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1. She was tall and self-possessed, her movements confident and economic
2. The Buddhist should at all times be 'mindful and self-possessed', refraining from mental and emotional attachment to 'the passing show'
3. The priest was as calm and self-possessed as ever, picking his way between rows of dead men and horses
4. He posed another question to the self-possessed girl
5. contemplation, self-possessed, and dwelling in his Soul is dear to him
6. Len marches down into the kitchen only when it is time to eat, consumes quickly, and, finished with his self-possessed narration, he leaves the table to reunite with his TV, iphone, and computer
7. In a husky voice he withdrew the juror, and Carton, in the same cold, self-possessed manner resumed his former position, not even a trace of a smile on his features
8. All we need to do is stop being self-possessed and be open to questions that others have for you
9. How near to her heart the echoes of her child's tread came, and those of her own dear father's, always active and self-possessed, and those of her dear husband's, need not be told
10. How she did it, she never knew, but for the next few minutes she worked as if possessed, blindly obeying Laurie, who was quite self-possessed, and lying flat, held Amy up by his arm and hockey stick till Jo dragged a rail from the fence, and together they got the child out, more frightened than hurt
11. She had an instinctive sense of what was pleasing and proper, always said the right thing to the right person, did just what suited the time and place, and was so self-possessed that her sisters used to say, "If Amy went to court without any rehearsal beforehand, she'd know exactly what to do
12. A doctor of medicine, fifty years of age, enjoying a good position and self-possessed, Charles's colleague did not refrain from laughing disdainfully when he had uncovered the leg, mortified to the knee
13. She seemed much older than I, of course, being a girl, and beautiful and self-possessed; and she was as scornful of me as if she had been one-and-twenty, and a queen
14. Her graceful figure and her beautiful face expressed a self-possessed indifference to the wild heat of the other, that was almost cruel
15. Jaggers came to in his manner—he was too self-possessed to change his manner, but he could not help its being brought to an indefinably attentive stop—assured me that he did not know who her father was
16. "Until that time," continued the young girl in a calm and self-possessed tone of voice, "we will conform to circumstances, and be guided by the wishes of our friends, so long as those wishes do not tend finally to separate us; in a word, and I repeat it, because it expresses all I wish to convey,—we will wait
17. It was violent and self-possessed, ice-cold and raging, its might clear evidence of the heavy snows higher up the mountains
18. But now that he actually saw him at his side, disregarding the storm and the mud, self-possessed as he led his patrol, no more than four strong, into the thick of a pack of desperate runaways, he could feel only what a pity it was that the two of them should be enemies and how much he would have liked to have taken Campion with him out of Efrafa
19. What had become of his always self-possessed resolute manner, and the carelessly serene expression of his face? Now every time he turned to her, he bent his head, as though he would have fallen at her feet, and in his eyes there was nothing but humble submission and dread
20. ’ And he pictured to himself Vronsky, happy, good-natured, clever, and self-possessed, certainly never placed in the awful position in which he had been that evening
21. If he had indeed on previous occasions struck and impressed people who did not know him by his air of unhesitating composure, he seemed now more haughty and self-possessed than ever
22. Gould bent forward, self-possessed, and declared her conviction that still more glory awaited the general in the near future
23. He was self-possessed now and could speak, and he had a great deal he wanted to tell her
24. In the little group nearest to the bride were her two sisters: Dolly, and the other one, the self-possessed beauty, Madame Lvova, who had just arrived from abroad
25. The doctor, observant and self-possessed, muttered, "He is very capable of that
26. She was self-possessed
27. Her vivid eyes seemed confident and self-possessed, when perhaps they were simply wary of her new surroundings
28. It was a strange reversal of attitudes: Fred's blond face and blue eyes, usually bright and careless, ready to give attention to anything that held out a promise of amusement, looking involuntarily grave and almost embarrassed as if by the sight of something unfitting; while Lydgate, who had habitually an air of self-possessed strength, and a certain meditativeness that seemed to lie behind his most observant
29. Her face is white and placid and calm; her voice gentle and self-possessed; her manners are simple
30. I was thinking about Nicole Worley, the self-possessed young woman who worked for the good of animals and lectured to tourists about the history of the Ellsworth compound
31. However, for every "mad money" clown, there are 10 serious, principled, self-possessed traders grunting out a solid living for themselves and their families with great integrity and generosity of spirit
32. Her uncovered face shone like alabaster, her lanceolate eyes had a life of their own under the enormous chandeliers of the central nave, and as she walked she was so erect, so haughty, so self-possessed, that she seemed no older than her son
33. They say that men who have seen the world, thereby become quite at ease in manner, quite self-possessed in company
34. " And he pictured to himself Vronsky, happy, good-natured, clever, and self-possessed, certainly never placed in the awful position in which he had been that evening
35. Instead of a poor, insulted girl, weeping in a sort of “laceration,” he saw a woman completely self-possessed and even exceedingly pleased, as though something agreeable had just happened
36. He was taciturn, however, seemed very self-possessed and made no efforts to gain friends
37. He was still keeping up his courage and sat on his chair in the first row in his usual self-possessed pose, one leg carelessly thrown over the other, and playing with his pince-nez
38. " Suddenly his lips quivered, his eyes gleamed, and his voice, which up to that moment had been self-possessed, reached its highest diapason
39. He looked very young, and yet so sedate and self-possessed and scornful that he might have known the emptiness of the world a hundred years
40. And here stood Blanche, vital, vigorous, self-possessed, groomed for a function