stolidity

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Stolidity is, perhaps, his besetting sin; yet it is the sign of a slow, not a dull, intellect; an intellect, like his heart, which never let slip what it had once taken to itself.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

The region between Aggressiveness, Repose, and Force is marked Stolidity, as that is the effect of its predominance.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, November 1887 Volume 1, Number 10 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Often, in far less agitating scenes, had our still Friend shrunk forcibly together; and shrouded-up his tremors and flutterings, of what sort soever, in a safe cover of Silence, and perhaps of seeming Stolidity.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

Often, in far less agitating scenes, had our still Friend shrunk forcibly together; and shrouded up his tremors and flutterings, of what sort soever, in a safe cover of Silence, and perhaps of seeming Stolidity.

From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Carlyle, Thomas

Stolidity is the pet affectation of the breed; at heart he is as garrulous as an ape.

From Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest by Potts, William Sherman