All 4 Uses of
compose
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- He gave his friend a few seconds to recover his composure, and then approached the question he had come to put.†
p. 14..4 *
- So far the letter had run composedly enough, but here with a sudden splutter of the pen, the writer's emotion had broken loose.
p. 57..4composedly = calmly (under control)
- "Compose yourself," said I. He turned a dreadful smile to me, and as if with the decision of despair, plucked away the sheet.†
p. 78..5
- Yet the creature was astute; mastered his fury with a great effort of the will; composed his two important letters, one to Lanyon and one to Poole; and that he might receive actual evidence of their being posted, sent them out with directions that they should be registered.†
p. 103..2
Definition:
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(compose as in: compose myself) to calm someone or settle something