he replied, "when the count is as old as I am, he will have learned that quiet is the greatest luxury a man can enjoyespecially in Italy, where the climate is hot and fevers frequent.

" "Quiet is the word," said he.

Amidst that silent shower, the royal mind An easy passage found, And left its sacred earth behind: Nor murmuring groan express'd, nor labouring sound, Nor any least tumultuous breath; Calm was his life, and quiet was his death.

And Angy sat in rapt silence, but with her face shining so that her quiet was the stillness of eloquence.

"I confess I sometimes wish for a little conversation, but I reflect that the commerce of the world gives more uneasiness than pleasure, and quiet is all the hope that can reasonably be indulged at my age."

Long quiet is not the lot of the governours of nations, but a cessation of ten days cannot be denied me.

Quiet and patience are the great secrets of her force, whether it be a mountain or a soul that she would fashion.

20 Yet Adam prized little the feast and the bowl, The fields better suited the ease of his soul: He strayed through the fields like an indolent wight, The quiet of nature was Adam's delight.

" Quiet and unemotional as had been the address for the Crown, these few remarks were even quieter.

For points obscure are of small use to learn: But common quiet is mankind's concern.

I have been lately convinced, that quiet is not the daughter of grandeur, or of power: that her presence is not to be bought by wealth, nor enforced by conquest.

He could not tell if the quiet on Holmes's face were stolid defiance or submission: the dumb kings might have looked thus beneath the feet of Pharaoh.

"Next week they was all turning up the land in the valley as quiet as bees and much prettier, and the priests heard all the complaints and told Dravot in dumb show what it was about.

" So great was the ascendency Lucy had obtained over these poor simple creatures during the short time they had been under her mild but consistent rule, that each and all left the room as quiet as children, awe-struck by the solemnity of the scene.

They'll be as quiet as lambs for a long time now.

While the driver was making a final inspection of the team preparatory to starting I managed to crawl under his seat, where I remained as quiet as mouse until the team arrived at the point of destination.

As a suitor he was as quiet as water and as meek as the grass; now I don't know what has happened to him.