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While he "chewed the cud" in this ruminating state, his illustrious host remarked his very unusual quiescency, and interrupted it by inquiring the subject of his meditation.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 276, October 6, 1827 by Various

But it was not to remain in its quiescency; its trials were not yet over.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage