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Meanings of outward self in English

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Usage of outward self in English
1
She had had time to recover herself, to regain perfect outward self-control.
Bella Donna: A Novel
2
She became herself by an effort, but only her outward self.
The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
3
Murray regained outward self-control and bowed to the blushing Mollie.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906
4
He moved jerkily, like a man preserving outward self-control in spite of extreme nervous tension.
The Street Called Straight
5
Of my very commonplace outward self let this suffice.
Queen Sheba's Ring
6
She kept her feet and her outward self-possession.
Andivius Hedulio: Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of ...
7
I left, but it was only my outward self that was gone, not my sympathies or hopes.
Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs
8
As for Ashley, in spite of his outward self-possession, he was too bewildered to feel anything at all.
The Street Called Straight
9
He was revelling in the beauty of the girl before him, in her perfect outward self, in her unique personality.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 2
10
Florence Barlowe, with malice toward all and charity to none, devoted her outward self to good works of the conventional kind.
A Few Short Sketches
11
As it was, he was forced to make his petition lamely, calmly, shorn of all that outward self-abasement which the case demanded.
The Valley of the Kings
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