"Sang-froid" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... plan. It seemed a good one. He did not admit even to himself that under the air of sang-froid he wore as a garment, every instinct in him was crying out for the sound of Doris's voice. Also, as he hurried along, he was conscious that a definite change was taking place in his attitude toward Herbert Ransome Shaw. Slowly, reluctantly, but fully, he had now ...
— The Girl in the Mirror • Elizabeth Garver Jordan
... likely that Gaydon, whose eyes and ears were bandaged, but who preserved all his sang-froid, could have recognized the voices of the Count d'Artigas and Captain Spade. Nor did he have the chance to. No attempt was immediately made to hoist him on board. He had been lying in the bottom of the boat alongside the schooner for fully ...
— Facing the Flag • Jules Verne
... among them single-handed, his bearing being a delicious composite of humility, familiarity, sang-froid, and insolence. It required a deft hand and deep knowledge of the barbaric mind effectually to handle such diverse weapons; but he was a past-master in the art, knowing when to conciliate and when to ...
— The Son of the Wolf • Jack London
... courage and sang-froid you ought to succeed—France is free: then she will owe her liberty to you, and you will be master of ...
— The Regent's Daughter • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
... sat at the Duchess of Huddersfield's table facing his fiancee, and for the first time he wondered if sang-froid or perfect equanimity were all that a man such as himself might desire. She was, as Bella had put it, "One of his own class—a lady," which she had never been, poor Bella! but he did wonder just a little how much of real heart beat under the dainty laces that shrouded ...
— If Only etc. • Francis Clement Philips and Augustus Harris
... had risen to her feet: rigid and erect, trying to hide her excitement beneath more becoming SANG-FROID, ...
— The Scarlet Pimpernel • Baroness Orczy
... fort bien!" said the operator when he had finished. "Voila un sang-froid bien opportun, et qui vaut mille elans ...
— Villette • Charlotte Bronte |
