self-subdued

In the strong tempest the supple bamboo may be seen to bow submissively, -- as the self-subdued and pliant mind in affliction, -- and again rear its head uninjured by the storm, as the righteous man 'preserved by faith' revives after each trial, or temptation.

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

Anyhow it was certain that he was much less agreeable in his self-subdued condition.

The Marriage of Elinor 1862

"Have you no charity, friend?" here in self-subdued tones, singularly contrasted with his unsubdued person, said a Methodist minister, advancing; a tall, muscular, martial-looking man, a Tennessean by birth,

The Confidence-Man 1857

"Have you no charity, friend?" here in self-subdued tones, singularly contrasted with his unsubdued person, said a Methodist minister, advancing; a tall, muscular, martial-looking man, a Tennessean by birth, who in the Mexican war had been volunteer chaplain to a volunteer rifle-regiment.

The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855

To be a whole day with Helen, and to perceive that in consequence of his self-subdued ardour towards her, that she received him as a companion willingly and with a smiling countenance, was a recompence for his virtue, which amply repaid him.

Three Weeks in the Downs, or Conjugal Fidelity Rewarded: exemplified in the Narrative of Helen and Edmund Anonymous 1829