self-possession
Example Sentences
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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 and confidence in one's own soul-faculties must be the firm rock upon which all revelations should rest.
From How to Read the Crystal or, Crystal and Seer by Sepharial
Self-possession was fully restored to her, and in the reaction from that horrible moment of powerlessness she recited as she had never done before.
From Anne of Green Gables by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
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
