| 单词 | disputatious |
| 例句 | The closest I ever got was one day when he was escorted down from the mess hall after an argument with the disputatious Officer Colon, who was always stirring things up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Each was just "my brother," the person being referred to by the person talking, and together they formed a single, double-headed, disputatious entity. An appreciation: Tom Magliozzi, Click of 'Car Talk' 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z There’s wisdom and wit in abundance in this outing with Shaw’s famously disputatious 1923 play, far more even than in the Broadway revival by the Manhattan Theatre Club. Review | The small-cast ‘Saint Joan’ at Folger Theatre is a mighty big deal. 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z This book takes us through her years at the National Security Council under Mr. Scowcroft and her disputatious tenure as the Stanford provost, where she slashed budgets and alienated much of the faculty. Books of The Times: A Controversial Figure; Hold the Controversy 2010-10-12T17:03:00Z Salem's villagers were a disputatious bunch, and Parris, their fourth minister, seems to have been unpopular — in 1691, his congregation voted not to collect his salary. Stacy Schiff's history of Salem trials and Alex Mar's book on modern pagans offer bewitching reading 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z I have bad news for him and good news for us: Lerner’s new book, “The Topeka School,” is an extraordinarily brilliant novel that’s also accessible to anyone yearning for illumination in our disputatious era. Review | Ben Lerner’s brilliant new novel, ‘The Topeka School,’ captures America’s brutal divisions 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Her humor is dry and jabbing, her conversation inquisitive and disputatious. Playing a ‘Game’ to Reveal Uncomfortable Truths About Race 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Damon Gupton and Paul Schneider are former college friends turned affectionately disputatious opponents: the former, Philadelphia's African American D.A. whose suits fit well; the latter a scruffy scrapper for the convicted innocent. TV Picks: Emily Heller, Vanessa Bayer, 'Danger 5,' 'The Divide' 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z I like the broader, more disputatious view of society to be found in modern literature. Salman Rushdie on Truth, Lies, and Literature 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z All that changed in the ’60s with the emergence of Pop Art, Conceptualism, new kinds of realism and all sorts of politically disputatious art. Art Review: Montclair Art Museum Shows: ‘Oscar Bluemner,’ ‘New Spirit’ 2013-04-25T20:48:24Z It's simply impossible for me to 'belong' to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. Anne Rice 'quits being a Christian' 2010-07-30T13:23:00Z The artists of both genres were roughly the same age, but the absence of a shared style among one cohort should be seen as subtly disputatious. A chilling portrait of Germany's Weimar era emerges in 'New Objectivity' at LACMA 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z This book takes us through her years at the National Security Council under Scowcroft and her disputatious tenure as the Stanford provost, where she slashed budgets and alienated much of the faculty. 'Extraordinary, Ordinary People': Condoleezza Rice's incomplete tale 2010-10-13T00:01:00Z While our reporters had to write objective features and news articles, contributions from members were often heated and disputatious. Running the Park Slope Food Coop newsletter taught me not to believe in conspiracy theories 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z In Judaism, disputatious, full of sound and fury, there is nevertheless a minority witness in the prophecy of Isaiah, which speaks of the arrival of a suffering servant, silent in the face of injustice. Silence: A Christian History by Diarmaid MacCulloch – review 2013-04-21T08:00:15Z In the first, 100 brothers, of the same parents, gather in their family’s dilapidated library for a splendidly disputatious meal. Emotions Haunt a Man for Life in Cynthia Ozick’s Tragicomic ‘Antiquities’ 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z He describes the household he grew up in as, although conventional, “disputatious”. Mehdi Hasan: 'Most people ask the question and move on. I don't' 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z It's got a disputatious bent, some strong political points and a salty 21st-century idiom. Anne Boleyn; Danton's Death; The Prince of Homburg 2010-07-31T23:06:00Z I grew up in a very disputatious household. MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan: You need "rhetorical judo" to challenge the far right 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z “It’s a messy and disputatious business,” said Jan A. Zalasiewicz, a geologist at the University of Leicester. For Planet Earth, This Might Be the Start of a New Age 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z The Jewish community is, of course, not monolithic; Jeremy Ben-Ami, the president of J Street, described it as “a disputatious people.” How a New Pro-Israel Group Aims to Sway N.Y. Elections 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Its lament resonates for art once seen as a disputatious civic forum, now overrun by the hard coin of investment markets. Appreciation: Art critic Dave Hickey was known for his blazing and cantankerous wit 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z The incident prompted the gathering of a scrum of disputatious players and team personnel at center court that eventually broke up without serious incident. Nikola Jokic Suspended After Shoving Markieff Morris 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Rather, he contended, in our “relatively permissive, often disputatious, society,” public schools must permit robust, rollicking debate because that democratic value is “the basis of our national strength.” Opinion | Why we all should want the suspended cheerleader to win her Supreme Court case 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z While Judge Bibas was not among the most disputatious of the appointees, according to the analysis, he dissented in a significant gun-rights case in which two Democratic appointees upheld New Jersey’s limit on large-capacity magazines. As Trump Leaves the White House, His Imprint on the Judiciary Deepens 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Sure enough, our hushed and calm spring proved but a brief intermission for a disputatious nation still uncertain about the practice of harmony. Why John Cage's String Quartet is the perfect music for our messy world 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z This was a strangely obtuse debate between two disputatious old men. Sanders and Biden were far apart on how to survive the disaster ahead 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z So yes, the possibility of a contested, disputatious convention in 2020 is something more than a fantasy of those who watch C-SPAN 3 for kicks. Perspective | Showdowns at political conventions are rare. Democrats may get one. 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Manet’s buddy Charles Baudelaire, the disputatious journalist, poet and art critic, described artists’ emerging role as being painters of modern life, and urbanity seeped into many private nooks and crannies. Review: A Getty show rummages around in Edouard Manet's private shadows 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z There’s no era in which thought is monolithic, and late-nineteenth-century America was probably as disputatious as any era has been. How the South Won the Civil War 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z That being the case, all novels are Jewish in the disputatious, dialogic sense. What it is like to win the Booker prize, by Margaret Atwood, Hilary Mantel, Peter Carey and more 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Economists are a disputatious bunch, but across the political spectrum we agree on one thing: Politicians shouldn’t be attacking specific companies based on their own whims or preferences. When the President Takes On Amazon, Nobody Wins 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z In face and flavour, she hovers somewhere between Taylor Swift and Miranda Lambert; more twangy than the former, less disputatious than the latter. After Glen Campbell: here are the rhinestone cowgirls and cowboys to listen to now 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Vladimir Putin’s Russia has recently been enjoying heightened influence, largely at the expense of a divided and disputatious superpower that now itself seems to be on an “unstoppable descent.” America’s real red scare 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Carlson’s show was a success both on television and online, where clips of his segments, which are frequently and sometimes obnoxiously disputatious, are reborn as viral videos. Tucker Carlson’s Fighting Words 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Perhaps only the disputatious by nature would contest the designation. As daylight wanes in the D.C. region, comfortable weather lingers in November 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z Kolkata is an intellectual, disputatious city, and over the years, voices from the right and the left have expressed ambivalence about Mother Teresa’s work. Kolkata Testifies to the Grace of Mother Teresa, Its New Saint 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z A Nobel Prize-winning Indian economist and proud Bengali, Amartya Sen's most successful books is a celebration of his countrymen's disputatious nature and is called simply "The Argumentative Indian". The street food that silences even the most heated debate - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Especially disputatious is Weinstein’s position on the daily pill known as Prep, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, which has been hailed as a breakthrough in HIV prevention. 'Demon' or 'savior'? Aids activist at war to make condoms in porn the law 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z It’s a disputatious party, what can I say. Our Man in Iowa: FAQ on the Iowa Caucuses 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z At a corner table in the dining room of Marea, a restaurant on Central Park South, the conversation was smooth but disputatious. Damian Lewis’s Transformations 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z In that most disputatious of democracies 71 percent say the 5+1 agreement brings Iran closer to obtaining nuclear weapons capability. Never Again 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Beerbohm is in fact quickly disputatious and highly opinionated, on subjects from Strindberg to the music hall. The Diminutive Genius of Max Beerbohm 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z A few days later, in Riga for a meeting of euro-zone finance ministers, he was dismayed to find himself embroiled in an identical argument with Yanis Varoufakis, his disputatious Greek counterpart. The new awkward squad 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But Johnson failed to knock him down, and Pastrano, who finished the 15th round in good shape, won in a split decision that made great fodder for disputatious boxing fans. Harold Johnson, Boxing’s Tough-Luck Champion, Dies at 87 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z He couldn't seem to resist the confrontational comment, and his instincts seemed disputatious. Michael Gove: Radical, controversial, divisive 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Theirs were columns written from a gloriously disputatious bleacher. Blink and It’s Gone: A Farewell Column About Chasing the Ever-Changing New York City 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Despite those common problems, forming a national union will be difficult, in part, because taxi drivers are an independent, disputatious group with roots in dozens of countries. Pinched by Ride-Sharing Services, Cabbies Seek a National Union 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z She experienced the disputatious nature of politics in her initial Council race, when she won by six votes and the outcome was challenged. Making Claim, Town’s Mayor Gains Notice 2014-01-23T02:56:11Z The people are jealous of their newly-acquired rights, and naturally opinionated and disputatious. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z The disputatious ardor of the schoolman was gratified. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z Where an intenser faith makes men disputatious and exclusive; where it fails to breed meekness and courtesy, we cannot but suspect its quality. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z A disputatious man, full of the Lord, yet not making it any easier for his disciples. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z E. A. D. Is not this somewhat dangerous ground for "NOTES AND QUERIES" to venture upon, bearing in mind "the depths profound" of disputatious polemics by which it is bounded? Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 105, November 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-09T03:00:19.037Z As the conversation proceeded it became less disputatious, and the two ended by becoming so cordial that they promised to visit each other. The Life of George Borrow 2012-01-26T03:00:14.707Z We have not to deal with men like Arius or Priscillian, or Nestorius or Eutyches, scholars and prelates who filled the Church with the disputatious wrangles of their learning. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I 2012-04-17T02:00:16.473Z He had evidently quite an extensive knowledge of the Scriptures, and possessed a manifest disputatious turn of mind. Gleanings by the Way 2012-01-24T03:00:27.717Z Some there were who protested that they had seen it from the beginning; but disputatious friends taxed them with having prophesied quite otherwise. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z He invited the disputatious sides to “resolve the outstanding issues.” City Room: Livery Cabs Idle as the Power Couple Bickers 2011-12-15T18:10:22Z Cristina gave the order to serve the soup, and I observed with some astonishment that Sabas dined with an excellent appetite, and during dinner showed himself as gay and disputatious and smart as ever. The Joy of Captain Ribot 2011-12-15T03:00:16.510Z Paris St. Germain The most disputatious rivalry in France, this is now fueled by Marseille’s hurting in 10th place, while Paris, funded from Qatar, is at the top. Goal: Weekend Guide Nov. 26-27: Non-U.S. Edition 2011-11-25T23:51:47Z This night, however, as he sat dourly smoking, and taking every now and again a long pull at his handy pannikin, it seemed to set him brooding over things and at times he grew disputatious. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z She sparkled balefully for a time, trying to tease him into disputatious talk; but his cold irresponsiveness cowed her into silence too, and the resource of wistful glances that hinted at remorse and tears. A Humble Enterprise 2011-10-29T02:00:12.483Z "Again," said the beauty, "we mark the work of circumstances, which led us into difference just now, O thou disputatious." Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Being of a disputatious disposition, he very often in his wanderings disputed with Christians on religious subjects, amongst whom was the well-known Wagenseil. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z The destruction of the old husks, and the transparent sophistries, of the disputatious Brahmins, is one of the great marvels achieved by the rapid diffusion of Western knowledge. The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal 2011-10-13T02:00:35.977Z I have great respect for the profession and its disputatious ways. | In Living Wage Talks, Warfare Trumps Discourse 2011-10-12T19:50:19Z He is generally arrogant, disputatious, autocratic, and ambitious. Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life 2011-09-15T02:00:12.970Z Their prospects, as much as those of the Libyan people, depend on how quickly a group of disputatious opposition figures with no experience governing together can bring order to a devastated nation. Libya: Can It Become an Oil Superpower? 2011-08-25T03:16:49Z Franklin might well have said of him what he said of his brother, William Lee, that he was not only a disputatious but a very artful man. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z Example, they say, is better than precept—we might demur to the doctrine, but we are not in a disputatious humour. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z There is a woodcut of the execution of Father Bell, and an account of his behaviour on the occasion, his speech at the gallows, and his disputatious conversation with the Sheriff. The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress 2011-06-15T02:00:20.920Z Lord Byron describes "a largish party," as "first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogethery, then drunk." Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z And the Speech from the Throne left the sinister topic of public economy as soon as possible, to apply itself to less disputatious subjects, such as ecclesiastical, educational, and legal matters. Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z The historical sketch of the Academic philosophy having been nearly concluded in the first book, the remaining books, which are lost, contained the disputatious part. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II 2011-04-03T02:00:18.677Z Above the vast body of pamphlets and disputatious writing that form the historian’s material stands Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon’s History of the Rebellion, printed in 1702-1704, thirty years after his death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z You are the same disputatious damsel here that you used to be beside the Shannon. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z "Not that if you marry Mattie, the crabbed, disputatious local preacher may stop with you?" Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-02-16T03:00:37.273Z Acute, critical, and disputatious, they apparently present a field unpropitious for the acceptance of a religion, spiritual, disinterested, and insisting on perfect holiness. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z An entirely different type of woman from the radical and disputatious Mme. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z So, when Keane became drunk on the sound of his own disputatious voice, Ferguson knew a rival authority was encroaching on his turf. Sir Alex Ferguson has avoided the fate of other great managers 2010-12-19T00:07:14Z The newspaper kiosks in this chaotic and ramshackle city explode with disputatious publications, and in the mornings yellow-vested drivers of motorcycle-taxis crowd them to read and argue politics. Ponzi Scheme May Unmoor Benin, an Anchor of Stability 2010-08-19T01:31:00Z He describes the men as warlike, passionate, disputatious, easily provoked, but generous and unsuspicious, and easily vanquished by stratagem. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race It is subtle and disputatious, and predicts for itself a reforming mission, but it has not the courage of its convictions; it looks like a clever juggling of divinity. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Hannah Simpson was a calm, equable, self-contained young woman, as reticent and forbearing as her husband was disputatious and impetuous. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Never did there exist a man of talent so insupportably obstinate, so disputatious, or so unamiable in society. Lives of Celebrated Women Judgments become too refined and men tend to become merely disputatious and subtle. The Holy Earth He now understood what it was that often made her so disputatious and discontented: her father would not tolerate her acquaintance with "the American," as he called Xavier. Black Forest Village Stories He was disputatious, and maintained that it was one's duty to doubt everything. Waldfried A Novel Although disputatious to the last, Mr. Huish insists that this motion is nothing but the expression of intense satisfaction and joy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 No dogmas or arguments for disputatious reasoning can be drawn from it. Naturalism And Religion Naturally talkative and disputatious, he was, when action was demanded, brief, sententious, and sparing of any words but what the occasion demanded. The Struggle for Missouri He enjoyed combat for its own sake, not so much from inborn pugnacity, for he was not disputatious in ordinary conversation, as because it called out his fighting force and stimulated his whole nature. Studies in Contemporary Biography Naturally, though, Spinoza is unfamiliar with the whole apparatus and style of philosophic thinking which the last two centuries of excessively disputatious and remarkably inconclusive philosophy have created. The Philosophy of Spinoza "Had the disputatious and needle-witted schoolmen known of these most curious mysteries of vitality, how vainly subtle would have been their speculations concerning the solution of such enigmas?" The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 He spoke with great vehemence, as though angry; and perhaps I was not very willing to be put down so shortly, for young men are disputatious. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI They were not rough, nor hasty, nor disputatious; debated pleasantly, differed kindly; were helpful, gentle, patient, and placid. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) Franklin was fond of arguing; he was naturally disputatious. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series He rose from where he sat gnawing at a piece of meat and moved grandly toward the disputatious group. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 There had been a preliminary meeting at Heidelberg, and this led to the Frankfort Convention; 600 disputatious delegates were going to build a liberal German constitution—at last! Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck In the first half of the nineteenth century the knights of the shuttle—intellectual, disputatious, and lyrical—looked down with infinite contempt on the ignorant and boorish slaves of the pick. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland This eminent surgeon, like the disputatious Massachusetts Scotchman, 'always positive and sometimes right,' was in this instance mistaken, as the principle advocated by Dr. Mussey is now established. The History of Dartmouth College It was at once too dogmatic and disputatious. History of Education The disputatious one gasped in fear and flung himself desperately forward. Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1931 If guests are neither hatefully disputatious, nor hypocritically humble, if they are generous, frank, natural, and wholly honest in word and mind, the impression they make cannot help being agreeable. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it I cannot; I have lived in wrath and gloom, Fierce, disputatious, ever at war with man, Far from my own soul, far from warmth and light. Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold In conversation he was easy and pleasant, and the reverse of disputatious. Lord John Russell Their mother, the widow of that Makimmon whose disputatious temper had been dignified by the epitaph of “heroic sacrifice,” had died of a complicity of patent medicines the winter before. Mountain Blood A Novel The boy began well, but he had evidently no vocation for the strict discipline of the Church; he was too disputatious, not meek enough about taking blows without returning them, and in short, too headstrong. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Well, you're right homely folk down there, and I'd have no fault to find if you were not a little too disputatious. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time "I tell you, they can't put you in jail on that charge," said the learned and disputatious counsel to the client who had appealed from his cell for help. Problems of Expansion As Considered In Papers and Addresses Or could not a compromise be effected for disputatious people, by allowing a private disputing room in all hotels, as they have private rooms for smoking? The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 Because he is the man of all others whom it is hard for me to deal with,—because he is the shrewdest, the most irreverent and the most disputatious old fellow in Riggan. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 This fact is confirmed by the undeniable truth, that in societies, which consist of individuals, infidelity is the natural fruit, not so much of a studious and disputatious, as of a dissipated and vicious age. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. Each of the disputatious systems has a large number of followers and each faction looks upon the others as deprived of truth, common sense and knowledge. Manhood of Humanity. Bernard, an upright and fairly able man, though too apt to dispute with his disputatious opponents, was extremely unpopular, for it was known that he advised the ministers to take strong measures. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration These undoubtedly have some disadvantages, where a bold, petulant, and disputatious temper happens to be combined with considerable information and talent. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Yet on the whole, the aforesaid empty purse aiding, we were filled with not dishonest sentiment, keen as sleuth-hounds on the track of knowledge, and disputatious as only lads of Calvinistic training can be. The Dew of Their Youth On this head he was inclined to be disputatious. Rookwood His theology was grim, solemn, and angular, and he was as combative as one of Cromwell's disputatious troopers. Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States These he feels the better for reading, whereas he rises from the study of scholasticism frigidly disposed towards true virtue, but irritated into a disputatious mood. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation If a man differed with him he tried to talk or drink him down; if it was an enemy and he became too disputatious, he would knock him out with his fist. As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home Frederick tells D’Alembert that though the Empress overwhelms Diderot with favours, people at St. Petersburg find him tiresome and disputatious, and “talking the same rigmarole over and over again.” Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. He now displayed further insubordination by neglecting to obey several minor injunctions received from headquarters, by which course of procedure he involved himself in much disputatious correspondence. The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion The sudden acquiescence of one usually so disputatious, where I was concerned, troubled me a little, because I could not explain it to my satisfaction. We Three This is the earliest of his works in which the dialogue is of a disputatious character. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity But the Corinthians also were full of disputatious curiosity and intellectual hauteur. The Life of St. Paul What had become of his disputatious and learned associates that not one of them stood up to plead for the life of Socrates now? Second Book of Tales Cocleus, in one of his tracts, represents Luther as a monster with seven heads, indicative of his follies; the first is that of a disputatious doctor, the last that of Barabbas! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 That disputatious Scotchman in the second Row with Spectacles, and—teeth. Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) Thus through so many active-minded and disputatious young men interest in the subject speedily percolated through a community of no greater size than Philadelphia. Benjamin Franklin He was, like poor Mrs Gummidge, “contrairy,” and so disputatious that it was almost impossible for anyone to make a statement that he would not either deny outright or strive to prove fallacious. The Missing Merchantman “Possibly,” I agreed, for I saw that the man was in an aggressively disputatious humour, and I wanted to have no words with him. The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn The disputatious person for this reason never makes a good friend. Friendship Finally the lay figures waxed so disputatious that Professor O'Reilley consigned them to the darkness of the trunk from which they came. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life This political sophism of identity between sovereign and despotic power has led, and continues to lead, into many vagaries, some of the statists of this our happy but disputatious Union. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. From a very early age he showed a passionate fondness for reading, and much ingenuity in argument, but, as he acknowledges, had at first contracted a disputatious and wrangling turn of conversation. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The present occasion was less august; it was not so much a concert as a confusion of sounds, and it took audible and at times disputatious counsel with itself. The Tragic Muse The President spoke everywhere in an aggressive and disputatious tone. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 His addresses to children had a resistless charm, and his power of turning a conversation into channels of his own choice was invaluable, in dealing with conceited disputatious orientals. History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. The Collegia, which had done so much good, now grew formal, cold, and disputatious. History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology She was reserved without being diffident; mercilessly critical, and fierily disputatious—all of which we found out in less than a week. The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems How many men are like the clenched fist—pugnacious, disputatious, quarrelsome, always spoiling for a fight; a verbal fisticuff, if not a physical one, is their delight. The Last Harvest To woman, as mother of God and man, the instrument of reproduction, of tender care, of motherhood, the disputatious, groping mind of man agreed to bow, silenced and awed by the mystery of her calling. Woman as Decoration It neither met the expectations of the selfish, proud, ambitious Jew, nor of the disputatious, philosophic Greek. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story Once in an evening sermon in Plymouth Church, when Beecher was urging the reëlection of Lincoln and defending the Republican party, a disputatious individual called out from the congregation, "What about Wendell Phillips?" The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict The grace of obedience is slow to be learnt by disputatious northmen, but we had had some hard teaching that afternoon. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Almost all of the heresies of this time arose among the Greeks of Asia or Egypt, peoples who were subtle, sophistical, and disputatious. History Of Ancient Civilization From their disputatious and metaphysical aptitude, they worked their upward way— And gladly would they learn and gladly teach. Practical Essays Dugald Stewart, Brougham informs us, used to decline to see his students, because he found them too disputatious, and he disliked disputing with them about the correctness of the doctrines he taught. Life of Adam Smith But we put in a lot of things that seem to me to be merely disputatious, and we didn't write it in the best form. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II A jealous and disputatious orthodoxy might be correct in affirming that this exposition of the Trinity was a form of Sabellianism, and one which might perhaps be accepted by some of the Unitarians. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century The Academics encouraged a spirit of disputatious scepticism; and the Stoics, who taught that the practice of, what they rather vaguely designated, virtue, involves its own reward, discarded the idea of a future retribution. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution But the authority of the encyclopedia gave his naturally disputatious nature a stimulus not to be resisted. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogethery, then inarticulate, and then drunk. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals The chief brigands have now been destroyed, but there are ten bands of villains of a similar stamp, who are disputatious. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 The King of England gave me a long audience, and a very disputatious one. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 I was particularly impressed with this fact when I met the Rev. Dr. Ewer of New York, who had been accused of being disputatious and arrogant. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him Williams, brawny and broad-chested, leaned against his box, his bare arms folded and his short pipe at the disputatious angle. The Taming of Red Butte Western Major Churchill was as disputatious as Arthur Lee, and an adept at a quarrel, but the talk of the impeachment went tamely on. Lewis Rand Now, while the cranberries were over the fire, making one feel domestic and also bringing back young days, it was impossible to be disputatious, had we been so inclined. The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, * then altogethery, then inarticulate, and then drunk. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time They could hear Bourgain-Desfeuilles' loud, disputatious voice; the general was furious that his rest should be broken thus, and it required many cigars and toddies to pacify him. The Downfall They could be seriously disputatious to the point of quarrelling; they could be light-heartedly disputatious to the bantering point, where either was uncertain which side of the argument he had originally espoused. The Last Shot A woman of parts that!—too clever!—a disputatious creature, whom a man would like to put down. Elizabeth's Campaign It was here that her vigor and disputatious turn of mind "cast an awe" over her companions. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Lamb got warmed with whatever was on the table, became disputatious, and said things to Godwin which made him quietly say, 'Pray, Mr. Lamb, are you toad or frog?' Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) We shall be more modest and less disputatious when we appreciate the study necessary before any one can properly answer the question—What saith the Scriptures? The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible He was of a disputatious character and in particular went to great lengths in opposing the pro-Catholic activities of James II. The Glories of Ireland Are Englishmen becoming less like Romans, and more like disputatious Greeks? Studies in Literature Sandy and Ikey they were, and they were having a disputatious argument together. A Minstrel in France Here, fatigued by the effort of excessive talking, disputatious Thomas waved one hand languidly, laid his head back on the sofa-pillow, and calmly closed his eyes. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices It warms the heart, but if used too freely it makes a man hot-tempered, disputatious, and belligerent. The Star-Spangled Banner So, presently, I woke up and engaged him in a disputatious conversation about the morality of selling strong liquors. Mr. Standfast He spoke with great vehemence, as though angry; and perhaps I was not very willing to be put down so shortly, for young men are disputatious. Merry Men He bowed his visitors out and informed them that it was a lovely afternoon, a self-evident axiom that the most disputatious could not well deny. The Crimson Blind Men may be disputatious and doubtful, may divide by very narrow majorities in their debate about how to gain wealth. Alarms and Discursions The father and son had quarrelled about these differences of opinion sometimes in a pleasantly disputatious manner; but no political disagreement could lesser the love between these two. Charlotte's Inheritance The arrogant or disputatious passions could not possibly find place in a scene like this. Jane Talbot JOCELYN: Nay—one that loveth the disputatious bickering of sharp steel better than I—one had rather fight than eat, and rather fight three men than one— "Three men?" cried Melissa, starting. The Geste of Duke Jocelyn This was fully in accordance with his disputatious inclination. Shakspere and Montaigne Conversation grave, discursive, and disputatious, such as Johnson excelled and delighted in, was to him a severe task, and he never was good at a task of any kind. Oliver Goldsmith A Biography Little knots of people gathered together to talk over and over again the same important subject, and foremost among them, tallest among them, was the General, with his disputatious tongue and his occasional unfortunate stammer. Brook Farm Historic and Personal Memoirs He had been getting gradually more and more disputatious for the last ten minutes; but the moment the steaming glass touched his hand, it seemed to change his mood with the most magical celerity. Hide and Seek But he has since changed—has become a dogged, daring, assuming, disputatious dogmatist, who nourishes an obvious wish to drive matters to extremities, while he thinks he has the game in his own hands. Quentin Durward Here Shakespeare has used a passive for an active mode of speech; so in a former scene, The Duke is too disputable for me, that is, too disputatious. Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies This disputatious humor of Richardson was once turned to account by Sheridan in a very characteristic manner. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 The city life itself, among an inquisitive, imaginative, and disputatious people. The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization "Don't call it grog," retorted Mat, with two disputatious taps on the rim of the glass. Hide and Seek He was a stout, squat figure, with a square face and broad black eyebrows, that announced him to be opinionative and disputatious,—an advice giving countenance, so to speak. Quentin Durward Now when one’s friend, or oneself, is crotchety, dogmatic, or disputatious, one cannot turn over to another day. Friends in Council — First Series Always disputatious, always a lover of the encounter of wits, he had none the less a lifelong gift for comradeship in which there was little clash of controversy and much hearty laughter. The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 1 He had a rather mad look in his eye and a disputatious manner. A Girl Among the Anarchists I had sate down sulky and discontented, and disposed to be silent—the wine rendered me loquacious, disputatious, and quarrelsome. Rob Roy — Volume 01 Again, by the of the Greeks their disputatious is meant. Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. He is militantly a lumberjack and is inclined to be a trifle "patriotic" and disputatious as to the relative importance of his own particular branch of the industry. The Centralia Conspiracy They, as I have since found, thought me greatly and disagreeably self-conceited; probably because I was disputatious, and did not scruple to give direct contradictions to things which I heard said. Autobiography He was a small man, of quick, abrupt manners, occasionally very abstracted, but more frequently voluble, earnest, and disputatious. A Voyage to the Moon But for Bradford, and Morton, and Johnson, and other equally worthy and honored names, this disputatious tendency was a surface matter, and the deeper traits were of an order that make petty peculiarities forgotten. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Bill and the Elder allers froze To subjects sorter disputatious, So on the 'lasses keg they sot, And had an argue fair and spacious. Old Spookses' Pass, Malcolm's Katie, and other poems The whole matter is complicated enough, and there is occupation for the most disputatious. A Handbook of Ethical Theory Being a grammarian, he was probably of a disputatious turn of mind. The Eve of the French Revolution A little later the social atmosphere of the flat began to grow querulous, disputatious and perverse. The Old Wives' Tale The breadth and vigor of the early days were lost, the pragmatical and disputatious element gaining more and more ground. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time I asked, properly tamed and no longer disposed to be disputatious. Guy Garrick In his scientific judgments he showed, even then, a remarkable temperance, a precocious openness to the opposite view; but in literature he was a furious propagandist, aggressive, disputatious, and extremely sensitive to adverse opinion. Tales of Men and Ghosts The public-houses had just extinguished their lights, and in the neighbourhood of each was a cluster of lingering men and women, merry or disputatious. Demos He had no imagination, had exhausted his slight native feeling, but he was acute, disputatious, and firm even to obstinacy. Sybil, or the Two Nations "And do you suppose that this disputatious little load of a Marat will hang me?" asked Mirabeau, with a scornful smile. Marie Antoinette and Her Son He enjoyed combat for its own sake, not so much from any inborn pugnacity, for he was not disputatious in ordinary conversation, as because it called out his fighting force and stimulated his whole nature. William Ewart Gladstone He discussed these appearances with Miss Macroyd, but found her too frankly disputatious; and she laughed too much and too loud. Fennel and Rue For Respite, disputatious Heirs a Bed Of Thorns for them will furnish. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories It is an inconsistency characteristic of your intractable and disputatious tribe, for you never agree about anything but Boston. Mark Twain's Speeches This was a disputatious mixture of deer, hog, and bear—animals which, in life, would surely have companioned each other as ill! Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground The people were very disputatious, being willing to spend seventy silverlings in litigation costs for the sake of gaining one silverling, and did their utmost to lengthen their disputes at law. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 He was that Sir Patrick Hume whose disputatious and factious temper had brought ruin on the expedition of Argyle, and had caused not a little annoyance to the government of William. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 He had no touch of that disputatious temper which he often censured in his predecessors. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The word "disputatious" is generally used as a word of reproach; but we can express our meaning only by saying that Lord Holland was most courteously and pleasantly disputatious. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Langley listened with outward patience to his disputatious questionings; but he too nourished a scientific passion for doubt, and sentimental attachment for its avowal. The Education of Henry Adams He did not care to be a soldier or an officer of soldiers; he had no gift for polemics; his mind was not of the disputatious order—not even in the realm of finance. The Financier, a novel THEODORUS: Nay, Socrates, he is not one of the disputatious sort—he is too good for that. Sophist "The Idols of the Market- Place" have reference to the tendency to confound words with things, which has ever marked controversialists in their learned disputatious. Beacon Lights of History I think it will be conceded by my most disputatious reader, that she could hardly have directed an unfortunate boy to do anything in the wide world more difficult to be done under the circumstances. Great Expectations STRANGER: Yes, and with a fresh pedigree, for he is the money-making species of the Eristic, disputatious, controversial, pugnacious, combative, acquisitive family, as the argument has already proven. Sophist |
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