Word: staidly
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...chief, Lord Spencer, used to refer to him, was a man of staid Scotch qualities: intellectually honest, sober in all respects; a scholar of no mean repute, well-traveled and rich. His mind was practical. In Parliament he was formidable; in the country his speeches were direct, forceful and efficient; but he was no orator, and no man has ever rightly said of him that he was in any sense demagogic. He hated publicity and one of his favorite phrases was: "I don't think we need publish this urbi et orbi." His ability at quoting the classics was remarkable...
When the usually staid, not to say austere interior of the New Lecture Hall is transformed this evening by flags and banners into a miniature of Madison Square Garden a few weeks hence, the scene will bear a distinct resemblance to the town of Eatanswill, where Mr. Pickwick and his friends beheld a Parlimentary election...
...Other points made in language more sober and staid were...
...sagacious Solomon admitted that "there's a time to mourn" which passed with the funereal mid-years "and a time to dance." And yearly the Junior Dance Committee has passed favorably on this piece of philosophy. Tonight another unprovoked attack will be made on the staid venerability of that grand gallery of austere men who look down with monitorial visage from Memorial's walls. To be sure, Roosevelt and a few other liberals may approve, stirred with the memory of past days, but there will be others imbued with the spirit of Jonathan Edward who will dourly regard a youth...
...little excitement was caused by the company's third evening performance. The cast of characters looked staid enough, but the rumor was strong that the soprano announced to sing the Countess in Mozart's Marriage of Figaro would be replaced by no one less than Mme. Ganna Walska, who has sat resplendently in a box at every performance. It is said she has become the proprietress of the company by way of using it as a vehicle for her greatly desired and delayed debut. But Mme. Walska did not sing. The explanation was given that she gracefully withdrew...