Instead of quietening down, when the mare found she could bluff the lad she pranced about more than ever, and Vaughan saw that, unless he could surprise the animal for a moment, he would have no chance of mounting.
"In the Musgrave Ranges"
Jim Bushman
They have not learnt the art of quietening the soul in face of an inexorable command.
"The Adventure of Living"
John St. Loe Strachey