression of triumphant quietude in his eye, as if he despised the insinuation of the seaman. The Buccaneer A Tale The word had burst from Mr. Brown's lips with a passion which his former quietude rendered the more remarkable. The New Tenant Elvira had grown into her spinsterhood without rebellion and with the quietude of mind conferred by an even disposition. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 We watch the world tearing down—from this quietude. Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation They preferred to establish themselves on spots where they could enjoy pure air and rural quietude, could surround themselves with trees and lawns, or refresh their eyes with the sight of the silver Thames. A Book About Lawyers "Is this a time to stand on words?" inquired De Guerre, with great quietude of manner. The Buccaneer A Tale The scene, if we may judge by a print of the period, would appear to have been one of quietude and waiting for something to turn up. A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect This story is 'characterized by a consistency and quietude of individuality which is rare in Dickens.' Gilbert Keith Chesterton This intermediate stretch of river is beautiful in its quietude. The Book of the National Parks In the quietude of your accustomed scenes you will have leisure to turn this matter over in what you are pleased to call your mind. A Book About Lawyers Now it was good that winter was coming, when they would lie through the long nights folded in snow, in beneficent quietude. Mountain Blood A Novel Most of the others collected there seemed limp and taciturn, but three or four young people gaudily dressed made up for the quietude of their companions. Tales of Space and Time Such ghosts seemed particularly solid in the Southern States, precisely because of the comparative quietude and leisure of the atmosphere of the South. What I Saw in America The scene of The First Person Singular shifts between the kinetic panorama of modern New York and the somewhat stultifying quietude of a small Pennsylvania town. When Winter Comes to Main Street |
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