But Mrs. Fisher's very abstractedness-and she seemed to be absorbed chiefly in the interesting people she used to know and in their memorial photographs, and quite a good part of the interview was taken up by reminiscent anecdote of Carlyle, Meredith, Matthew Arnold, Tennyson, and a host of others-her very abstractedness was a recommendation.
"The Enchanted April"
Elizabeth von Arnim
His mind, when a boy in Kentucky, showed a certain gloom, an unsocial nature, a peculiar abstractedness, a bold and daring skepticism.
"Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?"
John B. Remsburg
Anthony had fallen against the roots of a banking elm, and surveyed the scene with philosophic abstractedness.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith