Presently he fell into absolute muteness, and lay wearily back in his chair.

And then it is assumed that a man has his complete free will, unless he is influenced by circumstances explicitly enumerated by the law, such as minority, congenital deaf-muteness, insanity, habitual drunkenness and, to a certain extent, violent passion.

Washington's buying is unlimited; the commission-houses are tumbling over one another to get aboard and the shorts are scared to a paralysed muteness.

Meanwhile Mr. Whiston sat stiffly in his corner, staring at the landscape, a model of respectable muteness.