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Within the past thirty years civilization has rapidly taken possession of this lovely region.
AMONG THE SIOUXR. J. CRESWELLLet the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUNow this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAt present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERBut to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEThe last-named building remained in the possession of the Unitarians until 1861, when it was sold to the Roman Catholics.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLJean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThe evening previous to his death he was walking about the farm, in the full possession of all his faculties of mind and body.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELLThese evidences of an impulse to look on correction as a quite proper thing are corroborated by stories of self-punishment.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYAs guileless, though as self-reliant, gentlewomen as sequestered England could produce.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEWORDS RELATED TO SELF-POSSESSION
- accord
- aplomb
- assurance
- balance
- calm
- contentment
- control
- cool
- cool head
- coolheadedness
- coolness
- dignity
- dispassion
- ease
- equanimity
- equilibrium
- even temper
- evenness
- fortitude
- harmony
- imperturbability
- inexcitability
- levelheadedness
- moderation
- nonchalance
- peace of mind
- placidity
- poise
- polish
- presence of mind
- quiet
- quietude
- repose
- sang-froid
- sedateness
- self-assurance
- self-control
- self-possession
- serenity
- sobriety
- stability
- tranquility
- aplomb
- assurance
- backbone
- boldness
- brashness
- certainty
- cool
- courage
- daring
- dash
- determination
- faith in oneself
- fearlessness
- firmness
- fortitude
- grit
- hardihood
- heart
- impudence
- intrepidity
- mettle
- morale
- nerve
- pluck
- poise
- presumption
- reliance
- resoluteness
- resolution
- self-possession
- self-reliance
- spirit
- spunk
- sureness
- tenacity
- élan
- aplomb
- assurances
- backbones
- boldness
- brashness
- certainties
- cool
- courage
- darings
- dashes
- determinations
- elans
- faith in oneselfs
- fearlessness
- firmness
- fortitude
- grit
- hardihoods
- hearts
- impudence
- intrepidities
- mettle
- morale
- nerves
- pluck
- poise
- presumptions
- reliance
- resoluteness
- resolutions
- self-possessions
- self-reliances
- spirits
- spunks
- sureness
- tenacity
- élans
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