Both Uses of
tumult
in
Mansfield Park
- She had not long to endure what arose from listening to language which his actions contradicted, or to bury the tumult of her feelings under the restraint of society; for general civilities soon called his notice from her, and the farewell visit, as it then became openly acknowledged, was a very short one.
Chpt 20tumult = turmoil (great disturbance)
- If tenderness could be ever supposed wanting, good sense and good breeding supplied its place; and as to the little irritations sometimes introduced by aunt Norris, they were short, they were trifling, they were as a drop of water to the ocean, compared with the ceaseless tumult of her present abode.
Chpt 39 *tumult = disorderly situation
Definition:
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(tumult as in: tumult in financial markets) confusion or disorder -- often noisy