"Collectedly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... forced themselves forth, and trickled through his fingers, as he half sought to conceal his emotion from his servants. In the midst of the profound sorrow which environed her, Mrs. Grantham alone was unappalled by her approaching end: she spoke calmly and collectedly, gently chiding some and encouraging others; giving advice, and conveying orders, as if she was merely about to undertake a short customary journey instead of that long, and untravelled one, whence there is neither communication nor ...
— The Canadian Brothers - or The Prophecy Fulfilled • John Richardson
... which she had been holding back with her hand, and stepped back a pace or two from the window. But her face scarcely changed; she listened calmly and collectedly, as if Phebe was speaking of some ...
— Cobwebs and Cables • Hesba Stretton
... to the point at once," answered Mary; who, although speaking so collectedly, was much frightened at her own boldness: Godfrey seemed from his knowledge so far above her, and she owed him so much.—Would it not be possible for Letty to return here? Then the thing might take its natural course, and Tom and she know each other better that he did not hear the remarks which ...
— Mary Marston • George MacDonald
... does Brice know anything bad?' I asked, with a strange freezing sensation creeping from my heels to my head and down again—I am sure deadly pale, but speaking very collectedly. ...
— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu
... possible, she put down her knife and fork, and, with her hands seeking her napkin, looked at him. "What do you mean?" she returned collectedly, "by 'doing something'?" ...
— Laramie Holds the Range • Frank H. Spearman
... odd silence for a moment, only broken by the stealthy feet of the gate-keeper coming forward to join the group. Then Cartoner spoke, quietly and collectedly. His nerve was so steady that he had taken time to reflect as to which tongue to make use of. For all had disadvantages, but silence ...
— The Vultures • Henry Seton Merriman
... She spoke collectedly, bending over the child as she held him to her, and straightening the folds of the little garments. "There, there, dear little heart, dear little heart, mother's comfort—oh, my comfort, my blessing! Get my things out of the closet now, Dosia, and my gloves from that drawer, the top one. Oh, ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. • Various |
