"Confident" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... silent for a space, cogitating over these points with a troubled look which contrasted with his previous confident expressions of opinion about the case. His inward perturbation was made manifest in ...
— The Hand in the Dark • Arthur J. Rees
... Confident that she should starve, Mrs. Nichols advanced a step or two into the kitchen, whereupon Aunt Milly commenced making excuses, saying, "she was gwine to clar up one of these days, and then if Thomas Jefferson and Marquis De Lafayette didn't quit that ...
— 'Lena Rivers • Mary J. Holmes
... entirely restored. In the shade of its flourishing growth he stood with braced and self-confident legs, and since nothing could now be discovered he did not shrink from an encounter with the eyes of judges, and allowed no thoughts of his own to keep him from an attitude of manfulness. He had performed his mistakes in the dark, so he was still ...
— The Red Badge of Courage - An Episode of the American Civil War • Stephen Crane
... I will not fight with words, but deeds to tame you, Rest confident I will, and thou shalt wish This day ...
— The Spanish Curate - A Comedy • Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher
... adventure should be inscribed, as to one, himself well known as an inimitable narrator. Could I have stolen for my story, any portion of the grace and humour with which I have heard you adorn many of your own, while I should deem this offering more worthy of your acceptance, I should also feel more confident of its reception ...
— The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete • Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
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