All 7 Uses of
compose
in
Crime and Punishment
- "No matter, sir, no matter!" he went on hurriedly and with apparent composure when both the boys at the counter guffawed and even the innkeeper smiled—"No matter, I am not confounded by the wagging of their heads; for everyone knows everything about it already, and all that is secret is made open.†
Chpt 1.2
- On Pulcheria Alexandrovna's anxiously and timidly inquiring as to "some suspicion of insanity," he replied with a composed and candid smile that his words had been exaggerated; that certainly the patient had some fixed idea, something approaching a monomania—he, Zossimov, was now particularly studying this interesting branch of medicine—but that it must be recollected that until to-day the patient had been in delirium and…. and that no doubt the presence of his family would have a…†
Chpt 3.1
- I am not lying," cried Dounia, losing her composure.†
Chpt 3.3 *
- "What a business I'm having with you!" cried Porfiry with a perfectly good-humoured, sly and composed face.†
Chpt 4.5
- He appeared to be firm and composed.†
Chpt 5.3
- Lead the way," she said with apparent composure, but her face was very pale.†
Chpt 6.5
- He was positively composed, at least in appearance, but his face was pale as before.†
Chpt 6.5
Definition:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something