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"Discomposure" Quotes from Famous Books

... as we are," Jack replied, almost lifting her in, and tilting his umbrella till one of the sticks struck Howard in the eye, increasing his discomposure, and making him wish both Eloise and Mrs. Biggs in a much dryer ...

— The Cromptons • Mary J. Holmes

... his perceiving the momentary discomposure of his visitor. The next minute, however, she was speaking to the little man ...

— The Golden Shoemaker - or 'Cobbler' Horn • J. W. Keyworth

... Sam's discomposure vanished. In the first place, this was much more the sort of conversation which he felt the situation indicated. In the second place he had remembered that there was no need for him to sing at all. He could do that ...

— The Girl on the Boat • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... so sudden and unexpected was as great a surprise to the court as to the king, and I was not slow to mark with an inward smile the discomposure which appeared very clearly on the faces of several, as the crowd in the chamber fell back for me to approach my master. I was careful, however, to remember that this might arise from other causes than guilt. The king received me with his wonted ...

— The Lock And Key Library - Classic Mystery And Detective Stories, Modern English • Various

... that his interest and reputation ther visibly abated, and he founde that he was much better able to do hurte then good, which wrought very much upon him, to melancholique, and complainte of the violence and discomposure of the peoples affections and inclinations; in the end, whether upon the death of the Earle of Bedford he despayred of that praeferment, or whether he was guilty of any thinge, which upon his conversyon to the Courte he thought might be discovered to his damage, or for ...

— Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles • Various

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