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It was more agreeable, in an hour of self-collectedness, to devise a remedy, which, if it did not cure the disease, helped at least to cicatrize the immediate wounds.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 by Various

Great ingenuity and contrivance were no doubt required to uphold the credit of the oracle; and no less boldness and self-collectedness on the part of those by whom the machinery was conducted.

From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William

Clearness, correctness, self-collectedness, near to the moment in question, add to the authority of the evidence.

From The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels by Burgon, John William

At first they are overawing; their calm self-collectedness of simplicity seems a Socratic wisdom.

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman

She desired to return to a condition of more complete self-collectedness.

From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas