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After a minute's pause, while he stood painfully silent, she resumed in great emotion.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERHere began indeed, in the drab surroundings of the workshop, in the silent mystery of the laboratory, the magic of the new age.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThe lovers got up, with only a silent protest, and walked slowly away somewhere else.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINNo; there I stood, half-astonished, half-abashed while the Marquise continued on her knees and made her silent orisons.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSHe was rather silent, they observed; but the young clergyman, who made the fourth at the table, was voluble by nature.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODThe others stood silent till they heard the outer door of the apartment close behind him.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESNever had Tom seen his gay and careless cousin in such guise: he was restless, silent, intense and inarticulate.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODHe is very silent—he sometimes sits for ten minutes without speaking; I assure you it is n't amusing.
CONFIDENCEHENRY JAMESShe had been silent while he was so deeply engrossed in thought, and upon hearing her voice he started abruptly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXShe was curious, and the more he was silent on such topics, the more anxious she became to know the secret that he held.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX