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Every thing here remains in a state of perfect quietness.
The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. / Intersper...
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I want to have perfect quietness, in which to reflect.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 10 — Lives and Letters
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She was struck by the perfect quietness of his tone.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 03
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A pause in the girl's reverie-caused by a light sound that broke the perfect quietness around.
Olive: A Novel
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Her eyes rested upon his with perfect quietness.
The Mettle of the Pasture
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The perfect quietness of his manner provoked the other more than any angry words would have done.
The French Prisoners of Norman Cross: A Tale
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For a time there was perfect quietness.
The Emancipated
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His muscles began to quiver, he trembled, he breathed, he moaned, and again relapsed into perfect quietness.
Young Lion of the Woods / Or, A Story of Early Colonial Days
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Here, again, I found perfect quietness.
The House on the Borderland
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He must have perfect quietness.
The Fourth Watch
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Allison spoke with perfect quietness.
Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
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There was perfect quietness.
"Contemptible", by "Casualty"
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Thyrza at length suffered herself to be taken into the house, and to a room where she could have perfect quietness.
Thyrza
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It is so not only as to graver charges, but incidentally, by its perfect quietness of tone, it answers the accusation of bad temper.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 / A Maga...
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Perfect quietness is important for a time after attacks.
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
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"If you were my wife," he purused with perfect quietness, "you would never love anyone else."
The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910)