Quietly Sentence Examples

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  • They stood quietly for a moment.

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  • He opened the door and spoke quietly to someone.

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  • I slipped quietly in and out of Canada.

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  • The door opened quietly and Yancey entered, his face bland as he retrieved the magazine from his chair.

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  • Mrs. Watson quietly swept their dirty plates away.

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  • She quietly crossed to the kitchen and put some water on the stove for coffee.

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  • All around him were the cows of the abbey, some chewing their cuds, and others like their master quietly sleeping.

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  • She quietly lifted it and placed it on her lap.

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  • His father stood quietly watching them "I would speak to you before I go," he said, his tone leaving no room for argument.

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  • She quietly rose from the bench.

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  • He worked quietly for a few minutes and then finally turned his attention to Carmen.

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  • Lana reached Arnie and spoke to him too quietly to hear.

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  • They converged then, and moved quietly across the sand, hoping the Indians didn't burst from the night to attack them.

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  • Romas strode in unasked, and she cursed quietly as she saw the cat-like critter chasing Kiera.

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  • Hilden asked this of me, he said quietly.

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  • At last, just as the blacksmith was in the midst of a stirring song, he rose quietly and went out into the darkness.

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  • Both their gazes returned to the two figures talking quietly in front of their father's grave.

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  • But he never was the man to take opposition to his wishes either quietly or without retaliation.

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  • At Anzac July passed off quietly.

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  • Pulling on her boots, she quietly left the house using the back door.

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  • Aaron quietly digested the information and then nodded.

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  • After supper the twins and Destiny crawled into his lap and listened quietly as he read them a story.

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  • This difficult task was accomplished by Count Peter Tolstoi, the most subtle and unscrupulous of Peter's servants; but terrorized though he was, Alexius would only consent to return on his father solemnly swearing, "before God and His judgment seat," that if he came back he should not be punished in the least, but cherished as a son and allowed to live quietly on his estates and marry Afrosina.

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  • In that body he sat as quietly as he had done in the National Assembly, but on the occasion of the king's trial he had to speak, and then only to give his vote for the death of Louis.

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  • Martos returned to the Bar in May 1874, and quietly looked on when the restoration took place at the end of that year.

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  • From 1811 to 1818 Lord Selkirk's attempted colonization greatly increased the population; from the time of his failure till 1869 the settlers lived quietly under the mild rule of the Hudson's Bay Company.

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  • In September of that year Cape Town surrendered to the British and the "National" party at Swellendam quietly accepted British rule.

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  • Benedict governed Rome quietly for nearly nine years, a somewhat rare thing in those days.

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  • His further pursuit of the legal profession seemed to be out of the question, and on his return to Boston he remained quietly at home.

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  • The hostility of the Maryland authorities, however, eventually drove him into exile in Delaware, where he remained quietly, but not in idleness, for two years.

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  • Few of the brethren resisted; and the Order quietly ceased from the land where for three hundred years it had had its being.

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  • Gilbert seems to have submitted quietly to this judgment; he yielded assent to the four propositions, and remained on friendly terms with his antagonists till his death on the 4th of September 1154.

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  • Having rejected proposals to assist in the restoration of Charles II., Henry was recalled to England in June 1659 just after his brother's fall; quietly obeying this order he resigned his office at once.

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  • Discontented officers in the army and navy rallied to this idea, and a conspiracy was organized to depose the emperor and declare a republic. On the 14th of November 1889 the palace was quietly surrounded, and on the following morning the emperor and his family were placed on board ship and sent off to Portugal.

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  • In the spring he returned to Copenhagen with recovered health and spirits, and worked quietly at his protean literary labours until the great fire of 1728.

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  • Surrey's archers and cannon soon gained the upper hand, and the Scots, unable quietly to endure their losses, rushed to close quarters.

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  • Charles spent his last years quietly in Naples, which city he improved and embellished.

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  • The liquid when soaked into a porous combustible substance like blotting-paper burns rapidly and quietly, and when struck with a hammer on a hard surface violently detonates; when a little of the liquid is spread on an anvil and struck, the portion immediately under the hammer only will, as a rule, detonate, the remainder being scattered.

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  • Some solutions of nitroglycerin (in ether, acetone, &c.) burn quietly, and the same is the case when it is held in solution or suspension in a colloid substance, as gelatinized guncotton, &c.

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  • The mounted division, and also a division from Helles, were quietly concentrated there, and on the 21st a determined attempt was made to capture some of the high ground which had baffled the essays of the invaders on the 9th and loth.

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  • Then the troops along the front were quietly withdrawn in successive groups, the fine weather continuing to the end and work at the beaches proceeding without a hitch.

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  • On the 12th Germinal he was in the tribune, reading a report on the food supplies, when the hall of the Convention was invaded by the rioters, and when they withdrew he quietly continued where he had been interrupted.

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  • Savonarola listened unmoved to the awful words, and then quietly resumed his interrupted devotions.

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  • It is still more surprising that the soldiers should have quietly submitted to a reduction in the amount of the donative or gift which it was customary for them to receive from a new emperor, though the civil population of the capital were paid their largess (congiarium) in full.

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  • Livia continued to live quietly at Rome, in the full enjoyment of authority, until her death at an advanced age.

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  • Tilden counselled his followers to abide quietly by the result.

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  • Fire-damp when mixed with from four to twelve times its volume of atmospheric air is explosive; but when the proportion is above or below these limits it burns quietly with a pale blue flame.

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  • He still, to use his own words, hung his new exposition on to "the old doctrines, however much they at times pained me, rather than on to the purer and clearer"; for he hoped that the reformation of the Church would proceed quietly and from within.

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  • On the arrival of a parliamentary fleet in 1652, however, he retired from office and spent the following years quietly on his plantation.

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  • He spent much time in prayer and died quietly, in the arms of his faithful friend Theodore Beza, on the evening of the 2 7th of May, in the fifty-fifth year of his age.

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  • Scots are much more bothered about classroom indiscipline, which is why many will quietly be applauding the increase in expulsions and exclusions.

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  • He held her chair as she took a seat and then sat quietly as Mrs. Marsh said grace.

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  • Mounting his own pulpit in St Mark's he quietly related the events of the day to the faithful assembled in the church, and then withdrew to his cell, while the mob on the square outside was clamouring for his blood.

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  • Hunter did not regard Lincoln's election as being of itself a sufficient cause for secession, and on the 11th of January 1861 he proposed an elaborate but impracticable scheme for the adjustment of differences between the North and the South, but when this and several other efforts to the same end had failed he quietly urged his own state to pass the ordinance of secession.

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  • Espartero, deeming resistance useless, embarked at Cadiz on the 30th of July 1843 for England, and lived quietly apart from politics until 1848, when a royal decree restored to him all his honours and his seat in the senate.

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  • After the storming of Chenhai - the fortified town at the mouth of the river - on the 10th of October 1841, the British forces quietly took possession of Ning-po on the 12th.

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  • Industry was thus in many ways compensated for the paralysis of trade with private buyers in the home market and for the closing of foreign markets, and it would have been able to continue quietly on the old lines but for the emergence of a new factor which fundamentally altered the conditions.

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  • Before his death at Herat, 9th June 1863, Dost Mahomed had nominated as his successor Shere Ali, his third son, passing over the two elder brothers, Afzul Khan and Azim Khan; and at first the new amir was quietly recognized.

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  • The old schools and universities were being quietly interpenetrated by the new spirit of humanism, when the sky was suddenly darkened by the clouds of religious conflict.

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  • The budget for 1909-10 went quietly through, and before the August adjournment the chancellor introduced his budget for 1910 - I I, discussion being postponed till the autumn.

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  • Constans as minister of the interior, had been quietly taking its measures for bringing a prosecution against him, and within two months a warrant was signed for his arrest.

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  • They were dispersed again by the revolution of July 1830, but soon reappeared and, though put to much inconvenience during the latter years of Louis Philippe's reign, notably in 1845, maintained their footing, recovered the right to teach freely after the revolution of 1848, and gradually became the leading educational and ecclesiastical power in France, notably under the Second Empire, till they were once more expelled by the Ferry laws of 1880, though they quietly returned since the execution of those measures.

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  • During the revolution of 1772 he escaped from Stockholm and kept quietly in the background.

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  • The French bivouacked in the rain, Turenne making his way across the mountain to confer with the prince, and meanwhile Mercy quietly drew off his army in the dark to a new set of entrenchments on the ridge on which stood the Loretto Chapel.

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  • Several unsuccessful attempts were made to regain the town, but finally, in September 1692, Diego de Vargas quietly secured the fresh submission of the Indians.

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  • They next seated themselves quietly in the dining hall, where the baker set bread in order, and the cook brought each a single dish of one kind of food.

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  • Advance was quietly made along the lines now laid down.

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  • He was offered by the senate of the theological faculty of Halle the alternative of doing penance before God, submitting to his superiors, and separating himself from Zinzendorf, or leaving the matter to the decision of the king, unless he preferred to "leave Halle quietly."

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  • Some cuckoos are singular for their habit of using the nests of smaller birds to lay their eggs in, so that the young may be reared by foster-parents; and it has been suggested that the object of the likeness exhibited to the hawk is to enable the cock cuckoo either to frighten the small birds away from their nests or to lure them in pursuit of him, while the hen bird quietly and without molestation disposes of her egg.

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  • He studied history, law and theology, and became a vizier as his father had been before him, but was deposed for heresy, and spent the rest of his life quietly in the country.

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  • Charles quietly disappeared; for years Europe watched for him in vain.

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  • The endiking of low lands against the sea which had been quietly proceeding during the first eleven centuries of the Christian era, received a fresh impetus in the 12th and 13th centuries from the fact that the level of the sea then became higher in relation to that of the land.

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  • For a few months Lee lived quietly in Powhatan county, year he became assistant-editor of the Dictionary of National making his formal submission to the Federal authorities and Biography.

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  • He was educated in England, and after a visit to Spain he lived quietly on his estate in Chile till the revolution broke out.

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  • He retired to Peru, where he was granted an estate and lived quietly till his death on the 24th of October 1842.

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  • Abstaining from putting himself forward, he lived quietly on his estates, which had been restored to him by a vote of the Assembly.

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  • More than most thinkers he had quietly laid himself open to the influences of his time and the lessons of history.

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  • But Christiane gradually filled up a gap in the poet's life; she gave him, quietly, unobtrusively, without making demands on him, the comforts of a home.

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  • This arrangement has the effect that the salts, as they separate out, slide down the sloping part and arrive in the central channel, which is not exposed to the fire-gases, so that they quietly settle there, without caking to the pan, until they are fished out by means of perforated ladles.

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  • In the first place, he allowed the expedition against the Greeks, already arranged by Mahomet, quietly to set out, limiting himself for the time to the defence of Medina.

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  • In the autumn of 45, Caesar, who was planning his Parthian campaign, sent his nephew to study quietly at the Greek colony of Apollonia, in Illyria.

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  • He bade farewell to his friends, inquired after the health of Drusus's daughter who was ill, and then quietly expired in the arms of the wife who for more than fifty years had been his most intimate and trusted guide and counsellor, and to whom his last words were an exhortation to "live mindful of our wedded life."

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  • By it the king granted to William, count of Albemarle, free borough rights in Hedon so that his burgesses there might hold of him as freely and quietly as the burgesses of York or Lincoln held of the king.

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  • He spent the greater part of his time quietly in his own chamber, often having his meals brought there and sometimes not leaving it for two or three days together when absorbed in his studies.

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  • A man-of-war was ordered to bring her home, and London prepared to give her a triumphant reception; but she returned quietly in a French ship, crossed to England, and escaped to her country home before the news of her return could leak out.

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  • The scenery of these lakes, though never grand, is always quietly beautiful, especially in the case of Molar, the wooded shores and islands of which form a notable feature in the pleasant environs of the city of Stockholm.

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  • During the night of the 23rd of April, and whilst the " Blanco Encalada " was lying quietly at anchor, a torpedo boat called the " Almirante Lynch," belonging to the Balmaceda faction, steamed into the bay of Caldera and discharged a torpedo at the rebel ship. The " Blanco Encalada " sank in a few minutes and 300 of her crew perished.

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  • When ignited, picric acid burns quietly with a smoky flame.

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  • For three years the undertaking went on quietly and simply, subject to few outward troubles other than financial, the number of associates increasing to seventy or eighty.

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  • It would appear, however, that the sceptre was quietly transmitted to Abdulla Khan, the fourth in descent from Kambar, who, being an intrepid and ambitious soldier, turned his thoughts towards the conquest of Kach Gandava, then held by different petty chiefs under the authority of the nawabs of Sind.

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  • Nor were his intimate associates men of refinement and taste; they were rather good fellows who quietly enjoyed a good bottle and a joke; he uniformly avoided encounters of wit with his equals.

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  • On first hearing of the king's intentions, Anne swooned away, but on recovering, while declaring her case a very hard and sorrowful one from the great love which she bore to the king, acquiesced quietly in the arrangements made for her by Henry, by which she received lands to the value of £4000 a year, renounced the title of queen for that of the king's sister, and undertook not to leave the kingdom.

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  • One annalist after another quietly adopted the established tradition, as it had been left by his predecessors, without any serious alterations of its main outlines.

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  • She then quietly purchased the Gorges claim for £1,250 and held the province as a proprietor until 1691, when by the new Massachusetts charter Maine was extended to the Saint Croix river, and was made an integral part of Massachusetts.

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  • With every effort after equality he must fail to satisfy all, but friction may be diminished and the ` work of carrying on government quietly and steadily facilitated.

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  • On the 2nd of May 373, having consecrated one of his presbyters as his successor, he died quietly in his own house.

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  • For a time the Kaffirs accepted quietly the new order of things.

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  • But the duke came to an arrangement with his father-in-law, by which he regained Piacenza and his other fiefs The rest of his life was spent quietly at home, where the moderation and wisdom of his rule won for him the affection of his people.

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  • Within twenty years of his accession the disasters and calamities which had preceded his triumph had been forgotten, and the national life was running quietly in its old channels.

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  • To the surprise of the nation Richard took his humiliation quietly.

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  • It was quietly terminated, in the parliament of 1886, by the firm action of a new speaker.

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  • By his statesmanlike policy he brought the colony into a most flourishing condition and succeeded even in reconciling the Portuguese settlers to submit quietly to Dutch rule.

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  • In the south the deposits, from the Trias to the middle Eocene, consist mainly of limestones, and were laid down, with a few slight interruptions, upon a quietly subsiding sea-floor.

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  • Her triumph, however, was short-lived, as she died quietly in her bed in 597 soon after her victory.

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  • Anne Boleyn's daughter succeeded quietly, and Sir Henry Sidney was sworn lord-justice with the full Catholic ritual.

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  • Before he left office Mr Bryce publicly sketched a scheme of his own for remodelling Irish University Education, but his scheme was quietly put on the shelf by his successor and received almost universal condemnation.

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  • Thanks to the prudent constable du Guesclin, sitting quietly at home he reconquered bit by bit what his predecessors had lost upon the battlefield, helm on head and sword in hand; and when he died in 1380, after the decease of both Edward III.

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  • During the Revolution he quietly performed his professional duties, taking no part in politics, although he possessed the faculty of ingratiating himself with those in authority.

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  • The horse becomes low in condition and moves about quietly, and the frost tends to brace up the limbs.

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  • Then, as the empire acquired fresh strength in Italy, he quietly bided his time and, on the descent of the Angevins, again assumed the leadership of the Guelfs who now had the upper hand for a long time.

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  • The next morning she woke and lay quietly watching him.

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  • She lay quietly for a long time thinking about all that had happened, and the new babies.

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  • There she collapsed on the bed and started to cry – quietly this time.

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  • A form too slight to be the Black God stood beside Talon, speaking quietly.

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  • He manipulated the Black God like a puppet and quietly ran the vamps Jonny wasn't yet capable of managing.

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  • It appeared as if he'd been living quietly here, until discovered by demons.

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  • My … ways can be sated quietly.

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  • She drew him as she'd seen him during their conversation the day before, the quietly fierce leader seated in his ship.

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  • The two vampires sat quietly, drinking, for a long time.

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  • They sat quietly, Jackson finishing his blood with her curled up in his lap, and then he carried her back to bed.

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  • The three vampires sat quietly, occasionally shaking their heads in disbelief.

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  • Larry—and most other regular army soldiers—either joined or quietly supported the PMF.

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  • Racism thrives because the silence of the majority, and their reluctance to stand up and be counted quietly condones it!

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  • I'm quietly confident that things will get better.

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  • And throughout the crucifixion narratives, though the suffering is quietly understated, it is equally clear.

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  • After a few songs with harp accompaniment, the wedding party dispersed, and the bride and bridegroom quietly proceeded to their new home.

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  • He paused, then added quietly, 'I've been talking to your mother outside.

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  • As the heavy yellow bulldozer raised its blade to cut into the brickwork, Molly fell quietly asleep.

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  • For many decades it rests quietly in the damp cellars below sea level.

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  • The battery chargers for the electric locos also used in the mine were rusting away quietly.

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  • She would then sit quietly through the rest of the dinner, smiling dreamily and nodding at people, and looking altogether charming.

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  • Could the Saudis be using their economic clout quietly with threats of an oil boycott?

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  • It is quietly contemplative; nothing very much happens.

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  • At night I'd hear your gentle paws Quietly creep out of the back room into ours.

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  • It appears they would rather the matter quietly disappeared in case the bank's questionable dealings with Enron are put under further scrutiny.

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  • In a matter of weeks the whole debacle could be quietly forgotten.

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  • In 2001, Cara Dillon's eponymous solo debut was quietly released (via Rough Trade ), on an unsuspecting audience.

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  • We're supposed to sit quietly, smiling sweetly and looking demure while the menfolk take command.

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  • Readers who know this ditty, may like to sing it quietly to themselves to savor the flavor.

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  • Raven sliding to block a through ball instead diverted the ball past the quietly effective Roque.

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  • You can sit on a sofa and play the guitars on display, or just drool quietly to yourself.

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  • As with all the others, there is the same quietly brazen effrontery in trying to minimize or ignore unanswerable facts.

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  • Small children from the nearby Bedouin encampment observed quietly.

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  • Goes quietly and well, but can feel fidgety on poor roads.

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  • She stood quietly beside the mounting block as I tightened the girth and ran down the stirrups.

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  • His men, who, having left their guns in the canoe, were utterly helpless, quietly obeyed.

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  • The announcement cleaved the audience in two, Alun's supporters quietly jubilant, Rhodri's deeply resentful.

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  • Changes in finance could be quietly tolling the death knell for property companies anyway, he believes.

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  • During this period she stood quietly looking at a variety of other animals including kudu and zebra that came to greet her.

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  • He retired to Cheshire and lived quietly with his second wife Elizabeth in a loveless marriage.

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  • Other people come to the Tor to quietly meditate on the summit of Tor field.

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  • He spoke quietly to the Subject, who had proved unresponsive to the loudest noises.

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  • I was happily working away quietly oblivious to it all.

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  • He writes perceptive, intelligent, incisive, angry songs, sung quietly and tunefully to a supremely accomplished acoustic guitar backing.

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  • To obtain the new york living with dental insurance PPO us diabetes that they quietly.

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  • In the gently rolling hills of south west Suffolk, tiny villages sleep the sleep of the quietly forgotten.

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  • Highbank Hotel Leeds The Highbank Hotel Leeds is ideally located, in its own quietly secluded grounds.

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  • In 1770 a select committee met to consider policing in the Metropolis only to see their report quietly shelved.

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  • The other main showstopper was realizing BB was quietly munching on one. hmmm.

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  • Many on the loyal left were quietly hoping that the government would use a sleight of hand to deny MPs the chance to protest.

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  • Are there any of God's promises you're in danger of quietly sniggering at?

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  • She is, as ever, quietly smart in black, her eyes half hidden behind tinted designer specs.

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  • Cough as quietly as possible To stop a coughing fit swallow saliva and keep swallow saliva and keep swallowing until you inhibit the cough.

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  • When we are sleeping quietly in our beds, they are watching the beautiful sky through the telescope.

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  • Berg always spoke quietly, politely, and with great precision.

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  • As soon as they had passed the fence they all spread out evenly and quietly, without noise or talk, along the road and field leading to the Otradnoe covert.

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  • After receiving communion and unction he quietly died; and next day a throng of acquaintances who came to pay their last respects to the deceased filled the house rented by the Rostovs.

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  • If you think you need to check on him before he goes to sleep, quietly do so, and then return to your room.

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  • There are those who swear by the method of rocking their baby until he falls into a deep sleep, then slipping him quietly into his bed.

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  • As he sleeps on his back, his face is in clear view and if you quietly hang over the crib railings, you can get some sweet pictures.

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  • Then, lay him in his crib, and quietly leave the room.

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  • Sound monitors can only relay so much to a parent, as many of baby's most dangerous and destructive behavior can be accomplished quietly.

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  • The side should drop down quietly and without much effort.

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  • They can appear to quietly enjoy your stroking one minute, then bury their teeth and claws in you the next.

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  • For fifty-six seconds this languid feline duo proceeds to mew quietly back and forth as if engaged in the world's most tired conversation.

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  • Sometimes, everyone will have his own book, comic or magazine and can read quietly surrounded by family.

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  • As an increasing number of people are installing solar panels, a black market has cropped up and thieves have become expert in quickly and quietly dislodging the panels and selling them for a tidy sum.

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  • Losing the argument, the engineer quietly doubled the reinforcements.

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  • The juxtaposition between matte and shimmer colors is quietly striking.

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  • Virtual online worlds arrive and go quietly sometimes.

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  • Mediating, or sitting quietly for ten to fifteen minutes is a wonderful way to reconnect with yourself and what's truly important.

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  • After all, what is mediation besides sitting quietly and taking the time to peer deeply into one's self?

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  • Try to find ten to fifteen minutes a day (either at the beginning or end of the day) where you can sit quietly and undisturbed.

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  • Learn to sit quietly for fifteen minutes a day and do nothing but breath in and out.

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  • Take in a movie with a friend, get a massage, or sit quietly with a favorite book and give yourself time to refresh.

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  • Have the teams sit on the floor facing each other, quietly studying each others' clothes, for three minutes.

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  • No big presentation needs to be made, just quietly hand the gifts to the members of the wedding party.

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  • Since 2000, she has been quietly dating Antonio de la Rua, son of the former president of Argentina.

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  • While the couple filed for divorce in August 2006, they are rumored to be "quietly trying to give it another go."

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  • The series showed how Simpson secured a record deal, while quietly building a fan base in the process.

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  • Zoe Saldana, born in 1978, has been quietly making a huge mark in Hollywood with some plum movie roles.

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  • The singer said of the removal, "I just quietly did it, you know?"

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  • The couple quietly dated for three years and in 2005, Bratman proposed, reportedly in a room filled with rose petals and balloons.

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  • You didn't think Paris Hilton would celebrate her birthday quietly, did you?

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  • Turns out, those rumors are now true as the newly engaged couple quietly told close friends and family that they are expecting a new member of the family.

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  • Ethan Hawke has quietly married the nanny with whom he had an affair with while married to tall, blonde and gorgeous Uma Thurman.

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  • After a few words were exchanged, Melissa quietly returned Jason's engagement ring and walked off stage and out of Jason's life.

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  • For the past year or so, many tabloids have been quietly whispering about the impending split between Usher and wife of two years, Tameka.

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  • Though many of us wish that these two would just go off quietly into the night and handle their personal business behind closed doors, it doesn't seem likely to happen anytime soon.

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  • Bullock quietly left James, and nearly everyone was on Team Sandra.

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  • After three days of paryting, guests quietly filed into the turn-of-the-century Armour House at Lake Forest Academy to witness Vince and Kyla exchanging vows.

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  • Simon Cowell has been quietly dating American Idol makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy.

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  • Though she experienced a whirlwind of success in her early modeling days, Heidi Klum managed to stay out of the tabloids and live her personal life relatively quietly.

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  • While some of the wealthiest stars are simple to name off, there are others who are quietly hiding their holdings and making smart decisions to expand their empires.

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  • The cycle passes by so quietly that you may never even notice the bitch has been in and back out again.

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  • If he does not, you return to the house quietly without reward.

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  • There are also ways to keep your busy working dog quietly entertained that will encourage him to lie down.

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  • The idea being to find a very safe enclosed outdoor area where you and your dog may sit for several hours or as long as you can sit, and just quietly observe your dog at play.

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  • I ran down stairs, opened the door, and who do you think was quietly barking at the front door waiting to be let back in?

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  • In spite of the band's many troubles, huge amounts of fans continued to clamor for entrance into "the Temple", and Dean DeLeo quietly soaked up dozens of impressive accolades focused on his guitar playing.

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  • Hello Kitty quietly made her world debut nearly thirty years ago.

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  • For instance, an Alzheimer's patient may enjoy sitting in a wheelchair quietly moving back and forth as other residents take part in a sing along.

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  • Although some people snore relatively quietly, there are some people who snore so loudly that they disrupt sleep for everyone else in the house.

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  • Medical and structural problems can interfere with a person's ability to sleep quietly through the night.

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  • When you think of Dior, think of classic beauties; this is a designer who'd make Jackie O, Audrey Hepburn and other quietly glamorous girls proud.

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  • For example, the Wii generally operates more quietly than its counterparts from Sony and Microsoft.

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  • And although there are many in the video game industry who would dearly love for adult video games to disappear quietly under the carpet, they are a historical fact that cannot be ignored.

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  • Over the next few years, the publisher was shuffled beneath various corporations as they quietly worked on new projects.

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  • Midway has been one of the most quietly prolific companies in the video game industry over it's long history.

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  • The series quietly set standards in fighting games and eventually grew into a large and highly successful franchise that continues to this day.

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  • From the quietly pensive to the wildly active, every kind of potential gamer can find a genre to play and enjoy.

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  • Video games guru Nintendo, who practically pioneered home video gaming, meanwhile sits quietly at the side.

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  • It uses thermoelectric cooling so it runs very quietly and has LED temperature readout with an ultra modern stainless steel trim.

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  • Quietly go in the opposite direction, or circle around it.

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  • Regardless of the actual lesson plan, part of the preschool training should involve activities that teach the child to sit quietly during learning times and to participate willingly during any crafts or writing projects.

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  • Instead of being allowed to quietly celebrate her impending motherhood, she had to deal with an arrest, rehab rumors and a sex scandal.

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  • One of the best features of this Maytag portable air conditioner is how quietly it operates.

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  • This model claims to be powerful enough to clean an entire room of pollutants and runs quietly.

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  • Some people will prefer to sit quietly and watch the activities.

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  • It is important to allow people who don't want to join in to sit quietly and not force them into joining in as this may cause them embarrassment and distress.

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  • However, if you are the sort of individual who enjoys eating out, then you will have a difficult time dining in ordinary restaurants where foods containing gluten may quietly reside in most of the menu options.

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  • The Virgo man loves to fill the role of provider, and the Capricorn woman is confident enough to let him enjoy that role while she quietly sees to his needs in her own way.

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  • The caretaker quietly pocketed the recorder, looking around to assure himself he was truly alone.

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  • Are the spirits of former patients watching from the shadows as Ohio University geology professors go quietly about their work in the newly converted offices of the former Ridges?

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  • At the same time, the receiver should sit quietly and think about the person sending the information.

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  • Sit quietly in a straight-backed chair and close your eyes.

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  • Hold the object in your hands and sit quietly. and then tell your friend all the impressions and information you believe you're receiving from the object.

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  • On its vamp sits a petite rosette embellishment, which is all it needs to make a quietly elegant statement.

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  • Saving the world, however, soon became passé and the age of the super spies passed quietly to the likes of the Godfather as medical mysteries were supplanted with murder mysteries, crime sprees and sudden, violent crimes and shootings.

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  • The character's quietly poignant death at the conclusion of the second season was a sucker punch that fans expected much earlier.

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  • Embossed Roman numerals and automatic movements lay quietly beneath the scratch-resistant sapphire crystal surface.

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  • Through it all and in spite of the fame these accomplishments earned, Zenith quietly continued to make the ever useful and stylishly cool alarm clock radios that people depend on in everyday situations.

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  • After World War II, Elgin fought to remain competitive with international watch companies before quietly closing its operations in 1965.

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  • Practitioners can perform TM anywhere they can sit quietly upright and close their eyes.

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  • Lotus Pose allows someone to sit quietly and reflect.

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  • Kripalu Yoga carefully and quietly works on each yoga pose and getting the breath right in that pose so as to maximize the effects of the pose.

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  • However, they quietly have built up a nice collection of lingerie as well.

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  • Ladies who wear thongs tend to be women who believe that their body has something that is worthy of being envied, and these are not girls that go quietly.

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  • While most music fans are quick to mention that Elvis, The Beatles, and Michael Jackson sold staggering amounts of records, George Straight has quietly positioned himself in the same company.

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  • However, instead of sinking quietly into reality TV obscurity, Hatch made headlines when he was arrested for tax evasion.

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  • When she woke, shortly before Alex arrived, she played quietly with a doll while Carmen prepared supper.

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  • He opened the door for her and they entered, quietly slipping into the kitchen.

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  • There she collapsed on the bed and started to cry – quietly this time.

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  • She held her breath while she tugged at the window, letting it out in a sigh of relief when the sash lifted quietly.

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  • He lifted his rifle, cocking it as quietly as he could, and she followed suit.

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  • Opening her door quietly she carried her shoes to the kitchen before putting them on.

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  • The assailant pushed a rag against the sleeping girl's nose and mouth and quietly, but with surprising speed, was down the stairs and out the front door in the matter of seconds.

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  • I slipped so quietly eastward, no one I visited.

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  • She cursed herself quietly for saying stupid things.

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  • You can come with me quietly, or I can drag you out of here.

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  • Half a head shorter than Xander, Jule was speaking quietly to the vamp, whose arms were crossed and head tilted in consideration.

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  • A couple of them were talking quietly, but she didn't hear them, instead unable to fathom that anyone would find her life worth protecting after her father hadn't.

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  • I never thought she'd do something like that, he said quietly.

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  • I promise, she swore just as quietly.

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  • She shouldn't either, she said quietly.

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  • They were close to wrapping up the session when deputy Lydia Larkin moved quietly into the room.

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  • We'll want as much muscle as we can get, if the worst happens, Rhyn said quietly.

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  • Stepping into the room, he took the book from a limp hand and placed it quietly on the night stand.

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  • He checked the front door to make sure it was locked and then quietly walked through the living room.

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  • One flip of the switch and she retraced her steps, quietly slipping under the covers to snuggle close to Alex again.

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  • She waited quietly for his response.

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  • Absorbed by the sight, she began to think he left as quietly as he arrived.

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  • Rhyn stood and crossed to the iPad, reading quietly.

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  • The lights were on and glowing, the television on quietly.

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  • Several men passed by where she was hidden, and she backed away as quietly as she could.

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  • He went one-by-one, checking the minds of each with the occasional glance across to Rhyn and Andre, who were speaking quietly.

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  • She cursed him quietly.

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  • My … ways can be sated quietly.

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  • She entered the bedroom quietly to see Toby awake and trying to get an uncertain Lankha to play with his stuffed animals.

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  • He looked at the younger woman hard, and Talal apologized quietly.

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  • He tossed his head to Leyon, who left quietly.

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  • Mison and Romas spoke quietly while Jetr turned to her.

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  • She smiled at the others as she spoke quietly to Cynthia.

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  • Finally, he thought he felt a breeze and quietly rose to see if giggly Gladys and her tipsy admirer might have left the front door ajar.

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  • At least I did it quietly.

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  • She smiled and began to hum, ever so quietly.

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  • They strolled quietly for a while, until Jackson stopped to face her.

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  • Larry—and most other regular army soldiers—either joined or quietly supported the PMF.

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  • Dan asked quietly, joining him in the storage room.

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  • We can't do more than that, though, without drawing the attention of the feds, the soldier told her quietly.

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  • Jim closed the door, and Lana watched the submarine sink quietly into the surrounding water and disappear.

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  • The sub's motor hummed quietly and the pilot guided it deftly.

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  • She followed quietly for the rest of the day.

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  • Rhyn heard the note of pain in the death-dealer's voice.  In a week's time, Gabe had gone from quietly confident to troubled to lost.  The death-dealer was struggling with himself, a feeling Rhyn knew well.

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  • Rhyn opened the door, surprised to find the jailer's room empty.  He'd expected Jared at least.  He closed the door quietly behind him.  He snatched the talisman hanging near the door, the one that freed inmates from their cells.  He ignored the quickening of his pulse as he entered the familiar cell block.

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  • Ivy and Lara were already in bed, so I crept by quietly.

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  • He was resigned to quietly reading a book until Mrs. Porter the housekeeper showed up a day early, accommodating a family wedding, and Dean's peace began competing with the sounds of a vacuum cleaner and Mrs. Porter's radio music, even worse junk than Fred's usual selections.

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  • Dean stood aside while they talked quietly, then walked around the car and shook the young man's hand.

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  • He spoke quietly, but his voice carried well.

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  • But he simply stood quietly watching her.

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  • After he brought everything in, he sat quietly in his chair, reading a newspaper.

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  • She stood quietly gazing up at his face.

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  • One night while they were quietly eating supper together, she decided it was a good time to talk to him about it.

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  • One of their brothers, Jule, had told them quietly where Jenn was after a trip to visit one of the vamps holed up with the Black God.

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  • It was too snowy to move quietly through the forest.

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  • I can't lose her like I did Claire, Darian said quietly.

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  • Jenn lay across his bed in the dark, sobbing quietly.

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  • The woman ordered quietly, "Wanderer, come with us."

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  • He watched quietly until one of the men eyeing him approached.

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  • He broke down and cried quietly for his father and their men, wondering how he could make it across the ocean alone.

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  • He quietly slid into the seat next to her.

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  • Jonathan quietly went to his room.

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  • What they hadn't observed was how she could quietly and respectfully maintain her importance in the spousal role.

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  • They worked quietly for a few minutes until they heard a sound in the brush.

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  • He disappeared as quietly as he appeared.

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  • She met his gaze, and they stared at each other quietly for a long moment.

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  • When she disappeared down the stairs, Jule laughed quietly.

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  • The two of them moved to the porch, where they spoke quietly for a few minutes.

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  • They tracked him quietly and now were making it clear they meant business.

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  • She closed the door as quietly as she could and locked it.

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  • In 1868 the term of General Mitre came to an end, and Doctor Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, a native of San Juan, was quietly elected to succeed him.

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  • When the war was over, Sulla, on his return to Rome, lived quietly for some years and took no part in politics.

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  • Finally settling at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, he lived there for nearly ten years, until on the 6th of February 1804, after clearly and audibly dictating a few changes he wished made in some of his writings, he quietly expired.

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  • Starting from Regensburg in May 1189, the German army marched quietly through Hungary; but difficulties arose, as they had arisen in 1147, as soon as the frontiers of the Eastern empire were reached.

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  • The elaborate choral writing sometimes rises to almost Hellenic regions of dramatic art; and there is no crudeness in the passages that carry on the story quietly in reaction from the climaxes - a test far too severe for Tannhauser and rather severe for even the mature works of Gluck and Weber.

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  • Like other parts of Germany during the 9th century Hesse felt the absence of a strong central power, and, before the time of the emperor Otto the Great, several counts, among whom were Giso and Werner, had made themselves practically independent; but after the accession of Otto in 936 the land quietly accepted the yoke of the medieval emperors.

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  • Meanwhile he had also prepared a fresh line of retreat towards Bohemia, and, certain now of having his men in hand for the coming battle, he quietly awaited events.

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  • Then he withdrew the whole of the field army quietly into Lorraine.

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  • He continued quietly to observe the course of events during the disastrous years r 8r 2-13; and even at the beginning of the Moscow campaign he summed up the situation in the words, "It is the beginning of the end."

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  • He opposed the execution of Charles I., lived quietly under the Commonwealth, and was assiduous in promoting the king's return; for this he was afterwards offered the bishopric of Coventry and Lichfield, but declined it, it is said, on his wife's persuasion.

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  • When the mass is quietly fusing, the crucible is heated for two hours in a wind-furnace.

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  • He taught quietly at Leiden till 1603, when Jakobus Arminius came to be one of his colleagues in the theological faculty, and began to teach Pelagian doctrines and to create a new party in the university.

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  • For all these reasons the stresses due to the live load are greater than those due to the same load resting quietly on the bridge.

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  • At Paris, in 150o, he was fully conscious that " without Greek the amplest knowledge of Latin was imperfect"; and, during his three years in Italy (1506-1509), he worked quietly at Greek in Bologna and attended the lectures of Musurus in Padua.

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  • There are peat and forest beds, which must have grown quietly at the surface, alternating with deposits of gravel, sand and clay.

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  • This secret scheme the faithful secretary at once carried to Philip, who characteristically resolved to meet it by quietly removing his brother's aider and abettor.

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  • There is always danger of failure when an attempt is thus made 1 It is understood that, in point of fact, the Princess Wittgenstein was determined to marry Liszt; and as neither he nor her family wished their connexion to take this form, Cardinal Hohenlohe quietly had him ordained.

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  • A melancholy catalogue of forced settlements marks the annals of the church from 1749 to 1780, and wherever an unpopular presentee was settled the people quietly left the Establishment and erected a meeting-house.

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  • For two years after this disappointment he worked quietly at Gray's Inn, and in 1582 was admitted an outer barrister.

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  • For holding an unlawful meeting and refusing to participate quietly in the public service they were fined, imprisoned and otherwise maltreated.

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  • He accompanied his father into Britain (368), and a little later distinguished himself by defeating the Sarmatians who had invaded Moesia (374) On his father's death he retired to his native place, where he lived quietly till after the great battle of Adrianople (August 9, 378), when Gratian summoned him to share the empire.

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  • The unfiltered water may then be allowed to flow quietly and to fill the space above the sand to a depth of 2 or 3 ft.

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  • I never designed to get any thing by your interest, nor by King James's favour, but am now sensible that I must withdraw from your acquaintance, and see neither you nor the rest of my friends any more, if I may but have them quietly.

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  • His wife, Sofi, is in the ring with Dusty, who heads up the vampire fighting operations for the Western Hemisphere, Jenn said quietly to Jessi.

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  • He created a perfect baby... Actors move quietly to form a Nativity tableau.

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  • The teacher has one tambourine and another is passed quietly around the circle to a steady pulse.

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  • You are to be escorted... " " I did not commit treason, " Helm answered quietly.

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  • And throughout the Crucifixion narratives, tho the suffering is quietly understated, it is equally clear.

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  • Labor has also quietly dropped its support to work toward reducing the number of animal vivisected in the UK.

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  • Rather than go quietly I would like to do something to improve animal welfare on upland organic farms.

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  • On his return to Naples he found himself out of touch with the prevailing Cartesianism, and lived quietly until in 1697 he gained the professorship of rhetoric at the university, with a scanty stipend of loo scudi.

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  • His authority quickly and quietly accepted by all classes, the new ruler governed the city with a stern justice which was in marked contrast to the recent reign of licence and disorder.

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  • In the midst of other labours Jowett had been quietly exerting his influence so as to conciliate all shades of liberal opinion, and bring them to bear upon the abolition of the theological test, which was still required for the M.A.

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  • When this proposal was quietly put aside by the president, and Seward perceived in Lincoln a chief-executive in fact as well as in name, he dropped into his proper place, and as secretary of state rendered services of inestimable value to the nation.

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  • So far back as 1850 he also suggested a view which, in a modified form, is of fundamental importance in the modern theory of ionic dissociation, for, in a paper on the theory of the formation of ether, he urged that in an aggregate of molecules of any compound there is an exchange constantly going on between the elements which are contained in it; for instance, in hydrochloric acid each atom of hydrogen does not remain quietly in juxtaposition with the atom of chlorine with which it first united, but changes places with other atoms of hydrogen.

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  • Rich in years and in honours, but simple-minded and affectionate as a child, this great benefactor to his species passed quietly away near St Cloud on the 28th of September 1895.

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  • In 1340 and 1342 he was again engaged in trying to negotiate peace with the Scots, but from this time his life appears to have passed quietly in the care of his diocese and in the accumulation of a library.

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  • The shaft Crystal- carries arms and blades fixed in such a manner that the mass of sugar is quietly but thoroughly moved, while at the same time a gentle but sustained evaporation is produced by the continuous exposure of successive portions of the mass to the action of the atmosphere.

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  • The reader who is not familiar with the eccentricities of the Tubingen school will doubtless be surprised to learn that the Paul who thus quietly slips in at the close of the drama was himself all along the disguised villain of the plot, the very Simon Magus whom he comes to assist Peter in destroying (see below).

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  • On returning to the Ukraine he settled down quietly on his paternal estate, and in all probability history would never have known his name if the intolerable persecution of a neighbouring Polish squire, who stole his hayricks and flogged his infant son to death, had not converted the thrifty and acquisitive Cossack husbandman into one of the most striking and sinister figures of modern times.

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  • Yet, while these are essential merits of the book, its endearing charm lies deeper, in the sweet and kindly personality of the author, who on his rambles gathers no spoil, but watches the birds and field-mice without disturbing them from their nests, and quietly plants an acorn where he thinks an oak is wanted, or sows beech-nuts in what is now a stately row.

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  • He walked quickly, but very quietly, down the pathway into the darker woods.

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  • Then he went out again, very quietly, and slipped them all into the boy's pocket.

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  • Boris quietly left the room and went in search of Natasha.

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  • The son, lowering his eyes, followed her quietly.

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  • The old woman, lowering her eyes but casting side glances at the newcomers, had turned her cup upside down and placed a nibbled bit of sugar beside it, and sat quietly in her armchair, though hoping to be offered another cup of tea.

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  • But as soon as I drew near I saw that his face had changed and grown young, and he was quietly telling me something about the teaching of our order, but so softly that I could not hear it.

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  • She wept quietly, and felt that she was a sinner who loved her father and little nephew more than God.

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  • Dimmler began to play; Natasha went on tiptoe noiselessly to the table, took up a candle, carried it out, and returned, seating herself quietly in her former place.

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  • He looked straight before him and smiled quietly.

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  • For the most part they sat quietly in their places and were silent, or, if they walked about and talked, attached themselves to someone younger.

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  • The whole consultation passed more than quietly.

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  • Natasha quietly repeated her question, and her face and whole manner were so serious, though she was still holding the ends of her handkerchief, that the major ceased smiling and after some reflection-- as if considering in how far the thing was possible--replied in the affirmative.

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  • The officer did not decline, but took the note quietly and thanked her.

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  • He realized that it was the real living Natasha, and he was not surprised but quietly happy.

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  • After that he avoided Dessalles and the countess who caressed him and either sat alone or came timidly to Princess Mary, or to Natasha of whom he seemed even fonder than of his aunt, and clung to them quietly and shyly.

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  • They both saw that he was sinking slowly and quietly, deeper and deeper, away from them, and they both knew that this had to be so and that it was right.

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  • During the month that the French troops were pillaging in Moscow and the Russian troops were quietly encamped at Tarutino, a change had taken place in the relative strength of the two armies--both in spirit and in number--as a result of which the superiority had passed to the Russian side.

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  • And even that ruined and befouled house – which in dull weather was repulsively ugly – seemed quietly beautiful now, in the clear, motionless brilliance.

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  • His eyes, prominent from the emaciation of his face, gazed inquiringly at his comrades who were paying no attention to him, and he moaned regularly and quietly.

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  • The man who does not understand the construction of the machine cannot conceive that the small connecting cogwheel which revolves quietly is one of the most essential parts of the machine, and not the shaving which merely harms and hinders the working.

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  • It was necessary to let the French reach Shamshevo quietly without alarming them and then, after joining Dolokhov who was to come that evening to a consultation at a watchman's hut in the forest less than a mile from Shamshevo, to surprise the French at dawn, falling like an avalanche on their heads from two sides, and rout and capture them all at one blow.

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  • First he rings his bell fearlessly, but when he gets into a tight place he runs away as quietly as he can, and often thinking to escape runs straight into his opponent's arms.

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  • She made no reply, but to avoid obeying Sonya beckoned to Andrew to follow her quietly and went to the door.

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  • The sort of food that quietly putters away in the oven while you get on with life.

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  • Mr Walker challenged the quietly held belief that the pyramid builders were not black Africans.

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  • He began quietly reciting verses in Arabic, pausing occasionally to spit lightly on the boy 's head.

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  • I quietly and happily celebrate the sabbats by myself and celebrate teh Christian holidays with my family.

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  • Find a sea anemone and wait quietly before placing your fingers gently close-by.

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  • Watch carefully and quietly - many seashore creatures are hard to spot and may be scared off by splashing feet !

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  • On another note, I was seething quietly about this article this morning.

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  • Wolseley fans quietly mourned - the introduction of the Princess saw their marque finally shuffle off this mortal coil.

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  • It can quietly smolder out of sight, starting a slow, deadly fire.

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  • Are there any of God 's promises you 're in danger of quietly sniggering at?

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  • If you want to walk quietly, do not shuffle your feet.

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  • Behind the desk is a walkway which will allow you to sneak quietly around the room without confrontation.

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  • Hes quietly hidden under the cover of trees, waiting to snipe away at the enemy with maximum impact.

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  • Ruth, who is eight years old, was sobbing quietly.

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  • Cough as quietly as possible To stop a coughing fit swallow saliva and keep swallowing until you inhibit the cough.

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  • A pianist tinkling quietly in the background creates a lovely feel.

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  • Several well-known and highly respected townsmen were assaulted whilst quietly proceeding homewards.

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  • You just twist the throttle and away you go, smoothly and quietly, at speeds of up to 25mph.

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  • Hard to see or not, the fact of the matter is that an unaccountable financial elite has quietly seized power.

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  • Well, at least he quietly dropped his demonstrably untrue prior claim that tolls are a useful anti-congestion measure.

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  • However, they may very quietly vocalize the count.

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  • Pausing from their work in the waning light, farmers spoke quietly of American intentions.

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  • Quietly and with no publicity, emergency denitrifying water treatment plants have been built for the time when levels rise to alarming proportions.

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  • The only spinning that I want to see are rows of small turbines attached to people 's houses, quietly whirring away.

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  • They can be read silently, quietly to oneself, or whispered into the ear of a loved one.

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  • The poplar awoke to hear the willow singing a sad and wistful melody quietly to herself.

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  • While I am gone, please instruct the students to complete their research assignments and then read quietly.

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  • She quietly opened the door to her room and carefully closed it behind her and took a deep breath.

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  • He retrieved his hat and quietly led his horse away.

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  • Deidre had never seen him like this, as a quietly commanding figure, capable of lethal force one moment and gentle kisses the next.

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  • Though he always sounded quietly confident, the new note in his voice was one of calm self-assurance.

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  • He quietly stood and cupped her face with his hand.

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  • He came very quietly and secretly, to escape the soldiers.

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  • In fact, I quietly declare war with the State, after my fashion, though I will still make what use and get what advantage of her I can, as is usual in such cases.

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  • You do not resist cold and hunger, the winds and the waves, thus obstinately; you quietly submit to a thousand similar necessities.

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  • Let's go quietly and take her by surprise.

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  • Reading these letters, Nicholas felt a dread of their wanting to take him away from surroundings in which, protected from all the entanglements of life, he was living so calmly and quietly.

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  • They were quietly dropping melted wax into snow and looking at the shadows the wax figures would throw on the wall, when they heard the steps and voices of new arrivals in the vestibule.

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  • And we were sitting so quietly.

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  • With her, he said, he could not have a moment's peace and could not die quietly.

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  • She tried to slip by quietly, but he glanced up as she passed.

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  • They all glanced up expectantly as the doctor strode toward them and quietly gave them the bad news.

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  • Then he exited the room as quietly as possible, leaving the door open so they would hear if she woke in the night.

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  • Neither spoke to her, only stood quietly while their warriors remained in the hallway behind them.

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  • On those special nights I nervously leave the back door unlatched, and quietly steal to my bed.

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  • Cynthia began to quietly cry out of sheer frustration while Gladys Turnbull snored loudly.

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  • She quietly said, "I'm sorry, I wanted to get through the next full moon before telling you."

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  • The man with the star stood for a time quietly thinking over this speech.

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  • Boris on the contrary at once found his footing, and related quietly and humorously how he had known that doll Mimi when she was still quite a young lady, before her nose was broken; how she had aged during the five years he had known her, and how her head had cracked right across the skull.

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  • He watched quietly, and soon saw a large fox coming towards him.

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  • She devoted herself to her dolls the first evening, and when it was bedtime she undressed very quietly, but when she felt me get into bed with her, she jumped out on the other side, and nothing that I could do would induce her to get in again.

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  • The one thing he now desired with his whole soul was to get away quickly from the terrible sensations amid which he had lived that day and return to ordinary conditions of life and sleep quietly in a room in his own bed.

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