Word: cool
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recess of half an hour was taken. At 5.35 the court was called to order, and at 5.36 the jury came in and rendered a verdict of guilty. Guiteau's bearing after the verdict was given was cool and collected. The sentence will soon be pronounced...
...There let death cool his thirst!" she cried, and past...
...silent; and Sue, discouraged by having her pet subject received in so cool a manner, changed the conversation. "Have you seen the arrivals?" she asked...
Refreshing cool. A moment yet I stay...
...relieved and considerably set up at the success of your stratagem. You feel that you have shown a deep knowledge of cause and effect in nature. You smile complacently at your friends on shore who are breathlessly watching you, and you are resolved that they shall see you calm, cool, and collected. You think the battle over. Alas! you know not the diabolical wiles of the monster with which you have to deal; you know not the depths to which its villany will carry it (and you, too, later). In the very midst of your exultation you are disturbed...