| 单词 | disobliging |
| 例句 | It is a strange thing, but when you are dreading something, and would give anything to slow down time, it has a disobliging habit of speeding up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It is just that this is a gentle, old-school standup set, without rudeness or confrontation, but with merriment at Tompkins' own ridiculousness as a man struggling to act appropriately in a disobliging world. Paul F Tompkins – review 2013-04-09T16:11:03Z “Fallen Kingdom” finds workers racing to save disobliging dinosaurs from an erupting volcano. ‘Solo’ Sputters at Box Office, Raising Worries of ‘Star Wars’ Fatigue 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was tit-for-tat: they wanted to punish us for the disobliging references to the "paper of record" in the documentary. Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali: brothers in arms 2010-07-26T20:31:00Z Powell was no happier when he was targeted in “gossipy and disobligingly frank extracts” of Waugh’s diaries, published posthumously. The One-Hit Author Whose One Hit Had 12 Volumes 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z She was suspected of suffering in silence, when silence is seen as weak or disobliging, and she was denigrated for it, her denials distrusted. Leslie Ash: ‘You go through a grieving process when you've lost your career' 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It is a disobliging truth: cats do not obey humans. Claws out! Why cats are causing chaos and controversy across Britain 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In a complicated and disobliging world, they're necessary instruments for getting things done. Women rule the world ... but only if it's Made in Dagenham 2010-10-04T10:53:00Z To anyone wishing to look their best – the flaws of the flesh concealed – she must have seemed disobligingly frank, though only if one believed in the body as the soul's representative. Alice Neel: Painted Truths 2010-07-10T23:05:00Z The reviewers were disobliging and they included me. Nicole Kidman in Cannes: her tortuous journey to Queen of the Croisette 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z As one disobliging student says of them, “The only thing they care about is looking like they care.” Eli Roth: ‘I miss films where you think the makers were insane’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z Adolescence was not the fearful event it is now, when our innocent, adoring, clear-skinned children become “disobliging, somewhat deranged and kind of disgusting.” Traumatized by Memories of Middle School? You Are Not Alone 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z A few are offering the odd disobliging word about Mr Dowden, suggesting he never wanted to be party chairman in the first place and was very disappointed to be demoted from being culture secretary. Where do by-election defeats leave Boris Johnson's future? 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z With bizarre exemptions such as these, is it any wonder that the British public is increasingly disobliging and restless? Can Donald Trump shrug off Amy Dorris's allegations of sexual assault too? Barbara Ellen 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z I sometimes wonder what it is that makes her get up in the morning and face the disobliging headlines and cartoons, and what it is is a very old-fashioned sense of public service. Michael Gove rules out resigning over Brexit deal - Politics live 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Across a month in India she managed to threaten a disobliging colleague with criminal arson and, at Delhi airport, provoke police into reaching for their guns. MIA: Is the musician paranoid, or is everyone out to get her? 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z "You know, the great British portraitist. He was jealous of the prices she commanded and in his work Oriental Tales he was most disobliging about her. Said she was feeble and vulgar!" A delayed tribute to France's most famous woman artist - BBC News 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z "But it also might reflect that I have said one or two things in the House of Commons that were somewhat disobliging to President Putin and the way that Russia is behaving," he said. Russia ban shows sanctions are working, Sir Malcolm Rifkind says - BBC News 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z He began his speech, in a half empty chamber, by saying it was "an unaccustomed surprise" to speak in the Commons without being greeted by a "disobliging wall of noise" from the opposition benches. Queen's Speech 2015: Nick Clegg says EU debate will 'devour' Tory government - BBC News 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z In the end J&J disobligingly bought Synthes instead, a family controlled Swiss company. ENRC moves higher on bid speculation while FTSE edges up after Monday's fall 2013-02-05T16:48:34Z But it also looks nervy to be so clearly rattled by one disobliging media report. If the Chinese dragon is so mighty, why is it trembling inside? 2013-02-01T20:30:02Z Comprehensive teachers must surely long for Michael Gove to stop making disobliging comments about them and to try handling a classroom. Unthinkable? Global job-swap day 2012-11-30T21:48:20Z Ireland, with the images of Jack Charlton's side incised on the national consciousness forever, have been seen at times as a disobliging bunch. Euro 2012: Republic of Ireland got their tactics wrong against Croatia 2012-06-11T14:02:30Z Unfortunately the new rail from Gibraltar up to Bobadilla, by way of which many tourists enter Spain, is one of these disobliging minor lines. Heroic Spain 2012-03-26T02:00:38.797Z Thus, by acting a part absolutely hateful to me, the mutiny was quelled, and things are now going on all right, except that Sharban avails himself of small opportunities of being disobliging. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z My dear Louis, The postal guide tells me, disobligingly, that there is no mail to you via San Francisco this month and that I must confide my few lines to the precarious and perfidious Hamburg. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z "We will move more into the shade," said her disobliging husband. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z There we staid a few days at an unpretending, neat hotel, of small dimensions—not the chief hotel, where the mistress, we found, was unaccommodating and disobliging—a very rare thing in America. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z His leisurely manner suggested no more than a willingness not to be disobliging. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z If even, while refusing, he had been able to do so gracefully: but the form of his refusal was still more disobliging than the matter of it. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z The Knapps, however, proved disobliging and flatly declined to move a second time. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z "Let him laugh and enjoy himself," answered Aunt Tiny quickly, by way of discarding the thought that there could be in his laughter anything disobliging for herself. The Woman Who Vowed The Demetrian 2011-10-24T02:00:18.500Z What think you of disobliging one another from this day forward; and shewing all our ill humours at the first, which lovers use to keep as a reserve, till they are married? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z With the best will in the world, in that case, they can’t be very disobliging.” Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z So this disobliging beetle would just stop there, making a kind of a mump in the poor Admiral’s neck. The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn 2011-10-03T02:00:28.483Z So the girls, feeling just a little indignant at their disobliging relatives, decided to get along as well as they could without them. Dandelion Cottage 2011-10-29T02:00:16.960Z No person was allowed to go on a journey, long or short, without a pocketful of letters entrusted to him by his friends, unless he were unusually disobliging. The History of the Post Office in British North America 2011-08-31T02:01:37.743Z After such outlay, it was disobliging to score only 60 times in the league last season and City were a hindrance to themselves. Cash torrent compels Manchester City to turn on the goal supply 2011-08-22T14:43:50Z Using heat—in the form of steam—to liberate disobligingly thick and gunky oil which would otherwise stay in the ground is nothing new. Solar heat for oil wells: Mirrors in glasshouses? 2011-08-10T18:17:43Z Let you go so, as you are so unnatural and so disobliging, and look for some man of your own, God help him! Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z It disobligingly kept its balance, however, and refused to upset. The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House or, The Magic Garden 2011-07-26T02:00:18.027Z When we returned from the pursuit of the disobliging ryper, there was a fair breeze down the lake, so we hoisted sails and were soon back at Memurudalen. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z This, Chimer considered, proved that Isaac dead was more or less of the same disobliging nature as Isaac had been living—a strong collateral evidence of the genuineness of both his messages from the unseen. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z “I am sorry to be disobliging, but if that is the case I believe I will.” Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet The Story of a King's Daughter 2011-06-06T02:00:08.460Z "And you are not going to spoil the whole thing by being disobliging over it," added Pierrot, with a virtuous air. Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z "Yes, dear, I know; but I really don't think there's any reason for it—and they have all come to hear you, and it seems disobliging not to." Boston Neighbours In Town and Out 2011-05-24T02:00:13.567Z How anyone can call herself a lady and spend fifteen minutes downright gloating at nothing but cigarette cases—well, I should be sorry to be so disobliging myself! Punch,or The London Charivari, Volume 105, July 22nd, 1893 2011-04-02T02:00:12.230Z Those in the neighborhood of San Mateo are an exception; they are distrustful, rough, and disobliging. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Be above the vulgar folly of pretending that you can not play for dancing; for it proves only that if not disobliging, you are stupid. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z But she begged him to believe that it was mere thoughtlessness, not any wish to be disobliging. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z "I am very sorry, indeed, to seem disobliging, but I shall not give up a friend without sufficient reason for so doing." Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z This cynical summing up of the Great Australian Question merely caused the stranger to raise his eyebrows, and Pollie to pout and declare that Mr. Atherstone was very disobliging and quite unlike himself that evening. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z She was neither uncivil nor disobliging, but no efforts on the part of her schoolmates were able to penetrate the thick barrier of her reserve. The School by the Sea A good supply of patience and politeness is needed in shopping, and a true lady or gentleman will not lose temper or forget good manners, even if a clerk is impertinent or disobliging. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use From complaisance towards the world, and from an unwillingness to appear disobliging and ungracious to our friends, we often allow our own privacy to be invaded. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine I note he’s a bit more prankish an’ disobliging, every fall when he comes back. Dorothy at Oak Knowe She said she had feared being obliged to put up with mere warehouse work, and that she could not bear; but country people were so lazy and disobliging. Sowing and Sewing A Sexagesima Story “That's right, Mrs. Temple,” said Bernard, “help me to urge my petition; I don't think Miss Virginia can be disobedient, even if it were in her power to be disobliging.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The argument of gold was supplemented by another argument of death, if the seller was disobliging; we had twenty good horse pistols, and their united reasoning never failed to convince. Francezka The disobliging servants of the road did not care to have more of a demonstration, and the door was shoved open, and, in no gracious manner, I was put on board, and started for Utica. Personal Recollections of the War of 1861 As Private, Sergeant and Lieutenant in the Sixty-First Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry "Well, Leander, I must say that is very ungracious and disobliging of you." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 If you were not so disagreeable and disobliging you could easily come with me, but you never do anything to please me.” Daddy's Girl “Well,” said George abruptly, after a pause, “I wouldn’t be so disobliging about a little thing like that.” That Mother-in-Law of Mine As if a Design of Sovereignty could be reasonably concluded from any one Act; or any one could think of bringing to pass such a Design, by eternally favouring the Patricians, and disobliging the Populace. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare We have seen the most generous, the most warm-hearted and obliging of mortals, under this sort of training, made the most morose and disobliging of husbands. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 As they felt no fatigue they did not wish to seem disobliging and executed a new dance, more graceful and attractive than the first. Old French Fairy Tales It was a footing, at all events, whatever accounted for it, on which he should surely be rather a muff not to manage by one turn or another to escape disobliging. The Wings of the Dove, Volume II Xerxes took offence at this liberty, and uttered some very disobliging words to him. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Her ideas were in a hopeless state of confusion, and she was troubled by a fear that a lack of intelligence had made her seem disobliging. Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 "Well then, since you have so little breeding, and are so disobliging, I give you for gift, that at every word you speak there shall come out of your mouth a snake or a toad." The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault There are days and days together when he does nothing that is right, when he is disobedient, disrespectful, disobliging, disagreeable, even disreputable. A Boy I Knew and Four Dogs "Now I've got ye, ye disobliging things," said he to himself, as the stout old hens and pompous roosters pushed the young ones aside, and gobbled up the corn. Harper's Young People, May 25, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Hence proposed Conclusion is incomplete, the complete one containing, in addition, “All selfish men are disobliging”. Symbolic Logic The servants declared the old man was too disobliging himself to deserve help and the white people seemed to have forgotten him. The Comings of Cousin Ann He does not draw his sword, he is neither gruff nor disobliging. Home Life in Germany Have I been perfectly sincere to-day, disobliging no one, and speaking evil of no one? Louis Philippe Makers of History Series The result of this will be a constant habit of mutual forbearance, and a fear to be disobliging in matters of greater importance. Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life “I don’t see why Billy is so disobliging.” The Hilltop Boys A Story of School Life They had been delighted with their trip, but were highly dissatisfied with the treatment on board, where they had to quarrel with bad provender, bad wine, and disobliging servants. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 He did not wish to be disobliging, nor did he wish to sacrifice the afternoon. The Tin Box and What it Contained The few inhabitants found in this part of the country are impolite, lazy and disobliging. Narrative of Richard Lee Mason in the Pioneer West, 1819 The parvenu was simply a person who had "got on": the disobliging slur of implication on his former position, and perhaps on his means of freeing himself from it, came later. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Robert faithfully obeyed his mother, and though bold boys and girls thought him hard and disobliging, he and his pretty donkey were in great demand among the invalids and children. Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children One too lazy or disobliging cannot grow these many latent powers. Cupology How to Be Entertaining I did not mean to catch his eye—but I don't like to be disobliging. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 24, 1887 He did not wish to be disobliging, however, and answered that he didn't mind. The Erie Train Boy The janitor is a disobliging old person who has been there since the house was started and holds his job, in spite of incessant complaints. This Giddy Globe When you feel hard, and cross, and disobliging, try to remember what I have been saying, and let me help. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls Whereupon Lieutenant Van Haubitz passed half an hour in heaping maledictions on the head of his disobliging commander, and then sat down and wrote an application for an exchange to the authorities in Holland. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847 "Well, then, since you have so little breeding and are so disobliging, I give you for gift, that at every word you speak there shall come out of your mouth a snake or a toad." Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes I should have withdrawn my hand, but for fear of disobliging her. Memoirs Of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) Of course, though, I couldn’t be disobliging, you know, sir.” Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant But he's a cranky, disobliging fellow enough—I know him of old. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 As a neighbor, his feelings were so soured and narrow, as to render him disobliging, suspicious, and equally an object of general dislike and neglect. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 "It seems extremely disobliging to the Brades, when they have taken the pains to cultivate you." Floyd Grandon's Honor That Father Nicholas would have listened to her, Doucebelle knew; for he was by no means an unkind or disobliging man. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century He was gentle and kind—especially to little boys; I rough and disobliging. The Thorogood Family Since the first impetuosities of youth, he has rarely been refractory or disobliging. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection I tell this to show how very disobliging they were to us. Southern Arabia That sentence, which had followed the prosecution on the part of Lady Lovat, was not, at that time, remitted, for fear of disobliging the Athole family. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II. Don't let us part so harshly," she said—"with your trying to make me feel as if I were merely disobliging. The Tragic Muse "I'm afraid it wouldn't be any use—not at this time of year," said the duke almost cheerfully, as he saw that in an irreproachable fashion he was getting his own disobliging way. Happy Pollyooly The Rich Little Poor Girl "I thought you the most crusty and disobliging old man I had ever seen." The Reminiscences of an Astronomer This expression is imagined to be insolent and disobliging: but it was a Latin proverb familiarly used on all occasions. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. It's very disappointing," said the Terror, frowning at the disobliging fisherman; then he added with philosophic calm: "Well, it can't be helped; we've got to go on watching him every evening till he does. The Terrible Twins This unhappy boy had acquired so sour a disposition, and was so disobliging, that all the sailors disliked him, and would do every thing they could to teaze him. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated To this assortment of disobliging creatures let us add two horrors: the silky Epeirus, whose disc-shaped scalloped abdomen is as big as a shilling, and the crowned Epeirus, which is horribly hairy and corpulent. Social Life in the Insect World They have no private views; and giving their votes, as I am informed, by balloting, they lie under no awe, or fear of disobliging competitors. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Now, I hate to appear disobliging; yet, if you've ever been employed by anyone else, you will appreciate the need of obeying an owner's orders.” The Submarine Boys and the Middies Their use is to fasten a napkin round a child's neck at dinner, and take the place of that disobliging "pin," which is never at hand when wanted. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 No 1, Nov 1877 Now, this is simply saying that she is very disobliging and unamiable in her disposition. The Child at Home The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated "Well, then, since you are so disobliging, I give you for gift that at every word you speak there shall come out of your mouth a snake or a toad." The Tales of Mother Goose As First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696 Mrs W. Thank you; pretty well; but, as usual with all Italians, the owners are most disobliging. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 Flora blushed, and pouted for a moment, then beckoned to Little Ugly, who disobligingly suggested that the grass would be wet. Autumn Leaves Original Pieces in Prose and Verse As to the camel-drivers, they are an ill-bred, disobliging set, and I give them nothing extra. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government I had been disobliging about Mr. Clinton, and I would say so, and offer to repair that matter. A Great Emergency and Other Tales Now, this is a plain confession that she is very disobliging and unamiable in her disposition. Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. The end of it all is that Mrs. Haworth will think us all very disobliging barbarians, and that really I am vexed. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Placed, as they are, at the door of the temple of fame, they often seem to the unfledged author the most disobliging, iron-hearted men in the world. The Diving Bell Or, Pearls to be Sought for It is very curious too, how exceedingly disobliging old people are. Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." An ambulance surgeon disobligingly arrived in time to save her life for once; but the second time she borrowed some carbolic acid, which is more expeditious than any ambulance surgeon. The Clarion "You are the most disobliging fellow I ever saw," retorted Edgar, angrily, rising up and going into the house to get his own knife. Wreaths of Friendship A Gift for the Young Indeed Beatus goes on to indicate that this course had been taken by Reuchlin; whose elderly consort was, however, disobliging enough to live for many years. The Age of Erasmus Lectures Delivered in the Universities of Oxford and London I chose to be disobliging that time, and was sorry for it afterwards—sorry when I heard about the letter that really went! Judith of the Plains She felt ready to weep at being found so disobliging, yet when she thought of the performance required of her, her tongue clove to her mouth with fright. Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn Looking his sister squarely in the face, he said, "I am sorry to seem disobliging but I cannot show your friends my aëroplane and I am surprised to find that they know I have one." Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics I don't mean to be curt or disobliging, gentlemen, but you must get out in the open. The Ramrodders A Novel I think my friends will say that I tell lies, which they would not think of me, when I tell them that you have become morose and disobliging. Looking Seaward Again By these haughty manners, and still more by his frequent disobliging and even abusive manner of speaking, he displeased every one and became universally disliked. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Doctor Bryerly made a note in his pocket-book here, and I said— 'But I am really quite sure it was a story of Dickon's, he is such a surly, disobliging man.' Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh The one objection to a livery servant lies in this very fact; for a slave to liver is rarely in a good humour, and is generally sulky, lazy, and disobliging. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, July 16, 1892 You need not be disobliging, since you can always make time by denying yourself. Stray Thoughts for Girls It was with him a fixed principle never to disoblige a customer, and he saw that he was disobliging at least half a dozen. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 Audrey strongly desired to throw the gardener-mechanic upon the world; it nauseated her to see his disobliging face about the garden. The Lion's Share It would be, in the circumstances, peculiarly uncivil and disobliging to lay very much stress on the fact that, after all, the greatest of Richardson's works is his successor, caricaturist, and superior—Fielding. The English Novel But my respect, and fear of disobliging you, have hitherto kept me silent— Sir Per. The Man of the World (1792) But she did not like to appear disobliging or unappreciative of Miss McKenzie's kindness, and a bright idea suddenly occurred to her. Mona A man cannot bear to be called stingy or disobliging. Samoa, A Hundred Years Ago And Long Before I was asked to sing; and, though I do not like to sing after dinner, I consented, not to be disobliging. The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 They were all so calm and businesslike that it would have seemed disobliging and absurd to make difficulties. The Indiscretion of the Duchess It was his sense of the kindness shown him, and the desire not to be disobliging, that made him accept the public invitations he was receiving. The Personal Life of David Livingstone Then they urged the formidable strength of that party, and the dangers which must follow by disobliging of it. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Here she took upon her to be his wife, and said that they were privately married for fear of disobliging his relations. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences I don't want to be unkind or disobliging," said Harry, "but I don't feel like giving Luke this money. Risen from the Ranks Harry Walton's Success Or do you want your employers to say you are disobliging as well as drunken?” The Indiscretion of the Duchess The officers here were not nearly so haughty and disobliging as those on board the Eurotas. A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy To offer them comfort one by one, would be not only an endless, but a disobliging task. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer The servants, imitating their mistress's attitude were deliberately disobliging and rude to the little foreigner. Kimono If the ambassador will stir, the King will not be disobliging, though it will probably not be a free pardon, but Hungary for some years to come—and you are coming with me.” A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago When we lean to the means and to instruments, we prejudge ourselves, by disobliging of God, and provoking him to leave us, that we may wrestle with the ordinances alone, and find no advantage. Christ: The Way, the Truth, and the Life She did not want to be stiff and disobliging; and she would like to hear Mrs. Van Alstyne sing. We Girls: a Home Story They seem more occupied in disobliging all their new court than in disturbing the King's. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume I "But surely it was not for that disobliging act that you were driven away from the castle," said Kohlhaas. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 04 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes But I tried to convince them that the servants were just what the family was, that they were not at all more rude and selfish and disobliging than they themselves were. The Grimké Sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké: the First American Women Advocates of Abolition and Woman's Rights Indeed I know not the person, man or woman, I should be so much afraid of disobliging, or incurring a censure from, as from her. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 Uncle Tom was an irascible prohibitionist, and one of the most deliberately disobliging men on earth. The Cruise of the Jasper B. Of course, I dislike to seem disobliging, or anything like that, but your tone and manner would not make any one very enthusiastic about pleasing you, Mr. Burns. Jean of the Lazy A Well, mother says I shouldn't be disobliging; but it's rather hard. At the Back of the North Wind A phrase which has a disobliging air for you, but which was lugubrious only for me. Les Misérables Her heart instantaneously at ease on this point, she resolved to lose no time in particular examination of anything, as she greatly dreaded disobliging the general by any delay. Northanger Abbey O my dear! an obliging temper is a very dangerous temper!—By endeavouring to gratify others, it is evermore disobliging itself! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 Madame Carolina expressed her willingness; but the Baroness, like all forward girls unused to the world, suddenly grew at the same time both timid and disobliging. Vivian Grey You, I know, lay this to his fearfulness of disobliging or offending. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 Let young women remember that an unfeeling and disobliging temper is unworthy of their character, and opposite to their real interest. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I Why must he always play the disobliging and tyrannical host? Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II "Dora is religious, and such people always have fits of being disobliging." Be Courteous or, Religion, the True Refiner I found him as courteous as Mr. Grewter had been disobliging. Birds of Prey Their behaviour to him, when they could not help seeing him, was very cold and disobliging; but as yet not directly affrontive. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 They take pleasure in obliging and imitating those they like and perhaps in disobliging those they dislike. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene "You always were a disobliging critter," Wally grinned. A Little Bush Maid She put down her basket, unwilling to seem disobliging, and they talked for some time in a friendly sort of way. L'Assommoir It is my opinion that no railroad official, however disobliging, would hesitate a moment about which way he would swing after reading an epistle after this pattern. Remarks "Oh, yes," said Deronda, carelessly, knowing that Sir Hugo would think any excuse disobliging. Daniel Deronda I hope, to make her afraid of ever more disobliging me more!— Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 I wanted courage to resist at first the will of my relations; but, as every day added to my fears, those, at last, grew strong enough to make me venture the disobliging them. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) That she chose not to make a public appearance, if, without disobliging my friends, she could avoid it, till a reconciliation with her own could be effected. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 Pray understand, sir, that I am very sorry to be unable to do what you ask, and to appear disobliging to an American. An Antarctic Mystery As we had to travel on Sunday, we requested the driver to stop at some village where we could assist at Mass. This he very disobligingly refused to do. Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois No one who is digging a Browning pistol into the small of my back will ever find me disobliging. The Little Nugget I didn't mean to be either rude or disobliging or even—queer. Betty Wales, Sophomore I am sorry I have been the cause of his disobliging you. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded The idea of leaving the Kerguelens on the Halbrane had full possession of me, and I grew more and more angry with her disobliging captain. An Antarctic Mystery Dame Margaret sometimes transacted the necessary business with him in person; and when he came to the Castle on these occasions, she thought she saw a malicious and disobliging expression in his manner and countenance. Peveril of the Peak The landlord was rich, and therefore could afford to be crusty and disobliging; he did not at all like being turned out of his warm bed to open his house for us. A Tramp Abroad — Volume 03 She raised herself on her dainty tiptoes, elevated her round little chin and tried to peer over the heads of a very tall and disobliging multitude. Castle Craneycrow "Now I call that downright mean and disobliging," Sadie returned, with an injured air, but flushing uncomfortably and forgetting for the moment the many other acts of kindness Katherine had shown her. Katherine's Sheaves On certain occasions she could even be disobliging. A Sweet Girl Graduate This is telling you that I could not be offended at any thing you said of him, nor am I likely to suspect a sincere friend of disobliging me. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 "I don't know that I can come Saturday," she objected, only anxious to be disobliging. The Story of Julia Page The rules of good breeding condemn whatever is openly disobliging, and gives a sensible pain and confusion to those, with whom we converse. A Treatise of Human Nature It may seem 'disobliging' to you, but you know that is not my motive. Katherine's Sheaves They have made me selfish, disobliging, and disagreeable, because I am too proud to act as if I would beg the love they are so careless of bestowing. Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing I was a thousand times tempted by this opportunity to declare my passion, but the dread of disobliging her restrained my tongue. The Adventures of Roderick Random Peregrine, upon recollection, was sorry for having been laid under the necessity of disobliging honest Jack, and very frankly asked his pardon for what he had done. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle "Oh, very well," said she, "disobliging thing!"—with perfect good humor, mind you. A Woman-Hater Oh, come now, Katharine, don't be disobliging," Sadie here interposed; "there can be no harm in our walking quietly back to the seminary together. Katherine's Sheaves The girls retired to the bedroom and began to "rig up," as they called it; but discontent still lurked among them, and showed itself in sharp words, envious looks, and disobliging acts. Jack and Jill Of course no one need tell a story if he prefers to be disobliging. The Idiot Here, however, he made little progress, except in mischief, which he practised with impunity, because the school-mistress would run no risk of disobliging a lady of fortune, by exercising unnecessary severities upon her only child. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle For every chief thought himself entitled to peculiar observance; and it was therefore impossible to pay marked court to any one without disobliging the rest. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 She felt a certain shame in doing so; a shame in admitting that a relative of hers could be so mean and disobliging. Thankful's Inheritance Perhaps it was good-nature, perhaps it was only an indolent shrinking from disobliging anybody, that influenced me—it does not much matter now. Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners) He straightened himself; and Time, so disobliging to most of us, turned backward to accommodate Fuzzy. Strictly business: more stories of the four million He questioned the valet about it with such manifestation of displeasure, that the fellow, afraid of disobliging such a good master, frankly communicated the story which was circulated at his expense. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle He ate heartily of it, wondering at the same time why the men had been so disobliging about it at first. The Coming Conquest of England "How dare you be so disobliging?" "—nine—ten—eleven—" pursued Agatha. An Unsocial Socialist No man is fit to govern great societies who hesitates about disobliging the few who have access to him, for the sake of the many whom he will never see. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 His only motive would be an aversion to disobliging a confrère, and why should I put him in such an unpleasant position? Letters on Literature "I don't like to be disobliging," was Tom's answer, "but it is not yet patented and—well—" he hesitated. Tom Swift and His Wizard Camera, or, Thrilling Adventures While Taking Moving Pictures D'Artagnan perceived that it would be disobliging Athos not to leave him alone; and in a few minutes Cahusac fell, with a sword thrust through his throat. The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan knew it was considered disobliging by an Englishman to refuse to pledge him. The Three Musketeers |
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