Merodach-Baladan had now been twelve years in quiet possession of the kingdom.

At sunset all the natives left us in quiet possession of the cove.

They know the value of the pass too well to leave us in quiet possession.

At Port Glasgow, the people cleared out, bag and baggage, leaving us in quiet possession.

There they were, with their wives and children, in quiet possession of their different habitations.

Thomas watched her go with what I recognized as his look of quiet possession and pride.

But the morning revealed no enemy in our front; we were in quiet possession of the valley.

This gave us quiet possession of the line of communication heretofore described south of the Tennessee river.

Several weeks passed, and even after Cordel's return from Paris I remained in quiet possession of the castle.

Frost, with dignity, "and I must request you to leave us in quiet possession of it."

If innocent, why was it that she was now so much moved, after twenty years of quiet possession?

In a few days afterwards all the guards were removed, and finally Mr. Brown was left in quiet possession.

Since his father's death he had taken quiet possession of this room, one of the pleasantest in the house.

Was the senior presbyter, no matter how ill adapted for the crisis, to be allowed to take quiet possession?

The colony, receiving not much support from France, was feeble and unprosperous, but retained quiet possession of the country.

Allow her to keep quiet possession of that, and she would not cast much thought to either of them.