All 15 Uses of
tranquil
in
David Copperfield
- Although her face was quite bright and happy, there was a tranquillity about it, and about her — a quiet, good, calm spirit — that I never have forgotten; that I shall never forget.†
Chpt 13-15
- But I know that when I saw her turn round, in the grave light of the old staircase, and wait for us, above, I thought of that window; and I associated something of its tranquil brightness with Agnes Wickfield ever afterwards.†
Chpt 13-15
- But, half-way there, I met the London coach with Mr. and Mrs. Micawber up behind; Mr. Micawber, the very picture of tranquil enjoyment, smiling at Mrs. Micawber's conversation, eating walnuts out of a paper bag, with a bottle sticking out of his breast pocket.†
Chpt 16-18
- It was as if the tranquil sanctuary of my boyhood had been sacked before my face, and its peace and honour given to the winds.†
Chpt 19-21 *
- The respectable creature, satisfied with his lot whatever it was, arranged our portmanteaux on the little carriage that was to take us into London, as if they were intended to defy the shocks of ages, and received my modestly proffered donation with perfect tranquillity.†
Chpt 19-21
- There was a serenity, a tranquillity, a calm sunset air about him, which quite affected me.†
Chpt 37-39
- Although it required an effort to leave Miss Mills, I fell rather willingly into my aunt's pretence, as a means of enabling me to pass a few tranquil hours with Agnes.†
Chpt 37-39
- I persuaded myself that, unequal though we were in years, she would live tranquilly and contentedly with me.†
Chpt 40-42
- Knowing that this state must pass, before we could speak to her with any hope, I ventured to restrain him when he would have raised her, and we stood by in silence until she became more tranquil.†
Chpt 46-48
- Among other havens of domestic tranquillity and peace of mind, my feet will naturally tend towards the King's Bench Prison.†
Chpt 49-51
- Early in the morning, I sauntered through the dear old tranquil streets, and again mingled with the shadows of the venerable gateways and churches.†
Chpt 52-54
- In the course of my descent to it, by the winding track along the mountain-side, from which I saw it shining far below, I think some long-unwonted sense of beauty and tranquillity, some softening influence awakened by its peace, moved faintly in my breast.†
Chpt 58-60
- With her own sweet tranquillity, she calmed my agitation; led me back to the time of our parting; spoke to me of Emily, whom she had visited, in secret, many times; spoke to me tenderly of Dora's grave.†
Chpt 58-60
- The tranquillity and peace belonging, of old, to that quiet ground in my memory, pervaded it again.†
Chpt 58-60
- The early stars began to shine while we were lingering on, and looking up to them, we thanked our GOD for having guided us to this tranquillity.†
Chpt 61-62
Definition:
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(tranquil) calm and undisturbed