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Thus dwindled by degrees Blatherwick's self-reflection and self-seeking, and, growing divinely conscious, he grew at the same time divinely self-oblivious.

From Salted with Fire by MacDonald, George

But if He said this, what becomes of His right to the veneration of mankind, as the Perfect Example of the self-sacrificing, self-oblivious religious life?

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

Just so had he stood before the print shop in London this morning, with the same wide eyes, the same hurried breathing; rapt, self-oblivious.

From The Crown of Life by Gissing, George

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

From Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke 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