even tenor
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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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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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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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A dramatic lapse, perhaps, but an exultant climax to the even tenor of sadness that pervades the book.
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All the same, the rehearsals of "Faust" were not fated to pursue "the even tenor of their way" without many checks and difficulties.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Gounod, Charles
