Meanings of passing an hour in English

Clara tried to picture this burly, red-bearded Celt passing an hour of quiet contemplation.

You are right, Sire; but there can be no harm in passing an hour or two in listening to good conversation.

Maria Heywood had, after passing an hour with her mother, returned to the breakfast-room, which it will be recollected opened immediately upon the barrack-square.

He delighted in passing an hour under the trees; he found in the garden as many memories of his family as in the "habitacion" upstairs.