taciturnity

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Taciturnity was a striking feature in DeQuincey's character, and was, no doubt, owing to intense mental action.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 4, April, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

"Taciturnity Stirling in his great circus feat of riding a whole ward at once," said Watts.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

My Love of Solitude, Taciturnity, and particular way of Life, having raised a great Curiosity in all these Parts.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

Taciturnity and self-engrossment, you may remark, are not the prominent characteristics of the favorites of society.

From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Lunettes, Henry

B. Not for a fashionable novel.—"There he stood, like Taciturnity bowing at the feet of proud Authority."

From Olla Podrida by Marryat, Frederick