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1 Lily's quick temper was getting the better of her fears.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
2 Gerty sparkled too; or at least shone with a tempered radiance.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
3 I was sure I shouldn't get any thanks for it, she returned with a flare of temper.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
4 Mrs. Dorset was pale with temper, and her antagonist felt a certain pleasure in prolonging her distress.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
5 If we're all the raw stuff of the cosmic effects, one would rather be the fire that tempers a sword than the fish that dyes a purple cloak.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
6 A deeper stillness possessed the air, and the glitter of the American autumn was tempered by a haze which diffused the brightness without dulling it.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 6
7 It certainly appeared, as he said, that Mrs. Dorset was the more active participant in the scene: her neighbour seemed to receive her advances with a temperate zest which did not distract him from his dinner.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 1: Chapter 5
8 Though the blind was down, the irresistible sunlight poured a tempered golden flood into the room, and in its light Selden saw a narrow bed along the wall, and on the bed, with motionless hands and calm unrecognizing face, the semblance of Lily Bart.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 14
9 Still, Dorset's spasmodic temper, and his wife's reckless disregard of appearances, gave the situation a peculiar insecurity; and it was less from the sense of any special relation to the case than from a purely professional zeal, that Selden resolved to guide the pair to safety.
House of MirthBy Edith Wharton ContextHighlight In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
10 Down the lantern-hung Promenade, snatches of band-music floated above the hum of the crowd and the soft tossing of boughs in dusky gardens; and between these gardens and the backs of the stands there flowed a stream of people in whom the vociferous carnival mood seemed tempered by the growing languor of the season.
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