Word: hushed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rosy summer evening, fragrant with the scent of a thousand forests, breathes over hill and valley. A deep hush, big with thought, settles over the place and broods there, as if waiting to bring forth matters of moment...
Then they cried, "Hush!" and led me away...
...somewhat petulantly threw aside my overcoat and sat down opposite. His merriment continued unabated, despite certain sneering remarks of my own. I had at last almost come to believe him crazy, when - I could hear his laugh mockingly re-echoed in the entry. I started to my feet, saying, "Hush! hear that!" Then he stopped and looked wonderingly at the door. The laughter outside did not abate; I wondered if the occupants of the other rooms did not hear it. Suddenly it ceased, and there was a knock at the door. That knock broke sharply across my nerves; I felt...
...Hush! Do not smile. Since...
...oriole is singing - hush...