Contenting

Contenting himself with slipping a hand under the stable and stroking Sophia's thigh, he said:

Asimov's Science Fiction 2005

Contenting ourselves in outward order and freedom from scandal; which was the judgment-procuring sin of Sardis, and will prove ruinous to the best churches in the world.

The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

Contenting himself with a small shrine of the Beatus and a casual trickle of pilgrims, Brother Francis drowsed.

A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959

Contenting himself with this explanation, Uncle Nathan sought the boiler deck again, to obtain the only possible oblivion for his uneasiness in the society of mongrel gentlemen and monstrous mosquitos.

Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue Warren T. Ashton

Contenting himself with this, he lifted his hat and strolled down the street, followed by the shrewd, smiling eyes of the landlady.

High Noon A New Sequel to 'Three Weeks' by Elinor Glyn Anonymous

Contenting themselves, therefore, with this slight demonstration of zeal, they returned to the Conference-room.

The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times John Turvill Adams

Contenting myself with the certainty that Music, in its various modes of metre, rhythm, and rhyme, is of so vast a moment in Poetry as never to be wisely rejected -- is so vitally important an adjunct, that he is simply silly who declines its assistance -- I will not now pause to maintain its absolute essentiality.

Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various

Contenting themselves with a bare supply of the wants of nature, they sank into such a state of indolence, that many of their slaves had no other employment than to swing them in their hammocks the livelong day.

The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

Contenting himself with working day and night without respite, and often without food, until, by unremitting but quiet toil, the wants of all are relieved.

Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865 George T. Stevens

Contenting himself with the coldest of brief outlines, Bud Lee told

Judith of Blue Lake Ranch Jackson Gregory 1912