Peaceful

Examples

• Towards sunset that evening I stood again on the well-remembered terrace, and looked once more at the peaceful old country house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• But Amelia has never forgiven that Smith to this day, though he is now a peaceful apothecary near Leicester Square. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The streets were yet quiet, and the boulevards were fresh and peaceful as fields. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Black suspicion hides in that peaceful region. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Sissy, though well acquainted with his Royal line, had no personal knowledge of the present Emperor, and his reign was peaceful. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Three more birthdays of little Lucie had been woven by the golden thread into the peaceful tissue of the life of her home. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I want to feel more, what a blessed thing it is to be the wife of a good man, and to lead a peaceful life. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And, at all events, I have erected one thoroughly happy, peaceful spot,—a modern Eden,—and that is no easy thing to do in this riotous century. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• France put herself absolutely in Bonaparte's hands, and prepared to be peaceful, happy, and glorious. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And does the churchyard look peaceful? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She was busy, the end of the day was here, the work went on as a peaceful tide that is at flood, hushed to retire. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• It was as in the old nursery-story, when the stick forgot to beat the dog, and the whole course of events underwent a peaceful and happy revolution. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Hitherto you have led a quiet and peaceful life, but if we do have an island war, I don't think you will be the last to help me defend my kingdom. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Among birds, the contest is often of a more peaceful character. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• His impulse was to return to her side, to fall on his knees, and rest his throbbing head against the peaceful cheek on the pillow. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I was formed for peaceful happiness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• In the class-room the last lesson was in progress, peaceful and still. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• So peaceful was her end that it was hours before Clayton could awake to a realization that his wife was dead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• How vividly that peaceful home-picture of the drawing-room comes back to me while I write! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• We were unprepared for battle, she continued, as we were on a peaceful mission, as our banners and the colors of our craft denoted. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Remain with me till then; wait till you see the cross on St. Sophia; and then return to your peaceful glades. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I was standing, rapt in the peaceful beauty of the scene, when I was aware that something was moving under the shadow of the copper beeches. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The Kislar Aga has become a peaceful black slave. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• If not, he begs permission to remain in his retirement, surrounded by the peaceful horticultural attractions of a country life. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• For more than twenty years we have led peaceful and useful lives, and we hoped that our past was forever buried. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The memories which peaceful country scenes call up, are not of this world, nor of its thoughts and hopes. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• He went through this peaceful land with one hand forever on his revolver, and the other on his pocket-handkerchief. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The picture I present to you is peaceful and human, and you must feel that you could deny it only in the wantonness of power and cruelty. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Where are the digger and the spade, this peaceful night, destined to add the last great secret to the many secrets of the Tulkinghorn existence? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

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