All 14 Uses of
compose
in
Great Expectations
- But I loved Joe,—perhaps for no better reason in those early days than because the dear fellow let me love him,—and, as to him, my inner self was not so easily composed.†
Chpt 6
- The Hall was a queer place, I thought, with higher pews in it than a church,—and with people hanging over the pews looking on,—and with mighty Justices (one with a powdered head) leaning back in chairs, with folded arms, or taking snuff, or going to sleep, or writing, or reading the newspapers,—and with some shining black portraits on the walls, which my unartistic eye regarded as a composition of hardbake and sticking-plaster.†
Chpt 13
- Too rul loo rul Too rul loo rul —still, in my desire to be wiser, I got this composition by heart with the utmost gravity; nor do I recollect that I questioned its merit, except that I thought (as I still do) the amount of Too rul somewhat in excess of the poetry.†
Chpt 15
- When I came down again, I found Joe and Orlick sweeping up, without any other traces of discomposure than a slit in one of Orlick's nostrils, which was neither expressive nor ornamental.†
Chpt 15
- Estella smiled with perfect composure, and said she had no doubt of my having been quite right, and of her having been very disagreeable.†
Chpt 29 *
- So, Estella and I went out into the garden by the gate through which I had strayed to my encounter with the pale young gentleman, now Herbert; I, trembling in spirit and worshipping the very hem of her dress; she, quite composed and most decidedly not worshipping the hem of mine.†
Chpt 29
- She made a strong attempt to compose herself, and stammered that he was as punctual as ever.†
Chpt 29
- "You silly boy," said Estella, quite composedly, "how can you talk such nonsense?†
Chpt 33
- Miss Skiffins's composure while she did this was one of the most remarkable sights I have ever seen, and if I could have thought the act consistent with abstraction of mind, I should have deemed that Miss Skiffins performed it mechanically.†
Chpt 37
- Estella looked at her with perfect composure, and again looked down at the fire.†
Chpt 38
- In watching his face, I made quite a firework of the Aged's sausage, and greatly discomposed both my own attention and Wemmick's; for which I apologized.†
Chpt 45
- He put his pipe back in his mouth with an undisturbed expression of face, and sat as composed and contented as if we were already out of England.†
Chpt 54
- More composure came to me after a while, and we talked as we used to talk, lying on the grass at the old Battery.†
Chpt 57
- I sold all I had, and put aside as much as I could, for a composition with my creditors,—who gave me ample time to pay them in full,—and I went out and joined Herbert.†
Chpt 58 *
Definitions:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something
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(compose as in: compose a poem) to write or create something with care -- especially music or a literary work, but could be other things as diverse as a plan or a letter