1 "Yes, take him," the man went on more confidently.
2 To her heart I confided much of what has since been so hideously realised.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 6: CHAPTER VII 3 He had too much confidence in himself, in his power and in the helplessness of his victims.
4 By degrees he began to regain confidence, he kept urging himself to have courage and be calm.
5 The old woman recovered herself, and her visitor's resolute tone evidently restored her confidence.
Crime and Punishment By Fyodor DostoevskyContextHighlight In PART 1: CHAPTER VII 6 "It all cuts both ways, now it all cuts both ways," repeated Raskolnikov, and he went out more confident than ever.
7 It was only the unbounded confidence inspired by Nastasya's account of her brother's queer friend, which prevented her from trying to run away from him, and to persuade her mother to do the same.
8 There was no sort of noise or fighting in my house, Mr. Captain," she pattered all at once, like peas dropping, speaking Russian confidently, though with a strong German accent, "and no sort of scandal, and his honour came drunk, and it's the whole truth I am telling, Mr. Captain, and I am not to blame.