Word: silent
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...asking ourselves, "Why did we ever appoint the Directors?" and "What good are they now that we have appointed them?" These questions we have never been fully able to answer, but, thinking that perhaps Directors were rather a good thing to have in the house, we have hitherto been silent. We probably should have remained so had it not been for last Friday's dinner. This went a trifle too far, and so stirred up our bowels (of wrath?) that we must enter a protest. Friday was fish day, and fish we had. The recollection of it is as fresh...
...Silent and eager with listening...
...heads. Finally I ask a gray-haired man the name of the lake on which we are sailing. He replies thoughtfully, "Most always on Sunday." I repeat my question, thinking he misunderstood me. He says, " I no understand English." I reply sarcastically, "Evidently not." He smiles sweetly and is silent...
...silent-flowing, misty stream...
That a private library may give full enjoyment, the books composing it should not be bought for show or to lie forever unopened, but because each supplies a want, fills its own place in our circle of silent, thoughtful friends. Such a library can neither be purchased at wholesale nor in a hurry; it must be gathered carefully, and during our college course, and while our thoughts are constantly turned to books, is the natural and fit time to begin the collection...