英语词汇“impertinence”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Once she thought of warning her about the scorpions, but Meme was so distant, convinced that she had given her away, that she preferred not to disturb her with the impertinences of a great-great-grandmother. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I cried out & recalled him to his Duty & the Hazard of a Slave laying Hand upon his Master & he had the impertinence to say he was not this eight Month my Slave & left the Chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I know impertinence when I hear it,” said the Lady calmly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that I could react in one of two ways: I could scold them for their impertinence or I could listen to what they were saying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She can get away with a little impertinence, with coltish liberties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

To this impertinence, I did not wish to reply. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Then you may do without breakfast as well, for your impertinence.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If we’re finished, I’m afraid I must take my leave,” interrupted Dorian from beside her, and her head snapped up at the sound of his voice—and his impertinence in interrupting his father. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Elouise, the daughter of the Baptist minister, recited “Invictus,” and I could have cried at the impertinence of “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both sides, it seems, now ready themselves for the ultimatum to be touched off by new shew of rebel impertinence, and for the desolation to commence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“For that bit of impertinence you may polish the coal stove tomorrow. This room is the perfect place for a noisy, I might say badly spoiled, little tyrant to have his sulks in private.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Dorian, realizing how close he was to crossing a boundary between impertinence and rebellion—a boundary that he’d been very, very careful to maintain—mumbled his apologies. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lone shirtmen crouched upon the shore, firing at the fleet, then falling upon their bellies and disappearing before there could be answer to their impertinence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

"My lord father would call that insolence, and send you to the mines for impertinence." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She felt that the man should be beaten for his impertinence, then thrown out of Asgard and sent on his way. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Did I just detect a trace of impertinence?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s said that even a century and a half after Montaigne’s death, when the marquis d’Argenson subtitled a book with that word, Essays, he was shouted down for impertinence. The Ill-Defined Plot 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

Admirers called them lively topicality and refreshing impertinence. Robert Gottlieb, Eminent Editor From le Carré to Clinton, Dies at 92 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

But I mean it as no impertinence when I say that her “Spy” co-star, Rose Byrne, made me laugh harder than anyone else this year. The 9 best film performances of 2015 — that won’t get nominated for anything 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

It might seem like impertinence, not to say blasphemy, to suggest that Shakespeare could ever be bettered. A New Take on Romeo and Juliet’s Ball, Balcony, Bed and Tomb 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

It also becomes clear that, really, Joel is not too happy doing the interview, and has already decided that my questions are dumb, and my presence an impertinence. Paul Morley has an awkward encounter with deadmau5 2010-05-28T12:21:00Z

For her part, Ms. Pinkston likened the treatment Mr. Wright suffered on the job to the impertinence all restaurant servers endure, regardless of race. A Mississippi Restaurant Has Been Beloved for Decades. But There’s Another Story to Tell. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

To the left of the sitter is a hard-to-interpret helix of sickly, mossy yellow-green: a calligraphic whirlwind that, from another painter, would read as a gesture of impertinence. The Gloopy Glory of Frank Auerbach’s Portraits 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

Bothered by the impertinence of the question, I answered something along the lines of “What do you mean? I’m from Spain.” Europe is not a secular paradise — and Americans should be careful when embracing this myth 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

Kate merrily greets all of Sir Harry's boastful claims of success with barely concealed mirth and impertinence. Review: 2 J.M. Barrie comedies smart, breezy 2013-05-07T21:01:15Z

With bold sexual gestures, Schmidt presents a bawdy, flouncing impertinence that diminishes some of Hilde's mystery and menace, but she's fun to watch. Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder' 2013-05-20T23:43:09Z

Kicking her legs and jabbing her arms with impertinence and impatience, she ripped through the space, a wolf in pink clothing. Dance Review: Yoshiko Chuma?s ?A-C-E One? at the River to River Festival 2010-07-08T21:23:00Z

It tempts the rude to imagine their impertinence catching global fire through that perfectly worded comment. Museums See Different Virtues in Virtual Worlds 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

She addresses that impertinence during the opening minutes of the documentary. ?God Save My Shoes,? a Documentary About High Heels 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z

There may not be many opportunities to watch her quell impertinence in the future. Television Review: Sincerest Forms of Flattery for British Shows 2011-01-06T23:10:24Z

Milch’s characters speak with the rhythms and patterns of people raised on Shakespeare and the King James Bible, a language short on contractions and spiced with a heavy dose of Yankee impertinence. Before the profane delights of "Deadwood," silver-tongued "Tombstone" rode in 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z

A young nephew who endures his parents’ bickering separation with barely concealed anxiety and bouts of impertinence. Movie Review: ‘Papirosen’ Is a Road Into More Than 50 Years of Shadows 2014-01-24T01:02:17Z

The trio of shapes with black dots for eyes and a straight line for their mouths look quite amused by his impertinence. What’s it like to film a TV travel show? I joined the crew of “Travels With Darley” to find out. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

“Emote with me, baby,” he said, an impertinence she grandly ignored. ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: A Timid Beginning 2011-01-18T12:08:34Z

Here was someone whose cocksure impertinence matched his — and she could sing, to boot, rendering “How Little We Know” to Hoagy Carmichael’s piano. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’

They’ll be here until November, and they indeed sit on their pedestals with a pleasant impertinence: thrust a bit too far forward, balanced a tick too precariously, looming a smidgen too large. Carol Bove’s Light-Touch Heavy Metal Faces Down the Met 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z

Hers really is an exceptional performance for a youngster, skirting the perils of bathos in her tender scenes and playing her rebellious ones with comic impertinence.” Edith Fellows, a 1930s Child Star Trailed by Dickensian Woes, Dies at 88 2011-07-03T00:58:59Z

What Jerusha doesn’t know is that Daddy, whose actual name is Jervis Pendleton, isn’t so geriatric after all and that the affable impertinence of her letters has made him fall in love. Review: In ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ an Orphan With a Mysterious Benefactor 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

With Geoff Dyer, you inevitably face the problem of how to describe his literary acrobatics in all their sunny impertinence. Review: ‘White Sands’ Asks Why We Visit the Places We Do 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

At some moments, this prequel series matches the goofy impertinence that made 1978’s “Grease” feature so lovable. 9 shows you should make time for 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z

His impertinence, though, shows the strain that the war - a word he uses in defiance of a Kremlin ban - has had on Putin's 23-year-old political system. Jester or rebel? Mercenary Prigozhin lays bare the strains of Putin's war 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z

Toney's first goal in his side's win over Brighton was nothing short of impertinence. Garth Crooks' Team of the Week: Whose form makes him a must for Qatar? 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

As Friedrich Schlegel observed in a moment of “sublime impertinence,” “If you only write for philosophers, you can be incredibly daring before the police will notice anything.” Review | 19th-century philosophers and poets who asked what it means to be free 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

For his mild impertinence regarding "The 1619 Project," he was denounced as “against social justice.” Opinion | In the sandbox also known as academia, it’s the golden age of the grovel 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

“The statement made by the Italian prime minister is total impertinence and disrespect,” Erdogan said. Turkey's Erdogan slams Italy's Draghi over 'dictator' comment 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z

"We solemnly warn you: If you keep being stubborn, with such impertinence, and continue this illegal activity, you will be brought to justice - is that understood?" The Chinese doctor who tried to warn about coronavirus 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

Given her reserved public presence, it feels like an impertinence to wonder. When Donald met Scott: a reporter's view of Trump and his White House wonderland 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Housebuilders, not used to such impertinence from a Conservative minister, hit back. Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England's land 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z

Rev. Kinsolving believed his questions at the White House, his opinions on the air — and his ever-present impertinence — served a higher purpose. Lester Kinsolving, Episcopal priest and pesky White House questioner, dies at 90 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z

The Supreme Court also rejected an impertinence that agencies of the administrative state invoke when throwing their weight around. Opinion | How frogs helped bring much-needed unanimity to the Supreme Court 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

“These letters disclose a passage of folly and gross impertinence in my life. I am deeply ashamed and repentant.” A president’s secret letters to another woman that he never wanted public 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z

It is noteworthy that questionable tone, disrespect and impertinence are the watchwords of Mr. Trump’s dealings with the media. Opinion | If Trump wants to change his interactions with the press, he can 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

Yet for all of the annoyance at the apparent impertinence of my visit, I was struck by the way the identity politics raised by Hérouxville still resonate. Don’t Burn Women: Warning to Immigrants Looms Over a Quebec Village 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

He crashed instantly, as if the Open rose to humiliate him for impertinence. Young, hungry field is having an easy time at the U.S. Open 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z

The establishment on both sides of the Atlantic was unnerved by this impertinence. PC? Just call it political politeness. Even rightwing bullies could buy into that | Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

The manager was the one who commenced hostilities, for a start, replying to an innocent question about Touré’s availability for an EFL Cup match with a devastating critique of Seluk and his impertinence. Yaya Touré’s agent should pipe down and realise Pep Guardiola holds all the aces | Paul Wilson 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

There is, perhaps, also something of Jack Nicholson’s lawless colonel in A Few Good Men to this man, sneering at the impertinence of Tom Cruise for asking questions. Peter Thiel’s mission to destroy Gawker isn’t ‘philanthropy’. It’s a chilling taste of things to come | Marina Hyde 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

Of course, by highlighting the sexualities of these writers, I’m engaging in much the same impertinence. From gay conspiracy to queer chic: the artists and writers who changed the world 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

For days, New Yorkers of all political persuasions have been railing at Cruz’s impertinence, and it was pretty obvious that Trump would have prepared something to say about it. Only Republican Voters Can Stop Donald Trump Now 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z

For most of “Revival,” though, the singer avoids the kind of wild-child impertinence we’re accustomed to hearing from someone in her position. Selena Gomez is more like Janet Jackson than Miley Cyrus on modest 'Revival' 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday it would be offering a lined sheet, torn from a 1950s school notebook, listing the 15-year-old Lennon's detentions for such transgressions as "impertinence" and "not wearing school cap". 'Impertinent' John Lennon's school detention record goes on sale 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

That is essentially what I told him, after pausing just long enough to launch a disparaging Twitter hashtag – #EndHotCoffeeShaming – to humiliate him for his impertinence on a global scale. Put down your iced coffee and stop torturing your taste buds | Oliver Burkeman 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

It was only a moment of sheer impertinence by Stoke's Charlie Adam that took the entire attention away from the star of the show and that was undoubtedly Hazard. Garth Crooks's team of the week 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z

According to the parents pushing the story, Kaplan was guilty of racial impertinence. I fell in love with “the villain”: My sources expected outrage. I married him instead 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

There is a “fundamental difference”, declared the French prime minister, Manuel Valls, in a speech to parliament on January 13th, between the “freedom of impertinence” and “anti-Semitism, racism, apology for terrorism, Holocaust denial”. The sound of silence 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

"We're not robotic at all," he said, nipping my impertinence in the bud. Team Sky's vision - Sleep and hunger 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

“I rediscovered their liberty of tone,” he told France-Inter radio, describing the issue as one of “tender impertinence.” France arrests 54 for defending terror; newspaper sells out 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Hollande said the police officer posted in Hebdo's offices died defending a freedom of expression based on "an insolence, an impertinence which expresses an independence". UPDATE 1-Charlie Hebdo to publish Mohammad cartoon on front page 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

There is something to be said for players staying put in the current A.A.U.-influenced climate, where impatience, impertinence and ferocious individuality rule the day. Sports of The Times: Shabazz Napier Leads Loyal UConn Class to Tournament 2014-03-22T04:53:41Z

Even in France, not all agree with the distinction drawn between “impertinence” and racism, Holocaust denial and the like. The sound of silence 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

He shook hands politely but it was clear he was still annoyed by my impertinence. The day I enraged Viktor Yanukovych 2014-03-01T01:17:16Z

To wit: while the rest of us would nod assent when senior editors spoke, she frequently argued points to the point of impertinence. The Media Equation: Britain as a Breeding Ground for Media Leaders 2013-06-23T21:32:26Z

This is both the last gasp of an old order and the appearance of a new impertinence toward privilege and power, the likes of which have never been seen and will change the country profoundly. The Profumo Affair, Revisited 2013-04-15T08:45:00Z

And so, if you do not find positive cowardice in my request—put these two measures on my back—do as though I had had the impertinence to add them as my own. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z

“I think it’s an impertinence to be sorry for anybody,” she answered. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z

"Well, of course I couldn't promise to open a shop for her;" and he laughed with fatuous good-humour, as if what he had said was rather funny, and not an impertinence. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z

Ordinarily the fresh material advertised in these editions is in large measure rubbish which had been deliberately discarded by the author and whose resuscitation is an impertinence to his memory. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z

Even Percy Whittaker's confounded impertinence in telegraphing to his sister was robbed of its sting. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z

Cease your impertinence, or talk to your fellows! The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z

Let us have no more of this impertinence! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:26.587Z

With strangers, this made him cold to very sternness, or, as is often seen in the effort to conquer a natural defect, gave him a manner of over-easy confidence that looked like impertinence. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z

There, now, enough of impertinence for one day. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z

I hope the Pakeha Maori will pardon my impertinence in giving a personal sketch of him to his English readers on the plea that his writing would not be complete without one. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z

"Father, have you had enough of impertinence in the day's doings, that your neighbours should dare to judge you, or will you tolerate a little more impertinence, and from your own daughter?" asked Constance. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z

The Polish insurrection went on; and England wrote a diplomatic note, which Russia resented as a piece of impertinence; and there England's sympathy ended. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z

But that July day on the terrace at Saux, the offer seemed of all farces the wildest, and of all impertinences the most absurd. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z

Never offer to shake hands with a lady; she will, if she wishes you to do so, offer her hand to you, and it is an impertinence for you to do so first. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

They turned as we rode in and looked at us curiously, but not with any impertinence. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z

His character corresponded to his outward lineaments; for he had all a monkey's busy and curious impertinence. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z

The impertinence in the first instance was the cue to the ostentatious servility in the second. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z

The crowd of peeping, grinning lackeys that filled it stared at me, all eyes; but I was scarcely conscious of their impertinence or their presence. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z

To affect an air of secrecy or mystery when conversing in a ball-room is a piece of impertinence for which no lady of delicacy will thank you. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

With a thousand apologies for impertinence, mademoiselle; I am very sorry for my faults. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z

To speak freely of a neighbor's doings and belongings would have seemed an impertinence to them, and, of course, an impropriety. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z

If others are unlike us, we feel it as a presumption and an impertinence to usurp their place; if they are like us, it seems a work of supererogation. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z

"Nothing you could ask would be an impertinence," he responded eagerly; "nothing." The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z

It is an impertinence, and if she is a lady of refinement, she will resent it as such. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

Would she not look upon his letter as an impertinence, seeing she had given him no permission to write? It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z

He had, as it seemed, received absolution for the impertinence of which he had been guilty, for a most animated conversation was going on between the lady and her self-appointed guardian. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z

Jupiter, not caring to be troubled with their impertinences himself, sent Apollo to examine the merits of their petitions, and to give them such relief as he should think proper. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z

"I wonder if you would think it an impertinence if I asked you to promise me something," she said. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z

I am sure I never gave you any, and I am not used to impertinence. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z

He was aware that he was verging upon a slight impertinence; but he wished to see whether she would accede—what she would do. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z

She would consider it an unjustifiable piece of impertinence on my part, and would reject it accordingly.' Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z

I interrupted, on the spur of the moment, not seeing the impertinence of the question till I had made it. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z

If so, you may be sure that Mr. Stewart will know how to resent it, and any impertinence offered to me. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z

We poor women have impertinences enough to suffer on these occasions; but it is new to me that the questions of chance visitors are part of them! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z

Men considered this an impertinence; but women had been known to allude to it as "dreamy." Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z

"Sacr�!" he cried, recoiling at this fresh impertinence, while the lieutenant's eyes almost jumped out of his head. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z

"Pardon the impertinence," he continued, shrugging his shoulders as if the matter were a very slight one, while I stared in amazement at this new turn. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z

"I am not used to impertinence," she said. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z

"But I see no impertinence in my question--unless, indeed, you are ashamed of your bridegroom." Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z

We passed the scrutiny of these gentlemen without exciting any audible impertinence, and reached the door of the church. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z

The question whether his story is worth the telling is a critical impertinence too often uttered; what most concerns us now in the James case is his manner, not his matter. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z

"But the fact is," the plotter continued hardily, and with a smack of impertinence, "my Lord Middleton, so far as I know, is still with the King at St. Germain's." Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z

"He approached me with familiarity, I repulsed him with ceremony," said a man of rank, alluding to an impertinence of this kind. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z

D--n his impertinence, coming into my pew when he thought I was elsewhere! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z

“My dear girl,” said Mrs. Keith with a smile, “I’ll forgive the impertinence if you will promise to stay another week or two.” Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z

These attacks on so large and powerful a species may be regarded as mere impertinences, but by practising them the Chopi is soon able to rid himself of the presence of any unwelcome bird. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z

Their doctrines are most repulsive, and strongly tinctured with impertinence and disrespect towards their superiors, in perpetually endeavouring to level all ranks and do away with all distinctions. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z

The favorites of society are usually those who wound no one's self-love, either by imposing upon others a painful sense of inferiority, or by rudeness, impertinence, or assumption. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z

The imperturbable philosopher sets aside the insinuation as an impertinence. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z

I waked them as usual that morning, told them that I had discharged you for impertinence, and for abusing the horses, and that settled the matter. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z

Amongst his oddities you may have observed that he could stand a great deal of real impertinence, he was so good-humoured. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z

Although this was but a trifling incident, Mr. Burbanks was disturbed by the impertinence of the "ugly beasts." In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z

He laughed, really without malice, waving his hand towards the sky with a youthful impertinence. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z

He had done well, as always, and Toinon would perhaps be kind enough to stifle her impertinence. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z

It's sheer impertinence for the author to intrude, every now and then, just to call my attention to the fact that her complexion is not good, and that her features are irregular. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z

He retreated to his neighbor's shop the tailor's, and, sitting on the step, protected it from the impertinence of morning calls. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z

"Enough of this impertinence," returned the other, sternly. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z

He went to see Terence at the provost, and found Curran there, who eyed him with undisguised impertinence, and gibed about gingerbread-nuts. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z

Agla�, therefore, on the advent of the conciliatory marquise, made a pettish movement of studied impertinence, and yawned slowly in her face like a dyspeptic hippopotamus. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z

A description of a jungle is an impertinence to one who has come under the spell of William Blake's "Tiger! tiger! burning bright In the forest of the night." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z

At all events it was worth trying, for success would mow down the hopes of Alga�, and thus punish her presumption and impertinence. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z

But that piece of sly impertinence on the part of the lady who bore his name had put everything agog. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z

His lord had resented the impertinence, had incarcerated him and his audacious fellows, with a view to making an example of such wretches by an end of exquisite torment. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z

A flash in the pan--a paltry riot--a piece of low impertinence which ministers, if they were not hopelessly idiotic, should have foreseen and smothered. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z

If we give her impertinence special notice, it will be putting too much importance to the whole silly thing. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z

These letters are nearly all written in the ordinary Christian spirit; that is to say, full of hatred and impertinence. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z

There was a lofty air of magnanimity about this that was sheer impertinence. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z

What a ridiculous pother, to be sure, over one paltry man's impertinence! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z

To her, the refined pride which can afford to pass slights unnoticed and ignored impertinence, was a mystery which might not be deciphered. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z

There is nothing in the Constitution of the United States to justify this religious impertinence. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z

"Sir, I consider your request to marry my daughter an impertinence, and the flippancy with which you have conducted this interview an insult." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z

Her large blue eyes—of a blue lighter than his own—looked at him calmly, almost, it seemed to him, with a calm impertinence. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z

They were smirking and smiling at the cousins with rude confidence; and Sophia Clarke, I was grieved to see, repaid their insulting impertinence by her most elaborate smiles and graces. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z

To attempt to probe to its soul seems an impertinence. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z

That is exquisite in its fearfully intelligent impertinence and its diabolical Renanisation. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z

Muffled cavaliers, with cloaks drawn up and hats drawn down till 17 only the dance of coal-black eyes, full of fire and fun, was visible between, saluted our balcony with Carnival impertinence. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z

There was something in her manner that stung the man, and he ventured upon an impertinence. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z

I bowed my head, for whenever he made mention of his misfortunes, he spoke with so brave and simple a dignity that any word of sympathy became the merest impertinence. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z

Without impertinence she could ask about them, when her elderly friend was displaying the plates with such openness and disregard of public opinion. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z

There was not a hint of defiance or impertinence in the quiet voice, but it held a great determination. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z

If she had enjoyed the situation a moment before, the impertinence, so suddenly born, filled her with dismay. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z

The hint that there was a stronger reason which he had not mentioned was so crude that it savored of mere impertinence. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z

You will find yourself �10 poorer at the end of the year for this piece of impertinence, and let me advise you to be very careful how you behave. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z

"Suppose life and death are in the balance, would they weigh impertinence?" The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z

And something more, which, perhaps, you will deem an impertinence. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z

He begged to assure her of his distinguished consideration; would she forgive him now that he was gone, accept this new impertinence and forget all those that had gone before? The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z

There was a dignity, a sincerity in his manner which to Mr. Wogan's ears robbed the speech of all impertinence. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z

She looked on this interference as a gross impertinence. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z

We walked for some while longer in the garden, without speech, and the girl's impertinence gradually slipped out of my mind. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z

Did he see her there obtruding a figure of a monstrous impertinence and vanity? Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z

"But then the schoolboys have been whipped for their impertinence." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z

If so, and it was a most likely conjecture, then for Wogan to be straggling about St. James's Street was egregious impertinence, and the sooner he got under shelter the better for his neck. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z

He wrote for it with the most brazen impertinence. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z

Lady H. I can no longer tolerate such gross impertinence. Martha or, The Fair at Richmond 2012-01-19T03:00:23.947Z

You monks are likely to call your impertinence by the name of some virtue; but I know the trick, and will have none of it. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z

In these days of higher education for women, it would be an act of impertinence to provide information on this point for that class of our readers. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z

Mr. Wogan winked and shook a friendly foot at him from the back of the carriage, and his lordship was fairly staggered at the impertinence of her ladyship's footman. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z

What knocks me over," I cried, "is the impertinence of the man. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z

A faint, so faint nuance of assent in Cousin Lydia's voice seemed to admit the succeeding comment, shorn of impertinence. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z

But it seems"—Christina hesitated—"it seems like impertinence, to call you by a Christian name. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z

Ladies and Gentlemen, some intrusive foreigners have come over to compete with our people and have had the impertinence to make some things better than we do. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z

On the return to the beach a bevy of open-mouthed women and children accompanied me, plying questions with a simplicity so rare that there was no thought of impertinence. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z

I know, I know," said the lady with the string of names, "but what impertinence to enter into conversation with your guests, as if he had been invited. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z

She was nibbling lumps of sugar moistened in her tea, and the wild rose of her cheeks and the distracting rings of her hair made her offensiveness a mere childish impertinence. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z

I shall tell Hunter I have dismissed you for gross impertinence. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z

It had no other effect than to increase the impertinence it was meant to disarm; for the 'soft answer which turns away wrath' must at least seem disinterested. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z

But many of the notes are sheer impertinences, especially those that attempt to mend the lines. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z

As for your impertinence, if you are a man of Rome, you will give me satisfaction. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z

I was remade every pulse and fibre of me, my beloved's ... and so obviously, that the necessity of tagging my estate with a ceremony struck me as an impertinence. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z

I never heard of such impertinence in my life. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z

Provoked by this impertinence, and by the courtesy with which Miss Graham received it, I interrupted his remarks, by desiring he would get me a glass of water. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z

The introduction of love business into the comet story is an impertinence, as Mr. Bernard Shaw has complained. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z

Just one more question, Bob," he said; "don't think it's an impertinence. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z

Others gave me information that I couldn't have got from Odell without a confession of ignorance, or from the Misses Callender without impertinence. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z

“It bores one so inexpressibly, giving reasons for what one does, and I'm so glad he has saved me the trouble by his vulgar impertinence.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z

I look back with astonishment upon her patient endurance of my impertinences. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z

For a time L'Tunga regarded our curiosity as a great impertinence and did everything possible to prevent our getting more information than was readily available. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z

“Sir,” said he, “I have just been having another word with the Doña Dolorez: she informs me that you have had the impertinence to tell her that you love her.” The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z

Nor are they less in the cool and frank impertinence with which the members treat each other. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z

You accuse me of caprice—has any one ever accused you of impertinence?” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z

The mutual dislike of this lady and myself had been confirmed by seven years interchange of impertinences; nor was it in the least degree mitigated by the new circumstances in which we were placed. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z

Happily, I only got a kindly but necessary rap over the knuckles for my impertinence; the request was consigned to the waste-paper basket and mercifully never reached Farringford. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z

Cartaret wondered if it would be an impertinence to offer his strawberries to the Lady of the Rose. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z

Many men in quite independent circumstances not only took from him impertinence which they would have thought intolerable in their oldest friend, but even sought his society. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z

Without wincing, and affecting a calmness he was far from feeling, Gonzalo put no check to the loquacity of the marquis, which bordered on impertinence. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z

I was sullen for a little, and muttered something about 'impertinence,'—but I never flourished my arm again. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z

This is simply an impertinence due to the condition of your acute and precise mind which wishes to tyrannize over your will and to control it by fraud and subtlety.... Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z

Whatever we admit into our teaching that does not exalt him and throw light on his life and doctrine is a harmful impertinence. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z

A mail guard had been reported for impertinence by certain contractors who were notorious for the indifferent lights with which they supplied their coach. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z

But while I was talking with her I noticed that my fine gentleman with the moustache eyed me from head to foot with something very like impertinence! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z

The boundary between the impertinence of a cad and the privilege of a suitor is vague and wavering. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z

I could relate an infinity of such adventures, in all of which we risked our lives on some puerile point of honour, or in pursuit of some impertinence which called for castigation. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z

It was a piece of gross impertinence for any member of the family to leave without permission. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z

Tell me what your wardrobe is worth, tattered impertinence, and I will give you three liards for it.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z

I declined the proffered invitation with a brief thanks, and went on, my blood boiling at the impertinence of the scoundrel who so familiarly claimed me as one of his own kind. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z

“It would sound like an impertinence, wouldn’t it?” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z

She's far too proud! she would take it as a new rudeness and impertinence! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z

The one letter is only the plausible, affectionate, amplification of the other's impertinence, with a saving clause, on the first page, inserted from dictation, when the grievous indiscretion had been committed.... Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z

And I think it was a piece of impertinence on his part to expect Miss Jean Dawson to go at his bidding—and you so lame, auntie,” added Jean as she saw her aunt’s face. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z

If he had had an appetite it had vanished; it seemed as if the man's impertinence must have affected him more than he would have cared to own. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z

"Might I," says he, "without impertinence inquire your necessity?" The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z

Might it not be argued without impertinence that the best means of doing away with the excesses in question is not to have fewer contests, but more of them? An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z

William was aware of her presence and of the smiling impertinence of her glance. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z

“It’s an impertinence a great many people are guilty of,” he returned... Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z

She did not like to suspect him of impertinence, or even something worse; yet--what had he implied? A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z

Your words imply a sneer and an impertinence. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z

Her impertinence would be almost repellent were it not that her voice is "like the wooing wind," and even her "la-la-la" is bewitching. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z

"It is evidently insufficient to warn you that there are times when preaching becomes an impertinence." The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z

What part you actually played in it I am hoping you will confide in me, and not consider that I am guilty of an impertinence in seeming to interfere in what you do.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z

To such a person it would savor strongly of impertinence. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z

He was on the verge of carrying out this resolve and addressing Claire, when an event occurred which had the effect of thwarting his meditated impertinence. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z

Now, my woman, remember that I'm your mistress, and that I'll stand impertinence from no one--least of all from a servant of mine. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z

It would have been impertinence, but I will make a bargain with you. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z

The extraordinary inexpensiveness and childishness and impertinence of this latter gave to my sense the measure of a whole side of Lang, and yet which was one of the sides of his greatest flourishing. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z

Hence arises the endeavour to intercept a conclusion, which might otherwise have seemed so plain as to make arguments in its favor an intellectual impertinence. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z

And he writes to me in a tone of impertinence. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z

Mrs. Lamb was not a lady to quietly endure impertinence from any one. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z

It was a trick of the Frenchmen he had met at Mrs. Carnby's—one of the things which are courtesies in Paris, and impertinence elsewhere. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z

In young people this dogmatic practice is generally based upon vanity and impertinence. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z

I trust that I may be always found ready, and willing, to respond to any inquiries, not savouring of impertinence, which may be addressed to me. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z

He has perhaps mixed my name with his ... what shall I call them? ... reproaches, impertinences? An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z

It struck her that his being where he was was an impertinence, which was rendered much greater by his venturing to address her; especially with such an inquiry. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z

Think of it, He; what an unexampled impertinence. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z

M. Chenu at last persuaded him to go home and he had the impertinence to have my lackey whom he had wounded, dress his hair. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z

Mr. Philpotts seemed to regard the observation almost in the light of an impertinence. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z

"Now, forgive my impertinence," he continued, "but how long do you contemplate remaining in the East?" The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z

The veiled impertinence of his tone to her must have severely tried her patience, if not her endurance. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z

For all I knew my sorrow might be an impertinence. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z

I am most astonished that those Sapphos of sisters of mine did not prevent your putting such impertinence into the post. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z

"I had no thought of impertinence, my lord," he said. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z

They incessantly assailed me with their demands, with so much importunity, and often impertinence, that I frequently felt inclined to have them thrown out of the window. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z

Once, even, when a whim of his led him to treat me with something like impertinence, I forgave him, and I have now been well rewarded. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z

Now and then they uttered a few words, but whenever one spoke some of the company seemed to be angry, as at an impertinence or a breach of etiquette. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z

Twice you have been warned that I am someone in particular, that my august person resents the tickling impertinences of strangers. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z

Poetizing in the face of such suffering as I saw and shared seemed a drivelling impertinence. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z

I believe that he considered that he had degraded himself by becoming the minister of a man whom he looked upon as an adventurer, and that he endeavoured to regain his level by impertinence. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z

Now there was about the King a kinde of buffon or jester who had a Table Book, wherein he was used to register any absurdity, or impertinence, or merry passage, that happened about the Court. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z

Once this curiosity in one developed into impertinence; and the impudent little beast deliberately pelted me. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z

His visit, which was an impertinence: he seemed now to be wishing to atone for it, not to repeat his call without her permission.... Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z

The students took a reporter to his office, then plopped down at his conference table to quiz him themselves, an unthinkable impertinence not long ago. Tripoli Journal: In Libya, Tripoli University Awaits a Post-Qaddafi Rebirth 2011-10-17T00:28:57Z

I don't mind a little fun, but it must not take the form of impertinence to teachers or disobedience of their orders. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z

Still shamming illness, she had not yet recovered from the smart of what she called Jack's impertinence. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z

For my part, I can suffer any impertinence from a woman, provided she be handsome: My business is with her beauty, not with her morals; let her confessor look to them. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z

With men in general be bold without impertinence. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z

"Wages are good in English and American ships," Grahame resumed, feeling that he was guilty of impertinence. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z

She saw from the significant looks that passed between the Montagues, that the unseasonable earliness of this visit did not arise from their ignorance of the customs of American society, but from premeditated impertinence. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z

The cause of his visit seemed more than ever an impertinence, but it must be faced, and he began to stumble out the story of his Sunday special. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z

To send those reassuring notes to her was now but a cheap impertinence! The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z

The three conspirators let the bank president pull down a couple of sizable pots with this deck just for the sake of enjoying his renewed impertinence, and then they went at him good and hard. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z

They had remained quite speechless, more astonished at the newcomer's impertinence than wrathful at the interruption; and when the next instant Ursula and Margaret suddenly fled with unaffected precipitancy, no one attempted to stop them. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z

Crittenden had had the impertinence to stare at him hard and say coolly, "Oh, you must be mistaken about that." Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z

Starting to my feet, I confronted her as she sat in my chair, by Guy's bedside, with those queer blue eyes of hers fixed so questioningly upon me as if she wondered at my impertinence. Daisy Thornton 2011-09-19T02:00:12.793Z

And do you expect me to rejoice in your proposal that I ally myself to the conceit and impertinence of yours? Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z

She tried, therefore, to look unmoved; well aware that the best chance to escape impertinence, is by not appearing to suspect that any is intended. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z

He spoke lightly, and none but Everingham's devoted ears caught the slight tone of impertinence which underlay the bland, seemingly empty speech. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z

Though confused by being detained, Ellis could not be angry, for there was no impertinence in his fervour, no familiarity in his panegyric; and though his speech was rapid, his manners were gentle. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z

Mrs Brinville, with a look that said, What infinite impertinence! declared herself extremely obliged by this sincerity; and summoned her daughter to the conference. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z

According to Mr. Whistler the art-critic is an impertinence, a nuisance, a monstrosity—and usually, into the bargain, an arrant fool. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z

It often happens for him in moments of abstraction to utter impertinences. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z

The laugh grated unpleasantly on Wessex' ear, and the gesture savoured of impertinence. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z

Never, never more will I be the wretched tool of dishonourable impertinence! The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z

To judge me, she cried, by my present appearance, my resisting this offer must be attributed to impertinence, ingratitude, or folly. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z

"The mole—an animal that keeps to the ground" was a definition which we used to be fond of quoting as we grew out of the years of veneration to those of impertinence. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z

It was so obvious an impertinence, and he showed such satisfaction at my impatience, that one day I did not reply to his question. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z

When you ask me to make a statement, you are guilty of impertinence to me, of treason to the traditions of this House, and of impeachment of the liberties of the people. The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle 2011-09-12T02:00:28.837Z

Now I hate you; you have robbed me of my own wee lamb, my sweetheart, and now have the impudence—the confounded impertinence—to ask me to congratulate you! Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z

This was immediately spread about the room, as an excess of impertinence; and the words, 'What ridiculous affection!'—'What intolerable airs!'—'So she must have a cold? The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z

I am glad I had not the impertinence to try. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z

Has it never seemed to you that my keeping you in doubt, even for one month, was a piece of impertinence you ought never to have stood? Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z

You have bad manners, a habit of dealing in personalities—we call it impertinence.” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z

“You speak with extreme impertinence, young man,” observed the gentleman. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z

To look at a photograph uninvited may be an impertinence; to read the inscription on the back certainly is. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z

He apprehended quite clearly that Mrs Aplin was desirous of warning him against a mésalliance, and he considered it not only an unwarranted impertinence, but a mischievous and scurrilous aspersion of Brenda’s reputation. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z

He resented, not only the indelicacy, but the impertinence of this interference with the individual. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z

It was an impertinence on my part to put that note in your room, and I beg your pardon. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z

There are two points of view from which we may regard prayer: from the one it is a piece of childishness only, from the other it is sheer impertinence. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z

Her impertinence and the fat man's quiet bitterness stirred my bile. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z

It is an impertinence forbidden at my court. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z

“I am afraid,” Mr Musgrave said, with an insight which Peggy had not credited him with possessing, “that you are rebuking me for impertinence.” Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z

I see now that it was not impertinence on your part, but a rare generosity. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z

Imagine a sick person being worried by an examination of this kind, putting aside the gross impertinence of the whole affair. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z

It is an unpleasing impertinence for anyone to assume that nobody save himself reads any particular book. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z

So joyous was the hour that private grief appeared a contradiction, an impertinence. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z

He had been guilty of impertinence to Eliza; worse, he had committed an assault by kicking her maliciously with intent to do bodily harm. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z

His impertinence to the Queen was distasteful to one who, like Ralegh, knew the meaning of reverence, and was able to understand greatness. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z

Is there any impertinence so extreme as the prayer which "pleads" with the Deity? My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z

There was no earthly danger of his appreciating unaided the delicate flavor of Judge Barton’s impertinence. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z

The old fellow said that the exhibition of such a picture was an impertinence, and that if the gentleman would take his kindly meant advice, he would change his profession and become a sign-board painter. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z

You shall soon see the results of your impertinence!” Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z

In the forty years he had traded at Satan’s Trap he had never before met with impertinence that was not timidly offered. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z

"I was going to give you money, boy, but I shall not for your impertinence." The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z

I have answered your question because I was able to answer it frankly; but, none the less, I resent its impertinence.” The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z

And when their liberators arrived, there was no indecent excitement on receiving the gift of liberty, nor displays of impertinence to their masters. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z

He’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z

Audrey colored very high at what she considered a direct impertinence. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z

Unable to forget the Princess's impertinence, he lay brooding and fretting, until the position of the sun warned him that the day was passing away. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z

And this determined him to be all the severer in the reprimand which he addressed to the Accused on account of her unheard of impertinence. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z

We seek them in our need of counsel or of amusement, without impertinence or apology, sure of having our claims allowed. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z

But, as Mrs. Temple often said, Freke was unquestionably a gentleman; he was mild-mannered to a degree, and his very impertinences were brought out with a diffidence that frequently hoodwinked General Temple. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z

“She had the impertinence to rush into the room; but she also had the grace to——” “What, mother?” A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z

"Don't you think this——" "Is an impertinence?" and Maxwell smiled. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z

There was neither impertinence nor insolence written there, but rather a painful look of anxiety and yearning that strangely affected Sendlingen. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z

Any pretension to having principles worthy of acceptance, or regard, or even respect, would be impertinence in us so long as we were unfair to others. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z

"Yes," replied the landlady, somewhat reflectively, as if she felt inclined to add, "But what you mean by such impertinence I am at a loss to inquire." Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z

Most of it he felt to be worthless, almost all of it he was sure was impertinence. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z

It seemed to these loyal souls a democratic impertinence on the part of fate that such a gentleman should be kept waiting, and the prince regarded it in precisely the same light. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z

I suggested to Mr. Hay that perhaps a review of Mr. Davis's book by one who had been thus warned of the situation might be a displeasing impertinence. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z

The persevering impertinence of his addresses had long ago obliged her to decline all communication with him, and it was therefore without appearing to notice him that she now pursued her way towards the door. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z

The disgusting round of impertinence, uncleanliness, stupidity, and brutality to which they were subjected is too odious to recount. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z

"I've heard," she went on, too distracted about her own plight to be conscious of the rank impertinence of which she was being guilty. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z

It is to be wondered at now and then that their impertinence does not get them into grief. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z

The portraits that lined the walls were so numerous and so at home that somehow I felt it an impertinence that I, a mere would-be boarder, should look at them. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z

"Do not suspect me of impertinence," said Henrietta in a tone more gentle than ordinary. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z

Rawley says: "He read much and that with great judgment and rejection of impertinences incident to many authors." The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z

It was an impertinence on his part, and I answered him shortly and sharply with a negative. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z

In many of these cases the translator has subjoined a note explanatory of a particular passage, which, in a work of this description, might otherwise be regarded as an editorial impertinence. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z

Now, Randolph, you know that impertinence had no share in dictating these questions, but could impertinence have gone farther? what ramification could I next attempt? The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z

Even Mr. Cartwright," she added, "would resent any impertinence offered to me under my mother's roof. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z

“I never heard anything so monstrous—such an outrageous piece of impertinence in my life.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z

She dreaded solitude, her own inexperience, and the curiosity and impertinence of others. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z

To read of the relics shown by the monks of Canterbury Cathedral fills one with amazement, both at the impertinence of those disgusting humbugs, and at the illimitable credulity that accepted the exhibition as genuine. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z

It's well if I shall not be exposed to impertinences I was not aware of. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z

I lament the consequences of this ill-timed impertinence, for my poor pupil's sake, more than it is easy for me to explain to you, Miss Compton.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z

And that's not quite so well as I want; but I suppose you know that as well as I do, only you choose to shew off your impertinence.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z

‘Her remembrance will always be dear to me,’ answered the king gently, though all present expected him to rebuke the frog severely for her impertinence. The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z

This one she decided to tolerate on suspicion; he resembled a type which she had found difficult, apt to impertinence and annoying attentions. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z

After her impertinence to my mother, it is impossible. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z

But on this occasion, as on all others, she employed her advantages merely to divert herself,—to procure a bright to-day, and be impertinent, wherever she observed that impertinence was not attended with danger. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z

Had his telegram come a week or so earlier, she must have been quite as much annoyed, have deemed its implicit promise of meddling in her affairs an inexcusable impertinence. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z

My effrontery and impertinence will be too much even for your large charity. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z

Many of these changes are trivial and one wonders at the impertinence or conceit which inspired them. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z

"I will make you suffer for your impertinence." A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z

It was not my business, and, I dare say, there is impertinence in the observation, but when Miss Hyde was sick, your daughter scarcely left her room. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z

Half an hour earlier such a look would have irritated, now its impertinence had no more effect than to make Lucinda smile illegibly at her image in the glass. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z

But I have no time to waste in listening to impertinences. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z

It was a great piece of impertinence on my part; but, you see, I had the advantage over the others of knowing that you were up there.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z

That man's impertinence to you has made me hysterical, for I never saw you treated so disrespectfully before. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z

"We know what the governor's like, you and I, eh?" he said, with an impertinence that she did not notice, in her distraction. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z

"Do you mean to tell me that fellow Culp actually had the impertinence——" "Oh, come!" Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z

Arthur, disappointed at the absence of the Donna, found himself regarding this gentleman with some degree of asperity, and a disposition to resent any reference to his client's business as an unwarrantable impertinence. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z

I trust that you have suffered nothing at the hands of my colleague, save his impertinence. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z

It's about time we did something to take down that Kom-Kom fellow's impertinence, besides peppering them from the ship. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z

Dor� listened in astonishment to their conversations, amazed at the impertinence of the girls, and the ready laughing acceptance of those who, in the day, commanded them. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z

You're speaking your impertinences to an officer of the king's army. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z

"May I ask you further, without impertinence, if it is upon this evidence that you propose to abandon your claim to a valuable property?" Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z

Ask the young Miss Campbell,” he called after them, “if that low fellow didn’t have the impertinence to call her ‘Billie,’ and speak to her as familiarly as if he were her equal?” The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z

"And meet British officers, who might resent my impertinence!" Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z

He turned courteously but impersonally, without that masculine impertinence in the eye which is still a compliment. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z

At these moments I possess the faculty of sublime impertinence. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z

Besides, the impertinence of standing there spying upon a lady who was doubtless simply bent on an ordinary shopping expedition. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z

It was nonsense, effervescent with animal spirits and impertinence. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z

Do you know, Mr. Hardy, I should like to propose myself for membership in your household for a few weeks; would it be deemed an impertinence? Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z

It is not so much the gratuitous impertinence of the amateur spiritual consoler which occasions the annoyance Mr. Gladstone’s relatives feel. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z

Two young gentlemen had the impertinence, after trying every other mode in vain, actually to call on Mrs Bodwinkle, and extract invitations from that bewildered woman, who was too much frightened to refuse them. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z

He had no great regard for his agent outside of business, But somehow he felt it would be an impertinence, and so refrained. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z

"Of course," Dan continued deprecatingly, as if even to question this were an impertinence on his part, "you'll search that young man's pack?" The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z

Girls, the best joke of all is, that Rex and Alf sent the pins, and made Phil bring them with a most humble apology for their impertinence last week. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z

The very splendour of the poems dazzles the eyes with whole sheets of lightning, and may almost give to analysis the character of vulgarity or impertinence.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z

It is a piece of impertinence in me; and I trembled at my rashness. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z

For himself he was positive she was all precocity and impertinence. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z

The insolence—the inconceivable impertinence of such an unsightly, corpulent traducer daring to ally himself with One of the Fox Terriers. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z

General Ekin welcomed the opportunity to distinguish himself by seconding the motion and characterizing the appearance of the witness before the Commission, “with such a character” as “the height of impertinence!” The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z

It is almost an impertinence to speak of the many claims Mr. Gladstone has on a people whom he has served so long. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z

Peg, as we all know, was a high-spirited woman, and full of a sparkling audacity that often amounted to impertinence. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z

When a thrasher had the impertinence to alight in her oak she ordered him off in high dudgeon, dashing back and forth above him, and snapping spitefully as she passed. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z

She stood still, silent and indignant, both at the impertinence of the woman's speech and at the hardness of her aunt's unkindness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z

"Mr. Thornton has had the impertinence to say that if Margaret Burns is such a fool as to wish to stay with me, she is welcome." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z

"Never, with my consent," answered Mrs Harrington, rising in extreme indignation at what she considered impertinence and want of feeling. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z

Walking in the street, she would have seemed a thin, faded, insignificant woman; but, reclining in her carriage, with her ennuy? air, her carelessness, and her impertinence, she was stamped with aristocracy. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z

However, his impertinence had warranted punishment, so he bore it as best he might. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z

A polite and judicious conversation affords him the highest entertainment; rudeness or impertinence is as great punishment to him. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z

They were smiling at the cousins with rude confidence; and Sophia Clarke, I was grieved to see, repaid their insulting impertinence by her most elaborate graces. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z

He saw better than Hope that the impertinence was not malice, and that the ignorance it proceeded from was that old ignorance that comes from the selfishness that is born of long-continued prosperity. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z

On feeling and hearing this piece of impertinence, Cornelius turned round on me with such a start of vexation and wrath, that I jumped up, and ran off to the chair of Kate. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z

They all knew that Mrs. Portal could never be anything but a name to Sophie—that it was really an impertinence on her part to be discussing Mrs. Portal at all. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z

If you do," said the other, "the class will take it upon itself to prevent that fight, using brute force if necessary, and punishing you severely for your impertinence. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z

Mrs. Candour's impertinence is certainly as striking as her sense of responsibility. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z

Dolly had hitherto gloried in her impertinence, as something witty and audacious. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z

It is a practice which would greatly diminish the output of literary impertinence. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z

All the people looked shocked at his impertinence. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z

My approach into her presence is rudeness! my adoring gaze vulgar impertinence! Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z

Immediately after adjournment I intended to tell you all the plans that seem best for our future, and did not anticipate this premature disclosure, which is presumptuous impertinence in its author. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z

Now all at once she was made to see that to another person, and that person this "stylish girl in a stunning plain gown," this audacious impertinence looked vulgar. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z

"Seems to me you're a stranger in these parts; never was to Boston afore, I reckon?" he said, dropping into an old habit of asking questions with unconscious impertinence. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z

What he has to say is said with the simple and abstract rapture of apostles or prophets; not with the laborious impertinence and vain obtrusion of tortuous analysis. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z

"Truly, my lord," said Don Quixote, "it were convenient that your grace should order this fellow to be turned out of the room, for he will plague you with a thousand impertinences." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z

He arose with a courteous bow to the Court and a wave of his right hand towards the Bar, said: 'Thank your Honor for releasing me from the impertinence of these attorneys.' Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z

Why not have it understood that the tally beyond—well, say fifty, is a gross impertinence? From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z

The creature don't mind me! do you think, sir, that your humorous impertinence can divert me? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z

Jo Weatherhead's suspicions as to this young spark's tendency to impertinence were rather vividly revived by this speech, and his forehead flushed as dark a red as his nose. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z

She rose to the occasion, and was prepared to undergo almost any impertinence from the popular singing master with a Spartan smile. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z

"But I am not accustomed to be treated with impertinence by persons of your class." That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z

Just for that impertinence I cut in two my subscription to his cathedral building-fund. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z

Away with this impertinence; this is no place for bagatelle; I have murdered my honour, destroyed a lady, and my desire of reparation is come at length too late. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z

Rordam was furious, and swore he would not put up with such impertinence, he had not come there to be insulted. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z

"What do you mean by this impertinence, Timothy?" The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z

If we had seen the animal we should be most happy—” “Your sheep is not here,” interrupted the young Englishman, who could no longer stand the pastore’s impertinence. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z

"Then your intrusion is more than unwelcome; it is an impertinence." Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z

Carthy was raging at the impertinence of him, and he offered for to fight. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z

Congress looks upon advice offered to it by anybody but its own members as gratuitous impertinence. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z

What in the name of all good manners does Lord Russell mean by writing impertinences to all Europe? Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z

His enemies accused him of various scandalous offences, but there is no ground for supposing him guilty of any worse fault than that of elevating impertinence to the rank of a fine art. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z

At this Mamsell Westphalen was silent, the blood rushed into her face at the impertinence of the French fellow; that was the very question that had driven her into flight up in the garret. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z

Coming from me it must have sounded very much like impertinence. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z

Now that he was on the scene of his next impertinence, he appreciated that its success demanded a careful plan. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z

Henry James was punctilious, ceremonious, and precise; it is not to be denied that he was apt to be hasty in taking offence, and not very ready to overlook an impertinence. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z

This, too, had no effect, and, in fact, no sooner had I uttered it than I recognized it as a piece of gratuitous impertinence. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z

But the boy was full of the impertinence of his kind. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z

But I shall not give you a solitary farthing until I am furnished with a substantial guarantee that this will be your last impertinence. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z

The lady of the house was apparently too disturbed to resent this new impertinence. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z

"You make yourself at home here, good friend, if one might judge from the way you knocked at the door," said he, addressing Daly with a look whose easy familiarity was itself an impertinence. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z

Now, at the hazard of a liberty which you may deem an impertinence, I will tell you frankly, Mr. O'Reilly, that you, you yourself, are admirably calculated to lead the van of this great movement. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z

Those who did paid very dearly for their impertinence, and Tom was, in fact, paramount over his companions. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z

"I wish she would have the kindness to remember that fact, but she is an aggressive old damsel, and never looks so satisfied as when she imagines she has said an impertinence." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

This was called the dispute of the stercorists; and, not ending in a war, was in consequence one of the mildest impertinences of the human mind. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z

This is a calumny, sir,—the libellous impertinence of a newspaper paragraphist. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z

There was a tone of covert impertinence in the accent, as well as the words, which, while Lord Castlereagh was quick enough to perceive, he was too shrewd to mark by any notice. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z

And this ignorance was astounding to them, if it was real, and impertinence, if it was only pretended. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z

The purpose-like cold face of the American, however, showed him that the man meant no covert impertinence by his demand; but was simply desirous of finishing a bargain as speedily as might be. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

This abominable impertinence of the most knowing Sanchez is not adopted at present by any naturalist. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z

The remote and secluded nature of the place will at least withdraw them from the impertinence of curiosity, or the greater impertinence of vulgar sympathy. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z

"If you read the morning papers, Captain Forester," said he, with the blandest smile, "you could scarcely avoid learning that my presence here is neither an intrusion nor an impertinence." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z

The tone of impertinence prevented Sir Marmaduke from replying; and the interrogatory was repeated. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z

The allusion to Rickards's age was a direct impertinence, and the question as to his yachting tastes was a palpable sneer at the habits of his daily life. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

I took my leave then, having seen that he understood I saw through the contemptible impertinence of his conduct. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z

"A friend of the family, sir?" asked the major, in a voice that might bear the equivocal meaning of either impertinence or mere inquiry. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z

How are we to endure the prying impertinence of his curiosity? The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z

The implied superiority, even without the cruelty, was an impertinence. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z

And then her last impertinence, when, after a sneer at Irish property, she said she wished I had one! Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

The man’s impertinence was too small a thing to annoy him, but it prevented his asking several questions which he would like to have had answered. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z

Charles had best not bully me so politely . . . tell him. mr. tetgeen. My lady! sarah. I will not discuss this impertinence. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z

Native tact, good humor, and warmth of heart take from their advances all appearance of boldness or impertinence. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z

There could be no mistaking the character of speech like this, rude even to impertinence. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z

"Yes; she said it very neatly, too; as prettily and as tersely as such impertinence can be put in nice French." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

The fact that German interests were in no way concerned—that any outside interference was simply a piece of gratuitous impertinence—only intensified the significance of the incident. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z

He finds it quite in order that she should refresh herself with a little impertinence. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z

She clearly thinks it an impossible impertinence on his part to have called on her at eleven o'clock in the morning without an excuse. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z

I have more than half a mind to leave you here all night for your consummate impertinence. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z

"By what reprisals should he resent this covert impertinence?" was the question that very often recurred to him. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

There is the same difference between his Austrian arrogance and Parisian arrogance that there is between pride and impertinence. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z

Pistasch, however, puts on an irritated expression, and cries with his colossal impertinence, "I pity you uncommonly!" Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z

Some there are who, though they lead a single life, yet their thoughts do end with themselves, and account future times impertinences. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z

This astonishing production—whose impertinence borders upon sublimity—being thus returned to Miss J., she proceeded to show the Duke that she could communicate with at least one prominent personage unaided by him. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z

"I was going to say an impertinence," whispered she, "and I'll not." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

“Oh, if the colonel dare to hint that my brother is the pleasantest fellow that he has met with, I’ll resent the impertinence, I promise you,” laughed Vibert. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z

He entertains the little circle by gay anecdotes, is attentive without impertinence to the hostess. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z

But of all these "rules of the house," the most unjust and tyrannical is that which compels a man to put up with any impertinence because he has already spoken. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z

Of the eleven, some parents were rude to her; others begged, and she had nothing to give; others made perfunctory promises; only two seemed to regard her as anything but a somewhat tiresome impertinence. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z

But guesses that actually rose to the impertinence of impeachment of his sanity were uttered, when the old Baronet came down stairs, wearing his ribbon and his star. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

“I hope that you do not encourage such impertinence,” observed Bruce sternly. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z

If there were any blame, it would belong to Lord George and me, for our impertinence in having Wilkins inquire who the beautiful lady was. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z

"Yes," says Mascha, slowly rising, with a humorous, quite childish impertinence, which would have forced a laugh from every unprejudiced spectator. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z

This man, who flung impertinences in his face—where did he spring from so suddenly? More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z

The observation either implies a sensitive sympathy for which I was not prepared, or a covert impertinence which I hesitate to accept as credible. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

He remonstrated with them, and receiving a good deal of impertinence in consequence, he lost his temper. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z

This last reflection was delivered in a melancholy aside, after the manner of a soliloquy, and Cleve did not exactly know how to take this old fellow's impertinence. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z

But Maschenka holds her back; her impertinence suddenly truly pains her. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z

"Mary Anne only wanted the kit," was the vulgar impertinence by which he closed this piece of flattery; and this was in allusion to the trousseau! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z

Though he had rebuked so promptly and so sharply the flippant impertinence of his servant, the young gentleman was by no means persuaded that a sojourn at Dalradern was likely to prove lively or agreeable. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z

At least it could do no harm, beyond drawing forth some languid impertinence from Castalia. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z

The elder sister reappeared, very starchy at this unheard-of impertinence. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z

H-m!" says Mascha, in the same tone of humorous impertinence; and copying Anna's glance with photographic exactness, she says: "My dear Anna, would you like very much to marry Count B�renburg yourself? Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z

I could n't explain this, nor even give it a coloring; but I grew angry, Tom, vexed and irritated by the pestering impertinence of this pumping scoundrel. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z

I resolved therefore to begin ab ovo, and giving quarter to no impertinence or absurdity by the way, to clear the ground completely, and leave a perfect rase campagne behind me. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z

And it was a further impertinence to send me this command on a bit of common paper, wrapped around a stone and thrown at me through a window. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z

He entertained Lady Amabel very much with his “quiet impertinences,” as she called them, and “drew out” her colonial visitors to an extent they never dreamt of. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z

Sewell taught him to detect a covert impertinence and a sneer where none was intended. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z

Cary is, however, worse again, and thinks their easy elegance, is impertinence, and all the graceful charm of their manner nothing but—her own words—"egregious vanity." The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z

If Beattie should be one of your pets, I ask pardon for this impertinence; but don't forget it altogether, as, one day or other, you will be certain to acknowledge its truth. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z

I called it an impertinence to Agnes, and I feel it so. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z

I can hardly call it impertinence, but there is something indescribable about her manners,—an unbecoming freedom, an almost immodest frankness, an almost naked naturalness, that is perilously near impertinence. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z

Perhaps the great charm that attaches him to public life is to be able to utter his flippant impertinences ex cathedra. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z

The King, recognizing an intended impertinence, without replying turned away and left Benedetti standing. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z

This wise and truly great man, or truly wise and great—which is it?—had nothing more generous nor more courteous to say to me than a sarcasm and an impertinence. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z

Oh, there must have been, or else Harry's note was inexcusable, it was impertinence, it was vulgarity. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z

Oh, I can see you shiver at that impertinence, for I know down in your heart, though you always take pains to explain how ignorant you are, you consider yourself an extremely cultured young man. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z

"Not, impossibly, some recent impertinence of the press towards myself." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z

Whether I go or stay is a matter of complete indifference to me, but I decline absolutely to put up with impertinence from you. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z

If so, sir, she has hereditary claims for impertinence and presumption. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z

To this Miss Beauchamp, being undecided in her own mind as to whether it is or is not an impertinence, deigns no reply. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z

"No young man should be original; it is a great impertinence, if he tries to be." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z

Despite the impertinence, there was something so ingenious in the argument thus introduced, that I was prevented from making immediate reply. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z

The constant fees, the solicitation of the hackmen, the impertinences of the store-keepers, have actually been so potent that it is a rare thing to find any of the best people here. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z

As it was, she simply muttered a curse on what she regarded as his impertinence, and went indoors. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z

To this speech, uttered in a strain of jocular impertinence, Merl made no reply. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z

I endeavored not to show any sensitiveness to this impertinence, and went on with my dinner, the stranger's table being quite close to mine. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z

Can I not summon to my aid a pride like this, or am I to be discouraged and disgraced to my own heart by a mere impertinence?' The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z

‘Pardon my impertinence, but are you very fond of eggs?’ Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z

He could not forgive the black man's impertinence in speaking to Bella, quite forgetting that Bella was to blame and had sought the interview. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z

Take my word for it, Harry, you 'd be safer with the impertinence amongst some of your duchesses in Pall Mall. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z

单词	impertinence
例句	impertinence Once she thought of warning her about the scorpions, but Meme was so distant, convinced that she had given her away, that she preferred not to disturb her with the impertinences of a great-great-grandmother. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I cried out & recalled him to his Duty & the Hazard of a Slave laying Hand upon his Master & he had the impertinence to say he was not this eight Month my Slave & left the Chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I know impertinence when I hear it,” said the Lady calmly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I knew that I could react in one of two ways: I could scold them for their impertinence or I could listen to what they were saying. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She can get away with a little impertinence, with coltish liberties. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z To this impertinence, I did not wish to reply. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “Then you may do without breakfast as well, for your impertinence.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “If we’re finished, I’m afraid I must take my leave,” interrupted Dorian from beside her, and her head snapped up at the sound of his voice—and his impertinence in interrupting his father. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Elouise, the daughter of the Baptist minister, recited “Invictus,” and I could have cried at the impertinence of “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Both sides, it seems, now ready themselves for the ultimatum to be touched off by new shew of rebel impertinence, and for the desolation to commence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “For that bit of impertinence you may polish the coal stove tomorrow. This room is the perfect place for a noisy, I might say badly spoiled, little tyrant to have his sulks in private.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Her manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Dorian, realizing how close he was to crossing a boundary between impertinence and rebellion—a boundary that he’d been very, very careful to maintain—mumbled his apologies. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Lone shirtmen crouched upon the shore, firing at the fleet, then falling upon their bellies and disappearing before there could be answer to their impertinence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z "My lord father would call that insolence, and send you to the mines for impertinence." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She felt that the man should be beaten for his impertinence, then thrown out of Asgard and sent on his way. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Did I just detect a trace of impertinence?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It’s said that even a century and a half after Montaigne’s death, when the marquis d’Argenson subtitled a book with that word, Essays, he was shouted down for impertinence. The Ill-Defined Plot 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Admirers called them lively topicality and refreshing impertinence. Robert Gottlieb, Eminent Editor From le Carré to Clinton, Dies at 92 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z But I mean it as no impertinence when I say that her “Spy” co-star, Rose Byrne, made me laugh harder than anyone else this year. The 9 best film performances of 2015 — that won’t get nominated for anything 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z It might seem like impertinence, not to say blasphemy, to suggest that Shakespeare could ever be bettered. A New Take on Romeo and Juliet’s Ball, Balcony, Bed and Tomb 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z It also becomes clear that, really, Joel is not too happy doing the interview, and has already decided that my questions are dumb, and my presence an impertinence. Paul Morley has an awkward encounter with deadmau5 2010-05-28T12:21:00Z For her part, Ms. Pinkston likened the treatment Mr. Wright suffered on the job to the impertinence all restaurant servers endure, regardless of race. A Mississippi Restaurant Has Been Beloved for Decades. But There’s Another Story to Tell. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z To the left of the sitter is a hard-to-interpret helix of sickly, mossy yellow-green: a calligraphic whirlwind that, from another painter, would read as a gesture of impertinence. The Gloopy Glory of Frank Auerbach’s Portraits 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Bothered by the impertinence of the question, I answered something along the lines of “What do you mean? I’m from Spain.” Europe is not a secular paradise — and Americans should be careful when embracing this myth 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z Kate merrily greets all of Sir Harry's boastful claims of success with barely concealed mirth and impertinence. Review: 2 J.M. Barrie comedies smart, breezy 2013-05-07T21:01:15Z With bold sexual gestures, Schmidt presents a bawdy, flouncing impertinence that diminishes some of Hilde's mystery and menace, but she's fun to watch. Review: Spirited, sexy version of 'Master Builder' 2013-05-20T23:43:09Z Kicking her legs and jabbing her arms with impertinence and impatience, she ripped through the space, a wolf in pink clothing. Dance Review: Yoshiko Chuma?s ?A-C-E One? at the River to River Festival 2010-07-08T21:23:00Z It tempts the rude to imagine their impertinence catching global fire through that perfectly worded comment. Museums See Different Virtues in Virtual Worlds 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z She addresses that impertinence during the opening minutes of the documentary. ?God Save My Shoes,? a Documentary About High Heels 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z There may not be many opportunities to watch her quell impertinence in the future. Television Review: Sincerest Forms of Flattery for British Shows 2011-01-06T23:10:24Z Milch’s characters speak with the rhythms and patterns of people raised on Shakespeare and the King James Bible, a language short on contractions and spiced with a heavy dose of Yankee impertinence. Before the profane delights of "Deadwood," silver-tongued "Tombstone" rode in 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z A young nephew who endures his parents’ bickering separation with barely concealed anxiety and bouts of impertinence. Movie Review: ‘Papirosen’ Is a Road Into More Than 50 Years of Shadows 2014-01-24T01:02:17Z The trio of shapes with black dots for eyes and a straight line for their mouths look quite amused by his impertinence. What’s it like to film a TV travel show? I joined the crew of “Travels With Darley” to find out. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “Emote with me, baby,” he said, an impertinence she grandly ignored. ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: A Timid Beginning 2011-01-18T12:08:34Z Here was someone whose cocksure impertinence matched his — and she could sing, to boot, rendering “How Little We Know” to Hoagy Carmichael’s piano. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’ They’ll be here until November, and they indeed sit on their pedestals with a pleasant impertinence: thrust a bit too far forward, balanced a tick too precariously, looming a smidgen too large. Carol Bove’s Light-Touch Heavy Metal Faces Down the Met 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Hers really is an exceptional performance for a youngster, skirting the perils of bathos in her tender scenes and playing her rebellious ones with comic impertinence.” Edith Fellows, a 1930s Child Star Trailed by Dickensian Woes, Dies at 88 2011-07-03T00:58:59Z What Jerusha doesn’t know is that Daddy, whose actual name is Jervis Pendleton, isn’t so geriatric after all and that the affable impertinence of her letters has made him fall in love. Review: In ‘Daddy Long Legs,’ an Orphan With a Mysterious Benefactor 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z With Geoff Dyer, you inevitably face the problem of how to describe his literary acrobatics in all their sunny impertinence. Review: ‘White Sands’ Asks Why We Visit the Places We Do 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z At some moments, this prequel series matches the goofy impertinence that made 1978’s “Grease” feature so lovable. 9 shows you should make time for 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z His impertinence, though, shows the strain that the war - a word he uses in defiance of a Kremlin ban - has had on Putin's 23-year-old political system. Jester or rebel? Mercenary Prigozhin lays bare the strains of Putin's war 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Toney's first goal in his side's win over Brighton was nothing short of impertinence. Garth Crooks' Team of the Week: Whose form makes him a must for Qatar? 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z As Friedrich Schlegel observed in a moment of “sublime impertinence,” “If you only write for philosophers, you can be incredibly daring before the police will notice anything.” Review \| 19th-century philosophers and poets who asked what it means to be free 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z For his mild impertinence regarding "The 1619 Project," he was denounced as “against social justice.” Opinion \| In the sandbox also known as academia, it’s the golden age of the grovel 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z “The statement made by the Italian prime minister is total impertinence and disrespect,” Erdogan said. Turkey's Erdogan slams Italy's Draghi over 'dictator' comment 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z "We solemnly warn you: If you keep being stubborn, with such impertinence, and continue this illegal activity, you will be brought to justice - is that understood?" The Chinese doctor who tried to warn about coronavirus 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Given her reserved public presence, it feels like an impertinence to wonder. When Donald met Scott: a reporter's view of Trump and his White House wonderland 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Housebuilders, not used to such impertinence from a Conservative minister, hit back. Who owns the country? The secretive companies hoarding England's land 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Rev. Kinsolving believed his questions at the White House, his opinions on the air — and his ever-present impertinence — served a higher purpose. Lester Kinsolving, Episcopal priest and pesky White House questioner, dies at 90 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z The Supreme Court also rejected an impertinence that agencies of the administrative state invoke when throwing their weight around. Opinion \| How frogs helped bring much-needed unanimity to the Supreme Court 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z “These letters disclose a passage of folly and gross impertinence in my life. I am deeply ashamed and repentant.” A president’s secret letters to another woman that he never wanted public 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z It is noteworthy that questionable tone, disrespect and impertinence are the watchwords of Mr. Trump’s dealings with the media. Opinion \| If Trump wants to change his interactions with the press, he can 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Yet for all of the annoyance at the apparent impertinence of my visit, I was struck by the way the identity politics raised by Hérouxville still resonate. Don’t Burn Women: Warning to Immigrants Looms Over a Quebec Village 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He crashed instantly, as if the Open rose to humiliate him for impertinence. Young, hungry field is having an easy time at the U.S. Open 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z The establishment on both sides of the Atlantic was unnerved by this impertinence. PC? Just call it political politeness. Even rightwing bullies could buy into that \| Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The manager was the one who commenced hostilities, for a start, replying to an innocent question about Touré’s availability for an EFL Cup match with a devastating critique of Seluk and his impertinence. Yaya Touré’s agent should pipe down and realise Pep Guardiola holds all the aces \| Paul Wilson 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z There is, perhaps, also something of Jack Nicholson’s lawless colonel in A Few Good Men to this man, sneering at the impertinence of Tom Cruise for asking questions. Peter Thiel’s mission to destroy Gawker isn’t ‘philanthropy’. It’s a chilling taste of things to come \| Marina Hyde 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Of course, by highlighting the sexualities of these writers, I’m engaging in much the same impertinence. From gay conspiracy to queer chic: the artists and writers who changed the world 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z For days, New Yorkers of all political persuasions have been railing at Cruz’s impertinence, and it was pretty obvious that Trump would have prepared something to say about it. Only Republican Voters Can Stop Donald Trump Now 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z For most of “Revival,” though, the singer avoids the kind of wild-child impertinence we’re accustomed to hearing from someone in her position. Selena Gomez is more like Janet Jackson than Miley Cyrus on modest 'Revival' 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Auction house Sotheby's said on Wednesday it would be offering a lined sheet, torn from a 1950s school notebook, listing the 15-year-old Lennon's detentions for such transgressions as "impertinence" and "not wearing school cap". 'Impertinent' John Lennon's school detention record goes on sale 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z That is essentially what I told him, after pausing just long enough to launch a disparaging Twitter hashtag – #EndHotCoffeeShaming – to humiliate him for his impertinence on a global scale. Put down your iced coffee and stop torturing your taste buds \| Oliver Burkeman 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z It was only a moment of sheer impertinence by Stoke's Charlie Adam that took the entire attention away from the star of the show and that was undoubtedly Hazard. Garth Crooks's team of the week 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z According to the parents pushing the story, Kaplan was guilty of racial impertinence. I fell in love with “the villain”: My sources expected outrage. I married him instead 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z There is a “fundamental difference”, declared the French prime minister, Manuel Valls, in a speech to parliament on January 13th, between the “freedom of impertinence” and “anti-Semitism, racism, apology for terrorism, Holocaust denial”. The sound of silence 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z "We're not robotic at all," he said, nipping my impertinence in the bud. Team Sky's vision - Sleep and hunger 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z “I rediscovered their liberty of tone,” he told France-Inter radio, describing the issue as one of “tender impertinence.” France arrests 54 for defending terror; newspaper sells out 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z Hollande said the police officer posted in Hebdo's offices died defending a freedom of expression based on "an insolence, an impertinence which expresses an independence". UPDATE 1-Charlie Hebdo to publish Mohammad cartoon on front page 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z There is something to be said for players staying put in the current A.A.U.-influenced climate, where impatience, impertinence and ferocious individuality rule the day. Sports of The Times: Shabazz Napier Leads Loyal UConn Class to Tournament 2014-03-22T04:53:41Z Even in France, not all agree with the distinction drawn between “impertinence” and racism, Holocaust denial and the like. The sound of silence 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z He shook hands politely but it was clear he was still annoyed by my impertinence. The day I enraged Viktor Yanukovych 2014-03-01T01:17:16Z To wit: while the rest of us would nod assent when senior editors spoke, she frequently argued points to the point of impertinence. The Media Equation: Britain as a Breeding Ground for Media Leaders 2013-06-23T21:32:26Z This is both the last gasp of an old order and the appearance of a new impertinence toward privilege and power, the likes of which have never been seen and will change the country profoundly. The Profumo Affair, Revisited 2013-04-15T08:45:00Z And so, if you do not find positive cowardice in my request—put these two measures on my back—do as though I had had the impertinence to add them as my own. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z “I think it’s an impertinence to be sorry for anybody,” she answered. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z "Well, of course I couldn't promise to open a shop for her;" and he laughed with fatuous good-humour, as if what he had said was rather funny, and not an impertinence. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z Ordinarily the fresh material advertised in these editions is in large measure rubbish which had been deliberately discarded by the author and whose resuscitation is an impertinence to his memory. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Even Percy Whittaker's confounded impertinence in telegraphing to his sister was robbed of its sting. The House 'Round the Corner 2012-04-14T02:00:22.063Z Cease your impertinence, or talk to your fellows! The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes 2012-04-13T02:00:20.243Z Let us have no more of this impertinence! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, November 18, 1893 2012-04-12T02:00:26.587Z With strangers, this made him cold to very sternness, or, as is often seen in the effort to conquer a natural defect, gave him a manner of over-easy confidence that looked like impertinence. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z There, now, enough of impertinence for one day. Barrington Volume I (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:31.357Z I hope the Pakeha Maori will pardon my impertinence in giving a personal sketch of him to his English readers on the plea that his writing would not be complete without one. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z "Father, have you had enough of impertinence in the day's doings, that your neighbours should dare to judge you, or will you tolerate a little more impertinence, and from your own daughter?" asked Constance. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z The Polish insurrection went on; and England wrote a diplomatic note, which Russia resented as a piece of impertinence; and there England's sympathy ended. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z But that July day on the terrace at Saux, the offer seemed of all farces the wildest, and of all impertinences the most absurd. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z Never offer to shake hands with a lady; she will, if she wishes you to do so, offer her hand to you, and it is an impertinence for you to do so first. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z They turned as we rode in and looked at us curiously, but not with any impertinence. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z His character corresponded to his outward lineaments; for he had all a monkey's busy and curious impertinence. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z The impertinence in the first instance was the cue to the ostentatious servility in the second. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z The crowd of peeping, grinning lackeys that filled it stared at me, all eyes; but I was scarcely conscious of their impertinence or their presence. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z To affect an air of secrecy or mystery when conversing in a ball-room is a piece of impertinence for which no lady of delicacy will thank you. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z With a thousand apologies for impertinence, mademoiselle; I am very sorry for my faults. The Mardi Gras Mystery 2012-03-24T02:00:18.017Z To speak freely of a neighbor's doings and belongings would have seemed an impertinence to them, and, of course, an impropriety. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z If others are unlike us, we feel it as a presumption and an impertinence to usurp their place; if they are like us, it seems a work of supererogation. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z "Nothing you could ask would be an impertinence," he responded eagerly; "nothing." The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z It is an impertinence, and if she is a lady of refinement, she will resent it as such. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Would she not look upon his letter as an impertinence, seeing she had given him no permission to write? It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) 2012-03-20T02:00:14.013Z He had, as it seemed, received absolution for the impertinence of which he had been guilty, for a most animated conversation was going on between the lady and her self-appointed guardian. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Jupiter, not caring to be troubled with their impertinences himself, sent Apollo to examine the merits of their petitions, and to give them such relief as he should think proper. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z "I wonder if you would think it an impertinence if I asked you to promise me something," she said. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z I am sure I never gave you any, and I am not used to impertinence. Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z He was aware that he was verging upon a slight impertinence; but he wished to see whether she would accede—what she would do. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z She would consider it an unjustifiable piece of impertinence on my part, and would reject it accordingly.' Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z I interrupted, on the spur of the moment, not seeing the impertinence of the question till I had made it. The Making of a Saint 2012-03-16T02:00:25.243Z If so, you may be sure that Mr. Stewart will know how to resent it, and any impertinence offered to me. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z We poor women have impertinences enough to suffer on these occasions; but it is new to me that the questions of chance visitors are part of them! Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z Men considered this an impertinence; but women had been known to allude to it as "dreamy." Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z "Sacr�!" he cried, recoiling at this fresh impertinence, while the lieutenant's eyes almost jumped out of his head. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z "Pardon the impertinence," he continued, shrugging his shoulders as if the matter were a very slight one, while I stared in amazement at this new turn. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z "I am not used to impertinence," she said. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z "But I see no impertinence in my question--unless, indeed, you are ashamed of your bridegroom." Sophia A Romance 2012-03-18T02:00:22.773Z We passed the scrutiny of these gentlemen without exciting any audible impertinence, and reached the door of the church. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z The question whether his story is worth the telling is a critical impertinence too often uttered; what most concerns us now in the James case is his manner, not his matter. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z "But the fact is," the plotter continued hardily, and with a smack of impertinence, "my Lord Middleton, so far as I know, is still with the King at St. Germain's." Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z "He approached me with familiarity, I repulsed him with ceremony," said a man of rank, alluding to an impertinence of this kind. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z D--n his impertinence, coming into my pew when he thought I was elsewhere! Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z “My dear girl,” said Mrs. Keith with a smile, “I’ll forgive the impertinence if you will promise to stay another week or two.” Mildred's New Daughter 2012-02-27T03:00:15.313Z These attacks on so large and powerful a species may be regarded as mere impertinences, but by practising them the Chopi is soon able to rid himself of the presence of any unwelcome bird. Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. 2012-02-26T03:00:17.560Z Their doctrines are most repulsive, and strongly tinctured with impertinence and disrespect towards their superiors, in perpetually endeavouring to level all ranks and do away with all distinctions. Fletcher of Madeley 2012-02-23T03:00:39.877Z The favorites of society are usually those who wound no one's self-love, either by imposing upon others a painful sense of inferiority, or by rudeness, impertinence, or assumption. The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z The imperturbable philosopher sets aside the insinuation as an impertinence. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z I waked them as usual that morning, told them that I had discharged you for impertinence, and for abusing the horses, and that settled the matter. Out of a Labyrinth 2012-02-17T03:00:38.887Z Amongst his oddities you may have observed that he could stand a great deal of real impertinence, he was so good-humoured. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z Although this was but a trifling incident, Mr. Burbanks was disturbed by the impertinence of the "ugly beasts." In Kali's Country Tales from Sunny India 2012-02-17T03:00:28.697Z He laughed, really without malice, waving his hand towards the sky with a youthful impertinence. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z He had done well, as always, and Toinon would perhaps be kind enough to stifle her impertinence. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z It's sheer impertinence for the author to intrude, every now and then, just to call my attention to the fact that her complexion is not good, and that her features are irregular. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z He retreated to his neighbor's shop the tailor's, and, sitting on the step, protected it from the impertinence of morning calls. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z "Enough of this impertinence," returned the other, sternly. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z He went to see Terence at the provost, and found Curran there, who eyed him with undisguised impertinence, and gibed about gingerbread-nuts. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Agla�, therefore, on the advent of the conciliatory marquise, made a pettish movement of studied impertinence, and yawned slowly in her face like a dyspeptic hippopotamus. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z A description of a jungle is an impertinence to one who has come under the spell of William Blake's "Tiger! tiger! burning bright In the forest of the night." The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z At all events it was worth trying, for success would mow down the hopes of Alga�, and thus punish her presumption and impertinence. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z But that piece of sly impertinence on the part of the lady who bore his name had put everything agog. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z His lord had resented the impertinence, had incarcerated him and his audacious fellows, with a view to making an example of such wretches by an end of exquisite torment. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z A flash in the pan--a paltry riot--a piece of low impertinence which ministers, if they were not hopelessly idiotic, should have foreseen and smothered. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z If we give her impertinence special notice, it will be putting too much importance to the whole silly thing. The Twins in the South 2012-02-13T03:00:16.113Z These letters are nearly all written in the ordinary Christian spirit; that is to say, full of hatred and impertinence. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z There was a lofty air of magnanimity about this that was sheer impertinence. The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z What a ridiculous pother, to be sure, over one paltry man's impertinence! The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z To her, the refined pride which can afford to pass slights unnoticed and ignored impertinence, was a mystery which might not be deciphered. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z There is nothing in the Constitution of the United States to justify this religious impertinence. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z "Sir, I consider your request to marry my daughter an impertinence, and the flippancy with which you have conducted this interview an insult." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 2012-02-11T03:03:44.993Z Her large blue eyes—of a blue lighter than his own—looked at him calmly, almost, it seemed to him, with a calm impertinence. For the Major A Novelette 2012-02-10T03:00:17.550Z They were smirking and smiling at the cousins with rude confidence; and Sophia Clarke, I was grieved to see, repaid their insulting impertinence by her most elaborate smiles and graces. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z To attempt to probe to its soul seems an impertinence. England 2012-02-09T03:00:12.957Z That is exquisite in its fearfully intelligent impertinence and its diabolical Renanisation. The Letters of Henry James (volume I) 2012-02-08T03:00:15.197Z Muffled cavaliers, with cloaks drawn up and hats drawn down till 17 only the dance of coal-black eyes, full of fire and fun, was visible between, saluted our balcony with Carnival impertinence. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z There was something in her manner that stung the man, and he ventured upon an impertinence. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z I bowed my head, for whenever he made mention of his misfortunes, he spoke with so brave and simple a dignity that any word of sympathy became the merest impertinence. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Without impertinence she could ask about them, when her elderly friend was displaying the plates with such openness and disregard of public opinion. A Singular Metamorphosis 2012-02-01T03:00:10.613Z There was not a hint of defiance or impertinence in the quiet voice, but it held a great determination. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z If she had enjoyed the situation a moment before, the impertinence, so suddenly born, filled her with dismay. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z The hint that there was a stronger reason which he had not mentioned was so crude that it savored of mere impertinence. A Prairie Courtship 2012-02-01T03:00:12.830Z You will find yourself �10 poorer at the end of the year for this piece of impertinence, and let me advise you to be very careful how you behave. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z "Suppose life and death are in the balance, would they weigh impertinence?" The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z And something more, which, perhaps, you will deem an impertinence. The Black Moth A Romance of the XVIIIth Century 2012-01-31T03:00:13.827Z He begged to assure her of his distinguished consideration; would she forgive him now that he was gone, accept this new impertinence and forget all those that had gone before? The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z There was a dignity, a sincerity in his manner which to Mr. Wogan's ears robbed the speech of all impertinence. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z She looked on this interference as a gross impertinence. The Truants 2012-01-28T03:00:26.257Z We walked for some while longer in the garden, without speech, and the girl's impertinence gradually slipped out of my mind. The Watchers A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:08.560Z Did he see her there obtruding a figure of a monstrous impertinence and vanity? Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z "But then the schoolboys have been whipped for their impertinence." The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z If so, and it was a most likely conjecture, then for Wogan to be straggling about St. James's Street was egregious impertinence, and the sooner he got under shelter the better for his neck. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z He wrote for it with the most brazen impertinence. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z Lady H. I can no longer tolerate such gross impertinence. Martha or, The Fair at Richmond 2012-01-19T03:00:23.947Z You monks are likely to call your impertinence by the name of some virtue; but I know the trick, and will have none of it. The Monk and The Hangman's Daughter 2012-01-19T03:00:23.620Z In these days of higher education for women, it would be an act of impertinence to provide information on this point for that class of our readers. Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight 2012-01-19T03:00:21.953Z Mr. Wogan winked and shook a friendly foot at him from the back of the carriage, and his lordship was fairly staggered at the impertinence of her ladyship's footman. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z What knocks me over," I cried, "is the impertinence of the man. The Four Corners of the World 2012-01-26T03:00:15.920Z A faint, so faint nuance of assent in Cousin Lydia's voice seemed to admit the succeeding comment, shorn of impertinence. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z But it seems"—Christina hesitated—"it seems like impertinence, to call you by a Christian name. Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z Ladies and Gentlemen, some intrusive foreigners have come over to compete with our people and have had the impertinence to make some things better than we do. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z On the return to the beach a bevy of open-mouthed women and children accompanied me, plying questions with a simplicity so rare that there was no thought of impertinence. Historic Waterways?Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers 2012-01-13T03:00:14.813Z I know, I know," said the lady with the string of names, "but what impertinence to enter into conversation with your guests, as if he had been invited. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z She was nibbling lumps of sugar moistened in her tea, and the wild rose of her cheeks and the distracting rings of her hair made her offensiveness a mere childish impertinence. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I shall tell Hunter I have dismissed you for gross impertinence. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z It had no other effect than to increase the impertinence it was meant to disarm; for the 'soft answer which turns away wrath' must at least seem disinterested. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z But many of the notes are sheer impertinences, especially those that attempt to mend the lines. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z As for your impertinence, if you are a man of Rome, you will give me satisfaction. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z I was remade every pulse and fibre of me, my beloved's ... and so obviously, that the necessity of tagging my estate with a ceremony struck me as an impertinence. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I never heard of such impertinence in my life. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z Provoked by this impertinence, and by the courtesy with which Miss Graham received it, I interrupted his remarks, by desiring he would get me a glass of water. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The introduction of love business into the comet story is an impertinence, as Mr. Bernard Shaw has complained. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z Just one more question, Bob," he said; "don't think it's an impertinence. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z Others gave me information that I couldn't have got from Odell without a confession of ignorance, or from the Misses Callender without impertinence. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z “It bores one so inexpressibly, giving reasons for what one does, and I'm so glad he has saved me the trouble by his vulgar impertinence.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z I look back with astonishment upon her patient endurance of my impertinences. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z For a time L'Tunga regarded our curiosity as a great impertinence and did everything possible to prevent our getting more information than was readily available. Adventures in Swaziland The Story of a South African Boer 2012-01-01T03:00:06.887Z “Sir,” said he, “I have just been having another word with the Doña Dolorez: she informs me that you have had the impertinence to tell her that you love her.” The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Nor are they less in the cool and frank impertinence with which the members treat each other. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z You accuse me of caprice—has any one ever accused you of impertinence?” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The mutual dislike of this lady and myself had been confirmed by seven years interchange of impertinences; nor was it in the least degree mitigated by the new circumstances in which we were placed. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Happily, I only got a kindly but necessary rap over the knuckles for my impertinence; the request was consigned to the waste-paper basket and mercifully never reached Farringford. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Cartaret wondered if it would be an impertinence to offer his strawberries to the Lady of the Rose. The Azure Rose A Novel 2011-12-31T03:00:18.657Z Many men in quite independent circumstances not only took from him impertinence which they would have thought intolerable in their oldest friend, but even sought his society. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z Without wincing, and affecting a calmness he was far from feeling, Gonzalo put no check to the loquacity of the marquis, which bordered on impertinence. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z I was sullen for a little, and muttered something about 'impertinence,'—but I never flourished my arm again. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z This is simply an impertinence due to the condition of your acute and precise mind which wishes to tyrannize over your will and to control it by fraud and subtlety.... Light and Peace Instructions for devout souls to dispel their doubts and allay their fears 2011-12-22T03:00:27.660Z Whatever we admit into our teaching that does not exalt him and throw light on his life and doctrine is a harmful impertinence. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z A mail guard had been reported for impertinence by certain contractors who were notorious for the indifferent lights with which they supplied their coach. The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 2011-12-19T03:00:45.273Z But while I was talking with her I noticed that my fine gentleman with the moustache eyed me from head to foot with something very like impertinence! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z The boundary between the impertinence of a cad and the privilege of a suitor is vague and wavering. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z I could relate an infinity of such adventures, in all of which we risked our lives on some puerile point of honour, or in pursuit of some impertinence which called for castigation. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z It was a piece of gross impertinence for any member of the family to leave without permission. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z Tell me what your wardrobe is worth, tattered impertinence, and I will give you three liards for it.” The Legend of Ulenspiegel, Volume I (of 2) And Lamme Goedzak, and their Adventures Heroical, Joyous and Glorious in the Land of Flanders and Elsewhere 2011-12-10T03:00:17.800Z I declined the proffered invitation with a brief thanks, and went on, my blood boiling at the impertinence of the scoundrel who so familiarly claimed me as one of his own kind. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z “It would sound like an impertinence, wouldn’t it?” Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z She's far too proud! she would take it as a new rudeness and impertinence! Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband 2011-12-08T03:00:25.597Z The one letter is only the plausible, affectionate, amplification of the other's impertinence, with a saving clause, on the first page, inserted from dictation, when the grievous indiscretion had been committed.... Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z And I think it was a piece of impertinence on his part to expect Miss Jean Dawson to go at his bidding—and you so lame, auntie,” added Jean as she saw her aunt’s face. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z If he had had an appetite it had vanished; it seemed as if the man's impertinence must have affected him more than he would have cared to own. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z "Might I," says he, "without impertinence inquire your necessity?" The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Might it not be argued without impertinence that the best means of doing away with the excesses in question is not to have fewer contests, but more of them? An American at Oxford 2011-12-02T03:00:19.150Z William was aware of her presence and of the smiling impertinence of her glance. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z “It’s an impertinence a great many people are guilty of,” he returned... Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z She did not like to suspect him of impertinence, or even something worse; yet--what had he implied? A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Your words imply a sneer and an impertinence. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z Her impertinence would be almost repellent were it not that her voice is "like the wooing wind," and even her "la-la-la" is bewitching. Stars of the Opera 2011-11-29T03:00:15.563Z "It is evidently insufficient to warn you that there are times when preaching becomes an impertinence." The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z What part you actually played in it I am hoping you will confide in me, and not consider that I am guilty of an impertinence in seeming to interfere in what you do.” Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z To such a person it would savor strongly of impertinence. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z He was on the verge of carrying out this resolve and addressing Claire, when an event occurred which had the effect of thwarting his meditated impertinence. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Now, my woman, remember that I'm your mistress, and that I'll stand impertinence from no one--least of all from a servant of mine. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z It would have been impertinence, but I will make a bargain with you. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The extraordinary inexpensiveness and childishness and impertinence of this latter gave to my sense the measure of a whole side of Lang, and yet which was one of the sides of his greatest flourishing. The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z Hence arises the endeavour to intercept a conclusion, which might otherwise have seemed so plain as to make arguments in its favor an intellectual impertinence. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z And he writes to me in a tone of impertinence. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Mrs. Lamb was not a lady to quietly endure impertinence from any one. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z It was a trick of the Frenchmen he had met at Mrs. Carnby's—one of the things which are courtesies in Paris, and impertinence elsewhere. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z In young people this dogmatic practice is generally based upon vanity and impertinence. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z I trust that I may be always found ready, and willing, to respond to any inquiries, not savouring of impertinence, which may be addressed to me. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z He has perhaps mixed my name with his ... what shall I call them? ... reproaches, impertinences? An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z It struck her that his being where he was was an impertinence, which was rendered much greater by his venturing to address her; especially with such an inquiry. Miss Arnott's Marriage 2011-11-11T03:00:33Z Think of it, He; what an unexampled impertinence. He Who Gets Slapped A Play in Four Acts 2011-11-11T03:00:27.467Z M. Chenu at last persuaded him to go home and he had the impertinence to have my lackey whom he had wounded, dress his hair. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z Mr. Philpotts seemed to regard the observation almost in the light of an impertinence. Between the Dark and the Daylight 2011-11-11T03:00:37.893Z "Now, forgive my impertinence," he continued, "but how long do you contemplate remaining in the East?" The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z The veiled impertinence of his tone to her must have severely tried her patience, if not her endurance. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z For all I knew my sorrow might be an impertinence. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z I am most astonished that those Sapphos of sisters of mine did not prevent your putting such impertinence into the post. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z "I had no thought of impertinence, my lord," he said. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z They incessantly assailed me with their demands, with so much importunity, and often impertinence, that I frequently felt inclined to have them thrown out of the window. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Once, even, when a whim of his led him to treat me with something like impertinence, I forgave him, and I have now been well rewarded. The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) 2011-11-10T03:00:10.110Z Now and then they uttered a few words, but whenever one spoke some of the company seemed to be angry, as at an impertinence or a breach of etiquette. Alone with the Hairy Ainu or, 3,800 miles on a pack saddle in Yezo and a cruise to the Kurile Islands. 2011-10-30T02:00:10.270Z Twice you have been warned that I am someone in particular, that my august person resents the tickling impertinences of strangers. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z Poetizing in the face of such suffering as I saw and shared seemed a drivelling impertinence. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z I believe that he considered that he had degraded himself by becoming the minister of a man whom he looked upon as an adventurer, and that he endeavoured to regain his level by impertinence. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z Now there was about the King a kinde of buffon or jester who had a Table Book, wherein he was used to register any absurdity, or impertinence, or merry passage, that happened about the Court. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z Once this curiosity in one developed into impertinence; and the impudent little beast deliberately pelted me. Life in an Indian Outpost 2011-10-19T02:00:19.943Z His visit, which was an impertinence: he seemed now to be wishing to atone for it, not to repeat his call without her permission.... Ecstasy: A Study of Happiness A Novel 2011-10-18T02:00:20.340Z The students took a reporter to his office, then plopped down at his conference table to quiz him themselves, an unthinkable impertinence not long ago. Tripoli Journal: In Libya, Tripoli University Awaits a Post-Qaddafi Rebirth 2011-10-17T00:28:57Z I don't mind a little fun, but it must not take the form of impertinence to teachers or disobedience of their orders. From School to Battle-field A Story of the War Days 2011-10-10T02:00:19.987Z Still shamming illness, she had not yet recovered from the smart of what she called Jack's impertinence. The Sins of the Children A Novel 2011-10-09T02:00:27.520Z For my part, I can suffer any impertinence from a woman, provided she be handsome: My business is with her beauty, not with her morals; let her confessor look to them. Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z With men in general be bold without impertinence. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z "Wages are good in English and American ships," Grahame resumed, feeling that he was guilty of impertinence. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z She saw from the significant looks that passed between the Montagues, that the unseasonable earliness of this visit did not arise from their ignorance of the customs of American society, but from premeditated impertinence. Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners 2011-10-01T02:00:32.597Z The cause of his visit seemed more than ever an impertinence, but it must be faced, and he began to stumble out the story of his Sunday special. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z To send those reassuring notes to her was now but a cheap impertinence! The Cassowary What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains 2011-09-24T02:00:16.927Z The three conspirators let the bank president pull down a couple of sizable pots with this deck just for the sake of enjoying his renewed impertinence, and then they went at him good and hard. Taking Chances 2011-09-21T02:00:36.667Z They had remained quite speechless, more astonished at the newcomer's impertinence than wrathful at the interruption; and when the next instant Ursula and Margaret suddenly fled with unaffected precipitancy, no one attempted to stop them. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Crittenden had had the impertinence to stare at him hard and say coolly, "Oh, you must be mistaken about that." Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z Starting to my feet, I confronted her as she sat in my chair, by Guy's bedside, with those queer blue eyes of hers fixed so questioningly upon me as if she wondered at my impertinence. Daisy Thornton 2011-09-19T02:00:12.793Z And do you expect me to rejoice in your proposal that I ally myself to the conceit and impertinence of yours? Pride and Predjudice, a play 2011-09-17T02:00:30.190Z She tried, therefore, to look unmoved; well aware that the best chance to escape impertinence, is by not appearing to suspect that any is intended. The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:28.670Z He spoke lightly, and none but Everingham's devoted ears caught the slight tone of impertinence which underlay the bland, seemingly empty speech. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Though confused by being detained, Ellis could not be angry, for there was no impertinence in his fervour, no familiarity in his panegyric; and though his speech was rapid, his manners were gentle. The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z Mrs Brinville, with a look that said, What infinite impertinence! declared herself extremely obliged by this sincerity; and summoned her daughter to the conference. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z According to Mr. Whistler the art-critic is an impertinence, a nuisance, a monstrosity—and usually, into the bargain, an arrant fool. Views and Reviews 2011-09-16T02:00:21.197Z It often happens for him in moments of abstraction to utter impertinences. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The laugh grated unpleasantly on Wessex' ear, and the gesture savoured of impertinence. The Tangled Skein 2011-09-21T02:00:29.687Z Never, never more will I be the wretched tool of dishonourable impertinence! The Wanderer (Volume 1 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:27.667Z To judge me, she cried, by my present appearance, my resisting this offer must be attributed to impertinence, ingratitude, or folly. The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z "The mole—an animal that keeps to the ground" was a definition which we used to be fond of quoting as we grew out of the years of veneration to those of impertinence. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z It was so obvious an impertinence, and he showed such satisfaction at my impatience, that one day I did not reply to his question. My Memoirs 2011-09-13T02:00:28.713Z When you ask me to make a statement, you are guilty of impertinence to me, of treason to the traditions of this House, and of impeachment of the liberties of the people. The True Story of my Parliamentary Struggle 2011-09-12T02:00:28.837Z Now I hate you; you have robbed me of my own wee lamb, my sweetheart, and now have the impudence—the confounded impertinence—to ask me to congratulate you! Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z This was immediately spread about the room, as an excess of impertinence; and the words, 'What ridiculous affection!'—'What intolerable airs!'—'So she must have a cold? The Wanderer (Volume 2 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:26.867Z I am glad I had not the impertinence to try. Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front 2011-09-09T02:01:03.463Z Has it never seemed to you that my keeping you in doubt, even for one month, was a piece of impertinence you ought never to have stood? Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z You have bad manners, a habit of dealing in personalities—we call it impertinence.” Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z “You speak with extreme impertinence, young man,” observed the gentleman. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z To look at a photograph uninvited may be an impertinence; to read the inscription on the back certainly is. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z He apprehended quite clearly that Mrs Aplin was desirous of warning him against a mésalliance, and he considered it not only an unwarranted impertinence, but a mischievous and scurrilous aspersion of Brenda’s reputation. The Shadow of the Past 2011-08-31T02:01:36.547Z He resented, not only the indelicacy, but the impertinence of this interference with the individual. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z It was an impertinence on my part to put that note in your room, and I beg your pardon. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z There are two points of view from which we may regard prayer: from the one it is a piece of childishness only, from the other it is sheer impertinence. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z Her impertinence and the fat man's quiet bitterness stirred my bile. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z It is an impertinence forbidden at my court. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z “I am afraid,” Mr Musgrave said, with an insight which Peggy had not credited him with possessing, “that you are rebuking me for impertinence.” Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z I see now that it was not impertinence on your part, but a rare generosity. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z Imagine a sick person being worried by an examination of this kind, putting aside the gross impertinence of the whole affair. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z It is an unpleasing impertinence for anyone to assume that nobody save himself reads any particular book. Res Judicat? Papers and Essays 2011-08-24T02:00:18.157Z So joyous was the hour that private grief appeared a contradiction, an impertinence. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z He had been guilty of impertinence to Eliza; worse, he had committed an assault by kicking her maliciously with intent to do bodily harm. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z His impertinence to the Queen was distasteful to one who, like Ralegh, knew the meaning of reverence, and was able to understand greatness. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z Is there any impertinence so extreme as the prayer which "pleads" with the Deity? My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z There was no earthly danger of his appreciating unaided the delicate flavor of Judge Barton’s impertinence. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z The old fellow said that the exhibition of such a picture was an impertinence, and that if the gentleman would take his kindly meant advice, he would change his profession and become a sign-board painter. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z You shall soon see the results of your impertinence!” Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z In the forty years he had traded at Satan’s Trap he had never before met with impertinence that was not timidly offered. Every Man for Himself 2011-08-09T02:00:26.920Z "I was going to give you money, boy, but I shall not for your impertinence." The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z I have answered your question because I was able to answer it frankly; but, none the less, I resent its impertinence.” The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z And when their liberators arrived, there was no indecent excitement on receiving the gift of liberty, nor displays of impertinence to their masters. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z He’ll love and hate equally under cover, and esteem it a species of impertinence to be loved or hated again. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z Audrey colored very high at what she considered a direct impertinence. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z Unable to forget the Princess's impertinence, he lay brooding and fretting, until the position of the sun warned him that the day was passing away. The Village of Youth and Other Fairy Tales 2011-08-06T02:00:04.530Z And this determined him to be all the severer in the reprimand which he addressed to the Accused on account of her unheard of impertinence. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z We seek them in our need of counsel or of amusement, without impertinence or apology, sure of having our claims allowed. Tablets 2011-07-25T02:00:17.487Z But, as Mrs. Temple often said, Freke was unquestionably a gentleman; he was mild-mannered to a degree, and his very impertinences were brought out with a diffidence that frequently hoodwinked General Temple. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z “She had the impertinence to rush into the room; but she also had the grace to——” “What, mother?” A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z "Don't you think this——" "Is an impertinence?" and Maxwell smiled. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z There was neither impertinence nor insolence written there, but rather a painful look of anxiety and yearning that strangely affected Sendlingen. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z Any pretension to having principles worthy of acceptance, or regard, or even respect, would be impertinence in us so long as we were unfair to others. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z "Yes," replied the landlady, somewhat reflectively, as if she felt inclined to add, "But what you mean by such impertinence I am at a loss to inquire." Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Most of it he felt to be worthless, almost all of it he was sure was impertinence. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z It seemed to these loyal souls a democratic impertinence on the part of fate that such a gentleman should be kept waiting, and the prince regarded it in precisely the same light. On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z I suggested to Mr. Hay that perhaps a review of Mr. Davis's book by one who had been thus warned of the situation might be a displeasing impertinence. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z The persevering impertinence of his addresses had long ago obliged her to decline all communication with him, and it was therefore without appearing to notice him that she now pursued her way towards the door. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z The disgusting round of impertinence, uncleanliness, stupidity, and brutality to which they were subjected is too odious to recount. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z "I've heard," she went on, too distracted about her own plight to be conscious of the rank impertinence of which she was being guilty. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z It is to be wondered at now and then that their impertinence does not get them into grief. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z The portraits that lined the walls were so numerous and so at home that somehow I felt it an impertinence that I, a mere would-be boarder, should look at them. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z "Do not suspect me of impertinence," said Henrietta in a tone more gentle than ordinary. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Rawley says: "He read much and that with great judgment and rejection of impertinences incident to many authors." The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z It was an impertinence on his part, and I answered him shortly and sharply with a negative. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z In many of these cases the translator has subjoined a note explanatory of a particular passage, which, in a work of this description, might otherwise be regarded as an editorial impertinence. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Now, Randolph, you know that impertinence had no share in dictating these questions, but could impertinence have gone farther? what ramification could I next attempt? The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns 2011-07-06T02:00:46.297Z Even Mr. Cartwright," she added, "would resent any impertinence offered to me under my mother's roof. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z “I never heard anything so monstrous—such an outrageous piece of impertinence in my life.” Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z She dreaded solitude, her own inexperience, and the curiosity and impertinence of others. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z To read of the relics shown by the monks of Canterbury Cathedral fills one with amazement, both at the impertinence of those disgusting humbugs, and at the illimitable credulity that accepted the exhibition as genuine. The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike 2011-07-04T02:00:17.130Z It's well if I shall not be exposed to impertinences I was not aware of. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z I lament the consequences of this ill-timed impertinence, for my poor pupil's sake, more than it is easy for me to explain to you, Miss Compton.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. I (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:16.980Z And that's not quite so well as I want; but I suppose you know that as well as I do, only you choose to shew off your impertinence.... The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z ‘Her remembrance will always be dear to me,’ answered the king gently, though all present expected him to rebuke the frog severely for her impertinence. The Orange Fairy Book 2011-06-29T02:00:31.520Z This one she decided to tolerate on suspicion; he resembled a type which she had found difficult, apt to impertinence and annoying attentions. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z After her impertinence to my mother, it is impossible. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z But on this occasion, as on all others, she employed her advantages merely to divert herself,—to procure a bright to-day, and be impertinent, wherever she observed that impertinence was not attended with danger. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Had his telegram come a week or so earlier, she must have been quite as much annoyed, have deemed its implicit promise of meddling in her affairs an inexcusable impertinence. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z My effrontery and impertinence will be too much even for your large charity. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Many of these changes are trivial and one wonders at the impertinence or conceit which inspired them. H. P. Blavatsky A Great Betrayal 2011-06-12T02:00:09.327Z "I will make you suffer for your impertinence." A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z It was not my business, and, I dare say, there is impertinence in the observation, but when Miss Hyde was sick, your daughter scarcely left her room. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z Half an hour earlier such a look would have irritated, now its impertinence had no more effect than to make Lucinda smile illegibly at her image in the glass. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z But I have no time to waste in listening to impertinences. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z It was a great piece of impertinence on my part; but, you see, I had the advantage over the others of knowing that you were up there.” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z That man's impertinence to you has made me hysterical, for I never saw you treated so disrespectfully before. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z "We know what the governor's like, you and I, eh?" he said, with an impertinence that she did not notice, in her distraction. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z "Do you mean to tell me that fellow Culp actually had the impertinence——" "Oh, come!" Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z Arthur, disappointed at the absence of the Donna, found himself regarding this gentleman with some degree of asperity, and a disposition to resent any reference to his client's business as an unwarrantable impertinence. Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z I trust that you have suffered nothing at the hands of my colleague, save his impertinence. Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z It's about time we did something to take down that Kom-Kom fellow's impertinence, besides peppering them from the ship. Gunpowder Treason and Plot And Other Stories for Boys 2011-06-08T02:00:16.797Z Dor� listened in astonishment to their conversations, amazed at the impertinence of the girls, and the ready laughing acceptance of those who, in the day, commanded them. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z You're speaking your impertinences to an officer of the king's army. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z "May I ask you further, without impertinence, if it is upon this evidence that you propose to abandon your claim to a valuable property?" Gabriel Conroy 2011-06-08T02:00:19.217Z Ask the young Miss Campbell,” he called after them, “if that low fellow didn’t have the impertinence to call her ‘Billie,’ and speak to her as familiarly as if he were her equal?” The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z "And meet British officers, who might resent my impertinence!" Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z He turned courteously but impersonally, without that masculine impertinence in the eye which is still a compliment. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z At these moments I possess the faculty of sublime impertinence. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Besides, the impertinence of standing there spying upon a lady who was doubtless simply bent on an ordinary shopping expedition. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z It was nonsense, effervescent with animal spirits and impertinence. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z Do you know, Mr. Hardy, I should like to propose myself for membership in your household for a few weeks; would it be deemed an impertinence? Told In The Hills 2011-05-30T02:00:15.530Z It is not so much the gratuitous impertinence of the amateur spiritual consoler which occasions the annoyance Mr. Gladstone’s relatives feel. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Two young gentlemen had the impertinence, after trying every other mode in vain, actually to call on Mrs Bodwinkle, and extract invitations from that bewildered woman, who was too much frightened to refuse them. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z He had no great regard for his agent outside of business, But somehow he felt it would be an impertinence, and so refrained. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z "Of course," Dan continued deprecatingly, as if even to question this were an impertinence on his part, "you'll search that young man's pack?" The Shooting of Dan McGrew, A Novel Based on the Famous Poem of Robert Service 2011-05-28T02:00:24.557Z Girls, the best joke of all is, that Rex and Alf sent the pins, and made Phil bring them with a most humble apology for their impertinence last week. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z The very splendour of the poems dazzles the eyes with whole sheets of lightning, and may almost give to analysis the character of vulgarity or impertinence.’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z It is a piece of impertinence in me; and I trembled at my rashness. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z For himself he was positive she was all precocity and impertinence. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z The insolence—the inconceivable impertinence of such an unsightly, corpulent traducer daring to ally himself with One of the Fox Terriers. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z General Ekin welcomed the opportunity to distinguish himself by seconding the motion and characterizing the appearance of the witness before the Commission, “with such a character” as “the height of impertinence!” The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z It is almost an impertinence to speak of the many claims Mr. Gladstone has on a people whom he has served so long. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z Peg, as we all know, was a high-spirited woman, and full of a sparkling audacity that often amounted to impertinence. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z When a thrasher had the impertinence to alight in her oak she ordered him off in high dudgeon, dashing back and forth above him, and snapping spitefully as she passed. A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z She stood still, silent and indignant, both at the impertinence of the woman's speech and at the hardness of her aunt's unkindness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z "Mr. Thornton has had the impertinence to say that if Margaret Burns is such a fool as to wish to stay with me, she is welcome." Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z "Never, with my consent," answered Mrs Harrington, rising in extreme indignation at what she considered impertinence and want of feeling. Amy Herbert 2011-05-20T02:00:31.467Z Walking in the street, she would have seemed a thin, faded, insignificant woman; but, reclining in her carriage, with her ennuy? air, her carelessness, and her impertinence, she was stamped with aristocracy. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z However, his impertinence had warranted punishment, so he bore it as best he might. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z A polite and judicious conversation affords him the highest entertainment; rudeness or impertinence is as great punishment to him. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z They were smiling at the cousins with rude confidence; and Sophia Clarke, I was grieved to see, repaid their insulting impertinence by her most elaborate graces. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z He saw better than Hope that the impertinence was not malice, and that the ignorance it proceeded from was that old ignorance that comes from the selfishness that is born of long-continued prosperity. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z On feeling and hearing this piece of impertinence, Cornelius turned round on me with such a start of vexation and wrath, that I jumped up, and ran off to the chair of Kate. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z They all knew that Mrs. Portal could never be anything but a name to Sophie—that it was really an impertinence on her part to be discussing Mrs. Portal at all. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z If you do," said the other, "the class will take it upon itself to prevent that fight, using brute force if necessary, and punishing you severely for your impertinence. On Guard Mark Mallory's Celebration 2011-05-15T02:00:09.877Z Mrs. Candour's impertinence is certainly as striking as her sense of responsibility. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z Dolly had hitherto gloried in her impertinence, as something witty and audacious. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z It is a practice which would greatly diminish the output of literary impertinence. The Victorian Age The Rede Lecture for 1922 2011-05-11T02:00:18.513Z All the people looked shocked at his impertinence. The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India 2011-05-07T02:00:31.307Z My approach into her presence is rudeness! my adoring gaze vulgar impertinence! Captain Kyd (Vol 1 of 2) or, The Wizard of the Sea 2011-05-06T02:00:10.447Z Immediately after adjournment I intended to tell you all the plans that seem best for our future, and did not anticipate this premature disclosure, which is presumptuous impertinence in its author. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z Now all at once she was made to see that to another person, and that person this "stylish girl in a stunning plain gown," this audacious impertinence looked vulgar. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z "Seems to me you're a stranger in these parts; never was to Boston afore, I reckon?" he said, dropping into an old habit of asking questions with unconscious impertinence. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z What he has to say is said with the simple and abstract rapture of apostles or prophets; not with the laborious impertinence and vain obtrusion of tortuous analysis. William Blake A Critical Essay 2011-05-04T02:00:18.110Z "Truly, my lord," said Don Quixote, "it were convenient that your grace should order this fellow to be turned out of the room, for he will plague you with a thousand impertinences." The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z He arose with a courteous bow to the Court and a wave of his right hand towards the Bar, said: 'Thank your Honor for releasing me from the impertinence of these attorneys.' Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z Why not have it understood that the tally beyond—well, say fifty, is a gross impertinence? From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z The creature don't mind me! do you think, sir, that your humorous impertinence can divert me? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z Jo Weatherhead's suspicions as to this young spark's tendency to impertinence were rather vividly revived by this speech, and his forehead flushed as dark a red as his nose. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 1 2011-04-26T02:00:29.063Z She rose to the occasion, and was prepared to undergo almost any impertinence from the popular singing master with a Spartan smile. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z "But I am not accustomed to be treated with impertinence by persons of your class." That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z Just for that impertinence I cut in two my subscription to his cathedral building-fund. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z Away with this impertinence; this is no place for bagatelle; I have murdered my honour, destroyed a lady, and my desire of reparation is come at length too late. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z Rordam was furious, and swore he would not put up with such impertinence, he had not come there to be insulted. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z "What do you mean by this impertinence, Timothy?" The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z If we had seen the animal we should be most happy—” “Your sheep is not here,” interrupted the young Englishman, who could no longer stand the pastore’s impertinence. The Finger of Fate A Romance 2011-04-21T02:00:43.830Z "Then your intrusion is more than unwelcome; it is an impertinence." Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Carthy was raging at the impertinence of him, and he offered for to fight. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z Congress looks upon advice offered to it by anybody but its own members as gratuitous impertinence. Congressional Government A Study in American Politics 2011-04-15T02:00:18.863Z What in the name of all good manners does Lord Russell mean by writing impertinences to all Europe? Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II 2011-04-15T02:00:16.987Z His enemies accused him of various scandalous offences, but there is no ground for supposing him guilty of any worse fault than that of elevating impertinence to the rank of a fine art. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z At this Mamsell Westphalen was silent, the blood rushed into her face at the impertinence of the French fellow; that was the very question that had driven her into flight up in the garret. In the Year '13 A Tale of Mecklenburg Life 2011-04-14T02:00:53.733Z Coming from me it must have sounded very much like impertinence. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z Now that he was on the scene of his next impertinence, he appreciated that its success demanded a careful plan. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Henry James was punctilious, ceremonious, and precise; it is not to be denied that he was apt to be hasty in taking offence, and not very ready to overlook an impertinence. Aspects and Impressions 2011-04-12T02:00:22.073Z This, too, had no effect, and, in fact, no sooner had I uttered it than I recognized it as a piece of gratuitous impertinence. Seeing Things at Night 2011-04-10T02:00:05.360Z But the boy was full of the impertinence of his kind. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z But I shall not give you a solitary farthing until I am furnished with a substantial guarantee that this will be your last impertinence. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z The lady of the house was apparently too disturbed to resent this new impertinence. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z "You make yourself at home here, good friend, if one might judge from the way you knocked at the door," said he, addressing Daly with a look whose easy familiarity was itself an impertinence. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z Now, at the hazard of a liberty which you may deem an impertinence, I will tell you frankly, Mr. O'Reilly, that you, you yourself, are admirably calculated to lead the van of this great movement. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z Those who did paid very dearly for their impertinence, and Tom was, in fact, paramount over his companions. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z "I wish she would have the kindness to remember that fact, but she is an aggressive old damsel, and never looks so satisfied as when she imagines she has said an impertinence." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z This was called the dispute of the stercorists; and, not ending in a war, was in consequence one of the mildest impertinences of the human mind. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z This is a calumny, sir,—the libellous impertinence of a newspaper paragraphist. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z There was a tone of covert impertinence in the accent, as well as the words, which, while Lord Castlereagh was quick enough to perceive, he was too shrewd to mark by any notice. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z And this ignorance was astounding to them, if it was real, and impertinence, if it was only pretended. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z The purpose-like cold face of the American, however, showed him that the man meant no covert impertinence by his demand; but was simply desirous of finishing a bargain as speedily as might be. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z This abominable impertinence of the most knowing Sanchez is not adopted at present by any naturalist. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z The remote and secluded nature of the place will at least withdraw them from the impertinence of curiosity, or the greater impertinence of vulgar sympathy. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z "If you read the morning papers, Captain Forester," said he, with the blandest smile, "you could scarcely avoid learning that my presence here is neither an intrusion nor an impertinence." The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z The tone of impertinence prevented Sir Marmaduke from replying; and the interrogatory was repeated. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z The allusion to Rickards's age was a direct impertinence, and the question as to his yachting tastes was a palpable sneer at the habits of his daily life. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z I took my leave then, having seen that he understood I saw through the contemptible impertinence of his conduct. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z "A friend of the family, sir?" asked the major, in a voice that might bear the equivocal meaning of either impertinence or mere inquiry. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z How are we to endure the prying impertinence of his curiosity? The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:06.657Z The implied superiority, even without the cruelty, was an impertinence. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z And then her last impertinence, when, after a sneer at Irish property, she said she wished I had one! Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The man’s impertinence was too small a thing to annoy him, but it prevented his asking several questions which he would like to have had answered. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Charles had best not bully me so politely . . . tell him. mr. tetgeen. My lady! sarah. I will not discuss this impertinence. Three Plays by Granville-Barker The Marrying of Ann Leete; The Voysey Inheritance; Waste 2011-03-22T02:00:23.063Z Native tact, good humor, and warmth of heart take from their advances all appearance of boldness or impertinence. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z There could be no mistaking the character of speech like this, rude even to impertinence. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z "Yes; she said it very neatly, too; as prettily and as tersely as such impertinence can be put in nice French." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z The fact that German interests were in no way concerned—that any outside interference was simply a piece of gratuitous impertinence—only intensified the significance of the incident. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z He finds it quite in order that she should refresh herself with a little impertinence. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z She clearly thinks it an impossible impertinence on his part to have called on her at eleven o'clock in the morning without an excuse. Doctor Cupid 2011-03-13T03:00:23.987Z I have more than half a mind to leave you here all night for your consummate impertinence. Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 2011-03-13T03:00:21.980Z "By what reprisals should he resent this covert impertinence?" was the question that very often recurred to him. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z There is the same difference between his Austrian arrogance and Parisian arrogance that there is between pride and impertinence. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z Pistasch, however, puts on an irritated expression, and cries with his colossal impertinence, "I pity you uncommonly!" Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z Some there are who, though they lead a single life, yet their thoughts do end with themselves, and account future times impertinences. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z This astonishing production—whose impertinence borders upon sublimity—being thus returned to Miss J., she proceeded to show the Duke that she could communicate with at least one prominent personage unaided by him. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z "I was going to say an impertinence," whispered she, "and I'll not." Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z “Oh, if the colonel dare to hint that my brother is the pleasantest fellow that he has met with, I’ll resent the impertinence, I promise you,” laughed Vibert. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z He entertains the little circle by gay anecdotes, is attentive without impertinence to the hostess. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z But of all these "rules of the house," the most unjust and tyrannical is that which compels a man to put up with any impertinence because he has already spoken. Nuts and Nutcrackers 2011-03-08T03:00:45.687Z Of the eleven, some parents were rude to her; others begged, and she had nothing to give; others made perfunctory promises; only two seemed to regard her as anything but a somewhat tiresome impertinence. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z But guesses that actually rose to the impertinence of impeachment of his sanity were uttered, when the old Baronet came down stairs, wearing his ribbon and his star. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z “I hope that you do not encourage such impertinence,” observed Bruce sternly. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z If there were any blame, it would belong to Lord George and me, for our impertinence in having Wilkins inquire who the beautiful lady was. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z "Yes," says Mascha, slowly rising, with a humorous, quite childish impertinence, which would have forced a laugh from every unprejudiced spectator. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z This man, who flung impertinences in his face—where did he spring from so suddenly? More Tales by Polish Authors 2011-03-04T03:01:05.113Z The observation either implies a sensitive sympathy for which I was not prepared, or a covert impertinence which I hesitate to accept as credible. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z He remonstrated with them, and receiving a good deal of impertinence in consequence, he lost his temper. Forty Years of 'Spy' 2011-03-04T03:00:57.237Z This last reflection was delivered in a melancholy aside, after the manner of a soliloquy, and Cleve did not exactly know how to take this old fellow's impertinence. The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 2011-03-04T03:00:56.067Z But Maschenka holds her back; her impertinence suddenly truly pains her. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z "Mary Anne only wanted the kit," was the vulgar impertinence by which he closed this piece of flattery; and this was in allusion to the trousseau! The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z Though he had rebuked so promptly and so sharply the flippant impertinence of his servant, the young gentleman was by no means persuaded that a sojourn at Dalradern was likely to prove lively or agreeable. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z At least it could do no harm, beyond drawing forth some languid impertinence from Castalia. A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:26.237Z The elder sister reappeared, very starchy at this unheard-of impertinence. The Revellers 2011-02-26T03:00:50.133Z H-m!" says Mascha, in the same tone of humorous impertinence; and copying Anna's glance with photographic exactness, she says: "My dear Anna, would you like very much to marry Count B�renburg yourself? Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z I could n't explain this, nor even give it a coloring; but I grew angry, Tom, vexed and irritated by the pestering impertinence of this pumping scoundrel. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z I resolved therefore to begin ab ovo, and giving quarter to no impertinence or absurdity by the way, to clear the ground completely, and leave a perfect rase campagne behind me. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z And it was a further impertinence to send me this command on a bit of common paper, wrapped around a stone and thrown at me through a window. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z He entertained Lady Amabel very much with his “quiet impertinences,” as she called them, and “drew out” her colonial visitors to an extent they never dreamt of. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z Sewell taught him to detect a covert impertinence and a sneer where none was intended. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Cary is, however, worse again, and thinks their easy elegance, is impertinence, and all the graceful charm of their manner nothing but—her own words—"egregious vanity." The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z If Beattie should be one of your pets, I ask pardon for this impertinence; but don't forget it altogether, as, one day or other, you will be certain to acknowledge its truth. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z I called it an impertinence to Agnes, and I feel it so. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z I can hardly call it impertinence, but there is something indescribable about her manners,—an unbecoming freedom, an almost immodest frankness, an almost naked naturalness, that is perilously near impertinence. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Perhaps the great charm that attaches him to public life is to be able to utter his flippant impertinences ex cathedra. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z The King, recognizing an intended impertinence, without replying turned away and left Benedetti standing. A Short History of Germany 2011-02-14T03:00:40.360Z This wise and truly great man, or truly wise and great—which is it?—had nothing more generous nor more courteous to say to me than a sarcasm and an impertinence. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z Oh, there must have been, or else Harry's note was inexcusable, it was impertinence, it was vulgarity. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Oh, I can see you shiver at that impertinence, for I know down in your heart, though you always take pains to explain how ignorant you are, you consider yourself an extremely cultured young man. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z "Not, impossibly, some recent impertinence of the press towards myself." Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Whether I go or stay is a matter of complete indifference to me, but I decline absolutely to put up with impertinence from you. A Woman's Burden 2011-02-13T03:00:21.253Z If so, sir, she has hereditary claims for impertinence and presumption. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z To this Miss Beauchamp, being undecided in her own mind as to whether it is or is not an impertinence, deigns no reply. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z "No young man should be original; it is a great impertinence, if he tries to be." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z Despite the impertinence, there was something so ingenious in the argument thus introduced, that I was prevented from making immediate reply. The Bandolero A Marriage among the Mountains 2011-02-09T03:00:48.583Z The constant fees, the solicitation of the hackmen, the impertinences of the store-keepers, have actually been so potent that it is a rare thing to find any of the best people here. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z As it was, she simply muttered a curse on what she regarded as his impertinence, and went indoors. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z To this speech, uttered in a strain of jocular impertinence, Merl made no reply. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z I endeavored not to show any sensitiveness to this impertinence, and went on with my dinner, the stranger's table being quite close to mine. Paul Gosslett's Confessions in Love, Law, and The Civil Service 2011-02-04T03:00:18.850Z Can I not summon to my aid a pride like this, or am I to be discouraged and disgraced to my own heart by a mere impertinence?' The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z ‘Pardon my impertinence, but are you very fond of eggs?’ Dumas' Paris 2011-02-02T03:00:23.057Z He could not forgive the black man's impertinence in speaking to Bella, quite forgetting that Bella was to blame and had sought the interview. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Take my word for it, Harry, you 'd be safer with the impertinence amongst some of your duchesses in Pall Mall. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z
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