| 单词 | fretfulness |
| 例句 | He concluded, therefore, that in Christian belief, “the fretfulness of a child is an infinite evil!” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She stayed away from the beach intentionally, it seemed to him in his fretfulness, and gradually he became dark and morose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z How could his little girl, or her fretfulness, be evil? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z There is fretfulness in even his most lyrical descriptions, and it is remarkable how this paradox is mirrored in the atonality-spiked lushness of the music. Review: Listening (Yes, Listening) to the Beauty of van Gogh 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z All of this allowed him to pour some very personal fear and fretfulness into the role. In ‘Uncoupled,’ Neil Patrick Harris Plays the Game 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z But they are hewn from the same stone: the fretfulness that stalks us even in the moments when we should be most content. James Salter: the forgotten hero of American literature 2013-05-11T13:30:01Z Tapping into Victorian England’s fretfulness about sex, Robinson v. New Books From Maggie Shipstead, Harriet Lane, Mark Haddon 2012-06-27T19:55:30Z Redemption from her fretfulness and stupidity can be found of course only in romance. With The Last Song, Miley Cyrus leaves her fans to their fate 2010-05-04T09:00:00Z At first, these monologues glow with a hopeful trust, though you might detect a whispering fretfulness. Review: In ‘Head of Passes,’ Phylicia Rashad Is a Matriarch With Worries 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z And you feel that you have submerged into fretfulness with age, hear yourself murmuring of your anxieties . Ghost Light 2010-06-18T23:05:00Z The emotional valence of this room-size grid of images is one of nervousness, fretfulness, restless, undirected energy and dissonance. Review | Museums wants 2 show u memez now. They shud be careful. 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z So had what little anxiety, what scant fretfulness might still have lingered. In Derby Without Drama, City Wins a Laugher 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z Be on the lookout for signs of fretfulness or too much worry, a shift in eating and sleeping patterns, and worsening medical and mental conditions. Where’s rock bottom? As we near 6 months in Washington’s COVID-19 stay-home order, mental health experts warn that things may get worse 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z She briskly rejects Mary’s growing fretfulness: “You let them put you on the train, didn’t you? You accepted and did not rebel.” Exclusive Sylvia Plath extract: Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z The west will need to balance fretfulness about security with a confidence that global trade remains the building block of our prosperity and peaceful relations – especially with awkward large powers. With China, we don’t need a trade war but a truce on tech | Anne McElvoy 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Of course, afterward I had a twinge of fretfulness about being typecast in roles that were somewhat strange. Jeff Goldblum Is Going Back to His Roots 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z Hence another in the endless late-Hodgson reshuffles on England’s flanks, where an odd fretfulness has become Hodgson’s defining feature in the last days. Roy Hodgson’s sickly imitation of old values leads to England’s uber-loss | Barney Ronay 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z I’d experienced this alchemy before—the day’s accumulated fretfulness and discomfort turning into pure exhilaration, though seldom this intensely. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Here was the film that would drag the superhero genre into risky realms, shearing away the moral fretfulness that has turned Spider-Man, for instance, into a flying wuss. The Fashion Victims of “Zoolander 2” 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The strange mixture of relief and fretfulness when they did. 'Rejoin party & look to the future' 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The fretfulness was, as is often the case for the man in whom ambition and anxiety are yoked, unwarranted. No Man’s Sky: the game where you can explore 18 quintillion planets 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z The product sells thanks, in large measure, to her insecurity and fretfulness, ambition and entitlement. What’s in Maureen McDonnell’s Louis Vuitton handbag? Status, insecurity and maybe jail time. It’s an exercise in feverishness and fretfulness, in urgency and appetite, a sweet and simpleminded leave-taking of the senses in the pursuit of, well, a lot. Millennials in Love: Why They’re Not So Different From Their Parents After All 2014-02-06T19:16:37Z There was a fretfulness about Arsenal at the back. Schalke 2-2 Arsenal 2012-11-06T21:56:42Z Of fretfulness, satiety, monkish abnegation, and so on, there is not a trace to be detected in the feature of Liszt's interesting and characteristic head. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z Indeed, his nonchalance and apparent lack of fretfulness and dissatisfaction over his misfortune was most amazing to the rough men. Frank Merriwell's Backers The Pride of His Friends 2012-04-14T02:00:22.840Z He missed Joan one morning, and when with an unconscious fretfulness he inquired the reason, learned that she had been sitting up through the night with an old servant who was ill in the village. The King's Stratagem and Other Stories 2012-03-22T02:00:40.343Z The Colossian passage warns against the chafing effect of parental exactions and fretfulness, that tend to break the child’s spirit and spoil its temper. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z If there is much irritability or fretfulness, or any premonition of eclampsia, it should be associated with potassium bromide. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Thus mademoiselle querulously droning with increasing fretfulness, and the wrath of her fellow-conspirator was kindled against her. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z I have felt much depressed to day by fretfulness and coldness: O Lord, quicken me.’ The Pilot's Daughter an account of Elizabeth Cullingham 2012-01-12T03:00:15.090Z I persisted in my refusal; telling her that her tears only gave me an additional motive for doing so, since I loved her too well to encourage her in fretfulness and self-will. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Even Astræa brightened, and grew better; her fretfulness was disappearing, and a tone of contentment and cheerfulness supervening upon it. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z The prodromal stage is usually ushered in by symptoms of general malaise, fretfulness, more or less frontal headache, shiverings, nausea, loss of appetite, excited sleep, and sometimes delirium. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Only one thing saved Mrs Vane from falling into hopeless fretfulness or helpless imbecility—this was the constant presence of her eldest and dearest child, Selina. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z Scolding and fretfulness will not bring him round, if other methods have failed. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z Oh! when human features can be moulded to such quietness and confidence, what an inexplicable pity it is that they ever learn the trick of fretfulness! Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories 2011-12-01T03:00:20.193Z On our representing this to the mother as the probable cause of the baby's fretfulness, the thorny ornaments were left off, and the child became amiable. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Upon a mother's breast Ye pass'd life's hour of fretfulness and pain: Death bids you on his colder bosom rest, Herald of bliss;—unutterable gain! The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z There are at the same time fits of depression, insomnia, irritability, fretfulness, and a generally marked change in disposition. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z Without it, the body, full of appetite, pride, hatred, laziness, envy, fretfulness and disease, weighs with compelling force, the ego down to earth. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z If the representations of Miss Piner's fretfulness are displeasing to contemplate, how much more vexatious must it be, when your parents find the same disposition prevail in their own child. Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature 2011-09-25T02:00:16.800Z In the Grave there is no fretfulness any more: neither any sorrow, or joy, or any thought, or dream, or fear, or hope whatsoever. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Fold our arms in cold indifference? give up in despair? or give vent to complaining, murmuring, fretfulness, or irritation? The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z Apprehension, fretfulness, discontent—a thousand things—dissipate the strength and happiness of mortals. An I.D.B. in South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:33.733Z The domineering manner of my instructions, the fretfulness of the old correspondence I found carelessly scattered about, addressed to my predecessor, was the illusion. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z Why should illness of the body correct illness of the mind; does pain cure fretfulness, or fever increase truthfulness? My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z To my surprise, Juanita received my ideas with a peculiar air of fretfulness that on looking back upon now I can easily account for. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z He thought the delicate self-restraint with which she met the caprices and fretfulness of her wards was founded on heavenly patience. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The noisy petulance of a busy, censorious, irritable man and the fretfulness of an invalid are frequently misunderstood. Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period 2011-08-08T02:00:20.193Z Neither aunt nor niece changed their disposition in a moment; Lady Sarah’s fretfulness often proved very trying to Mildred’s temper, just as the old lady in her turn was overpowered by the girl’s impetuous ways. A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z It has been found that gastric indigestion produces oversensitiveness, fretfulness, and irritability, while chronic constipation results in erratic conduct, stupidity, languor, headache, and moodiness. Household Administration Its Place in the Higher Education of Women 2011-07-20T02:00:13.547Z But Duffy’s fretfulness stems in part from the path his own party is taking. How Kevin McCarthy Wrangles the Tea Party in Washington 2011-07-15T15:15:55Z What comes to the surface when your children tug at your apron by the hour in their fretfulness? The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z Those three months in Kentish Town were to Keats a time of distressing weakness and for the most part of terrible inward fretfulness and despondency. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z Strive not to yield to fretfulness then, but, when overcome by it, remember always God understands it all. Rosemary and Rue 2011-05-21T02:00:11.483Z All their weariness and fretfulness and tumbles and aches are poured into her lap. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z Wherefore I don't think it can be anything more than a mere puff of fretfulness. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z The fretfulness induced by these conflicting emotions, restrained abroad, vented itself at home, and fell heavily upon poor Mildred. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z But often, more often indeed than not even from the first, they show him a prey, despite his best efforts to master himself and be reasonable, to an uncontrollable intensity and fretfulness of passion. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z As he entered the sick room he detected in Leighton's usually gentle voice a note of fretfulness. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Wait a moment till I strike a light,' commenced Mildred, cheerfully; but Olive interrupted her with unusual fretfulness. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z "How fast you are walking!" said Harold presently, a little note of fretfulness in his voice as, beneath a blazing noonday sun, Helen half-ran across the fields, her companion toiling after her. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z He did not want to go home to fretfulness, fault-finding, slovenliness, and perpetual criticism. The Road to Understanding 2011-01-29T03:00:20.840Z She was required to attend to exercise and bathing with great care; to avoid over anxiety and fretfulness; to drink water, and to eat the plainest food. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Laura's health was much impaired by her unceasing fretfulness and ill humor, and eventually her sight became affected. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 It was only in the society of other children that I frequently perceived a shade of reserve and fretfulness in his manner, so I persuaded his mother not to force him into their companionship. The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History After all, it is a comfortable thing to be safe away from a wreck, and a detention for our security from accident ought to bring gratitude rather than fretfulness at all times. A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 Even the pangs of indigestion were allayed and the fretfulness of the sleepless lulled to rest by the charm of his ways. Bill the Minder The only little clouds that crossed the horizon of her happiness was her husband's unreasonable fretfulness, which seemed to increase. Maximina I was constitutionally irritable, and a habit of fretfulness grew upon me. Father Brighthopes An Old Clergyman's Vacation "I never saw him look better—" "And I never saw him look worse," said the second of the neighbors, striking into the conversation with the aggressive fretfulness of a hungry man. International Short Stories English No fretfulness about trifles disfigures the calm serenity of his features. One Of Them Her mother's ill-health increased her fretfulness; and she often said that if her father were still living she would leave her husband. Black Forest Village Stories Now she was sometimes irritable, disclosing a fretfulness close under the untroubled surface. Fidelity A Novel So the chances are that there will be some hurry, and fretfulness, and impatience, under the shadow of that white parasol, and also that when the day is over there will be a disappointment. The Intellectual Life But if the child’s own mother had been nursing it she would not have been long in finding out the cause of its impatient, urgent fretfulness. Maids Wives and Bachelors And he walked impatiently to and fro, like a caged animal in fretfulness. A Rent In A Cloud Hangs fall'n in folds the rich, dark covering, With fretfulness thrust partly from her breast; As through storm-broken clouds the moon might spring, From this the orb of one pure bosom prest. Blooms of the Berry Did but the moon Turn on my anxious features her soft rays, Thou wouldst perceive how fretfulness and tears Have doubled every minute of thine absence. Olla Podrida Her plans were carrying well, and were it not for her mother's fretfulness Hoboken or any spot within a reasonable distance from the hospital would be a satisfactory abiding place for her. Cupid's Middleman The calm way in which he sometimes alluded to his present circumstances, without a trace of bitterness or fretfulness, amazed her. Brooke's Daughter A Novel And this fretfulness 396 increased with the hours, so that from Amiens to the coast Mr. Romaine must have had the devil of a time with me. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) Why that wail of fretfulness, And a scowl upon your brow? Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 You shall bring her out of prison; a smile, a whisper from you, and all her fretfulness and ill-humour will vanish, like a mist before the powerful burning sun. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century This is the great, the only safeguard against fretfulness and complaint. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 There is fretfulness, a mizzling, drizzling rain of discomforting remark; there is grumbling, a northeast storm that never clears; there is scolding, the thunderstorm with lightning and hail. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 He almost cursed the fidgety fretfulness of women as he slipped the manuscript into his letter-case, and followed the girl along the passages. Marion Fay The attack often comes on with general feverishness, a hot skin, fretfulness, and restlessness, which subside when the skin begins to discharge, though the discomfort produced by the local irritation still continues. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases The evenings, once so heavy, and spent in a sort of irritable fretfulness, became quite delightful to him: nor were they less delightful to others. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. Poor souls, who labor daily under a burden too heavy for them, and whose fretfulness and impatience are looked upon with sorrow, not anger, by pitying angels. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 Let me enjoy my own conviction, Not watch my neighbor's faith with fretfulness, Still spying there some dereliction Of truth, perversity, forgetfulness! Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning But he had misread the symptoms, and had misread also the fretfulness of her impatience. Marion Fay Its stomach then becomes perfectly tense, and you cannot tell whether pressure on it causes pain or whether the cries are not altogether the consequence of fretfulness and fear. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Drop in some cross words, some fretfulness, some self-will, a little pride, a little suspicion of the brethren, a little envy, or anything of that sort, and you will get a large return from Satan. Heart Talks There seemed no chord of fretfulness in the girl’s nature; her pure health and buoyant spirits found no cause for complaint. Wee Wifie They look with dislike upon everything around them; yawn with ennui, or fidget with fretfulness, till on the first check which they meet with, their secret discontent bursts forth into a storm. Practical Education, Volume I Sometimes it is important to ascertain whether a tooth which was near coming through has actually pierced the gum, and yet the child's fretfulness renders it almost impossible to induce it to open its mouth. The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases Fretting or fretfulness is a weak complaining without thought of accomplishing or changing anything, but merely as a relief to one's own disquiet. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Hatty, in spite of her morbid humors and difficult tendencies, had a refined and cultured mind; her chief source of fretfulness was that she loved the best, and failed to reach it. Our Bessie Her fretfulness gave way, and a sweet quietness succeeded her nervous irritation. The Golden House The elder woman's voice had lost all its fretfulness. 'Lizbeth of the Dale But mind"—and his strong, dark face looked very determined—"I want no grumbling and no fretfulness. The Rhodesian If he is irritable, here breaks forth his repressed fretfulness. Humanity in the City "Violet, you are as hard as iron, as cold as ice!" cried Mrs. Tempest, with passionate fretfulness. Vixen, Volume II. They will see exhibitions of anger, impatience, fretfulness, boisterous laughter and giddy mirth. Thoughts on Missions Liz touched it again, and this time the wistful-ness in her touch crept up to her eyes, mingled with a little fretfulness. That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877 He responded to its fretfulness in very much the same mood, seizing hold of the receiver as though he would shake it into silence. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel His short alert hair, his raised and querulous eyebrows, his taut moustaches, and a bit of beard that hangs like a dagger from his under lip, give him the appearance of constant surprise and fretfulness. Old Junk Convalescence came, with its unwilling fretfulness, its fits of unreason. Peggy Burns is his brother—his helper in time of need, when fretfulness and impatience are replaced with placidity by his strains, or of a sudden with a mounting joy. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 They see the smile, the fretfulness—and yet they think the smile means happiness and the fretfulness an ugly, tiresome thing. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Long before midsummer there was dawning a soft little gleam of colour on Marjorie’s cheek, not at all like the feverish tints that used to come with weariness or fretfulness or excitement of any kind. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not The momentary pain caused the fretfulness he felt, on finding all dark within, to rise into anger. The Last Penny and Other Stories Then he sat down upon a log, in a sad state of fretfulness and dissatisfaction. Caleb in the Country Not the great sorrows of life, or its great sacrifices, but fretfulness, ignoble worries, sordid cares, are that which draw lines upon a woman's face and harshen her features. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance They do not perceive that often the smile is as a cry to Heaven, and that fretfulness is but the sign of a soul breaking itself against the jagged rocks of hopelessness and doubt. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends She kept dreaming strange dreams that caused her to twitch in her sleep and give queer little cries of distress and moans of fretfulness. The Governess Her round face was deeply flushed, and she lay listlessly in her little bed, repulsing with a feeble fretfulness every attempt to give her food. The Squirrel-Cage Some of her old fretfulness came back on her. The Lost Girl There is no more natural, truly affecting passage than his display of fretfulness when he got some inkling that his second daughter was about to make a rather improvident marriage with young Snodgrass. Pickwickian Studies They tell us with painful accuracy of the petty annoyances constantly inflicted upon Napoleon, and of the impatience and fretfulness with which, day after day, he resented them and complained of them. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV His manner indicated so much petulant fretfulness, that I augured from it the conscious decline or disorder of his affairs. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Egbert Phillips had been, evidently, the judge's pet aversion and, in his later days illness and fretfulness had magnified and intensified that aversion. Fair Harbor Few things betray the presence of His peace more than the absence of irritability, fretfulness, and feverish haste, which expend the tissues of life. Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. It implies solicitude to avoid wounding the feelings by pride, selfishness, or fretfulness,—by suspicions, imputations, and jealousies,—or by allowing insignificant things to ruffle the temper and derange the social comfort. The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings I no sooner began to recover, than notwithstanding all his love, his usual fretfulness returned. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon It is the morose look, the harsh expression, the tone of irritation and fretfulness which is so unpopular in school. The Teacher Or, Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young Now, the tendency of every sensitive mind, when thwarted in its wishes, is, to complain and find fault, and that often in tones of fretfulness or anger. A Treatise on Domestic Economy For the Use of Young Ladies at Home and at School Creation's wide field of animated existence inspires no such moodiness and fretfulness of spirit. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. Much colic and fretfulness may be avoided if baby is kept warm. The Mother and Her Child The declaration was made in a tone of childish fretfulness. The Letter of the Contract The corners of his eyes wrinkled a little, and a shade of his old fretfulness passed over his face. By What Authority? She is inclined to fretfulness and melancholia by the seeming uncharitableness of fate and fortune. The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies Ignorant he still remains of the ways of the world as found in the settlements; but there is no trace of discontent or fretfulness. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters Thrush is evidenced by fretfulness or crying on attempting to nurse. The Mother and Her Child Likewise this remedy will quickly cure restlessness and fretfulness in children from teething, and who refuse to be soothed save by being carried about. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Revenge, violence, and passion are to be found among them, but not fretfulness and quarrelsomeness. Pioneers and Founders or, Recent Workers in the Mission field It is better in sickness to have our heart's fever depart, even though we must longer keep our pain, than to recover our physical health, meanwhile keeping our fretfulness and impatience uncured. Making the Most of Life She was her father's gentle, untiring nurse: his wishes were forestalled, his fretfulness soothed, and his thoughts directed to higher things. Holidays at the Grange or A Week's Delight Games and Stories for Parlor and Fireside It is perfectly marvelous to notice how a child will put on from six to eight pounds in a short period, at the same time overcoming his irritableness and fretfulness. The Mother and Her Child His fretfulness passed, however, as he smelled the hot coffee and he repaired to the wagon, his ill humor dissipated. The Settling of the Sage One scowling man, going to his work worrying over it, will spread the contagion of apprehension and cowardly fretfulness through almost every group with which he mingles. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals But in the case of Charlotte Brontë, unhappiness was more than juvenile fretfulness. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters It is the little disputes, little fault-findings, little insinuations, little reflections, sharp criticisms, fretfulness and impatience, little unkindnesses, slurs, little discourtesies, bad temper, that create most of the discord and unhappiness in the family. Cheerfulness as a Life Power Yet I never once heard him, nor I undertake to say, did any of his friends, express fretfulness or impatience at his disheartening lack of employment. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 There will immediately arise from the depth of his heart weariness, gloom, sadness, fretfulness, vexation, despair. Pascal's Pensées The receipt of that letter banished all anxiety and fretfulness from my mind. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben And for all Charlie’s whims and fancies, and in all his pain and fretfulness, and through fits of silence and sensitiveness, he had never a better friend than Isaac Irvine. We and the World, Part I A Book for Boys Not work, but worry, fretfulness, friction,—these are our foes in America. Cheerfulness as a Life Power From the impassible peace of the darkness To wake, and blink at the garish light Through one short hour of fretfulness. Fifty years & Other Poems At the start unease and fretfulness marked the relations of each of the new States with the others. South America Incidents of this character occurred every few minutes in every barrack, which was not surprising seeing that we were all keyed to a high pitch of fretfulness while tempers were hasty. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Taking his broad-brimmed gardening hat from the table, the pastor went down among his flower-beds, followed by Biörn, to whose innate asperity of temper was added the snarling fretfulness of old age. Infelice It gives vitality to the insufficient growth of children; feeds the brain and nerves; prevents fretfulness; gives quiet rest and sleep. The Nursery, No. 169, January, 1881, Vol. XXIX A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers However untoward the surroundings of Gounod, his genius did not lie altogether dormant during this period of friction and fretfulness, conditions so repressive to the best imaginative work. Great Italian and French Composers He had a most loving and devoted nurse, who yielded to all his whims, soothed his fretfulness, and watched over him as a mother does over a child. The Great German Composers There is a law a little larger than your fretfulness that will take care of him! Foes Who has not repeatedly seen a child slapped by nurse or parent for a fretfulness probably resulting from bodily derangement? Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library The fortnight between the booking of her room and her setting out she spent in mingled fretfulness and swagger. Joanna Godden When they weren't on guard or fighting, they were soothing her fretfulness, foraging for her or thinking up some new method of keeping her warm. Christmas Outside of Eden Rosalind's gray eyes, now merry, now serious, but always seeking the good in things, her contagious belief in the Forest, had stirred his manliness, making him conscious of his fretfulness, and then ashamed. Mr. Pat's Little Girl A Story of the Arden Foresters There is usually more of fretfulness and moaning than real crying, although crying is excited by very slight causes. The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses Slumber, procrastination, fretfulness, envy, and want of foresight, discontent, melancholy, cupidity never assailed them. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 With what patience he appears possessed compared to our fretfulness at the fast express trains, which seem to crawl when they carry us full speed homeward toward those we love! The Woman Who Toils Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen as Factory Girls My very first observation of the whimsical being tickled me with a kind of foreknowledge of all his weak fretfulness. Lazarre Her attitude had changed from that of irritable fretfulness to one of buoyant joy, and with the moral change had come new strength in the muscles. Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy There are usually general symptoms such as indisposition, disturbed sleep, grinding of the teeth, fretfulness, languor, loss of weight and anæmia. The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses He came back from the war disillusionized, irreverent, impatient, and full of that surging fretfulness which fell upon all the land. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains How many women keep their menkind back from public duty by their fretfulness about the inconveniences entailed on themselves? Stray Thoughts for Girls It is the ennui and monotony of daily existence, in contact with the same restricted circle, that becomes insupportable and brings into prominence the lack of moral discipline, the fretfulness, and spirit of opposition. The Nervous Child Pink for pink, blue for blue, gold for gold, dollish smirk for dollish smirk, the mirror mocked her seething inner fretfulness. The White Linen Nurse But listen now, and cease to let thy heart consume away with fretfulness, nor expect to live on thine own terms in a realm that is common to all.' The Consolation of Philosophy Women trailed along under the weight of their parcels, and men returned from work grimmer than usual, and wondering almost with a fretfulness of passion why they were born predestined to toil. Flames He rose hastily with a gesture of fretfulness, and walked over to the window at which Sheila sat and looked out. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 30, September, 1873 When good temper and interest take the place of fretfulness and restlessness, we may confidently expect that the symptom of sleeplessness will begin to abate. The Nervous Child He had an open, ruddy face, spoilt by an expression of chronic perplexity, which was almost fretfulness. Marcella Almond and I look at one another as if this fretfulness were one of the worst signs, and we had quite expected it. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 He responds to the fretfulness or gentleness of the mother, the noisy confusion or peace of the home. The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training She is so indolent and filthy, that she can with difficulty be made to attend to her own personal comfort; and even the most patient are worn out with her perpetual fretfulness. The American Frugal Housewife Sleeplessness by night and fretfulness by day form a vicious circle, and attempts must be made to break it at all points. The Nervous Child The cure of envy, fretfulness, and unbelief; or, The rewards of the righteous, and the wicked; or, The world's hatred, and the saint's patience. The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament and Applied to the Christian State and Worship Now, since this work was done not in an office but at home, the burden of that fretfulness fell altogether upon Clarice. The Philanderers Being one day teazed with the fretfulness of his young daughter, he, in his impatience, suddenly wished that the devil might take her; when she was immediately borne away by the spirits. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition Insensibly, too, 'Lena's manner won upon her, for spite of her fretfulness, Mrs. Graham at heart was a kindly disposed woman. 'Lena Rivers Tempers grow wild and unruly, sleep disappears, fretfulness and irritability take its place. The Nervous Child How inclusive this is—full of care, anxiety, fretfulness, worry about nothing, but in everything presenting your case to God. Quit Your Worrying! "Have you come to pack?" she asked, with fatigued fretfulness, showing no sign of surprise at his arrival. The Roll-Call Once or twice the Scotchman, worried by his fretfulness, had ordered him away. Spanish Doubloons Many a verity In those glad times Of my prosperity Taught I in rhymes; Now from forgetfulness Wanders my tongue, Wasting in fretfulness, Metres unsung. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Confine his spirit, check the play of his fancy, set him a task prescribed by convention or hampered by conditions, and you get proof of the fretfulness, the impatience of restraint which the artist felt. Giorgione Control your fretfulness and your worry for it cannot possibly change things. Quit Your Worrying! It is the morose look, the harsh expression, the tone of irritation and fretfulness, which is so unpopular in school. The Teacher Yet at home he has been so "civilized" by his British guardian as to be in a chronic state of discontent and fretfulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Thus the fretfulness of a child is an infinite evil! Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed I feel I am getting firmer hold of Christ.—I have been tempted to a spirit of fretfulness and ill-nature; praise the Lord for the victory. Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York He wondered why they seemed so shallow—why he had never noticed their irresponsible dancing from light to shade, from light affection to unreasonable and trifling fretfulness. A Williams Anthology A Collection of the Verse and Prose of Williams College, 1798-1910 His nose was short and flat, yet somehow not ignoble; his full lips, bare of moustache, tended to suggest a melancholy fretfulness. The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories She spoke with a touch of imperious fretfulness, and he moved a little further up the bed. From out the Vasty Deep There was no fretfulness in his soul, nor did he rail against the world's injustice, but took his misfortunes with sweet gentleness. Vain Fortune The letters in which he alludes to it, after the contract had been signed, breathe a spirit of more than usual fretfulness. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti There was more restlessness here than in the children's ward, less helpless prostration before the Juggernaut of disease … fretfulness, moans, tossing heads, wretched eyes which stared at the visitors in a hostile indifference. The Bent Twig He has one of those sensible, elastic, cheerful natures whose ideal qualities are not perverted by fretfulness and discontent. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 The first feeling it occasioned was an additional emotion of impatience and fretfulness. Rollo at Play Safe Amusements "Did you hear me?" she said, still quietly and rapidly, and without the least fretfulness or impatience. The Woman in White "Go this afternoon," said he with an invalid's fretfulness. Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise "Why, Ann Eliza," she exclaimed, in a thin voice pitched to chronic fretfulness, "what in the world you got your best silk on for?" Bunner Sisters She had probably alienated love by the helplessness and fretfulness of a fearful temper, or been unreasonable in wanting a larger share than any one among so many could deserve. Mansfield Park Clara grew used to the fretfulness, and was no longer frightened by it, nor made unhappy, but learnt how to meet it and smooth it down without being hurt by it. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World She smiled off the visible fretfulness, that the man might go away in good humour with himself. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 They were fitful; the grind of it irked him, the regular hours wore him to an ugly fretfulness. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California Her weak fretfulness depressed all the vitalities near her; only Hester resisted. The Case of Richard Meynell It seemed to help him; in its brilliance amid the blonde heavens it seemed to transcend fretfulness. The Trespasser O pen, which art the voice of my discontent, your spluttering is like this outburst of unmanly fretfulness and futile rage! Birds of Prey But even while a sort of childish fretfulness made her thus resolve, she was breathing hurriedly, and straining her ears to catch a repetition of the summons. The Wives of the Dead (From: "The Snow Image and Other Twice-Told Tales") It was agreeable to observe, that he was free from the discontent and fretfulness which too often molest old age. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 And the poet cover'd his eyes with his hands, and wept from very passion and fretfulness. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy With a little more strength it might have been a melancholy face; as it stood, it was suggestive of nothing stronger than fretfulness. From One Generation to Another Almost with the first suspicion of fretfulness or pain the mother has heard it. The Delicious Vice The horse tried to follow its master, and Royson found distraction for a jumble of incoherent thoughts in the need there was to restrain its fretfulness. The Wheel O' Fortune The showing off process creates excitement and lays the foundation for fretfulness, irritability and nervousness. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency Too often old age is utterly disagreeable through the indulgence of ill-temper, fretfulness, and selfish indifference to the wishes and pleasures of the young. The Elements of Character He did his best to be patient with her caprices and fretfulness, and he was at least manfully comforting and helpful, and instant in atonement for every failure. A Modern Instance The Vanishing Stress occurs as its name implies at the end or closing of a sound or vowel, and is used in expressing disgust, complaint, fretfulness, ardour, surprise, etc. The Canadian Elocutionist Her own yearning was too deep and sad for fretfulness; yet though, unlike her husband's, it never broke out in anger, the day was gone by when she could keep it always silent. A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day His fretfulness after these continued, he turned with increased eagerness to his bottle, and with tears of disappointment Mary yielded to his loudly voiced demands. The Nest Builder With eyes of far forgetfulness,— Like some wild wood-thing's daughter, Whose feet are beelike fretfulness,— To see her run like water Through boughs that slipped or caught her. Poems Her disturbance grew to the inclusion of a degree of fretfulness at his unbroken silence, his apparent absorption in whatever his meditation projected or found. Linda Condon For calomel caused him such great distress He was oft found in fits of fretfulness. The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects "It's maist the Sabbath day," she said, hiding her fretfulness behind conscientious scruples, as all of us are ready to do. A Daughter of Fife Beside all this, we saw no more of her days of bad humor and fretfulness. Paula the Waldensian "I have indulged my old habit of fretfulness a good deal to-day, mother," she said, as Mrs. Gardner sat down by her side, after making everything ready for the night. The Good Resolution She was not the less submissive and dutiful in her bearing to her grandmother, whom she both loved and feared; but there were moments of fretfulness and impatience which she could not conceal. Phantom Fortune, a Novel He became unjust in his fretfulness, and those who loved him most could not wish to see him survive the wreck of his intellect. The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 2 Mrs. Lessways' thin, wrinkled face, bordered by her untidy but still black and glossy hair, was upturned from below in an expression of tragic fretfulness. Hilda Lessways There is not a line on it of care or of fretfulness. Hyacinth Loss of appetite, dull headache, fretfulness, persistent weariness, despondency, followed by a general weakness and an impoverished state of blood, often result. A Practical Physiology Such regularity, moreover, will do much to obviate fretfulness, and that constant cry, which seems as if it could be allayed only by constantly putting the child to the breast. The Maternal Management of Children, in Health and Disease The reconciliation was, therefore, considered as the loss of their last anchor; and received not only with the fretfulness of disappointment, but the rage of desperation. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons Measles and Scarlatina much resemble each other in their early stages: headache, restlessness, and fretfulness are the symptoms of both. The Book of Household Management This she accomplished without hurry of spirit, fretfulness, or misgiving. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" When the first teeth rise so as to press against the gums, there is always more or less inflammation, causing nervous fretfulness, and the impulse to put everything into the mouth. American Woman's Home I wish you'd let me stay here all night!' he said, with some weary fretfulness; but the next moment burst into a peal of laughter, as Wilmet's head appeared above the floor. The Pillars of the House, V1 He relates the history of an inhabitant of Syria, who, to calm the fretfulness of his child, after the death of the mother, pressed it to his bosom. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 This service to Pope's memory we had judged important, because it is upon these quarrels chiefly that the erroneous opinion has built itself of Pope's fretfulness and irritability. Biographical Essays I was dreading it, for I knew from past experience with other children what to expect: fretfulness and tears, if nothing worse. Pollyanna Grows Up Now, the tendency of every sensitive mind, when thwarted in its wishes, is to complain and find fault, and that often in tones of fretfulness or anger. American Woman's Home How came it that the cowardice and fretfulness of the Gospels should be transformed into the lion-hearted steadfastness of the Acts? The Fair Haven This great sorrow has smoothed from your face every line of fretfulness and worry, and lighted it with the mystery and pathos of an unearthly beauty. The One Woman Her bridegroom was so beaming and benignant, that it might fairly be hoped that even if force of habit should bring back fretfulness, he had a stock of happiness sufficient for both. The Young Step-Mother Certainly there was no abatement in her fretfulness and discontent. Pollyanna Grows Up The pang she had felt at her own fretfulness, when she thought she had lost them, made her guard the more against giving way to impatience if they were troublesome or hard to please. Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume Much of the fever and fretfulness of life is over. Hyperion Oh! the spite, the fretfulness, the vexation which the horrible phantasmagoria of diabolisms induce! How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley More gentle and patient than ever, he soothed her fretfulness, invented pleasures for her, and rendered her so placid and contented, that her health began to improve. The Young Step-Mother The slight touch of joy and animation that had come into her face fled, leaving only a dispirited fretfulness that was plainly very much at home there. Pollyanna Grows Up There is no fretfulness in it, no chafing over dreams unrealised, no impatience or disappointment. Escape, and Other Essays This was continued until it ended in fretfulness and complaints at the separation it was enduring. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine She was a small frail creature, with a tired worn face, but with no look of fretfulness or discontent. Where No Fear Was Albinia was cured of her fretfulness towards the new order of events, and her admiration of Sophy carried her through all that was yet to come. The Young Step-Mother This time, instead of rousing himself and his pride, David sank into a moody despondency; varied by occasional fretfulness. Love Me Little, Love Me Long The fretfulness of human life, it seems not hard to believe, is a greater evil, and destroys more happiness, than all the bloody scenes of the battle-field. Friends and Neighbors Some minds, when not under the spur, sink naturally into, a state of inertia, from which, when any touch of the spur reaches them, they spring up with signs of fretfulness. After a Shadow and Other Stories There was a petty fretfulness in her voice. The Allen House The brow of the husband and father was clouded, and his lips sealed in silence; or if words were spoken, they were in moody tones, or uttered in fretfulness and ill-nature. Finger Posts on the Way of Life Being, however, equally above the other little infirmities of fretfulness and fussiness, he waited calmly and proceeded coolly. Love Me Little, Love Me Long It's easy enough to say stop"—Ridley spoke in a tone of fretfulness—"and of about as much use as to cry 'Stop!' to a man falling down a precipice or sweeping over a cataract. Danger Or, Wounded in the House of a Friend You have injured your bodily health by useless fretfulness and peevish discontent, and with that we have first to deal. A Romance of Two Worlds His hope was gratified, not completely, but enough to remove grounds for lover's fretfulness. The Fortunate Youth These little annoyances were removed, and the invalid was quiet again—externally quiet, but within all was fretfulness and mental pain. Finger Posts on the Way of Life And Cecily, I am thankful to say, at least has something of Latin; an ode of Horace, which I look at with fretfulness, yields her its meaning. The Emancipated Never had he understood before what was meant by the sickening weariness of routine; his fretfulness as a youth in the West Indies seemed to him now inconceivable. Will Warburton Probably by this time she had forgotten her fretfulness, a result of overstrung nerves. The Town Traveller His face had grown more haggard during the last few days, and his eyes wandered, expressing fretfulness or fear; he spoke with effort, and seemed unable to find the words that would convey his meaning. In the Year of Jubilee Mrs. Winter was a very ordinary person; rather pretentious, rather too fluent of speech, inclined to fretfulness, and probably of trying temper. The Whirlpool Elgar's animation had given place to fretfulness; Mallard, after his miserable night, eared little to converse, and would gladly have been alone. The Emancipated The most strenuous physical or mental labor will then not cause as much exhaustion as light work done in a state of nervous tension, irritability, fretfulness or worry. Nature Cure He sat all the time with the resignation and fretfulness of ages on his dark velvety face. Women in Love He ventured gently on kindly hopes that his uncle was better, and they were not ill taken, though not without fretfulness. Dynevor Terrace: or, the clue of life — Volume 2 It was the only refuge from fretfulness; but her heart ached for her father, herself, and most of all for her little brother. Nuttie's Father His limp, the result of an epoch-making fight in an Australian mining camp, was emphasized by severe rheumatism, and the fretfulness of old age was heightened by his shortness of breath. Who Cares? a story of adolescence She had not known that the cordial was injurious, deeming it a panacea against fretfulness, precious to nurses, but against which ladies always had a prejudice, and, therefore, to be kept secret. The Daisy chain, or Aspirations It was introduced to Violetta as the reward of virtue for having controlled her fretfulness, and the repair of its infirmity was the first consideration that occupied all the three. Clever Woman of the Family She might have been his sister, so frank was she and so openly affectionate, laughing at his fretfulness and soothing his weariness. Black Rock: a Tale of the Selkirks One could detect in the lapse of the waves along the shore the note of weariness preceding the change into the fretfulness and the tumult of tempests. The Golden House For emulation can never enter that godlike consort, nor such fretfulness as wants resolution to conceal its own resentments. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies But her wrath passed, or remained only as a graceful fretfulness. The Longest Journey But philosophy in Marcus Aurelius would eventually triumph over passing fretfulness. The Angel and the Author, and others Their wit and their folly, their fretfulness and their merriment, are exposed to us. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 This fretfulness increased as the moments went by without sign or motion in the faintly lit field beyond, until, in peevish exasperation, he began to kick the nearer stones against the wall. Thankful Blossom And then he becomes fretful, and conscious that such fretfulness is beneath him and injurious to his honour. The Prime Minister We have been surrounded by many blessings, and yet perhaps, have indulged in fretfulness. The Crown of Thorns : a token for the sorrowing If we rise from the table having learned only fretfulness and self-pity I fear it has been. Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow He thinks he has caught a cold, and cannot stifle his fretfulness about it. The Egoist He refused to remain at the cottage—he asked, with a sudden change to fretfulness, if she would let her servant get him a cab. I Say No The Duke had in truth expressed himself very plainly to Mr. Warburton; but with so much indiscreet fretfulness that the discreet private secretary had not told it even to the Duchess. The Prime Minister When I look back at my diary I am really ashamed of my own fretfulness and impatience. The Black Robe Impatience is fussiness, fretfulness and a prime breeder of neurasthenia. The Foundations of Personality The impulsive and emotional state of mind can best be corrected by restraining anger, passion and excitement, hatred, strong impulses, intense emotions, fretfulness, etc. The Power of Concentration When he spoke his voice carried the old nervous fretfulness. Pollyanna It was the last self-exhausting effort of my fretfulness, for after that I slept soundly. Great Expectations Mrs. Bennet, through the assistance of servants, contrived to have the earliest tidings of it, that the period of anxiety and fretfulness on her side might be as long as it could. Pride and Prejudice The fretfulness seemed to have gone from her face, the weary lines from her mouth. The Malefactor And how many annoyances have you caused your mother, do you suppose, by fretfulness and peevishness in word and deed, night and day, since you were a little boy? The Memorabilia |
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