英语词汇“quietus”造句的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be. “Batman v Superman” Is Democrats vs. Republicans 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z

The third section of Levels of Life is literally self-mortifying, as Barnes imagines a scenario for suicide and selects the sharp Japanese knife that might bring about his quietus. Levels of Life by Julian Barnes – review 2013-04-06T13:00:01Z

It lags, particularly in the first act, and the libretto can be risibly purple: “the oatmeal slippers of sleep,” “the quietus of your thighs.” Music Review: Britten’s ‘Rape of Lucretia,’ Presented by Mannes Opera 2013-05-12T21:58:05Z

Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus. Finding sanctuary in a chess library 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z

Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19. In European chess fight, Daniil Dubov proves a team player, brilliantly 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

"Whom would fardels bear under such a weary and long life.... when he could his quietus make with a bare bodkin?" Immunotherapy Offers Hope to a Cancer Patient, but No Certainty 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z

At the same time, some, faced with the cumulative weight of all this, seek their own quietus. At War Blog: A Soldiers' Friendship, Shared Across Generations, Ends With More Gained Than Lost 2012-09-07T18:54:59Z

In fact, the Elmdale tragedy received its quietus when James Walker, senior, and James Walker, junior, watched Sir Robert and Lady Dalrymple drive past their office en route to Paris and the Continent. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z

Never a man less likely to make his own quietus than plain practical David Dundyke, with his future aspirations and his harmless ambition. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z

We have had two men wounded, while here and there it is believed that certain of the enemy received their quietus. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z

In ordinary hands nothing could have prevented a quietus. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z

When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z

But this was no quietus to our neighbor, who half rose from his seat. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z

He sallied forth one day to put down an insignificant riot in never tranquil Satsuma, and received there his quietus. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z

The result was that, before the torpedo had apparently given the Dunraven its quietus, all the remaining guns were exposed with their crews. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z

This reflection must verily, in our relation, have brought about my own quietus—so far as that mild ecstasy could be divorced from agitation. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z

I hope, for the sake of history and for your brave military record, that a quietus will at once be put on this subject. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z

A hundred such men—educated against the fashion of to-day, made familiar with the heroic, and come to maturity—are enough to give an eternal quietus to the noisy sham education of this time. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z

There for a moment he lay, kicking and groaning; but ere the cold steel could administer a quietus, he regained his legs and dashed straight back. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z

Mr. Shalford, also, had put something of a quietus on many senseless and ugly remarks which some malicious or thoughtless boys had set afloat. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z

Ziegler, he felt sure, would have grasped the position to a nicety, and would use every device in his apparently limitless repertoire to give him his quietus before Leonie's father set foot on shore. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z

The result has been a valuable addition to scientific knowledge as to the vitality of germinal forms, and a quietus to theories as to "spontaneous generation." The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z

The Masterson affair had effectually put a quietus upon his belligerency. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z

It was in this room that Pedlar Jake got his quietus. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z

As Ellen Seymour had predicted, basket ball did not receive its quietus. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z

They will resent the adventurous knight's interference, and will give him his quietus if he is not wary. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z

Only I am strongly of opinion that she would have ordered him off the line of fire, for fear that he might receive his quietus from some stray bullet. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z

"Then permit me, with my own hand, to give those fellows their quietus." King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z

Or give him his quietus in the shape of a leaden pill. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z

A school of sharks visited the schooner, and one about 7 feet long that was hooked, was given his quietus with a revolver bullet when hauled to the surface. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z

Once let me be married, and all these worries, troublesome and distracting at present, would receive their proper quietus. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z

It is charged that this legendary monster has put the quietus upon various enterprises, including the construction of a new and first-class hotel—something which St. Louis needs. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z

There were six of us who put a quietus on that old Abolitionist. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z

It was evident that the district attorney was becoming more and more worried at the prospect of giving Tip his quietus. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z

It was severely wounded, but, rising in a fury, it attempted to climb the tree, when I, luckily having a loaded pistol, gave it a quietus. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z

Then the cacique, as the first to get his lasso “home,” handed the thong to another hunter, dismounted, and gave the tapir his quietus with his spear. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z

The 7.62 mm Russian cartridge is a man-killer, not a big game round, but 10 or 20 of them in the brisket will eventually put the quietus even to a 4,000 pound rhino. On Safari With Rhinos and Poachers 2010-07-14T14:22:00Z

In time, this budding industry met an official quietus, and McGuire, with several warrants out 52 against him, took to the woods. The Girl From Tim's Place

The dogs had played their part well, keeping such a close watch upon the bears that we had no difficulty in giving them their quietus. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896

I now cut a good club determined to put a quietus on Bruin in that manner but after landing several blows my knees began to feel weak. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping.

The governor requested him to keep quiet a short time as troops would soon arrive to put a quietus upon the new fangled authorities. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution

As to the first point, we have now the means of giving any insect an utterly painless quietus, be it capable of feeling pain or no. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species

That stern logic put a quietus upon the attempted insurrection. The History of Cuba, vol. 4

One by one they died— Last of all their race; Nothing left but pride, Lace and buckled hose; Their quietus made, On their dwelling-place Ruthless hands are laid: Down the old house goes! Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches

But its speedy return filled with powder and balls and accompanied by a friendly but warning message, punctured their pride and put for a while a complete quietus on their warlike aspirations. William Bradford of Plymouth

He commanded the army that put a quietus on the Whisky boys in Pennsylvania. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution

Old Cyrus put a stern quietus on the chorus of questioning elicited by the proclaiming of his daughter's grief. The Tempering

The “free-silver delusion” is not dead, nor will it die unless the McKinley administration shall give it its quietus by providing the country with a sound and popular system of bimetallism. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897

The experiment of seizing the knees as quickly as possible, when the knockings first commenced, was tried several times, but always with the effect of putting an immediate quietus upon the demonstrations.” The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters

They do not always take so much shooting, one ball or two sometimes sufficing as a quietus; but this fellow was unusually large and tenacious of life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847

Differs from L. subdulcis in bright orange, shining p., and copious milk. quietus, Fr. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae

In a trice the two wounded leaders were cut loose, the one still kicking being given its quietus. In the Whirl of the Rising

"Now, my brave Scot, I have thee in the right place," said I, as I prepared to give him his quietus. With Ring of Shield

To appease a creditor meant to pay him; in the same manner as une quittance, a quittance or receipt, was originally quietantia, a quieting, from quietus, quiet. Lectures on The Science of Language

This was arranged to keep a quietus on both the religious enthusiast and the wandering Sunday School orator who expected to make a speech on every occasion. The Story of Chautauqua

Differs from L. quietus in brighter colour and acrid milk. capsicum, Schulz. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae

Perhaps the Adjutant's solemn quietus, like an extinguisher of the light of his and his sweetheart's hopes, would drop upon him in loathsome Libby, and cancel the leave forever. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865

It became now an act of mercy to give him his quietus and put him out of his misery. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1

He had not, I think, any taste for those “manly recreations” which consist chiefly in making the lower animals uncomfortable, or in putting a quietus to their comforts and discomforts along with their lives. Life of John Keats

An ambitious minister, listening attentively to the warning against Krovitch, determined to put a quietus on that province, which once and for all time would blight her hopes of independence. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch

The county was being terrified and entertained by the most horrible tales, when suddenly a quietus was put upon the affair "by some of them in authority." A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718

The Adjutant T——, indeed, had received his solemn quietus in running from the Libby Prison, and the extinguisher of his life was down. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865

There," said my lady, as she folded up the letter, "to most people that would be a quietus. A Mad Love

“Obscurity her curtain round them drew, And siren Sloth a dull quietus sung.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature

Soon after dark that night—and I never saw much more inky blackness in my life—we came across a deep-laden brig which very nearly gave us a quietus. The Recipe for Diamonds

But on the other hand it was in the same period that the English commissioners in Scotland put a quietus on the witch alarms in that kingdom. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718

Seeing me, he started up, to rectify his mistake, probably; but I had put in another charge, and instantly gave him a quietus. Happy Days for Boys and Girls

After the plan of a northern route to Quebec was thus apparently given its quietus, interest shifted to the Portland connections. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways

The whole question has been carefully discussed by Stuart J. Reid in his Life and Letters of the First Earl of Durham, and the myth has been given its quietus. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841

At last it got its quietus there in the water. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I

It looks like he either gave Pachmann his quietus with a solar plexus, or else Pachmann just fell over on his face and went to sleep. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue

She may detain, but not still keep, her treasure: Her audit, though delay'd, answer'd must be, And her quietus is to render thee. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems

I adopt it as a regulator of the affections, as a rule of life and as a quietus, not as a stimulant to inquiry. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice

To add one thing more, our Men were almost tired, and began to desire a quietus est; and therefore they would gladly have seated themselves any where. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690

One of the cubs then got its quietus, while the other one was fired at and made off over the ice with three dogs after it. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I

Mr. Editor:—Your correspondent, N.B.S., has so decisively given a quietus to the question as to the birthplace of Cotton Mather, that there is no danger of its ever being revived again. The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Without Addition or Abridgement

We found both alike so promising that we felt we could trust either to give us our quietus, if die we must, on the high dilutions. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III

A fortunate occurrence that happened at this time gave its quietus to the unpopular horse-breaking speculation. Somehow Good

Half-way to the top we heard another shot, a second later a third, and after a longer interval, as if to put a quietus upon some final show of life—a fourth. It, and Other Stories

"He has done enough to get his quietus," Power answers grimly; "and he would have had it long ago if he had not had a friend to speak for him." Only an Irish Girl

At once the poet began: "When he himself might his quietus make——" "With a bare bodkin"—broke in the excited girl. The Panchronicon

But I think I have given Tom his quietus for the present. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy

This class of schemes also should receive their speedy quietus; for what would be the use of permitting the promoters to attempt the proof of an impossible case? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845.

Now that's impossible, seeing that the night porter got his quietus also. The Slave of Silence

In the deadly knocks of a Guy de Maupassant they get their "quietus" from the height, so to speak, of the saddle of a sporting gentleman. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations

Stumps was bowling from the British catapult, and very nearly gave Jack his quietus during the first over. The Fixed Period

If this quietus was refused, these scamps would attend the sale, and bid the land up to some exorbitant price, knowing that their victim must be the buyer. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China.

He would see the very men from whom his relatives had received their quietus flying to their clubs for shelter, and calling on their goddesses of the demi-monde to cover them. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868)

You were but a boy when that girl gave you your quietus, as you imagined; you are a man now, with more in you than you fancy, and another girl may bring you to life. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice

You doubtless found it necessary to put a quietus on him. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45

It had been hoped that such a 'real plot' as 'the late Insurrection,' would give that suspicion a quietus. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886

It is a wonder that it should be relied upon so much as a quietus, since, in the present age, the residence of a pastor is very transient and uncertain. Thoughts on Missions

She felt that "she herself might her quietus make with a bare bodkin." Linda Tressel

It is not that we should all be ready, each to make his own quietus with a bare bodkin; but that we should run from wretchedness when it comes in our path. The Bertrams

It is the bodekin of Chaucer; and Shakspeare makes Hamlet ask who would bear the ills of life, "When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?" The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc.

Dunham remained silent and motionless; and his shock and grief acted as a quietus on the older man's belligerency. The Opened Shutters

After giving him his quietus she had no doubt intended to take his canoe and join her party. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River]

As if it was likely that poor old Mal would try to make his quietus with a bare bodkin—modernised into a six-shooter—because old Brettison was huffed at his borrowing money. Witness to the Deed

The afternoon of the day was somewhat advanced, the dinner had been long over, and the weariness of the people had cast something of a quietus over the hilarity of their sports. The Uncalled A Novel

"I wouldn't have minded a little bit, giving the brute his quietus," Garth said coolly. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest

He grinned most horribly, and snapped his teeth together like the rattle of castanets, as I rode up close to his side, and gave him his quietus with a pistol. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851

My man didn't smoke after I gave him his quietus, but then it turned out he didn't have any metal on him. The Night of the Long Knives

We must do our best to try and pick him off, and if we can manage to give him his quietus, the rest will very quickly run away.” The Three Commanders

I thought I’d given him his quietus, for surely I sent my spear right through his ribs! Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco

Had Gallio wished to be severe, he might have put the quietus on Christianity for all time, for Saint Paul had all there was of it stowed in his valiant head and heart. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8

The idea of the open Polar Sea then received its “quietus,” for nothing but ice is there. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold

"Artificialities" is a sufficiently scornful word, but when you add "petty" you somehow give the quietus to the pretensions of modern life. Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women

The gaff, which I had not seen yesterday, now appeared, and the second boatman stood by with the priest to administer the quietus to a lovely spring salmon of 17 lb. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler

The cold, however, promptly put a quietus upon their merriment and they scuttled past, bent on getting out of it as quickly as possible. The Fighting Shepherdess

If ever gun-bullet gave a man his quietus, mine did him. The Death Shot A Story Retold

This put a quietus on all business, and the entire troop clustered around Elmer, begging to know what it could mean. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot

Billie Blue's dirk had put a temporary quietus on my stoker, and the rest had fled as quickly as they had come. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure

At all events, he was sour enough, and kept up a continual siege of torment until he received a temporary quietus. A Woman who went to Alaska

Other bodies may have found quietus in Thames depths. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898

Paul, as soon as he saw the captain on his feet, hurried with two of his companions to the assistance of Reuben Cole, just in time to prevent some Spaniards from giving him his quietus. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy

If he comes here he shall get a quietus.” The Gorilla Hunters

The last shot proved an effectual quietus to the saurian, which, after making a few convulsive struggles, rolled over and lay perfectly still. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela

They had died directly they were out of the water, or we should scarcely have waited to give them a knock on the head as a quietus before we dug our teeth into them. Twice Lost

When we arrived the bear had received her quietus, but it was astonishing how many shot and what terrific blows she had received before she was killed. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins

Although I doubted his word, yet, after my deliberation about the ducats, my conscience wanted some quietus: 'I cannot do less,' said I, 'than make my fellow sufferer in adversity a partaker of my prosperity.' The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan

A bullet would have given the fierce beast its quietus, but the doctor would not fire for fear of hitting Jack, and he sat with his gun raised waiting for an opportunity. Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea

I’d like to have had a look at him too, and let him see who has given him his quietus. The Lone Ranche

I believe you have given that wretched scoundrel his quietus so far as we are concerned.—And what of your poor sister? Amos Huntingdon

It would give her better standing with the theatre managers in New York and put a quietus for good on comment in unfriendly quarters. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life

The leading sentiment that guided the proceedings of the whole body of Peelites alike was a desire to give to protection its final quietus. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859

I am going down below to give those fellows their quietus. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron

I was feeling ill and weary, and longing for sleep, and hoped this would be a quietus to my young friend. Seen and Unseen

He gave to the study of mind in isolation a definitive quietus, and that certainly is a great thing to have achieved. Memories and Studies

To philosophers who had made-up their life-system on that ‘madness’ quietus, no phenomenon could be more alarming. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

It was in the second of those rooms that I nearly got my quietus. A Thin Ghost and Others

No ranchman or hunter would hesitate a moment, under the circumstances, to give him his eternal quietus. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3)

But Aguinaldo's surrender put a quietus on this project, and he entered a broker's office in Wall Street Here, in the maelstrom of frenzied finance, his pent up energies found an outlet. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure

To our no small surprise, very soon after this quietus had been given to bibliomaniacal hopes, the books in question appeared before us in excellent condition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865

He slipped another cartridge into the rifle and gave the bear her quietus by hitting her right behind the shoulder and striking her heart. Bob Hunt in Canada

The executioner, armed with a long-handled, slender hammer, and sitting astride of the fence, gives to each of these yelling creatures his quietus by a blow upon the head. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867

She felt that she could adventure forth among strangers in a strange country with a better heart, knowing that Kitty Brooks would put a swift quietus on any gossip that came her way. North of Fifty-Three

They know they can give the superstition of old Forts being stronger than new ships its quietus if only they can clear a passage through the minefield. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I

In case she wouldn't stop, they would have a pile of ties on the track that would soon put a quietus on her flight. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers

Probably this resolution served as a quietus of the efforts of the Fitzwalters to establish or re-establish the right of jurisdiction over the citizens of London. The Customs of Old England

"Oh, never fear a watchman such a night as this; he's snugly asleep somewhere, no doubt—and if he should come too near, this would 'his quietus make,'" said Clinton, displaying a glittering dagger. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans

Nobody on earth could blame you for putting the quietus on old Templeton Thorpe. From the Housetops

It was a common thing for the fur traders of a later period to prevent massacre and quell riot by administering a quietus to Indians with a few drops of laudanum. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark

And when his mind began to lose its flash, the King wisely put a quietus on all danger of an impaired output by cutting off the author's head. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters

None of these men have succeeded in "laying" or putting a quietus to it. The Best Ghost Stories

It was strange, even to herself, the sort of quietus Mr. Rollo was to her. Wych Hazel

The pressure of care is thus relieved, without its quietus being found in intelligence. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion

Even Calypso's secret hoard will pale before the romance of our subterranean millions—I mean billions—and poor Henry Tobias will need neither hangman's rope nor your friend Webster's cartridges for his quietus. Pieces of Eight

Such a course, generally adopted, would give the ever-lasting quietus to all improvement. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar.

"Your father's name was James Douglas Carmichael, was it not?" asked Coristine, ignoring this quietus. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life

Even if such were the fact, he counted upon a desperate resistance, and was prepared to give the fellow his quietus by a shot from his rifle. The Land of Mystery

The spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes; When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Familiar Quotations

"Because," said she, "he meets with Lady Day, and gets his quietus." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843

For many years I have carried about a quietus with me. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College

Desmond's only fear indeed was that the man, as in the case of the sentinel on the bastion, might overdo his part and give him all too thorough a quietus. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India

The dogma was simply declared in 1870, and that put a quietus to all Catholic scruples. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation

Many believed that the bill had received a quietus for the session. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics

Following the first discharge, the subject would fall to the floor and the gas being a heavy one he would there receive his quietus. The Green Eyes of Bâst

But he was compelled to use every bullet in his six-shot repeater before the giant received his quietus, and rolled over, to rise no more. The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness

All alone in a great case by itself was pinned the purple emperor, the Apatura Iris, that fatal specimen that had given the Purple Emperor his name and quietus. Famous Modern Ghost Stories

The eloquence of claret—and the songs, Which often through the noisy revel break, When a man—might his quietus make With a full bottle? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841

A sexton once looked in at the bones, but did not dare to touch them, lest his "quietus" should be made with a bare bodkin. Around The Tea-Table

"And that," says Dr. Hü, "put a quietus on 'those feet,' and when I learned that all the world did not have bound feet I became more reconciled." Notable Women of Modern China

"Just because I chose to go to sleep and didn't fidget round much you thought I'd got my quietus, did you?" The Twenty-Fourth of June

The Conference may now be congratulated upon having already given a quietus to several proposals for which, whether or not they may be rightly described as Utopian, the time is admittedly not yet ripe. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920)

Perpetual motion received its quietus from the blasts of ridicule. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873

"Twenty years of resolute government" were confidently expected to give Irish Nationalism its quietus. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement

Not fifty paces from the river bank Henry Sedley received his quietus. Sir Mortimer

Very evidently someone, presumably Derby or Disraeli, had put a quietus on the plan to make an issue of the stoppage of Southern ship-building. Great Britain and the American Civil War

I am quite tempted to give him his quietus and end this vigil. Mischievous Maid Faynie

To help the grub spin its cocoon is quite unnecessary, and to play the part of Mrs. Gamp with the butterfly in its chrysalis stage is to place a quietus upon its career. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors

There is only one way of giving the quietus to the metaphysics of poets and philosophers, and of showing the futility of a philosophy of life, or of any scientific explanation of religion and morals. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher

At present, however, it was probable the enemy had a temporary quietus. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists

And though I pass through many dangers unscathed while working the work given me to do, when that is finished, some simple thing will give me my quietus. The Personal Life of David Livingstone

No doubt I got my quietus as well. Light

On the eleventh of February, he countermanded the orders he had issued to Superintendent Coffin and thus a temporary quietus was put upon the whole affair of the Indian Expedition. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War

The death of Montgomery and the discomfiture of Benedict Arnold, which really gave a quietus to the success of the expedition, did not suffice to crush it. George Washington

Dolph found, as he had suspected, that the shot from the glen, which had come so near giving him his quietus when on the precipice, was from the party before him. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists

Again Livingstone sets out on his weary way, untrodden by white man's foot, to pass through unknown tribes, whose savage temper might give him his quietus at any turn of the road. The Personal Life of David Livingstone

The royal conscience was not satisfied, however, with the sophistry of his councilors, and as a quietus to it, the well-meaning ordinances just cited were enacted. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation

Craft, who had been amazed at the suddenness of the catastrophe, and who was to have shared in the fight, if necessary, arose hesitatingly just as Grid received his quietus. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio

Cilo himself they conducted along the Sacred Way, making the palace their destination, where they prepared to give him his quietus. Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus

Before the final quietus came to him, there were several occasions on which the Black dog, called Death, had almost caught him in his jaws. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays

But this line of reasoning seems to have received its quietus from Lord Bacon. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom

He thus fought blindly against the unfightable until about four in the afternoon, when exhaustion once more put a quietus upon him. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories

I tell you, if ever I get the chance at him, he or I shall get his quietus. The Amateur Gentleman

Then, perceiving she had fathomed my design and that here was small chance of finding sudden quietus, I folded my arms, minded to let them use me as they would. Martin Conisby's Vengeance

"Geraldine herself could not have given me my quietus more coldly." The Lovels of Arden

And for myself, I know how to find a ready quietus! Anna St. Ives

But the foolish dreams were not so easily to be given their quietus, especially when he discovered that Lotte was only half in love with Winkelmann after all. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller

Sir," said he, "when them raskels got me down they meant to do for me; ah! they'd ha' given me my quietus for good an' all if you 'adn't stood 'em off. The Amateur Gentleman

The burlesque was completely successful, and sentimental comedy received its quietus. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography

Yet he does not jump into the garden well, nor his quietus make with a bare bodkin. Behind the Bungalow

I saw one stern-visaged gentleman tormented in this way till he looked ready to give the child its "final quietus." The Englishwoman in America

With this quietus they left for Tecumseh, four miles distant from us. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences

By the way, speaking of horses, that blood thing of the old Baron's nearly gave you your quietus t'other day, Tom. Tom Cringle's Log

The tiger bounded madly forward, and George gave it its quietus through the spine as it tried to spring up the opposite bank. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter

Lastly, to end him, he cares not when his end comes; he needs not fear his audit, for his quietus is in heaven. Character Writings of the 17th Century

Death -- N. death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit, release, rest, quietus, fall; loss, bereavement; mortality, morbidity. end of life &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

The panic of 1857, soon followed by the great Civil war, put a quietus on immigration, and left him stranded high on the beach. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul

When that is finished, some simple thing will give me my quietus. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17

He knew that Agatha must be ill; and that there is no more efficient quietus to wildish meditations than the heating of hot-water bottles and the administration of hypnotics he had long ago discovered. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations

"Don't you worry, my boy; it's all right, the fellow got his quietus; besides, he wasn't worth minding," said Mr. King, carelessly. Five Little Peppers Abroad

It is a gentle quietus!—and you ought to thank me for it! Temporal Power

They have got their quietus, and they still continue to 'maunder' on with objections long since disposed of. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater

In his Autobiography, Mr. Clemens has narrated how 'The Jumping Frog' put a quietus on 'The Saturday Press', and was immediately copied in numerous newspapers in England and America. Mark Twain

Oh, he means to put a lasting quietus on Huniades and his Hungarians. The Prince of India — Volume 02

In such instances, too, the victims had received their quietus from the hands of brother townsmen, socially, as it were, in broad day, in the open streets, and under other mitigating circumstances. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers

Many a fashionable maid, with an eye for an establishment, will shed tears when Mrs. Patrick Campbell, martyr to unchaffering love, makes her quietus with a bare dagger. Without Prejudice

We'll suppose somebody waylaid her over there on the other side of the river, put the quietus on her and chucked her into the water. Quill's Window

The northern winter puts a quietus on the waterside. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales

More than ever it looked in the spring of 1885 as if Italian opera had received its quietus. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time

‘One who has his quietus,’ said Concha; ‘these royal carriages are heavy.’ In Kedar's Tents

"Nobody but an idiot or a madman would persist in following a girl up after such a quietus." At Last

The cat which I choose to believe is Paul Lessingham's has received its quietus; in the morning I'll send it back to him, with my respectful compliments. The Beetle

I think, though, it was really little Miss Flidgett who put a quietus on that plan. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish.

The old harridan Fatimah next obtrudes, and, exhibiting again her devilish propensities, receives her quietus by being very properly "smitten on the neck." The Life of Sir Richard Burton

For some years the money sent, was a quietus, and I was left in peace. At the Mercy of Tiberius

Who my informant was I've really forgotten; for, having hailed several busy gentlemen, some one of them fabricated this delusive quietus for the perturbed spirit, who instantly departed to the sequestered locality he named. Hospital Sketches

It was severely wounded, but, rising in a fury, it attempted to climb the tree, when I luckily having a loaded pistol, gave it a quietus. Swiss Family Robinson

A blow with a hatchet on the crown of the head gave him his quietus at last. The Naturalist on the River Amazons

Then I turned to see how Good had fared with the big bull, which I had heard screaming with rage and pain as I gave mine its quietus. King Solomon's Mines

To my surprise, this shot, far from producing a quietus, gave rise to a series of extraordinary convulsive struggles. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs

Having put the quietus on this, he was returning to Epitaph by way of the Huachuca Mountains. Bucky O'Connor

The discovery of the marriage record fixing the date and demonstrating that Abraham must have been the second child gave this scandal its quietus. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War

This conclusion, which incidentally gave a quietus to phrenology, was accepted generally, and became the stock doctrine of cerebral physiology for a generation. A History of Science — Volume 4

The photographic film recorded the things that the eye might see, and ghostly pictures galore soon gave a quietus to the doubts of the most sceptical. A History of Science — Volume 3

Had it done so, it is more than likely, from what we know of Mr. Wilding's accomplishments, that he had given Lord Grey his quietus. Mistress Wilding

"Make haste to give this rascal his quietus," says Pandolphe to his future son-in-law; "it will be only child's play for you, who have fearlessly encountered, single-handed, a whole army of Saracens." Captain Fracasse

To philosophers who had made up their life-system, on that "madness" quietus, no phenomenon could be more alarming. On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History

单词	quietus
例句	quietus What’s most disheartening is how unspectacular a quietus it turns out to be. “Batman v Superman” Is Democrats vs. Republicans 2016-03-29T04:00:00Z The third section of Levels of Life is literally self-mortifying, as Barnes imagines a scenario for suicide and selects the sharp Japanese knife that might bring about his quietus. Levels of Life by Julian Barnes – review 2013-04-06T13:00:01Z It lags, particularly in the first act, and the libretto can be risibly purple: “the oatmeal slippers of sleep,” “the quietus of your thighs.” Music Review: Britten’s ‘Rape of Lucretia,’ Presented by Mannes Opera 2013-05-12T21:58:05Z Kg5, and now, with both Black rooks hanging, a simple king move delivers the quietus. Finding sanctuary in a chess library 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Instead, it was a much quicker quietus after 19. In European chess fight, Daniil Dubov proves a team player, brilliantly 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z "Whom would fardels bear under such a weary and long life.... when he could his quietus make with a bare bodkin?" Immunotherapy Offers Hope to a Cancer Patient, but No Certainty 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z At the same time, some, faced with the cumulative weight of all this, seek their own quietus. At War Blog: A Soldiers' Friendship, Shared Across Generations, Ends With More Gained Than Lost 2012-09-07T18:54:59Z In fact, the Elmdale tragedy received its quietus when James Walker, senior, and James Walker, junior, watched Sir Robert and Lady Dalrymple drive past their office en route to Paris and the Continent. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Never a man less likely to make his own quietus than plain practical David Dundyke, with his future aspirations and his harmless ambition. Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel 2012-04-06T02:00:29.933Z We have had two men wounded, while here and there it is believed that certain of the enemy received their quietus. The Siege of Mafeking (1900) 2012-04-04T02:01:01.773Z In ordinary hands nothing could have prevented a quietus. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z But this was no quietus to our neighbor, who half rose from his seat. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z He sallied forth one day to put down an insignificant riot in never tranquil Satsuma, and received there his quietus. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z The result was that, before the torpedo had apparently given the Dunraven its quietus, all the remaining guns were exposed with their crews. The Victory At Sea 2012-01-17T03:00:15.547Z This reflection must verily, in our relation, have brought about my own quietus—so far as that mild ecstasy could be divorced from agitation. Notes of a Son and Brother 2011-12-29T03:00:14.087Z I hope, for the sake of history and for your brave military record, that a quietus will at once be put on this subject. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z A hundred such men—educated against the fashion of to-day, made familiar with the heroic, and come to maturity—are enough to give an eternal quietus to the noisy sham education of this time. Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z There for a moment he lay, kicking and groaning; but ere the cold steel could administer a quietus, he regained his legs and dashed straight back. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z Mr. Shalford, also, had put something of a quietus on many senseless and ugly remarks which some malicious or thoughtless boys had set afloat. 'As Gold in the Furnace' A College Story 2011-11-07T02:00:16.163Z Ziegler, he felt sure, would have grasped the position to a nicety, and would use every device in his apparently limitless repertoire to give him his quietus before Leonie's father set foot on shore. The Duke Decides 2011-09-14T02:00:47.307Z The result has been a valuable addition to scientific knowledge as to the vitality of germinal forms, and a quietus to theories as to "spontaneous generation." The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z The Masterson affair had effectually put a quietus upon his belligerency. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z It was in this room that Pedlar Jake got his quietus. Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated 2011-08-31T02:01:20.473Z As Ellen Seymour had predicted, basket ball did not receive its quietus. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z They will resent the adventurous knight's interference, and will give him his quietus if he is not wary. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Only I am strongly of opinion that she would have ordered him off the line of fire, for fear that he might receive his quietus from some stray bullet. A Bayard From Bengal Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,... 2011-07-13T02:00:17.950Z "Then permit me, with my own hand, to give those fellows their quietus." King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:24.890Z Or give him his quietus in the shape of a leaden pill. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z A school of sharks visited the schooner, and one about 7 feet long that was hooked, was given his quietus with a revolver bullet when hauled to the surface. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z Once let me be married, and all these worries, troublesome and distracting at present, would receive their proper quietus. Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z It is charged that this legendary monster has put the quietus upon various enterprises, including the construction of a new and first-class hotel—something which St. Louis needs. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z There were six of us who put a quietus on that old Abolitionist. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z It was evident that the district attorney was becoming more and more worried at the prospect of giving Tip his quietus. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z It was severely wounded, but, rising in a fury, it attempted to climb the tree, when I, luckily having a loaded pistol, gave it a quietus. The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z Then the cacique, as the first to get his lasso “home,” handed the thong to another hunter, dismounted, and gave the tapir his quietus with his spear. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z The 7.62 mm Russian cartridge is a man-killer, not a big game round, but 10 or 20 of them in the brisket will eventually put the quietus even to a 4,000 pound rhino. On Safari With Rhinos and Poachers 2010-07-14T14:22:00Z In time, this budding industry met an official quietus, and McGuire, with several warrants out 52 against him, took to the woods. The Girl From Tim's Place The dogs had played their part well, keeping such a close watch upon the bears that we had no difficulty in giving them their quietus. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 I now cut a good club determined to put a quietus on Bruin in that manner but after landing several blows my knees began to feel weak. Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper Autobiography, experiences and observations of Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock during his fifty years of hunting and trapping. The governor requested him to keep quiet a short time as troops would soon arrive to put a quietus upon the new fangled authorities. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution As to the first point, we have now the means of giving any insect an utterly painless quietus, be it capable of feeling pain or no. British Butterfiles Figures and Descriptions of Every Native Species That stern logic put a quietus upon the attempted insurrection. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 One by one they died— Last of all their race; Nothing left but pride, Lace and buckled hose; Their quietus made, On their dwelling-place Ruthless hands are laid: Down the old house goes! Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches But its speedy return filled with powder and balls and accompanied by a friendly but warning message, punctured their pride and put for a while a complete quietus on their warlike aspirations. William Bradford of Plymouth He commanded the army that put a quietus on the Whisky boys in Pennsylvania. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Old Cyrus put a stern quietus on the chorus of questioning elicited by the proclaiming of his daughter's grief. The Tempering The “free-silver delusion” is not dead, nor will it die unless the McKinley administration shall give it its quietus by providing the country with a sound and popular system of bimetallism. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 The experiment of seizing the knees as quickly as possible, when the knockings first commenced, was tried several times, but always with the effect of putting an immediate quietus upon the demonstrations.” The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters They do not always take so much shooting, one ball or two sometimes sufficing as a quietus; but this fellow was unusually large and tenacious of life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 Differs from L. subdulcis in bright orange, shining p., and copious milk. quietus, Fr. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae In a trice the two wounded leaders were cut loose, the one still kicking being given its quietus. In the Whirl of the Rising "Now, my brave Scot, I have thee in the right place," said I, as I prepared to give him his quietus. With Ring of Shield To appease a creditor meant to pay him; in the same manner as une quittance, a quittance or receipt, was originally quietantia, a quieting, from quietus, quiet. Lectures on The Science of Language This was arranged to keep a quietus on both the religious enthusiast and the wandering Sunday School orator who expected to make a speech on every occasion. The Story of Chautauqua Differs from L. quietus in brighter colour and acrid milk. capsicum, Schulz. European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae Perhaps the Adjutant's solemn quietus, like an extinguisher of the light of his and his sweetheart's hopes, would drop upon him in loathsome Libby, and cancel the leave forever. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 It became now an act of mercy to give him his quietus and put him out of his misery. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 He had not, I think, any taste for those “manly recreations” which consist chiefly in making the lower animals uncomfortable, or in putting a quietus to their comforts and discomforts along with their lives. Life of John Keats An ambitious minister, listening attentively to the warning against Krovitch, determined to put a quietus on that province, which once and for all time would blight her hopes of independence. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch The county was being terrified and entertained by the most horrible tales, when suddenly a quietus was put upon the affair "by some of them in authority." A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The Adjutant T——, indeed, had received his solemn quietus in running from the Libby Prison, and the extinguisher of his life was down. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 There," said my lady, as she folded up the letter, "to most people that would be a quietus. A Mad Love “Obscurity her curtain round them drew, And siren Sloth a dull quietus sung.” Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature Soon after dark that night—and I never saw much more inky blackness in my life—we came across a deep-laden brig which very nearly gave us a quietus. The Recipe for Diamonds But on the other hand it was in the same period that the English commissioners in Scotland put a quietus on the witch alarms in that kingdom. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Seeing me, he started up, to rectify his mistake, probably; but I had put in another charge, and instantly gave him a quietus. Happy Days for Boys and Girls After the plan of a northern route to Quebec was thus apparently given its quietus, interest shifted to the Portland connections. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways The whole question has been carefully discussed by Stuart J. Reid in his Life and Letters of the First Earl of Durham, and the myth has been given its quietus. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 At last it got its quietus there in the water. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I It looks like he either gave Pachmann his quietus with a solar plexus, or else Pachmann just fell over on his face and went to sleep. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue She may detain, but not still keep, her treasure: Her audit, though delay'd, answer'd must be, And her quietus is to render thee. Testimony of the Sonnets as to the Authorship of the Shakespearean Plays and Poems I adopt it as a regulator of the affections, as a rule of life and as a quietus, not as a stimulant to inquiry. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice To add one thing more, our Men were almost tired, and began to desire a quietus est; and therefore they would gladly have seated themselves any where. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 One of the cubs then got its quietus, while the other one was fired at and made off over the ice with three dogs after it. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I Mr. Editor:—Your correspondent, N.B.S., has so decisively given a quietus to the question as to the birthplace of Cotton Mather, that there is no danger of its ever being revived again. The Only True Mother Goose Melodies Without Addition or Abridgement We found both alike so promising that we felt we could trust either to give us our quietus, if die we must, on the high dilutions. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III A fortunate occurrence that happened at this time gave its quietus to the unpopular horse-breaking speculation. Somehow Good Half-way to the top we heard another shot, a second later a third, and after a longer interval, as if to put a quietus upon some final show of life—a fourth. It, and Other Stories "He has done enough to get his quietus," Power answers grimly; "and he would have had it long ago if he had not had a friend to speak for him." Only an Irish Girl At once the poet began: "When he himself might his quietus make——" "With a bare bodkin"—broke in the excited girl. The Panchronicon But I think I have given Tom his quietus for the present. Seek and Find or The Adventures of a Smart Boy This class of schemes also should receive their speedy quietus; for what would be the use of permitting the promoters to attempt the proof of an impossible case? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. Now that's impossible, seeing that the night porter got his quietus also. The Slave of Silence In the deadly knocks of a Guy de Maupassant they get their "quietus" from the height, so to speak, of the saddle of a sporting gentleman. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations Stumps was bowling from the British catapult, and very nearly gave Jack his quietus during the first over. The Fixed Period If this quietus was refused, these scamps would attend the sale, and bid the land up to some exorbitant price, knowing that their victim must be the buyer. Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. He would see the very men from whom his relatives had received their quietus flying to their clubs for shelter, and calling on their goddesses of the demi-monde to cover them. Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) You were but a boy when that girl gave you your quietus, as you imagined; you are a man now, with more in you than you fancy, and another girl may bring you to life. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice You doubtless found it necessary to put a quietus on him. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 It had been hoped that such a 'real plot' as 'the late Insurrection,' would give that suspicion a quietus. The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 It is a wonder that it should be relied upon so much as a quietus, since, in the present age, the residence of a pastor is very transient and uncertain. Thoughts on Missions She felt that "she herself might her quietus make with a bare bodkin." Linda Tressel It is not that we should all be ready, each to make his own quietus with a bare bodkin; but that we should run from wretchedness when it comes in our path. The Bertrams It is the bodekin of Chaucer; and Shakspeare makes Hamlet ask who would bear the ills of life, "When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?" The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Dunham remained silent and motionless; and his shock and grief acted as a quietus on the older man's belligerency. The Opened Shutters After giving him his quietus she had no doubt intended to take his canoe and join her party. The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] As if it was likely that poor old Mal would try to make his quietus with a bare bodkin—modernised into a six-shooter—because old Brettison was huffed at his borrowing money. Witness to the Deed The afternoon of the day was somewhat advanced, the dinner had been long over, and the weariness of the people had cast something of a quietus over the hilarity of their sports. The Uncalled A Novel "I wouldn't have minded a little bit, giving the brute his quietus," Garth said coolly. Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest He grinned most horribly, and snapped his teeth together like the rattle of castanets, as I rode up close to his side, and gave him his quietus with a pistol. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 My man didn't smoke after I gave him his quietus, but then it turned out he didn't have any metal on him. The Night of the Long Knives We must do our best to try and pick him off, and if we can manage to give him his quietus, the rest will very quickly run away.” The Three Commanders I thought I’d given him his quietus, for surely I sent my spear right through his ribs! Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco Had Gallio wished to be severe, he might have put the quietus on Christianity for all time, for Saint Paul had all there was of it stowed in his valiant head and heart. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 The idea of the open Polar Sea then received its “quietus,” for nothing but ice is there. Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold "Artificialities" is a sufficiently scornful word, but when you add "petty" you somehow give the quietus to the pretensions of modern life. Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women The gaff, which I had not seen yesterday, now appeared, and the second boatman stood by with the priest to administer the quietus to a lovely spring salmon of 17 lb. Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler The cold, however, promptly put a quietus upon their merriment and they scuttled past, bent on getting out of it as quickly as possible. The Fighting Shepherdess If ever gun-bullet gave a man his quietus, mine did him. The Death Shot A Story Retold This put a quietus on all business, and the entire troop clustered around Elmer, begging to know what it could mean. Pathfinder or, The Missing Tenderfoot Billie Blue's dirk had put a temporary quietus on my stoker, and the rest had fled as quickly as they had come. The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure At all events, he was sour enough, and kept up a continual siege of torment until he received a temporary quietus. A Woman who went to Alaska Other bodies may have found quietus in Thames depths. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 Paul, as soon as he saw the captain on his feet, hurried with two of his companions to the assistance of Reuben Cole, just in time to prevent some Spaniards from giving him his quietus. Paul Gerrard The Cabin Boy If he comes here he shall get a quietus.” The Gorilla Hunters The last shot proved an effectual quietus to the saurian, which, after making a few convulsive struggles, rolled over and lay perfectly still. The Young Llanero A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela They had died directly they were out of the water, or we should scarcely have waited to give them a knock on the head as a quietus before we dug our teeth into them. Twice Lost When we arrived the bear had received her quietus, but it was astonishing how many shot and what terrific blows she had received before she was killed. Dick Onslow Among the Redskins Although I doubted his word, yet, after my deliberation about the ducats, my conscience wanted some quietus: 'I cannot do less,' said I, 'than make my fellow sufferer in adversity a partaker of my prosperity.' The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan A bullet would have given the fierce beast its quietus, but the doctor would not fire for fear of hitting Jack, and he sat with his gun raised waiting for an opportunity. Bunyip Land A Story of Adventure in New Guinea I’d like to have had a look at him too, and let him see who has given him his quietus. The Lone Ranche I believe you have given that wretched scoundrel his quietus so far as we are concerned.—And what of your poor sister? Amos Huntingdon It would give her better standing with the theatre managers in New York and put a quietus for good on comment in unfriendly quarters. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life The leading sentiment that guided the proceedings of the whole body of Peelites alike was a desire to give to protection its final quietus. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 I am going down below to give those fellows their quietus. The Congo Rovers A Story of the Slave Squadron I was feeling ill and weary, and longing for sleep, and hoped this would be a quietus to my young friend. Seen and Unseen He gave to the study of mind in isolation a definitive quietus, and that certainly is a great thing to have achieved. Memories and Studies To philosophers who had made-up their life-system on that ‘madness’ quietus, no phenomenon could be more alarming. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History It was in the second of those rooms that I nearly got my quietus. A Thin Ghost and Others No ranchman or hunter would hesitate a moment, under the circumstances, to give him his eternal quietus. Two Boys in Wyoming A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) But Aguinaldo's surrender put a quietus on this project, and he entered a broker's office in Wall Street Here, in the maelstrom of frenzied finance, his pent up energies found an outlet. The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure To our no small surprise, very soon after this quietus had been given to bibliomaniacal hopes, the books in question appeared before us in excellent condition. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 He slipped another cartridge into the rifle and gave the bear her quietus by hitting her right behind the shoulder and striking her heart. Bob Hunt in Canada The executioner, armed with a long-handled, slender hammer, and sitting astride of the fence, gives to each of these yelling creatures his quietus by a blow upon the head. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 She felt that she could adventure forth among strangers in a strange country with a better heart, knowing that Kitty Brooks would put a swift quietus on any gossip that came her way. North of Fifty-Three They know they can give the superstition of old Forts being stronger than new ships its quietus if only they can clear a passage through the minefield. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I In case she wouldn't stop, they would have a pile of ties on the track that would soon put a quietus on her flight. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers Probably this resolution served as a quietus of the efforts of the Fitzwalters to establish or re-establish the right of jurisdiction over the citizens of London. The Customs of Old England "Oh, never fear a watchman such a night as this; he's snugly asleep somewhere, no doubt—and if he should come too near, this would 'his quietus make,'" said Clinton, displaying a glittering dagger. The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans Nobody on earth could blame you for putting the quietus on old Templeton Thorpe. From the Housetops It was a common thing for the fur traders of a later period to prevent massacre and quell riot by administering a quietus to Indians with a few drops of laudanum. Pathfinders of the West Being the Thrilling Story of the Adventures of the Men Who Discovered the Great Northwest: Radisson, La Vérendrye, Lewis and Clark And when his mind began to lose its flash, the King wisely put a quietus on all danger of an impaired output by cutting off the author's head. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters None of these men have succeeded in "laying" or putting a quietus to it. The Best Ghost Stories It was strange, even to herself, the sort of quietus Mr. Rollo was to her. Wych Hazel The pressure of care is thus relieved, without its quietus being found in intelligence. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion Even Calypso's secret hoard will pale before the romance of our subterranean millions—I mean billions—and poor Henry Tobias will need neither hangman's rope nor your friend Webster's cartridges for his quietus. Pieces of Eight Such a course, generally adopted, would give the ever-lasting quietus to all improvement. Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. "Your father's name was James Douglas Carmichael, was it not?" asked Coristine, ignoring this quietus. Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life Even if such were the fact, he counted upon a desperate resistance, and was prepared to give the fellow his quietus by a shot from his rifle. The Land of Mystery The spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes; When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Familiar Quotations "Because," said she, "he meets with Lady Day, and gets his quietus." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 For many years I have carried about a quietus with me. Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. Of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted From His Letters And Diaries, With Reminiscences Of His Conversation By His Friend Christopher Carr Of The Same College Desmond's only fear indeed was that the man, as in the case of the sentinel on the bastion, might overdo his part and give him all too thorough a quietus. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India The dogma was simply declared in 1870, and that put a quietus to all Catholic scruples. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation Many believed that the bill had received a quietus for the session. Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics Following the first discharge, the subject would fall to the floor and the gas being a heavy one he would there receive his quietus. The Green Eyes of Bâst But he was compelled to use every bullet in his six-shot repeater before the giant received his quietus, and rolled over, to rise no more. The Outdoor Chums After Big Game Or, Perilous Adventures in the Wilderness All alone in a great case by itself was pinned the purple emperor, the Apatura Iris, that fatal specimen that had given the Purple Emperor his name and quietus. Famous Modern Ghost Stories The eloquence of claret—and the songs, Which often through the noisy revel break, When a man—might his quietus make With a full bottle? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 30, 1841 A sexton once looked in at the bones, but did not dare to touch them, lest his "quietus" should be made with a bare bodkin. Around The Tea-Table "And that," says Dr. Hü, "put a quietus on 'those feet,' and when I learned that all the world did not have bound feet I became more reconciled." Notable Women of Modern China "Just because I chose to go to sleep and didn't fidget round much you thought I'd got my quietus, did you?" The Twenty-Fourth of June The Conference may now be congratulated upon having already given a quietus to several proposals for which, whether or not they may be rightly described as Utopian, the time is admittedly not yet ripe. Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) Perpetual motion received its quietus from the blasts of ridicule. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 "Twenty years of resolute government" were confidently expected to give Irish Nationalism its quietus. Ireland and the Home Rule Movement Not fifty paces from the river bank Henry Sedley received his quietus. Sir Mortimer Very evidently someone, presumably Derby or Disraeli, had put a quietus on the plan to make an issue of the stoppage of Southern ship-building. Great Britain and the American Civil War I am quite tempted to give him his quietus and end this vigil. Mischievous Maid Faynie To help the grub spin its cocoon is quite unnecessary, and to play the part of Mrs. Gamp with the butterfly in its chrysalis stage is to place a quietus upon its career. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors There is only one way of giving the quietus to the metaphysics of poets and philosophers, and of showing the futility of a philosophy of life, or of any scientific explanation of religion and morals. Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher At present, however, it was probable the enemy had a temporary quietus. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists And though I pass through many dangers unscathed while working the work given me to do, when that is finished, some simple thing will give me my quietus. The Personal Life of David Livingstone No doubt I got my quietus as well. Light On the eleventh of February, he countermanded the orders he had issued to Superintendent Coffin and thus a temporary quietus was put upon the whole affair of the Indian Expedition. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War The death of Montgomery and the discomfiture of Benedict Arnold, which really gave a quietus to the success of the expedition, did not suffice to crush it. George Washington Dolph found, as he had suspected, that the shot from the glen, which had come so near giving him his quietus when on the precipice, was from the party before him. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists Again Livingstone sets out on his weary way, untrodden by white man's foot, to pass through unknown tribes, whose savage temper might give him his quietus at any turn of the road. The Personal Life of David Livingstone The royal conscience was not satisfied, however, with the sophistry of his councilors, and as a quietus to it, the well-meaning ordinances just cited were enacted. The History of Puerto Rico From the Spanish Discovery to the American Occupation Craft, who had been amazed at the suddenness of the catastrophe, and who was to have shared in the fight, if necessary, arose hesitatingly just as Grid received his quietus. Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio Cilo himself they conducted along the Sacred Way, making the palace their destination, where they prepared to give him his quietus. Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus Before the final quietus came to him, there were several occasions on which the Black dog, called Death, had almost caught him in his jaws. Vanishing Roads and Other Essays But this line of reasoning seems to have received its quietus from Lord Bacon. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom He thus fought blindly against the unfightable until about four in the afternoon, when exhaustion once more put a quietus upon him. The Spread Eagle and Other Stories I tell you, if ever I get the chance at him, he or I shall get his quietus. The Amateur Gentleman Then, perceiving she had fathomed my design and that here was small chance of finding sudden quietus, I folded my arms, minded to let them use me as they would. Martin Conisby's Vengeance "Geraldine herself could not have given me my quietus more coldly." The Lovels of Arden And for myself, I know how to find a ready quietus! Anna St. Ives But the foolish dreams were not so easily to be given their quietus, especially when he discovered that Lotte was only half in love with Winkelmann after all. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller Sir," said he, "when them raskels got me down they meant to do for me; ah! they'd ha' given me my quietus for good an' all if you 'adn't stood 'em off. The Amateur Gentleman The burlesque was completely successful, and sentimental comedy received its quietus. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Yet he does not jump into the garden well, nor his quietus make with a bare bodkin. Behind the Bungalow I saw one stern-visaged gentleman tormented in this way till he looked ready to give the child its "final quietus." The Englishwoman in America With this quietus they left for Tecumseh, four miles distant from us. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences By the way, speaking of horses, that blood thing of the old Baron's nearly gave you your quietus t'other day, Tom. Tom Cringle's Log The tiger bounded madly forward, and George gave it its quietus through the spine as it tried to spring up the opposite bank. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter Lastly, to end him, he cares not when his end comes; he needs not fear his audit, for his quietus is in heaven. Character Writings of the 17th Century Death -- N. death; decease, demise; dissolution, departure, obit, release, rest, quietus, fall; loss, bereavement; mortality, morbidity. end of life &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases The panic of 1857, soon followed by the great Civil war, put a quietus on immigration, and left him stranded high on the beach. Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul When that is finished, some simple thing will give me my quietus. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 He knew that Agatha must be ill; and that there is no more efficient quietus to wildish meditations than the heating of hot-water bottles and the administration of hypnotics he had long ago discovered. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations "Don't you worry, my boy; it's all right, the fellow got his quietus; besides, he wasn't worth minding," said Mr. King, carelessly. Five Little Peppers Abroad It is a gentle quietus!—and you ought to thank me for it! Temporal Power They have got their quietus, and they still continue to 'maunder' on with objections long since disposed of. Note Book of an English Opium-Eater In his Autobiography, Mr. Clemens has narrated how 'The Jumping Frog' put a quietus on 'The Saturday Press', and was immediately copied in numerous newspapers in England and America. Mark Twain Oh, he means to put a lasting quietus on Huniades and his Hungarians. The Prince of India — Volume 02 In such instances, too, the victims had received their quietus from the hands of brother townsmen, socially, as it were, in broad day, in the open streets, and under other mitigating circumstances. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Many a fashionable maid, with an eye for an establishment, will shed tears when Mrs. Patrick Campbell, martyr to unchaffering love, makes her quietus with a bare dagger. Without Prejudice We'll suppose somebody waylaid her over there on the other side of the river, put the quietus on her and chucked her into the water. Quill's Window The northern winter puts a quietus on the waterside. The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales More than ever it looked in the spring of 1885 as if Italian opera had received its quietus. Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time ‘One who has his quietus,’ said Concha; ‘these royal carriages are heavy.’ In Kedar's Tents "Nobody but an idiot or a madman would persist in following a girl up after such a quietus." At Last The cat which I choose to believe is Paul Lessingham's has received its quietus; in the morning I'll send it back to him, with my respectful compliments. The Beetle I think, though, it was really little Miss Flidgett who put a quietus on that plan. Laicus; Or, the Experiences of a Layman in a Country Parish. The old harridan Fatimah next obtrudes, and, exhibiting again her devilish propensities, receives her quietus by being very properly "smitten on the neck." The Life of Sir Richard Burton For some years the money sent, was a quietus, and I was left in peace. At the Mercy of Tiberius Who my informant was I've really forgotten; for, having hailed several busy gentlemen, some one of them fabricated this delusive quietus for the perturbed spirit, who instantly departed to the sequestered locality he named. Hospital Sketches It was severely wounded, but, rising in a fury, it attempted to climb the tree, when I luckily having a loaded pistol, gave it a quietus. Swiss Family Robinson A blow with a hatchet on the crown of the head gave him his quietus at last. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Then I turned to see how Good had fared with the big bull, which I had heard screaming with rage and pain as I gave mine its quietus. King Solomon's Mines To my surprise, this shot, far from producing a quietus, gave rise to a series of extraordinary convulsive struggles. The Nile tributaries of Abyssinia, and the sword hunters of the Hamran arabs Having put the quietus on this, he was returning to Epitaph by way of the Huachuca Mountains. Bucky O'Connor The discovery of the marriage record fixing the date and demonstrating that Abraham must have been the second child gave this scandal its quietus. Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Springs of Action as Revealed and Deepened by the Ordeal of War This conclusion, which incidentally gave a quietus to phrenology, was accepted generally, and became the stock doctrine of cerebral physiology for a generation. A History of Science — Volume 4 The photographic film recorded the things that the eye might see, and ghostly pictures galore soon gave a quietus to the doubts of the most sceptical. A History of Science — Volume 3 Had it done so, it is more than likely, from what we know of Mr. Wilding's accomplishments, that he had given Lord Grey his quietus. Mistress Wilding "Make haste to give this rascal his quietus," says Pandolphe to his future son-in-law; "it will be only child's play for you, who have fearlessly encountered, single-handed, a whole army of Saracens." Captain Fracasse To philosophers who had made up their life-system, on that "madness" quietus, no phenomenon could be more alarming. On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
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