单词 | impassiveness |
例句 | Yet what makes the character work is the poignant impassiveness that conveys just how brutally life has hollowed him out. Remembering James Caan and His Potent Mix of Swagger and Delicacy 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Robin's face, when she realised that the end of her mother's chemotherapy was not in fact good news, as she instantly thought, began to dissolve, but only allowed a subtle fracture in her impassiveness. Top of the Lake recap: season one, episode two – Searchers Search 2013-07-20T21:10:00Z His expression is somewhere between remorse and impassiveness. “Game of Thrones”: The Door 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z By this point, I admit, I was feeling the first twinges of annoyance with his impassiveness and growing less inclined to make allowances for it due to the fact of his being dead. I took my dead father to a Red Sox game 2013-03-09T15:00:00Z For a time Crafty Eyes did not heed this strange impassiveness. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z Thus he gets the Stoic strength without its hardness, the Stoic universality without its barrenness, the Stoic exaltation without its pride, the Stoic integrity without its formalism, the Stoic calm without its impassiveness. The Five Great Philosophies of Life 2012-03-09T03:00:19.413Z At the sound of my footsteps, however, his expression changed at once into its former impassiveness. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Now and again one or other of the officers came up to me; and to all alike I adopted an attitude of cold and stolid impassiveness. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z With true Oriental impassiveness he and his wild followers sat their horses, waiting—incidentally the camp servants crouching in their tent, went through the bitterness of death many times over during that period of waiting. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z The Comte de Paris displayed the carelessness of his age and the precocious impassiveness of princes. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z The mask of impassiveness faded from her face. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It was a try on—a diplomatic ruse, he considered; he had wondered rather at her former impassiveness; but apparently she was not very quickwitted and had been unprepared. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z The stolid stony impassiveness of the man's face crushed every hope out of me. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z With equal impassiveness these blind forces produce vast benefits and work vast catastrophes. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Those who have seen the Indian only on dress parade, talk of his stolidity, impassiveness, and his marvelous control over his countenance and his emotions. Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales With notes on the origin, customs and character of the Pawnee people 2011-08-02T02:00:20.603Z And this impassiveness he kept up throughout the ordeal of again saying good-bye. The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan 2011-07-05T02:00:28.367Z Sitting Bull, who with a few other chiefs had been witnessing the hellish performance with grave impassiveness, must have read his thoughts. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z There was no impassiveness in the poor sharp features and trembling lips then. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z It is this agitation which is lacking in Goethe, wrongly praised for his impassiveness, which is inferiority. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z Her serenity had gone, and her cold impassiveness. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z Harding did not seem in the least astonished; in fact, his very impassiveness had its humorous aspect, as Appleby recognized. The Dust of Conflict 2011-04-14T02:01:04.343Z After the first touch of satire underlying his recognition of her he spoke in an even, almost monotonous voice, puffing slowly at his long Indian pipe with the impassiveness of the red men themselves. Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West 2011-07-05T02:00:27.453Z And it was very sweet to me, because in spite of all the settled, grave impassiveness of her countenance, I could not help seeing something there which recalled dear Aunt Cotta. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z Here and there we find a certain sensuous beauty, but, as a rule, they look on life with a coldness that is almost cynicism, an impassiveness that is nearer cruelty than pity. War Posters Issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919 2011-04-04T02:00:11.403Z He paused a moment, as if ashamed of this outburst of passion, so different to his usual impassiveness. Petticoat Rule 2011-04-18T02:00:14.507Z He was still very pale, but his face had resumed its wonted impassiveness. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Some oriental countries, and perhaps even California or Texas, could afford us some startling instances of impassiveness among bystanders. Medea of Euripedes 2011-03-03T03:00:47.283Z Yes," he replied, very gently, but with a strange impassiveness in his face; "I think that may be true. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z It was the Great Sentinel, and in its unutterable impassiveness it was the emblem and symbol of even mightier powers. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z She looked sadly, even tenderly at her lover, but she could not break the thrall of careless impassiveness that bound her, as streams are bound in ice. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Then came the mythical event grouped on both sides; but at the ends, where the field narrowed to an angle, it was usual to represent the calmness or impassiveness of external nature. Rambles and Studies in Greece 2011-02-18T03:00:16.480Z "You will go when I please, and not before," cried the widow quivering with petty spite, for Miriam's impassiveness exasperated her beyond endurance. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z "The theft was committed yesterday or the day before," pursued Christian, painfully affected by his son's impassiveness. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Had the others been watching him closely they would have seen no more than a flicker of his eyelids as his face took on a stony impassiveness. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z RP2 Chute looked on, his impassiveness masking his disdain for talk of angels. A Chaplain and Atheist Go to War 2010-09-04T00:16:00Z How well society drills us, that we meet with such calm impassiveness in its routine those with whom we have sorrowed and joyed, loved and hated, in such far different scenes! Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The felon's widow, in spite of her impassiveness, could not repress a sudden start; her daughter did the same. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 4 of 6 Christian watched him closely and observed that, despite Herv�'s apparent impassiveness, a slight flush suffused his face; although the lad did not raise his eyes, he cast furtive glances at his parents. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z He did not see the dangerous light in her eyes; her silence and apparent impassiveness misled him. L'Arrabiata and Other Tales Some of the impassiveness in Curzad's expression slipped a little and his fingers whitened on the goblet's stem. The Return of Tharn Mark the watchful impassiveness with which he gazes at the ugly side of life. The Vagabond in Literature If Mr. Octon proved unapproachable—he chose the word with care and gave it with a neutral impassiveness—it would be time enough to talk of rights. The Great Miss Driver She was far calmer than they and she superintended the removal of Good from the car with perfect impassiveness. Thirty The Grinder heard her with the stern impassiveness that he ever could summon in any dread emergency. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience His flushed features at once assumed their accustomed impassiveness, and with a hasty hitch at his tie to place it in the most exact position, he slipped hurriedly from the kitchen to obey the summons. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War They still sat in grave and dignified impassiveness. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Now he was used to his fashionable patients and had ceased to wonder, and Luke's impassiveness on hearing of his uncle's sudden illness did not necessarily strike him as indifference. The Heart of a Woman My friend has little to boast of on the score of impassiveness, nor would the quality stand him in great stead just now. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier School herself in dignified impassiveness as she might, every thought of Portia's mind, as well as every impulse of her heart, betrayed her philosophy. Roman Women The Chief Justice's expression congealed into judicial impassiveness. The Executioner Her face, which had assumed a mask of cold impassiveness, confronted him like that of a statue, but her voice, when she spoke, was sufficiently gentle. Hand and Ring Commonplace, plain, sensible Louisa understood everything that Luke felt; those great luminous eyes of hers, tearless yet brilliant, read every line on that face drilled into impassiveness. The Heart of a Woman De Roberval's whole expression changed on the instant from cold impassiveness to wild fury. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier Yet there was a certain air of coldness and impassiveness about them, and not once did the princess smile, until a long curtain accidentally fell, and shut her out for a moment from her guests. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century We looked round the room while these fervid words were being triumphantly rolled forth, and were struck with the calm impassiveness of the listeners. Old and New London Volume I The keen, strong features into which Lowell gazed were mask-like in their impassiveness. Mystery Ranch The whole impassiveness of that calm, almost marble-still face, with its set, cold lips, and slightly wearied eyes, had suddenly disappeared, and what Ellison had hoped for had arrived. Berenice Had the slow impassiveness of her soul been touched, that this sudden peculiar grace of sympathy, or some hidden kindred feeling, rose and asserted itself? Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart He had watched the stables go with an impassiveness that struck several of the bystanders as odd. The Benefactress Do we acquire something of the impassiveness of Nature in studying her enormous waste of life? The Social Principles of Jesus Chung's eye went straight to the stain on the rug, exactly as Edwards' had done, but it stopped there, and his Oriental impassiveness was unmoved. The Million-Dollar Suitcase The elderly man started, surprised from his impassiveness, as the child came into the room. The First Violin A Novel All the grace and mobility were gone from her face, and it was drooping and dull almost to impassiveness. The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. Even he felt the check of the man's iron impassiveness. A Modern Mercenary He was certainly very pale, very pale indeed, and there was a slight twitching of his hands which was out of character with his absolute impassiveness. The New Tenant Gabriel halted and turned, looking at his late clerk with absolute impassiveness. The Chestermarke Instinct How one learns to appreciate the British impassiveness which helps one, in such conditions, to spend a perfectly happy day with a pipe and a talk about the weather! Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific He could, however, see Miss Schuyler, and wondered what accounted for the impassiveness of her face, now the colour that had flushed her cheek had faded. The Cattle-Baron's Daughter The pouches under Stone’s eyes were heavier and darker, his cheeks drooped flabbily and he seemed to have fallen away inside his clothes, but upon his face there sat the same stern impassiveness. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man There was something terrifying in the Scotchman's determination to lose his senses—something grimly horrible in the younger man's marble impassiveness, as he swallowed glass for glass in time with his companion. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 As she saw the condemned man's face quiver and flush at last out of its impassiveness, she thought hell itself could hold no more hideous torment. The Light of Scarthey The meal passed in silence, each of them being afraid of betraying himself, while Mélie attended them with her usual impassiveness. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life It was, however, interesting to watch the people, and to note their enthusiasm, with no impassiveness now, as well as the peculiar mixture of costumes. Travels in the Far East But though forty pairs of eyes were fixed upon his face, none could boast that they had perceived any change in its somewhat severe impassiveness as he now advanced towards his host. "Unto Caesar" This was depressing enough, but still might have been accepted with the customary Oriental impassiveness had it not been for the fact that the marauders had added his daughter to the collection. The Flaw in the Sapphire Josephine sat still, looking with odd impassiveness into the fire; then she remarked in the same way, 'My dearest friends don't do much praying. The Gold of Chickaree He came running out of the ghost trees, all his cold impassiveness gone. —And Devious the Line of Duty I would rather discover ugly and active defects in you than that beautiful impassiveness. The Choice of Life Thus organized society spoke through the cold impassiveness of its own laws, while its elements spoke through personal emotions and human passions. An American Suffragette She, flushed and bright-eyed, leaned forward with an appealing air, opposing the resistless vigor of youth to the impassiveness of age. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls But as he had thought his fair neighbour somewhat interested in the subject, he wondered at the apparent impassiveness with which she replied to his questions. Gryll Grange I would have preferred her having been angry, to that calm, irritating impassiveness she displayed. She and I, Volume 2 A Love Story. A Life History. And that was what struck me: Rose's impassiveness in the face of that anxious and silent prayer. The Choice of Life He remained where he was as if he had never "heard" that question, surveying the room below with all the impassiveness he could summon. Storm Over Warlock Back of the impassiveness he read guilt, read it in the restless shifting of the eyes and in the voice dead to hope. The Seventh Noon He looked at her flushed face, her eyes all alight now; but without a smile, and with his usual impassiveness, he went to her room. The Woman's Way But the lofty impassiveness on which he prided himself did not reach down to his legs. Prisoners Fast Bound In Misery And Iron And having delivered himself of that ultimatum, he promptly relaxed into his old-time impassiveness, like a dog snapping from his kennel and shrinking back into its shadows. Never-Fail Blake Then his face went back to impassiveness again. Operation: Outer Space From his quiet face had fallen every trace of impassiveness. The Lighted Match However," smiling again as he saw a familiar impassiveness settle upon his host's face, "for you to-night there shall be neither Parthians nor budgets. Roads from Rome Struck dumb by this apparition, I took the seat into which she motioned me, while her wonderful eyes regarded my face with stony impassiveness. Dead Man's Rock James Wait had a grimacing smile that passed over the deathlike impassiveness of his bony face, incredible and frightful as would, in a dream, have been the sudden smile of a corpse. The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" A Tale Of The Forecastle As Selwyn read it the impassiveness of his face gave way to a look of trouble. The Parts Men Play Cleek joined the two men with something akin to admiration for the butler's impassiveness in his heart. The Riddle of the Frozen Flame Then the man in the chair smiled, and awful though his impassiveness had been, that smile was worse. The Survivor The usual impassiveness which had masked his inner conflicts since his first days at the Pool served him now. Plague Ship "No, thank God!" said Oswyn devoutly, shrugging his bent shoulders, and turning away with a relapse into his unwonted impassiveness. A Comedy of Masks A Novel He laughed, in a friendly good-humoured way, but the face of José Medina did not lose one shade of its impassiveness. The Summons The quarter-breed was a man trained as few men are trained to meet emergencies, to face crises with an impassiveness of countenance that would shame the Sphinx. The Gun-Brand It is an impassiveness that comes only with training. Diane of the Green Van And other warriors watched the scene with the impassiveness of a spider who sees a fly moving toward the web. The Grey Cloak He approached this subject through the guide with every gondolier in turn, and the smiling impassiveness with which his suggestions were received still causes him wonder and disgust. A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Hastening into the post office, he stood betraying his impatience by his very impassiveness while a sallow-faced woman tossed the letters out upon the counter. Winston of the Prairie Of vivacity there is not a spark in her nature; a heavy-footed impassiveness weighs upon all her efforts to be sprightly. Mary Anderson The people behaved with the correct impassiveness of an Anglican congregation. Septimus The stolid impassiveness of the Swiss seemed on the point of giving way. The Mississippi Bubble The young man burst out laughing, instead of reprimanding Tobias, who maintained his sulky impassiveness of face. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 85, January, 1875 The Pale Faces should bear moral torture with the same impassiveness with which the Red Skins endure physical torture. The Cross of Berny The government had now thrown off the mask of apathy and impassiveness which it had worn so long, and it commenced to lay its strong hand upon its foes. Speeches from the Dock, Part I Mrs. Hobson continued to speak of her as Graydon's sister, and he had darted a humorous glance at the girl; but it met such grave impassiveness of expression that he feared she was angry. A Young Girl's Wooing Such was the immovable impassiveness of this ascetic, that the ants had thrown up their mound as high as his waist without being disturbed, and birds had built their nests in his hair. Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama It was the forced impassiveness of a strong man whose heart is breaking. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta The blacksmith held his pipe in his hand, and regarded the narrator with the steadiness and impassiveness of an anvil. The Rudder Grangers Abroad and Other Stories He was a child of the jungle, and perhaps he had shared of that great imperturbability and impassiveness that is the eternal trait of the wildernesses. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 For a minute or so longer he sat there, his face wearing its habitual impassiveness. Big Timber A Story of the Northwest "There's something in that," said he, lapsed into his usual seeming of impassiveness. The Price She Paid The advantage that my impassiveness gave me over those three rascals was very evident when they slouched in, for they were all trembling and twitching with nervous excitement. The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta Studying that delicate face, she felt, behind its pallid impassiveness, behind the refusal to return, a reason she could not comprehend. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise He was just a great sportsman who was also an English gentleman, and he had learned certain lessons of impassiveness from the wild. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 The Sphinx has one hundred and fifty qualifications for impassiveness which you lack.” Fantastic Fables In the mirrors before him he could see the silent door standing open, and the silent Mr. Paul standing in it, with his usual pallid impassiveness. The Innocence of Father Brown His swarthy face was lined, seamed, and terrible with a dark impassiveness. The Last Trail But behind his impassiveness nothing was seen, nothing betrayed his effort at self-control and his attempt to conquer the beating of his heart. The Dream Once or twice a slight quiver crossed his lips, then his teeth would close tight, and again his face would relapse into calm impassiveness. The Under Dog He grew crimson at a sarcasm whose impassiveness made it all the more cutting. Lord Kilgobbin In all such tests, the demeanor exacted was perfect impassiveness; any swaggering would have been judged quite as harshly as any sign of cowardice. Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints He moved, too—but already she had relapsed into her impassiveness, and when he had finished, she only replied with a few banal words. Jean-Christophe, Volume I All its faculties are concentrated on impassiveness, and thus does Nature guard its weakest and most helpless offspring. Tropic Days Eyes starved to impassiveness stared at the gaunt, crippled creature, complaining mutely, for no food had been brought. My Tropic Isle With an equal impassiveness we greeted allusions to Erie shares and to the late Mr. Fiske. Suburban Sketches The Emperor's happy animation, in contrast to his usual impassiveness, was remarked by the audience. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Meanwhile Edith Saltine bore herself with a grave, pale impassiveness, which some admired, others wondered at, and others deemed an indication that she had no heart. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales He always either grinned or his face had a half savage impassiveness. Over the Pass What a poor conception of supernal bliss, without love or action or thought or holy companionship,--only rest, unthinking repose, and absence from disease, misery, and death, a state of endless impassiveness! Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations Arthur's lip curled, but only for an instant; and nothing could have exceeded the impassiveness of his manner as Mr. Fox went on. The House of the Whispering Pines Gifford was looking, held by the grip of his imagination, at the tall figure by the window; wondering what was passing behind that veil of impassiveness. The Hunt Ball Mystery His face resumed its normal expression of cold impassiveness. The Coming of Bill "Sí!" said Firio, resuming his impassiveness, and slipped around the corner of the house. Over the Pass It had an impassiveness which made an interminable distance between him and those who had till now looked upon him as a poor Chinky, doing a roustabout's work on a ranch, the handy-man, the Jack-of-all-trades. Wild Youth, Complete Blake met her supercilious bearing toward him with an impassiveness that was intended to mask his contemptuous resentment. Out of the Primitive All this repression at first seemed to me very strange—though I knew that thirty years previously, the training at samurai-schools compelled the same impassiveness and reticence. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Her very impassiveness added to her charm; for who is there in this world who is not eager to learn a secret? Jess But, as I made a sort of boast of this impassiveness, the importunity of the others was increased; and, since rude barbarity knows no limits, it managed to force me beyond my bounds. Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life With true Indian impassiveness, however, she never lost her self-control, but smilingly passed over the difficulty by substituting something else; and completely won the hearts of her audience by her coolness and self-possession. Flint and Feather At the end of the month he reappeared on duty, a subdued but mellow cheer shining through his wonted impassiveness. Pagan Papers But there was gradually developed—partly, perhaps, under Chinese teaching—a most elaborate code of deportment which exacted very much more than impassiveness. Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation There was little about them resembling the stern, quiet, somber austerity of the more matured men, and nothing at all of the strange, aloof, serene impassiveness of the gray-bearded old patriarchs. The Rainbow Trail All the queer tankards, and cupboards, and carved chairs listened with their wonted impassiveness. Absalom's Hair Inwardly she resented the serene impassiveness of her friend, who consulted calmly with the architect upon occasion about the decoration of the church, when men's liberty was gone, and perhaps their lives. A Rock in the Baltic Martin surveyed them with outward impassiveness and inward contempt. Bar-20 Days Impatient he became, at times, with her impassiveness, and fretted by her coldness. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring For some time the servants, quite amazed, saw him walk up and down the passage with feverish steps, and, in spite of his usual impassiveness, giving all the signs of extraordinary excitement. The Clique of Gold Outwardly he had regained his iron-like impassiveness; but in his body and his brain every nerve and fiber was consumed by a monstrous desire—a desire for this woman, the murderer's wife. Back to God's Country and Other Stories It was no longer a face of almost brutish impassiveness. The Golden Snare Out of the bitterness of her heart she spoke, but she was roused out of her assumed impassiveness by the effect produced. Wives and Daughters It was set like a judge's in a stony impassiveness. Huntingtower It was impassiveness, for at times his eyes would flash or blaze, and the strong fingers of his uninjured hand would grip the sheet, pulling it into far-extending wrinkles. The Jewel of Seven Stars He admired his father's impassiveness in the midst of all the confusion of the household, like an Egyptian pyramid, indifferent to the hurricane. Honore de Balzac Recklessness had always been latent in him, with all his serenity and impassiveness; a reckless resolve entered him now—reckless to madness. Under Two Flags The magistrate was so much excited, that his cold impassiveness actually threatened to give way for once. Within an Inch of His Life Mr. Spencer's savages, who showed no curiosity, displayed this impassiveness when Europeans were trying to make them exhibit signs of surprise. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 He paused, savouring the thoughts which had suddenly flashed across his mind, and a look of intense hatred and cruel satisfaction for a moment chased away the studied impassiveness of his face. The Elusive Pimpernel His silence and apparent impassiveness angered the irreverent little worthy. Robert Falconer He says," continued the interpreter with a slight shrug, yet relapsing into his former impassiveness, "that your father was a great chief, and your mother a pale face, or white woman. Tales of Trail and Town People were obliged to submit to him and his hotel as part of the unfinished civilization, and they even saw something humorous in his impassiveness. Openings in the Old Trail And he was aware of this impassiveness concealing a lucid astonishment. Under Western Eyes Relieved by their impassiveness, he braced himself with the determination to drink to the dead-line of unconsciousness and then lie down somewhere in the darkness to sleep off the effects. The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields With his head uncovered, the silver top-knot of his brushed-up hair completed the character of his physiognomy, all bony ridges and sunken hollows, clothed in a perfect impassiveness of expression. A Set of Six Ellen caught that in the dark, intent, piercing eyes, in the wide, level, thoughtful brows, in the stern impassiveness of his smooth face. To the Last Man In the warmth of its open fire, and the cheer of its lamps, even in the dignity and impassiveness of the butler, there was something sane and wholesome. Sight Unseen He called to mind all his friends in England, with their rigid manners, their impassiveness in the face of trying situations. El Dorado, an adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel "She isn't as late as I thought she'd be," said Mrs. Dent, and again that curious, subtle change passed over her face, and again it settled into that stony impassiveness. The Wind in the rose-bush and other stories of the supernatural Are you still of the opinion that there are no delights behind the blank mask which so often has amazed you by its impassiveness?' he asked, stretching out that livid face which reeked of money. Gobseck Faull's prominent, clear-cut features, metallic-looking skin, and general air of bored impassiveness, did not seem greatly to impress the medium, who was accustomed to regard men from a special angle. A Voyage to Arcturus He spoke no word; his dark impassiveness invited no comment. Heritage of the Desert Felton surveyed her for an instant with his usual impassiveness; then, seeing that the crisis threatened to be prolonged, he went out. The Three Musketeers |
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