1 The appearance of Justine was calm.
2 My letter was calm and affectionate.
3 She died calmly, and her countenance expressed affection even in death.
4 Elizabeth seemed happy; my tranquil demeanour contributed greatly to calm her mind.
5 By degrees the calm and heavenly scene restored me, and I continued my journey towards Geneva.
6 I tried to calm Ernest; I enquired more minutely concerning my father, and here I named my cousin.
7 As he said this his countenance became expressive of a calm, settled grief that touched me to the heart.
8 I was soon introduced into the presence of the magistrate, an old benevolent man with calm and mild manners.
9 I had been calm during the day, but so soon as night obscured the shapes of objects, a thousand fears arose in my mind.
10 Elizabeth read my anguish in my countenance, and kindly taking my hand, said, "My dearest friend, you must calm yourself."
11 I contemplated the lake: the waters were placid; all around was calm; and the snowy mountains, 'the palaces of nature,' were not changed.
12 I grasped his hand, and in a moment forgot my horror and misfortune; I felt suddenly, and for the first time during many months, calm and serene joy.
13 A human being in perfection ought always to preserve a calm and peaceful mind and never to allow passion or a transitory desire to disturb his tranquillity.
14 As time passed away I became more calm; misery had her dwelling in my heart, but I no longer talked in the same incoherent manner of my own crimes; sufficient for me was the consciousness of them.
15 My manner as I thus addressed him was impressive but calm; I had formed in my own heart a resolution to pursue my destroyer to death, and this purpose quieted my agony and for an interval reconciled me to life.
16 I was hurried away by fury; revenge alone endowed me with strength and composure; it moulded my feelings and allowed me to be calculating and calm at periods when otherwise delirium or death would have been my portion.
17 My father, who was watching over me, perceiving my restlessness, awoke me; the dashing waves were around, the cloudy sky above, the fiend was not here: a sense of security, a feeling that a truce was established between the present hour and the irresistible, disastrous future imparted to me a kind of calm forgetfulness, of which the human mind is by its structure peculiarly susceptible.
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