"' Imperturbability means coolness and presence of mind under all circumstances, calmness amid storm, clearness of judgment in moments of grave peril, immobility, impassiveness, or, to use an old and expressive word, phlegm.

The marriage between Louis XIV and Madame de Maintenon was celebrated in his presence at Versailles, but there is no reason for supposing that the subsequent coolness between him and Madame de Maintenon arose from his insistence on secrecy in this matter.

On the night of 1 / 2 November 1914 near Le Gheer, Belgium, when his officer, the platoon sergeant and a number of men had been struck down, Drummer Bent took command of the platoon and with great presence of mind and coolness succeeded in holding the position.

Recounting his own rescue by Smith to a Daily Mail correspondent, Sergeant Rooke said of the corporal: " He behaved with wonderful coolness and presence of mind the whole time, and no man deserved a Victoria Cross more thoroughly than he did ".

Louis's superior coolness of mind permits him to allay Charles's suspicions and to regain his liberty.

Darwin recounts that one day, Brown told him personally that he challenged Cullen on “ the incomprehensible ideas of atony and spasm existing in the same vessels of the body at the same time ” and “ thereby provoked him to manifest signs of impatience and displeasure ” the result being a “ coolness ” that “ increased at last … to rooted aversion and deep opposition .” But it was this resistance from Cullen and irritation of mind that it provoked that is, according to Darwin, “ to be ascribed no small portion of that resolution and energy with which he laboured out a System of Medical Philosophy, which, though not free from errors, borrows, however, none from Cullen .”

Maple leaves are often floated on water to exude coolness or, sprigs of nandina are popularly used.

Beatrice Grimshaw, a visitor to Malden in the guano-digging era, decried the " glaring barrenness of the bit island ", declaring that "... shade, coolness, refreshing fruit, pleasant sights and sounds: there are none.

These rooms are prized because of the high insulation provided by the air-filled pumice, and are used as living quarters of unique coolness in the summer and warmth in the winter, and also as premium storage space for produce and especially for wine cellaring: the Kánava wineries of Santorini.

Visitors entering the massive, carved mesquite-wood doors of San Xavier are often struck by the coolness of the interior, and the dazzling colors of the paintings, carvings, frescoes and statues.

* Noticeable change in color ( blueness or paleness ) or temperature ( coolness ) when compared to the other limb ( termed unilateral dependent rubor ; when both limbs are affected this is termed bilateral dependent rubor )

" Editor and critic David Pringle writes that the novel " is narrated in an oddly detached, quizzical and dryly humorous manner … The paleo-anthropological details are superbly imagined, the African landscapes beautifully described, yet the final effect is one of coolness, distance … Michael Bishop's prose style is learned, witty, Latinate, although salted with deliberately-placed colloquialisms and low jokes.

It depicts coolness and calmness in the face of hostile action and self control and the colours blue and white are not exaggerated and suggest calmness and clear thinking.

But, however occasionally useful, it is neither accurate nor universal, the true mean of nature requiring compensation, which, in the case of warmth and coolness, is in about equal proportions, while, in regard to advancing and retiring colours, the true balance of effect is, approximately, three of the latter to one of the former ; nevertheless, the proportions in both cases are to be governed by the predominance of light or shade, and the required effect of a picture, in which, and other species of antagonism, the scale of equivalents affords a guide.

Among the emotions they're interested in are detachment, discontent, coolness, hopelessness, and ambivalence.

The private rooms are also described, to all seem to be decorated in pastel colors, and to include ingenious ways to at a minimum, simulate coolness – gauze curtains to reflect the worst light, with huge windows and balcony doors to catch the slightest breeze.

Concentration coolness and a strong nerve are called for as he pursues a sequence of winning numbers, but will he risk all on the flip of a coin?

It has been said that he showed a want of personal courage ; this is not improbable, the excess of feeling which made him so great an orator could hardly be combined with the coolness in danger required of a soldier ; but no one was able, as he was, to infuse courage into others.

* All the discussions have been penned with great coolness and fineness and in perfect accordance with the rules of discussion ; everything has been said in a lucid manner and understanding has been made easy.

Wisden described Hirst as playing " a great game ", noted the coolness of his play under pressure and said that " Hirst's innings was in its way almost as remarkable as Jessop's ".

In a review of the action figure, MTV said that Zartan " one of the few JOE-verse characters that weren ’ t stripped of all their coolness in the recent film ", though still praised the action figure for not referencing the film, calling the figure " all-around amazing ".

I touched it and the coolness, the ice-feeling, was gone, and even then it moved a little, perhaps a tiny spasm of the dead muscles, and I hoped that it was truly dead, so that I would not have to kill it.

I have heard them speak with awe of his coolness and his nerve in scouting patrols in no man's land.

His mature works, using Arnold Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique, have a textural clarity and emotional coolness which greatly influenced composers at Darmstadt, such as Pierre Boulez, Luigi Nono, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.

Her shyly charismatic appeal, independence, persistence, coolness under pressure, courage and goal-oriented career along with the circumstances of her disappearance at a comparatively early age have driven her lasting fame in popular culture.

Norma tells Mrs. Bronson about her nightmare, adding, " Isn't it wonderful to have darkness, and coolness?

A 19th century traveler observed: " I have seen a little fellow of six years old, with a troop of fat toddlers of only three and four, teaching to throw stones at a Jew, and one little urchin would, with the greatest coolness, waddle up to the man and literally spit upon his Jewish gaberdine.

Based on the look of a customised chopper motorcycle, made popular with films such as Easy Rider, the Chopper bike was the " must have " item and signifier of " coolness " for many children at the time.

These have been interpreted, at times, as periods of global warmth and coolness, respectively.

Had it not been for the coolness displayed by this NCO not one man would have escaped.

By his marked coolness and promptitude on this occasion, Lieutenant Brooke prevented the enemy from breaking through the British line at a time when a general counter-attack could not have been organised.

Huger's response to Wise asked him to rely on " hard work and coolness among the troops you have, instead of more men.

You have come that you may make coolness for him after you ... "

During the operations on the Scottish border in the Bishops ' Wars ( 1639 – 1640 ) he showed his skill and coolness in the dispositions by which he saved the English artillery at the Battle of Newburn ( 1640 ).

The coolness and firmness of Bernstorff saved the situation.

The body caressed through my hands like cool satin, and my hands, usually tanned and dark, were pale beside it, and I asked it where the fire colors could come from the coolness of that body.

The air from the high desert is initially relatively dense owing to its coolness and aridity, and thus tends to channel down the valleys and canyons in gusts which can attain hurricane force at times.

On the approach of a body of Illyrians, who, though summoned by Perdiccas, unexpectedly declared for Arrhabaeus, the Macedonians fled, and Brasidas's force was rescued from a critical position only by his coolness and ability.

The US victory came largely from the toughness of the fighting force, Spruance's combination of coolness plus his caution at just the right moments, and large doses of plain luck.

Howe professed coolness in the incident, but later told the Manchester Guardian that he considered every hour that he lived from that day onwards to be borrowed time.

Evaporation of moisture from the pads on top of the Toguna buildings built by the Dogon people of Mali, Africa contribute to the coolness felt by the men who rest underneath.

The cool wind that blows from the west coast through the Palghat gap loses its coolness and becomes hot and dry by the time it reaches the Erode region.

He received the Medal of Honor for extraordinary bravery and coolness under heavy fire from the enemy while cutting the cables leading from Cienfuegos, Cuba, May 11, 1898.

# Au bord d ' une source ( Beside a Spring )-Liszt's caption is from Schiller: “ In the whispering coolness begins young nature ’ s play .”

On 4 May 1889 during the attack on the village of Tartan ( now Siallum near Voklaak Village ), Burma ( now Myanmar ) by a column of the Chin Field Force, Surgeon Le Quesne remained for the space of about ten minutes within five yards of the loopholed stockade, from which the enemy was firing, dressing with perfect coolness and self-possession, the wounds of an officer who shortly afterwards died.

The approach to the Crag was very narrow but the lieutenant led his party with great coolness, and was the first man to gain the top of the Crag from his side of the attack.

It may be noted that Brecht ’ s use of distancing effects in order to prevent audience members from bathing themselves in empathetic emotions and to draw them into an attitude of critical judgment may lead to other reactions than intellectual coolness.

Michelangelo, determined from the first upon nothing but fresco, tartly replied to his holiness that oil was only fit for women and for sluggards like Friar Sebastian ; and the coolness between the two painters lasted almost up to the friar's death.

Arguably similar to Hector from Zits, Cruz is often seen accompanying Baldo in the quest for coolness.

Early in 1793, after the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars, Hood went to the Mediterranean in Juno under his cousin Lord Hood, and distinguished himself by an audacious feat of coolness and seamanship in extricating his vessel from the harbour of Toulon, which he had entered in ignorance of Lord Hood's withdrawal.

Wizards of the Coast's development team for Chronicles excluded powerful, abusive cards that were the frequent sources of player complaints, such as Mana Drain, The Abyss, Nether Void, Moat, and Maze of Ith, while including cards that they determined had a high " coolness factor " and would drive sales with the predominantly-casual player base for Magic at the time, such as the Elder Dragon Legends, The Wretched, Sol ' Kanar the Swamp King, Dakkon Blackblade, and the three " Urza's Lands " from Antiquities.

Here, he received his first Navy Cross for actions in which " his exhibition of coolness, intrepidity, and dash so inspired his men that superior forces of bandits were driven from their prepared positions and severe losses inflicted upon them.

Rusk wrote of the Mexican attack: " These men advanced with great coolness and bravery under a destructive fire from our men, preserving ... strict order and exhibiting no confusion.