Though the earth was cold and wet, the sky was clear, and the sun rose bright, placid, and beautiful.

If a pebble is thrown into a quiet pool, it creates ripples or waves which spread outward in all directions, but which soon die out, leaving the pool again placid and undisturbed.

There was eternal spring, and placid zephyrs with warm Blasts soothed the flowers born without seed.''

Next day he appeared on deck and again found Stephen faithfully standing up the middle of the river, fighting the whole vast force of the Mississippi, and whistling the same placid tune.

Opposite to the tall old chimney-piece were two portraits: one of a gentleman with grey hair (though not by any means an old man) and black eyebrows, who was looking over some papers tied together with red tape; the other, of a lady, with a very placid and sweet expression of face, who was looking at me.

On her face, I saw immediately the placid and sweet expression of the lady whose picture had looked at me downstairs.

I see her, with her modest, orderly, placid manner, and I hear her beautiful calm voice, as I write these words.

Here she left off, to kiss her fan again, and shake it at the Doctor, who was looking at us in a state of placid satisfaction.

I felt then, more than ever, that she was my better Angel; and if I thought of her sweet face and placid smile, as though they had shone on me from some removed being, like an Angel, I hope I thought no harm.

I am sure there was an influence in the placid face of Agnes, and in the very touch of her hand upon his arm, that did wonders for him.

In her placid sisterly manner; with her beaming eyes; with her tender voice; and with that sweet composure, which had long ago made the house that held her quite a sacred place to me; she soon won me from this weakness, and led me on to tell all that had happened since our last meeting.

As this change stole on Annie, once like sunshine in the Doctor's house, the Doctor became older in appearance, and more grave; but the sweetness of his temper, the placid kindness of his manner, and his benevolent solicitude for her, if they were capable of any increase, were increased.

Her pride could still its very pulses, it appeared, and draw the placid veil before her face, through which she sat looking straight before her on the far distance.

He did not actually stagger under the negus; but I should think his placid little pulse must have made two or three more beats in a minute, than it had done since the great night of my aunt's disappointment, when she struck at him with her bonnet.

For that strange spectacle observable in all sperm whales dying--the turning sunwards of the head, and so expiring--that strange spectacle, beheld of such a placid evening, somehow to Ahab conveyed a wondrousness unknown before.

"No more placid waters for bathers - the mechanism behind the netting keeps everything moving."

However, during the 2012 championships in Lake Placid she won her first World Championship gold medal with Jennifer Ciochetti as her brakeman.

The mind, which had previously been active and inquisitive, assumed a gentle, placid indifference, corresponding to the muscular languor, but the intellect was unimpaired ...

- Melodic.net 26 / "Traces of Nick Drake burst through as the album's placid poignancy intensifies with each running track.

One location is in Lake Placid, Florida, about south of the hospital building.

The' Miracle on Ice' team that defeated the Soviet Union and won the gold medal during the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, featured four Boston University players including Olympic team captain Mike Eruzione.

Bolton won the 2002 Ironman Triathlon at Lake Placid.

Alexander Hurd (July 21, 1910 – May 28, 1982) is a Canadian former speed skater and Olympic medalist. He received a silver medal and a bronze medal at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York Alikin won a gold medal with the USSR relay team and he also won a silver medal in the sprint event.

Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of fourth in the men's doubles event at Lake Placid, New York in 1980.

Walter also had a cameo appearance in the movie Miracle, playing the referee in the game between the USA and USSR in Lake Placid and was hired by Disney to be a hockey expert for the movie.

Mary is characterized as a nag whereas the character of the writer is presented as "placid, mature, and loving", immersing himself in native culture.

He won a silver medal in the four-man event at the 1983 FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.

Charles Jewtraw from Lake Placid, New York, won the first Olympic gold medal, though several Norwegians in attendance claimed Oskar Olsen had clocked a better time.

They resided and trained as professionals in Lake Placid, New York, before relocating to Richmond, Virginia, in 1997 to train and coach there.

At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, Busche finished seventh in the four-man event and eighth in the two-man event.

At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, he finished 12th and last in the two-man event.

In 2004, a compilation of the band's best tracks was released under the title "Am Byth" ("Forever") on the Placid Casual label.

He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid and finished seventh in the two-man event at those same games.

He played for the Poland men's national ice hockey team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid.

At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, he finished fifth in the four-man event and eighth in the two-man event.

Later that year it was sold to David de Camp who planned to use it in the area of Lake Placid, New York, but these plans were not met.

The Boston Garden in Boston hosted the tournament every year from 1967 through 1992 and was succeeded by the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York from 1993 to 2002 and again in 2014.

The small reservoir is commonly called Lake Seguin or Lake Starcke, in the style of other nearby reservoirs on the Guadalupe River; Lake Dunlap, Lake McQueeney, and Lake Placid.

A total of 39 figure skaters (18 men and 21 ladies) from 13 nations (men from ten nations and ladies from nine nations) competed at the Lake Placid Games:

The voyage began with mild wind and placid conditions.

Four years later, at the 1932 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid, New York, Czech was 7th in the Nordic combined, 12th in ski jumping and 18th in the 18 km cross-country event.

In contrast to Mizanin's usually placid demeanor, The Miz was angry, combative, and headstrong.

Switzerland remains their winter home while their summer home and training center is Lake Placid, New York.

The Lake Placid Funnel wolf spider (Sosippus placidus) is a species of spider in the Lycosidae family.

Gerhard von Hessert finished seventh and last in the four-man event at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

On a green or crumbling wicket providing movement he could simply blast his way through the batting, and produced bounce and pace even off the placid Northamptonshire wickets.