Quiett

Manchin's appointee -- and he and his team are keeping the timing and identity of the pick very quiett at the moment -- will join five other sitting Senate appointees. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He lies quiett just now, and says Saddhu-disguise suits him to the ground. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Sumtimes I am pain'd to believe this quiett life is not well suted to herr disposishun, having bin acustumed to so much livlinesse and nois. ❋ Unknown (1875)

"The latest despaches from that city report Sheecargo all quiett, thanks to the forethort of the Mayor, in swarein in a large number of extra perlice, for service durin the sittin of the Youmorists Conven-shun, and the grate precaushuns taken by Common Counsil to see that no lickher was sold to delergates!" ❋ Metta Victoria Fuller Victor (1858)

After dispatching one of the Company bouldly into the village, being thirsty after eating, for heere we had no water, [which] brings us [so] that we are all very quiett. ❋ Pierre Esprit Radisson (1673)

Late home and to bed, glad to be at a little quiett. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

So home to bed, with my heart at great rest and quiett, saving that the consideration of the victory is too great for me presently to comprehend. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

It being a fast day, all people were at church and the office quiett; so I did much business, and at noon adventured to my old lodging, and there eat, but am not yet well satisfied, not seeing of Christopher, though they say he is abroad. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

Generall Browne was fain to come and stay there, to keep the peace; and drums, all up and down the city, was beat to raise the trained bands, for to quiett the towne, and by and by, going out with my uncle and aunt ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

Duke's words to my Lord Sandwich concerning me, which he took well; and do tell me so freely his love and value of me, that my mind is now in as great a state of quiett as to my interest in the office, as I could ever wish to be. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

So home and to bed with quiett mind, blessed be God, but afeard of my candle's going out, which makes me write thus slubberingly. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

Mr. Povy's, who hath been with the Duke of Yorke, and, by the mediation of Mr. Coventry, the Duke told him that the business shall go on, and he will take off Brunkerd, and my Lord FitzHarding is quiett too. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

In Scotland, it seems, for all the newes-books tell us every week that they are all so quiett, and everything in the Church settled, the old woman had like to have killed, the other day, the Bishop of Galloway, and not half the Churches of the whole kingdom conform. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

My differences with my uncle Thomas at a good quiett, blessed be ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

It being a fast day, all people were at church and the office quiett; so I did much business, and at noon adventured to my old lodging, and there eat, but am not yet well satisfied, not seeing of ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

After dinner my wife and I to my Lady batten's, it being the first time my wife hath been there, I think, these two years, but I had a mind in part to take away the strangenesse, and so we did, and all very quiett and kind. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

Things are all quiett, but the King poor, and no hopes almost of his being otherwise, by which things will go to rack, especially in the Navy. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

Cocke to him for the late prize goods, wherein Sir Roger is troubled that he hath not payment as agreed, and the other, that he must pay without being secured in the quiett possession of them, but some accommodation to both, I think, will be found. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)

My present posture is thus: my wife in the country and my mayde Besse with her and all quiett there. ❋ Samuel Pepys (1668)