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1653 E. Waterhouse Two Brief Medit. 58 The self-controll that hee accepts and rewards, is that of Job.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. i. 260 (note) The Perfection of Virtue is from long Art and Management, Self-Controul.

1800 W. Wordsworth in W. Wordsworth & S. T. Coleridge Lyrical Ballads II. 111 A man who without self-controul Would seek what the degraded soul Unworthily admires.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. v. xxxix. 76 As if all self-control had forsaken him, [he] grasped Adam's arm.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 151 To cultivate the highest powers of the body and mind is to strengthen self-control and that subconscious inhibition which govern us in our habits of life.

1925 E. M. Brent-Dyer School at Chalet xvii. 219 Joey..had quite recovered her self-control, although her jaunty air was rather overdone.

1955 Sci. Amer. Apr. 85/1 Over-loudness of the voice is most characteristically associated with anger and loss of self-control.

2004 J. Jameson & N. Strauss How to make Love like Porn Star ii. ix. 147 I could see that it was taking every ounce of self-control he had to keep from blowing his load and ruining the scene.

1812 D. Hitchcock Social Monitor 124 Where one wrests the right of self-control From other men by conquest or assault, Such men may justly from his rule revolt.

1850 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans i. 26 If it be not only an independent but a national church, the right of self-control is one that it cannot part with without disloyalty.

1893 Harper's Weekly 25 Feb. 171/2 It is plain that the outcome must be greater freedom and self-control for Ireland.

1920 Soviet Russia 8 Jan. 27/2 The centralism ruling from above was past; a new centralization, a centralization of self-control could only be built up from below.

1978 Rev. UK Self-regulatory Syst. Advertising Control (Office of Fair Trading) iv. 27 The advertising industry has recognised the need to open up its system of self-control to independent scrutiny and guidance.

1990 R. Schulz & A. C. Johnson Managem. Hospitals & Health Services (ed. 3) vii. 119 In organizations where employees have close relationships with patients and other professionals.., a strong case can be made for employee self-control.