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"I know in my heart she is desperate to come back," Emily told me, and there it was-that lowering of the eyes, that tilt of the head, that pursing of the lips, body language that imparted selfcomplacency rather than deep feeling.
Incubus Arensberg, Ann, 1937- 1999
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If it is to be anything more than a self-indulgence and an occasion of selfcomplacency, it must strengthen your character and make it more fitted for right action.
The Summing Up Maugham, W Somerset 1938
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(Laughter) You married men here know the effect of a little remark like that on your selfcomplacency and conceit.
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His selfcomplacency, his animal spirits, and his want of tact, were such that, though he frequently gave offence, he never took it.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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