All 4 Uses of
compose
in
Heart of Darkness
- 'No, not yet,' he answered, with great composure.†
Chpt 1 *
- The whites, of course greatly discomposed, had besides a curious look of being painfully shocked by such an outrageous row.†
Chpt 2
- I was struck by the fire of his eyes and the composed languor of his expression.†
Chpt 3
- This lasted of course the merest fraction of a second, and then the usual sense of commonplace, deadly danger, the possibility of a sudden onslaught and massacre, or something of the kind, which I saw impending, was positively welcome and composing.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something