even tenor
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And pleasantly surprised, because the briefer format is better adapted to carry the even tenor of sad beauty that pervades all of Mann's writings, and is unbearably sustained in his long novels.
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He would deny its very existence, or that of any other emotion that might upset the even tenor of his days.
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Michael Bartlett, whose even tenor was a mainstay of Princeton Triangle shows 13 years back, sings with as much grace and gusto as pretty Kitty Carlisle.
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One of the reasons that this whole episode sort of disturbed the even tenor of my ways was that I thought: 'Well, now.
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From that time on he felt that he would be satisfied to pursue the even tenor of his way, and not allow vaulting ambition to draw him into fresh fields of adventure after big game.
From Rocky Mountain Boys Camping in the Big Game Country by Rathborne, St. George
