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Otto, who had been too self-occupied to have any correct idea of Johanna's state of mind, had read her note with mingled astonishment and indignation.

From A Noble Name or D?nninghausen by Gl?mer, Claire Von

Close under the mirror stood the Shadow which attended her walks, but, self-occupied, him she did not see.

From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George

Without appearing to hear her, he walked to the window, fidgeted about, hummed a tune, and seemed wholly self-occupied.

From Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane

Anne hoped the gentlemen might each be too much self-occupied to hear.

From Persuasion by Austen, Jane

Neither do we believe that Lydia was one of those self-occupied folk whom a shower of rain is sufficient to keep away from a meeting.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)