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• He was not a popular idol, in spite of his great services and great qualities, because he was cold, reserved, and unyielding; because he disdained to flatter, and loved his native better than his adopted country. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• He was not distinguished for any attainments, except in mathematics; he was studious, reserved, and cold; he also exhibited an inflexible will, the great distinguishing quality of his mind. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• He was sometimes gloomy and reserved, and there was an unnatural wildness in his eye which gave indications of incipient madness. —  Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
• A civil list was reserved, and the disposal of territorial revenues withheld; but the partial liberty enjoyed was used with discretion and effect. —  The History of Tasmania, Volume I
• SHY PEOPLE.--Again many persons are thought to be stiff, reserved, and proud, when they are only shy. —  Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage

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