consuetude

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I remember myself so to have done, and that is my common consuetude when anything pierceth or toucheth my heart.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

For the present he swept the skies leisurely, feasting on the infinite wonders which no consuetude could render commonplace.

From The Mayor of Warwick by Hopkins, Herbert M. (Herbert Müller)

I remember myself to have so done, and that is my common consuetude when anything pierceth or toucheth my heart.

From John Knox by Innes, A. Taylor

"Yet bethink thee, reverend father," said Mont-Fitchet, "the stain hath become engrained by time and consuetude; let thy reformation be cautious, as it is just and wise."

From Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, Sir