Quietness

(noun.) the property of making no sound.

校对:朗达

• No, dear friend, in the interests of peace and quietness, positively No! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Or iver you set up the pole o' your tent amang us, Mr. Moore, we lived i' peace and quietness--yea, I may say, in all loving-kindness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I think he values the very quietness you speak of, and that the repose of his own family circle is all he wants. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She takes it with extraordinary quietness! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He had it, and he knew it; and the security of this gave a fine grand quietness to his voice and ways, which Margaret had missed before. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• On the other hand, in such a miserable world as this, was it possible to over-estimate the value of peace and quietness? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Unwonted silence reigned in the house, the members spoke in whispers, and the ordinary business was transacted with celerity and quietness. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• We now enjoyed something like quietness during the remainder of our stay in London. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• About, and, but that he had fallen on evil times of peace and quietness, would doubtless have risen to high rank in his adored profession. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Hoo's a deal too much set on peace and quietness at any price. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Quietness is everything in these inflammatory fevers, you know, my sweet. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Cheerfulness and alertness seemed to return to him, and a quietness which no insult or injury could ruffle seemed to possess him. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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