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  • And the other, calm-eyed, cool-browed, serene; strong in her own integrity, with faith in herself, thoroughly at ease; dispassionate, imperturbable; a figure chiselled from some cold marble quarry.

    THE SCORN OF WOMEN 2010

  • He was a romantic little chap, and he likened the immobile old heathen to the genius of the Siwash race, gazing calm-eyed upon the hosts of the invading Saxon.

    THE LEAGUE OF THE OLD MEN 2010

  • And the other, calm-eyed, cool-browed, serene; strong in her own integrity, with faith in herself, thoroughly at ease; dispassionate, imperturbable; a figure chiselled from some cold marble quarry.

    Jack London Play:The Scorn of Women 2010

  • Poker was as unpredictable as the men who sat around the table: a calm-eyed gambler, a couple of ranchers, and a mining-man from Virginia City.

    Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

  • Poker was as unpredictable as the men who sat around the table: a calm-eyed gambler, a couple of ranchers, and a mining-man from Virginia City.

    Ishmael Barbara Hambly 2000

  • I crept around the statue base and stood thoughtfully in front of the calm-eyed Mercury in his winged sandals and ill-chosen December nudity.

    Two For The Lions Davis, Lindsey 1998

  • He was a romantic little chap, and he likened the immobile old heathen to the genius of the Siwash race, gazing calm-eyed upon the hosts of the invading Saxon.

    THE LEAGUE OF THE OLD MEN 1993

  • He had been up several times during the night and after a far too brief nap was about to sit down to a hearty breakfast, and instead of that here he was facing a calm-eyed young woman, telling him without heat to do something quickly.

    Not Once But Twice Neels, Betty 1981

  • Elric felt uncomfortably drawn to this calm-eyed woman who wasted few words.

    The Weird Of The White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • Elric felt uncomfortably drawn to this calm-eyed woman who wasted few words.

    The Weird of the White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

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