10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEDATENESS»
Discover the use of
sedateness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sedateness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of the English Language: Intended to Exhibi ... ...
SEDATENESS, n. Calmness of mind, manner or countenance ; freedom from
agitation; a settled state ; composure; serenity; tranquillity; as, sedateness of
temper or soul ; sedateness of countenance ; sedateness of conversation.
Addison.
If these pranic and subtler bodies have to take another physical body, they
should come to a certain sense of sedateness. Only if they come to a lower sense
of vibrancy or sedateness can the being find another body; otherwise it will not
find it.
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Protean Shape: A Study in Eighteenth-century Vocabulary and ...
Sublimity—a storm at sea, thunder —will inspire sedateness, which suggests
awestruck quiet.7 It is an amiable quality like sagacity and sweetness :8
sedateness of reason makes up a triad with purity of discernment and elegance
of mind.9 ...
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A Philosophical and Critical History of the Fine Arts: ...
This sedateness, this contemplative dignity of character, became the soul 'of
fculpture, and marked with it's gesture -and expression the most approved Greek
figures. Hence they never failed to carry in their aspect the impressions of a ...
Robert Anthony Bromley, 1793
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The Sublime in Modern Philosophy: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Nature
Some theorists (e.g., Baillie, Priestley, and Gerard) describe responses to
vastness as characterized by stillness and sedateness. Gerard writes that the
sublime 'composes it [the mind] into a solemn sedateness, and strikes it with
deep silent ...
6
Imogen: A Pastorial Romance from the Ancient British
Let us then, my Imogen, compose ourselves to the sedateness of despair. Let us
surrender the success of our future efforts to fate. And let us endeavor to solace
the short and only certain interval that we yet can call our own, by the recollection
...
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The philosophy of human nature
Sedateness has to do with demeanour, Earnestness with action. When anything
is to be done, to put one's heart into it, and do it without any wavering of the mind,
this is Earnestness. Scdaieness is objective manifestation, Earnestness is ...
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Essays on the principles of morality, and on the private and ...
... to religious recollectedness, and sedateness of mind; and therefore that
occupations which would interfere with this sedateness and recollectedness, or
with public worship, ought to be forborne. Even if be supposed that the devoting
of the ...
9
The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine
His activity gradually gave place to sedateness, and sedateness brought with it
corpulency, whose advent he at first beheld with horror ; but, when he found his
remedies, such as starvation, exercise, etc., to be of no avail in getting rid of it, ...
Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, 1839
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An account of the natives of the Tonga islands: in the South ...
adventure has changed into a sedateness of character and disposition to rest
and quiet, which may easily be conceived to arise from disappointments, and
unexpected hardships and dangers, experienced at too early a period of life.
William Mariner, John Martin, 1818
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEDATENESS»
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sedateness is used in the context of the following news items.
Free spirit
Also, unlike the flared pants, midis (mid-calf length skirts — another 70s phenomenon) — or minis that were also in vogue then, the Maxi was sedateness ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
Neck of the Woods review – all style and no fangs
But the chosen format, which mixes music and storytelling, sometimes exudes the sedateness of a Radio 4 Sunday afternoon slot, and it's all so old-fashioned ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Wearable tech 2.0 aims to alter mind, body
And the sedateness lasted only briefly — less than an hour — perhaps due to keeping the strength of the electrical stimulation at a minimum. These are, after all, ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jun 15»
Made in Taiwan: Director Hou Hsiao-hsien gets his time at TIFF
It turns out that the director's trademark sedateness, his long takes and glacial pace, are a perfect fit for the charged repose of youth. Here Hou isn't addressing ... «National Post, Jan 15»
Some missing links
Execution is the higher order demand from experienced musicians. There was sedateness but perhaps too much. A faster tempo for 'Dachukovalena' would ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
Saw point at Christmas
... annual carol concert – “a bit of tomfoolery,” admits Alan Cowie, the conductor – accompanied with appropriate sedateness by a section of Cockerton Band. «The Northern Echo, Dec 14»
A new location could help Abu Dhabi Film Festival
Certainly, in contrast to the energetic, even boisterous, atmosphere of Cannes, there was at times a curious sedateness to the Palace, a space more used to ... «The National, Nov 14»
Sheltie goes from underdog to top dog
“What I liked most about him was his elegance and his sedateness.” Gibson took Booker to a vet to have him checked over before sealing the deal and the vet ... «Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser, Jan 14»
The 25 Best Singles of 2013
Nick Cave has mellowed with age, the strident menace of his younger days settling into a relaxed, weird-uncle sedateness, but there's always the threat of it ... «slantmagazine, Dec 13»
2013 ATP Rivalries: Rafael Nadal v/s Novak Djokovic: The most …
The sedateness of Nadal in the match was also uncanny and tilted the balance in favour of the Serbian as the favourite for the French Open. But if one expected ... «Sportskeeda, Nov 13»
