He noted in her figure-in its solidity, its Settledness-the signs of age the beauty doctors were still almost successful in keeping out of that masklike face which was their creation rather than nature's; he noted the rough-looking red of that hair whose thinness was not altogether concealed despite the elaborate care with which it was arranged to give the impression of careless abundance.
"The Second Generation"
David Graham Phillips
He says: "Notwithstanding that it had been quite impossible to drive them into a little conscious Settledness of memory, I finally reckoned on a miracle to be wrought by my own acquired dexterity as conductor."
"Shakespeare and Music"
Christopher Wilson
Fifteen is the minimum age at which any are admitted, even for the preparatory classes; but no girl of fifteen has the poise, the Settledness of nerve and muscle and brain to enable her to bear uninjured the immense strain that the mere living in such a great family necessitates.
"The Education of American Girls"
Anna Callender Brackett