1 Then the god staid his stream and stilled the waves, making all calm before him, and bringing him safely into the mouth of the river.
2 Earth-encircling Neptune came, and Mercury the bringer of luck, and King Apollo, but the goddesses staid at home all of them for shame.
3 They, thinking no evil, followed her, all except Eurylochus, who suspected mischief and staid outside.
4 The others did not suspect any mischief so they followed her into the house, but I staid where I was, for I thought there might be some treachery.
5 Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach.
6 There she sat, staid and taciturn-looking, as usual, in her brown stuff gown, her check apron, white handkerchief, and cap.
7 This was my bed all the time I staid with those people, though made more convenient by degrees, as I began to learn their language and make my wants known.
8 For the queen, whom I always attended, never went farther when she accompanied the king in his progresses, and there staid till his majesty returned from viewing his frontiers.
9 We staid there three weeks to refresh our crew, many of whom were sick.
10 I staid three months in this country, out of perfect obedience to his majesty; who was pleased highly to favour me, and made me very honourable offers.
11 We sailed with a fair wind to the Cape of Good Hope, where we staid only to take in fresh water.
12 A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires. 13 Such an unwonted bustle was he in that the staid Starbuck, his official superior, quietly resigned to him for the time the sole management of affairs.
14 The staid, sober, thinking and industrious ones of our number would employ themselves in making corn-brooms, mats, horse-collars, and baskets; and another class of us would spend the time in hunting opossums, hares, and coons.
15 I staid at the camp meeting one day longer than I intended when I left.