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  • ‘Not exactly, Fred,’ replied the imperturable Richard, continuing to write with a businesslike air.

    The Old Curiosity Shop 2007

  • The yells and shouts with which these announcements were received shook the building in which he stood, and obliged him to remain silent for several moments after the delivery of each sentence; but when the uproar began to subside, the ringing tones of O'Brien rose again upon the air, and with the stoicism of a martyr, and the imperturable courage of a hero, he proceeded.

    Speeches from the Dock, Part I Various

  • Frequently, when gazing at a throng of sixty or perhaps one hundred dancers, we have been scarcely able to decide which was the most remarkable, the staid and imperturable gravity of the old men and women, or the complete absence of levity and frolicsomeness in the young.

    Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians Elias Johnson

  • She waited, dimly aware of voices going on beyond the curtains of the drawing-room, but all her listening power was concentrated on the silence without -- a silence that remained unbroken, and out of which Shima returned with the same imperturable countenance.

    The Coast of Chance Esther Chamberlain

  • In Paris even, L'Illustration did him the compliment of comparing him with Joffre with whom he had much in common: la ponderation, le sangfroid imperturable, le bon sens, la volonte tenace, et aussi la meme bonhomie ironiques le meme equilibre intellectual et physique, le meme appetit robuste, et jusqu'a la meme faculte de recuperation nerveuse par le sommeil.

    The Goat and the Vine 1934

  • It was on this occasion that I realised, as I had not yet done, the wonderful character, the imperturable good temper, the brilliant intellect of my companion.

    Prisons and Prisoners: Some Personal Experiences 1914

  • "Not exactly, Fred," replied the imperturable Richard, continuing to write with a businesslike air.

    Old Curiosity Shop 1800

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