... His placid readings before the fire were now subject to daily interruptions...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
...Oh, hours of placid reading near the studio chimney, listening to the rain beating against the pane! ...
Vicente Blasco Ibanez Charlotte Brewster Jordan 「The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse」
... “Curse the fool who did the mischief,” was the placid response...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
... To the leftof the window a placid mill-pond spread its wide expanse, and to theright the creek disappeared under a canopy of overhanging trees...
Charles W. Chesnutt 「The House Behind the Cedars」
...When judging, I have frequently found some of the exhibits of anythingbut a mild and placid disposition...
Harrison Weir 「Our Cats and All About Them」
...In babyish rage at the dog's placid presence in hispath, he drew back one ungainly foot and kicked the astonished colliein the ribs...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Further Adventures of Lad」
...Ah Sing's bland and placid face remained expressionlessas a carved god's...
John Charles Beecham 「The Argus Pheasant」
...They passed therest of the day in placid immobility on the cross-bars of the window...
J. H. Fabre Bernard Miall 「Social Life in the Insect World」
...They saw spectral illusions of broad lakes, with trees mirrored upon their placid surface...
Mayne Reid 「The Giraffe Hunters」
...Still calling, calling, calling, she floatedthrough the shadows, and out into the moonlightshimmering on the placid water belowthe gorge; but she sought and called in vain...
Alfred W. Rees 「Creatures of the Night」
...The Cow, on the other hand, displays a gentleand docile disposition, is placid, mild, and obedient to thewill of those who govern it...
Various 「Natural History in Anecdote」
...The history ofthe art of Florence never can be, as that ofVenice, the study of a placid development...
Bernhard Berenson 「The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance」
...The colouringand general tone of his pictures accord with the idea of the passion;nothing is turgid or bold; all is modesty, repose, and placid harmony...
Luigi Antonio Lanzi Thomas Roscoe 「The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6)」
...They belong to the landscape as naturally as the trees andflowers; they partake of its tranquil, placid happiness...
Estelle M. Hurll 「The Madonna in Art」
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