even tenor

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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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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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A dramatic lapse, perhaps, but an exultant climax to the even tenor of sadness that pervades the book.

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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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In the intervals of needed rest between the long, exhausting hunting tramps, they kept on the even tenor of their way.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.