even tenor
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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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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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The judge in the Ward case himself echoed the widespread view that Ward was an exception, and that "the even tenor of the British family goes on quietly."
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A dramatic lapse, perhaps, but an exultant climax to the even tenor of sadness that pervades the book.
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Our object, however, is to speak of each man truthfully and impartially—to let neither colour "the even tenor of our way."
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
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