quietus

• But the foolish dreams were not so easily to be given their quietus, especially when he discovered that Lotte was only half in love with Winkelmann after all. —  The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller
• Some in utter famine, like Otway; some in dark insanity, like Cowper and Collins; some, like Chatterton, have sought out a more stern quietus, and turning their indignant steps away from a world which refused them welcome, have taken refuge in that strong Fortress, where poverty and cold neglect, and the thousand natural shocks which flesh is heir to, could not reach them any more. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life of Friedrich Schiller, by Thomas Carlyle
• The quietus is quality but I don't read it to much as I already know about the stuff I want to by the time they write about it. —  Drowned In Sound // Feed
• The idea of the open Polar Sea then received its "quietus," for nothing but ice is there The Queen commanded the Admiralty to thank Captain Nares and the officers and men under his command, and Captain Nares was knighted. —  Notable Voyagers From Columbus to Nordenskiold
• If ever gun-bullet gave a man his quietus, mine did him. —  The Death Shot A Story Retold

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