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Ramsey stared again and suddenly fell into that soft, rippling laugh, keen, merry, self-oblivious, which forty excusing adjectives would not have excused to her nurse.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

But then, passing beyond this, we may dwell, though all imperfectly, upon the features, familiar as they are, of that wonderful life of self-oblivious and self-sacrificing ministration to others.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII by Maclaren, Alexander

When I am sleeping under the daisies in the lonely churchyard, you will say to yourself, He was my friend, my more than brother: he loved me with a loyal and self-oblivious devotion.

From A Pessimist In Theory and Practice by Bird, Frederic Mayer

The self-oblivious elation with which the slim lass gave her eyes and mind to everything except her own footing caused him to keep his chief watch on her.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

Luke records the self-oblivious cordiality of Christ's reception of the intrusive crowd.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke by Maclaren, Alexander