self-possession
Example Sentences
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Self-possession brooks no invasion or possession of personality by another.
From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Wise, Stephen
Self-possession is the tenth, and that thou hast more than the other nine.'
From Lorna Doone; a Romance of Exmoor by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
Self-possession is the first requisite to good manners; and, where it is wanting, there is generally a reason for it, in some wrong feeling or appreciation of things.
From The Ladies' Vase Polite Manual for Young Ladies by Lady, An American
Self-possession, the lifetime habit of the lawyer and judge, kept his countenance impassive.
From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill
Self-possession in his speech he almost had; but the blood in his cheeks and forehead was beyond his control.
From Lady Baltimore by Wister, Owen
