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In a word, instead of fighting each other, they take up arms against the devil and the demons, and overcome them by their selfcommand and integrity of soul.

On the Incarnation c.296-c.373 1946

In courage and fidelity he resembled Burnet; but he had, what Burnet wanted, judgment, selfcommand, and a singular power of keeping secrets.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

On no occasion during the whole course of his eventful life did he show more prudence and selfcommand.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

As soon as the officiating minister began to read the collect for the King, Barnet, among whose many good qualities selfcommand and a fine sense of the becoming cannot be reckoned, rose from his knees, sate down in his stall, and uttered some contemptuous noises which disturbed the devotions of the congregation.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

But such was the intelligence, the gravity, and the selfcommand of the warriors whom Cromwell had trained, that in their camp a political organisation and a religious organisation could exist without destroying military organisation.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

William was not convinced; but he had too much wisdom and selfcommand to give way to his ill humour; and he accepted graciously what he could not but consider as ungraciously given, [599]

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

There is, however, reason to believe that there was a small nucleus of truth round which this great mass of fiction gathered, and that the wisdom and selfcommand which Somers never wanted in the senate, on the judgment seat, at the council board, or in the society of wits, scholars and philosophers, were not always proof against female attractions.

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

His serenity, his modesty, his selfcommand, proof even against the most sudden surprises of passion, his selfrespect, which forced the proudest grandees of the kingdom to respect him, his urbanity, which won the hearts of the youngest lawyers of the Chancery

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

Montgomery, who had deceived himself and them, and who, in his rage, had utterly lost, not indeed his parts and his fluency, but all decorum and selfcommand, scolded like a waterman on the Thames, and was answered with equal asperity and even more than equal ability by Sir John

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829

In perseverance, in selfcommand, in forethought, in all the virtues which conduce to success in life, the

The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829