Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...think so, do you?" He began to execute an intricate double shuffle on the carpet, quite unmindful of our neighbors beneath. This was a most extraordinary performance for Steve, usually a very quiet and modest fellow. I began to suspect that he had imbibed too freely on his way to Arlington...
...received an invitation from Barnum, and a flattering testimonial, signed by two hundred citizens of note, urging me to go lecturing round the country; but we preferred quiet, and retired to live happily thenceforth in the aristocratic seclusion of our country seat in Virginia...
HURRY, do! I can't sit quiet...
...tired, though inclined to quiet. Cool...
...thought he looked terror-stricken at this; and I therefore concluded that he did not love his wife. Men of genius are seldom fitted for quiet domestic joys. I know this is so, for they are never at home when I call...