She made no inquiries as to Felipe's plans. Unquestioningly, like a little child, she resigned herself into his hands. A power greater than hers was ordering her way; Felipe was its instrument. No other voice spoke to guide her. The same old simplicity of acceptance which had characterized her daily life in her girlhood, and kept her serene and sunny then,-- serene under trials, sunny in her routine of little duties,-- had kept her serene through all the afflictions, and calm, if not sunny, under all the burdens of her later life; and it did not desert her even now,英文原著 · 《Ramona》
"Mais monsieur, je dois donc vous avertir tout bonnement que si vous entrez dans la ville, vous serez - enfin vous serez COMPROMIS!" *英文原著 · 《Eothen》
'I?' he said sadly. 'I have no responsibilties. I am a nobody - a Serene Highness who has to pretend to be very important, always taking immense care never to do anything that a Serene Highness ought not to do.英文原著 · 《The Grand Babylon Hotel》
You must guess again! The Canyon is not lazy. It is merely a gigantic natural representation of yourself. You are the embodiment of energy of body, mind and soul; yet you are never seen hurried or disturbed. You have the serenity of genius. So with the Canyon. It has done and is doing great things. It has been a persistent worker during the millions of years of its existence, but it has the calm serenity of consciousness of strength.英文原著 · 《The Grand Canyon of Arizona》
The first impression thence given was of stars sailing serene and unaffected, remote from the turbulence of what until this instant had seemed to fill the universe. They were as always, just as we should see them when the evening was warm and the tree-toads chirped clearly audible at half a mile. The importance of the tempest shrank. Then below them next we noticed the mountains; they too were serene and calm.英文原著 · 《The Mountains》