Bright and cheerful, of even temper and shrewd comprehension, Miss Briggs listened to the eager explanations of the three girls who had undertaken this queer venture, and assured them she would assist in making a newspaper that would be a credit to them all.

And so meekness, an even temper, and a gracious tongue, will help us to keep our place among our fellow-men with true dignity and independence, and to govern our households, and train our children in such a way that while they obey us they will love and respect us at the same time.

It is hence of no small moment, that a wet-nurse be of a quiet and even temper, and not disposed to mental disturbance.

A woman imagines she has nothing further to do than to be affectionate, caressing, sweet, of even temper and faithful.

A woman imagines she has nothing more to do than to be affectionate, caressing, sweet, of even temper, and faithful.

Inexcitability N. inexcitability^, imperturbability, inirritability^; even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion; tolerance, patience, coolth [Coll.].

And nurse sailed upstairs, the loss of her purse and umbrella having considerably ruffled her usually even temper.

"He's more even tempered than Martin, but he's pretty intense.

She liked him for several reasons,for his non-interference in discussions about her affairs, for a certain quiet consideration, just a shade more friendly than deference, which he showed for her slightest wishes, and chiefly, perhaps, for his conversation and perfectly even temper.

Finding that he had endured trivial insults to himself with an even temper, the deceased now thought proper to turn his brutality upon the young woman that accompanied him.

The proud and high spirited are easily handled: "Your slow and sulky negro, although he may have an even temper, is the devil to manage.

Don Pedro represented patience, even temper, and silent respect, in that tranquil and immaculate house which lost its monastic calm only when its head presented himself there for a few days between voyages.

[Footnote 1: Cleomenes to Pantheus, 'Would I could share thy Balmy, even Temper, And Milkiness of Blood.' 'Cleomenes', Act i. sc.

It goes without saying that a nurse for foreign climates, whether tropical, as in the majority of colonial posts, or subject to extremes of heat and cold, such as in Canada, must be physically strong; she should also be of an even temper and philosophical disposition, easily adaptable to climate, conditions, circumstances, and racial peculiarities.

" There was one man who had a reputation for being even tempered.