discomposures

This was not the discomposure of last night; that had quite passed — such discomposures were a detail; the real coercion was to see a man ineffably adored.

The Ambassadors 2003

For these discomposures affect the mind, as the others do the body; and the discomposure of the mind must necessarily be as great a disability as that of the body, and much greater, praying to

Robinson Crusoe 1895

For these discomposures affect the mind, as the others do the body; and the discomposure of the mind must necessarily be as great a disability as that of the body, and much greater, praying to God being properly an act of the mind, not of the body.

Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1895

This was not the discomposure of last night; that had quite passed -- such discomposures were a detail; the real coercion was to see a man ineffably adored.

The Ambassadors Henry James 1879

God, than he is for a repentance on a sick bed; for these discomposures affect the mind, as the others do the body; and the discomposure of the mind must necessarily be as great a disability as that of the body, and much greater; praying to God being properly an act of the mind, not of the body.

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, Volume 1 With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe, Written By Himself, in Two Volumes Daniel Defoe 1696