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Meanings of even tenor in English

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Usage of even tenor in English
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He found himself jarred out of the even tenor of his way.
Burned Bridges
2
Life assumed an even tenor, and I yawned occasionally from sheer ennui.
I Married a Ranger
3
Meanwhile, to all appearance, Webb maintained the even tenor of his way.
Nature's Serial Story
4
Endymion, in the meantime, pursued the even tenor of his way.
Endymion
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We are still pursuing the even tenor of our way on the fortifications.
The Citizen-Soldier / or, Memoirs of a Volunteer
6
The even tenor of his life seemed to be broken up.
Jean-Christophe, Volume I
7
Extreme solicitude respecting him now disturbed the hitherto even tenor of his life.
The First White Man of the West / Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'...
8
But his son-in-law pursued the even tenor of his way, shrugging his shoulders.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
9
Why must there be a jar to the even tenor of such joys?
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
10
The wooing of Miss Woppit pursued the even tenor of its curious triple way.
Second Book of Tales
11
Clara, meantime, had pursued the even tenor of her way.
Clara Maynard; Or, The True and the False: A Tale of the Times
12
But, put the case, she goes on the even tenor of her way unmoved:
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 29, March, 1860 / A Magazin...
13
But these were noteworthy exceptions to the calm and even tenor of our life.
Urban Sketches
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Only occasionally was the even tenor of Ranelagh amusement disturbed by an untoward event.
Inns and Taverns of Old London
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For many years no incident of importance broke the even tenor of Aurelius's life.
Seekers after God
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The days slipped by in pleasant and even tenor.
'Way Down East / A Romance of New England Life
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