Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...quiet chat in the moonlight pale...
...quiet nook of Italian soil...
...NOTICE on the first floor of College House requests the inhabitants to be quiet on account of the illness of a student. A mat is spread in the hall to stop the noise of walking, - a precaution which suggests that it be permanently kept up. A wicked Sophomore was heard to remark that if illness brings mats into the hall, it might be desirable to have an invalid constantly in the building...
...quiet room infest...
...never mind its name, perhaps it has none, the label may have dropped off. I was never well acquainted with these queer specimens until I came to college, but there I found the true article, the Cambridgeport peeler; this very fascinating individual interrupted, one Sunday afternoon, a quiet game of lawn tennis in which I was participating, and introduced himself to me; after a little conversation the extremely polite gentleman invited me to call on him at nine the following morning, saying he would like to have me meet His Honor the Judge and a few friends. The Judge...