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There was no sinister note in the loneliness such as he had experienced in the vast spaces of the African veldt, but a reposefulness, a quiet rest which appealed to him.

From Antony Gray,—Gardener by Moore, Leslie

"My cows like me—and there's great comfort after the stress of a stormy session in the reposefulness of a pig."

From The Gay Cockade by Bailey, Temple

I felt myself going off, you know, just as usual—the mistiness, the reposefulness, the last moment when one would rebel if one could—but one can't; that was all ordinary.

From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Gibbon, Perceval

Mrs. Gerald Lace was silent and reposeful, with the inevitable silent reposefulness of a woman with a fourteen-inch waist.

From Poppy The Story of a South African Girl by Stockley, Cynthia

Such reposefulness of manner, such smoothness and facility in execution, such perfect balance of tone and refinement of expression can be found only in one richly endowed with deep musical feeling and ripe artistic intelligence.

From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward