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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A dramatic lapse, perhaps, but an exultant climax to the even tenor of sadness that pervades the book.
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Walter George enjoys his role as the most powerful member of the 84th, and he has been able to maintain the even tenor of his ways.
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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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The evangelist should pursue the even tenor of his way, regardless of all such narrowness and meddling.
From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by C. (Charles) H. (Henry) Mackintosh
