| 单词 | moroseness |
| 例句 | “But I have a feeling this moroseness is not only about Mummy, hmm?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The pianist Howard Watkins, dignified and unshowy, resisted moroseness as well as sentimentality, locating the power of the piece in its observational lens. Review: Songs That Defy the ‘Quotidian Nature of Evil’ 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Improbably disconnected from the rest of London, EastEnders is engulfed in a permagloom of irritability and moroseness punctuated only by a drizzle of "What's that supposed to mean?"s and "Leave it!" EastEnders: when things are bad, it's very, very good 2010-09-07T14:21:00Z It is the familiar alcoholic pattern: the moroseness, the destructiveness, the self-reproach – what he calls "my mad moods". The Richard Burton Diaries edited by Chris Williams – review 2012-11-29T08:00:03Z It alters your emotional state, making moroseness something of a default state and optimism appear more akin to naivety. Did a poisoned fish open my eyes to a culture of fear? | Sasha Abramsky 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z But there’s no moroseness over the far, far smaller crowds. Bruce Springsteen bandmate Garry Tallent tours solo 1950s-inspired rockabilly show 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “The Welsh are temperamentally very like the Russians — full of moroseness and exhilaration and equally sly,” the 72-year-old veteran actor said before unleashing a major guffaw. Christian Thanksgiving film ‘Winter Thaw’ brings Tolstoy’s message says star John Rhys-Davies 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z He made no effort to disguise his moroseness. How Donald Trump Set Off a Civil War Within the Right-Wing Media 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z The second couple, Rebecca and Dyson — together for 17 years, married for 10 — have "had threesomes, foursomes, moroseness," says Rebecca. Sex Box: A television show where people have sex in a box 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z On his face he bore a look of habitual thought and care, approaching moroseness, which even the smile he assumed on Sir Edward's appearance could not altogether dissipate. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z He had to pull himself out of his moroseness and to remind himself that she had not done so yet. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z So we might follow the paradox of Scotch character through its union of gloomy moroseness with homely affections, of unrestrained emotionalism with cold calculation, of awesome second-sight with the cheapest charlatanry. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z If any one had informed the Claversham people that the lawyer's moroseness was not natural to the man, but the product of many slights, the informant would have lost his pains. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z Nothing makes moroseness and heavy-heartedness in a house so fast as idleness. The Optimist's Good Morning 2012-03-15T02:00:23.453Z On the contrary, his silence amounted almost to moroseness, and he had not always answered my questions. Mr. Marx's Secret 2012-03-02T03:00:10.327Z Landor says: "I hate false words, and seek with care, difficulty, and moroseness those that fit the thing." How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction 2012-02-17T03:00:36.070Z As every one knew him for a good fellow who had made his fortune this free and even surface offered by him to contact couldn’t be attributed to stupidity or moroseness. Lady Barbarina The Siege of London, An International Episode and Other Tales 2011-10-06T02:00:37.063Z This downright earnestness of all things, this colossal uniformity, this machine-like movement, this moroseness even in pleasure, this exaggerated London, smothers the imagination and rends the heart. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z They were rough to their children, and gross to each other; the woman looked all care and ill humour; the man, all moroseness and brutality. The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties 2011-09-17T02:00:32.663Z On the days when the devil of moroseness and irritability possessed and maddened him he could climb to the cabin on high Chigringo and find sanity. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z When he left the hospital, Collingwood was convalescent, but was suffering from a moroseness which his observant neighbor attributed to thwarted affection. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z He led a picked German regiment, and had a reputation for bravery as well as moroseness, and the iron rigor with which he held his soldiers. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Smith let the lever of moroseness slip back to the grinning notch. The Real Man 2011-07-29T02:00:28.280Z Sir C. There are some, now, who would feed moroseness and misanthropy with such events: to me they give delight, as convictions and warnings to mankind. The Heiress; a comedy, in five acts 2011-07-02T02:00:12.813Z While with the girl Dad maintained his paternal, patronizing attitude, yet he was not content, as was evident from the moroseness which he displayed before the men. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z I experienced that apathy which a great desolation of heart produces, and which men attribute to moroseness or stupidity. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Yes, Bertrand, Prudence becomes moroseness, when it makes A rigid inquisition of the fault, Not of the man, perhaps, but of his youth. The Fatal Falsehood 2011-05-31T02:00:36.033Z "But, my dear, you must have noticed so many things; indeed you have had rare opportunities, for instance, the change from amiability to moroseness." Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z One can however scarcely decide if his obstinate moroseness be a precaution against drunkenness, or the effect of spirituous liquors taken in excess. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z For some time after his interview with Mildred, the gloom and moroseness which beset him previously, had vanished. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z Latterly, also, I have noticed moroseness of disposition creeping over him; and upon this question he is more stern and peremptory than ever he was wont to be, and I lose heart and hope. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z His eye was not confiding, showing too much white; the manipulation of his ears confirmed the moroseness indicated by his eyes. I Walked in Arden 2011-04-10T02:00:06.137Z Nothing has so bad an effect upon a crew as the display of moroseness or sullenness on the part of one of its members. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z With advancing age, he had lost his vivacity, and now exhibited only a silent moroseness. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z This sounds a good antidote to the malaise of England's low self‑esteem and to the moroseness that settled over Anfield before Hodgson arrived to blow it away. Martin O'Neill - the charming dictator who finally lost patience 2010-08-09T19:45:00Z Having regained her self-control, she responded to this with such tact that by evening each felt more at ease in the new relationship, and Blake had lost every trace of his moroseness. Into the Primitive There came a night, after a day of niggardly discouragements, when the strange moroseness seemed too heavy to bear. The Seven-Branched Candlestick The Schooldays of Young American Jew Social adaptability was not a characteristic of Thackeray, his moroseness and reserve frequently alienating people; yet no one was more devoted to children, or a more delightful friend to them. The Vagabond in Literature "How else would I get there?" returned Ballard, who still seemed to be labouring with his handicap of moroseness. The King of Arcadia When about to moult, his wonted vivacity changes to moroseness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 383, September 1847 The poor weak man, her husband, deprived of his chief solace, tobacco, turns to peppermints, moroseness and bad language. Windyridge Yet he had certain sources of peace and gentleness in his life, and never sank into moroseness or selfishness. Dürer Artist-Biographies He hardly did more than bid Louisa a curt, "How de do?" when she entered, and then relapsed into moroseness wholly unbroken before luncheon was announced. The Heart of a Woman Hers had once been so sunny a nature; it was amazingly easy to break out of the moroseness with which circumstances had clouded her into that native sunniness. Fidelity A Novel We would not cloud the close of the year, nor the evening of life with moroseness, as if all were vanity that we had enjoyed, and all were vexation of spirit that was left. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Bachelor though he was, we discover in him no moroseness, and see only the gay man of the world, who knows how to enjoy life in a rational manner. The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2 April 1906 Would you stay with me, to see every vestige of what you once loved passing away—to endure the caprice, the moroseness, the delirious anger of one no longer master of himself? The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The waking robins tipple on it and sing the more joyously, nor is there in their midday any of the moroseness of reaction. Old Plymouth Trails He was short in what he said, cut things off sharply, and in little pauses his face would quickly settle to that moroseness. Fidelity A Novel Good cheer was much more natural to her than moroseness. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted These are cases of an extreme kind,—cases of moroseness and sullenness which neither reason nor Scripture justify. Talkers With Illustrations It is feeling, acuteness of feeling, which has given that countenance its expression, that character its moroseness. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings His awkwardness slowly changed back again into moroseness. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Withal, there was not the faintest suggestion of moroseness about him, and when circumstances did lead him into converse with others he always conveyed an impression of pleased interest. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography In that day there were many rites and worships which kept to themselves—many forms of moroseness or misanthropy, as they were considered, which withdrew their votaries from the public ceremonial. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century But for her, the absence and indifference of the host, and the moroseness of the disappointed hostess, would have driven custom away. The Broom-Squire His intelligence or his stupidity, his genial disposition or his moroseness, his generosity or his selfishness, are but the manifestations of himself through the body by which they are expressed. Elementary Theosophy The manager, who was displeased by the manufacturer's silent moroseness, did what he could also to bring his two charges together. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 And, added to them was an air of moroseness, of cold reserve, that suggested nothing so much as impotent resentment at the conditions under which he found himself. The Law-Breakers The system left its legitimate effects on the minds of the inmates, aside from driving to insanity and idiocy, namely, irritability, angry feeling, or moroseness. The Prison Chaplaincy, And Its Experiences So, in his retirement he talks of big events, mostly; all the while suffers from fits of depression and exhibits a growing moroseness, a peculiar characteristic of highly developed German character. Blood and Iron Origin of German Empire As Revealed by Character of Its Founder, Bismarck When the party reached the ranch, the girl must have perceived Ashton’s moroseness had she not first caught sight of her father. Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation He went off, sullen and morose, and not a little chaffed for his moroseness by his friends. A Bride of the Plains He was no ordinary looking man––a certain heavy, brooding air relieved of moroseness by twinkling black eyes marked him as a man with a personality. The Web of the Golden Spider Her cheerfulness gave way to sadness and moroseness. Heart Talks His very moroseness provided the sanctuary of silence. The Combined Maze The pawnbroker made a very bad third—in fact, scarcely counted, owing to his own moroseness or reserve. Somehow Good Yet, in spite of our friend's moroseness and solitary habits, there were certain times and seasons when he did come more or less in contact with his inferiors. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals Having once imbued my hands in innocent blood, my cruelty and moroseness knew no bounds. Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament. For a short period the effect is good; but, if prolonged, it leads either to stupid indifference or moroseness of temper, if it does not conduct even to insanity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 The Humming-bird, growing weedier and weaker, revived in her presence; he relaxed a little of his moroseness and austerity. The Combined Maze He learned of Little Black Fox’s protracted recovery, his lately developed moroseness. The Watchers of the Plains A Tale of the Western Prairies As he reinserted himself halfway across the portals of the realm where she queened it his recent moroseness was quite gone from him. Sundry Accounts In fact, their mood of sullenness departed as by magic, and a smile swept over their massive mood of moroseness, and glory swept the skies. Flash-lights from the Seven Seas The moroseness of Sam was real and not affected this time. Crooked Trails and Straight It did not amount to moroseness; he was preoccupied, and his mind abstracted. Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus There was, however, no moroseness about him; the man was good-humored in his quiet way, and his usual ruminative calm was no deterrent from apparently tireless action. The Long Portage He also noticed the profound moroseness and ill-temper of everybody in the house. Emily Brontë Among men of the world, a youth of softness and sweetness will often, as we formerly remarked, harden into insensibility, and sharpen into moroseness. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. It was the intensity of his thoughts that kept him silent—not moroseness. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel “Yes,” she said with marked moroseness, “that is what I would like to do.” The Goose Man One shall charge the other with levity, and that allegation be retorted by the charges of moroseness, and insensibility to enjoyment. The Young Maiden His unworldliness was free from indifference and unsociability, his dignity from pride and presumption, his affability from undue familiarity, his self-denial from moroseness, his temperance from austerity. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy One secret of sourness and moroseness is the sense that some side of our nature has been repressed; and this inward indignation at our own wrongs we vent on others in bitterness and complainings. Practical Ethics May wondered whether his reticence was due to modesty or to moroseness. A Venetian June “I don’t know,” he answered, very gravely for him, for Ephraim is not at all given to moroseness and long faces. Out in the Forty-Five Duncan Keith's Vow She had thought she was familiar with all sides of it, those for which she loved him and those which taxed her patience and loyalty; but this moroseness, this brooding ugliness, was different. The Fighting Shepherdess Also Pinkey's moroseness of the morning and the ferocity of his expression took on special significance in the light of his strange absence. The Dude Wrangler Neglect of exercise and recreation leads to moroseness.—Like milk which is allowed to stand, the spirit of man or woman, if left unoccupied, turns sour. Practical Ethics Yes, May thought, it was moroseness; he was unhappy, and no wonder. A Venetian June The repulsive features, moroseness, avarice, malice, garrulity of his hags are said to be appropriate instruments. The Superstitions of Witchcraft Then it was as though a bit of that outer crust of moroseness melted, and left something of his old boyish shyness in its place. Nicanor - Teller of Tales A Story of Roman Britain Thus Michael Vanbrugh had lived, for fifty years, a life solitary even to moroseness; emulating the great Florentine master, whose Christian name it was his glory to bear. Olive A Novel And he knew that presently these complacent fellows would be sticking themselves on the spikes of a chestnut-burr of moroseness, brusquerie, and blunt refusals to have anything to do with music and musicians. The Genius "Hands off!" cried the bachelor, involuntarily covering dejection with moroseness. The Confidence-Man Instead of levity, we are liable to moroseness: for always near the grave there are more briers than flowers, unless we plant them ourselves, or our friends supply them. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection To soften the moroseness of her disposition, "he persuaded her to play on the lute, viol, and other instruments, every day." Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Under the influence of music antagonisms soften, moroseness disappears, and sociability and good cheer take their place. Society Its Origin and Development The adroitness with which Catherine extricated herself from the snare in which her own religious zeal, the moroseness of the king, and the enmity of Gardiner had conspired to entangle her, has often been celebrated. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Further, he had noted, and felt, the increasing moroseness of his father’s demeanour. Clayhanger He was a confirmed old bachelor, with a perfect horror of women and children, and by his persistent avoidance of both had gained for himself a character for moroseness and ill-temper. Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War It explained everything—her instinctive dislike of the man from the first, his moroseness and insolence, and the cunning with which he had insinuated himself first into her husband’s and then into Percy’s confidence! A Dog with a Bad Name But though his temper was puritanic and inclined to moroseness, there was no sourness or cynicism in it. An Estimate of the Value and Influence of Works of Fiction in Modern Times From the first there was no sulkiness in the chief, nor did he exhibit any moroseness, or anything which indicated a spirit of revenge. The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen He would lose his moroseness and give his undivided attention to her. The Secret of the Storm Country One day after another passed, till Noll began to be certain that Uncle Richard's gloom and moroseness had departed from him forever. Culm Rock The Story of a Year: What it Brought and What it Taught His usual taciturnity was unchanged, but it did not convey the idea of moroseness. Kafir Stories Seven Short Stories The Cardinal's expression was grave nearly to moroseness as he confronted me on the threshold. The Miraculous Revenge Little Blue Book #215 He had none of that moroseness at the fireside which often accompanies political distinction, and it was said that at his home he was the kindest and most beloved of slave- masters. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis With her first spoken word some earlier touch of moroseness seemed to slip away from her. Phantom Wires A Novel There were moments when his moroseness became threatening. The Forfeit The steadiness of their poise and their silence in the presence of strangers is not due to moroseness or the absence of active thought. Sergeant York And His People Facial expression ran to contorted features, holiness became moroseness, and sadness sulkiness. A Text-Book of the History of Painting At the sight of a stranger standing in the doorway, however, her features resumed the habitual expression of harshness and moroseness. A Cardinal Sin Alcohol causes crime through the loss of self-control, seen especially in intoxication, and also because of the moroseness and quarrelsomeness which it developes in certain individuals. Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools The little black man had lived so long under the shadow of father's moroseness that when the pressure was lifted from his bent black shoulders he rebounded to an amazing extent. The Heart's Kingdom "That means there 's nothing in it for me," she complained with pouting-lipped moroseness. Never-Fail Blake Crossness and moroseness, for example, may be due to a dyspeptic condition and a chronically bad liver. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners Although naturally good-looking, moroseness and bad manners have led me to wear a long beard for no apparent reason but that nature has not made it handsome. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour In his own life and example he presented a pattern of the most perfect religious virtue, in its most attractive form, without constraint, austerity, or moroseness, and yet without relaxation from the most ascetic principles. Life of Father Hecker I had always dreaded his moroseness and instinctively felt the cause of it. The Heart's Kingdom For weeks his life was in danger, and when at last he recovered strength of body, his mind remained in a state of moroseness that at times bordered on insanity. More Tales of the Ridings Lawanne kept close to his cabin, deep in the throes of creation, manifesting strange vagaries of moroseness or exhilaration which in his normal state he cynically ascribed to the artistic temperament. The Hidden Places The irritability of his childhood had become moroseness, and he had alienated more often than he had attached his friends. Roads from Rome She was in high spirits, and her pungent talk aroused her companion from incipient moroseness. Visionaries A look of quiet, speculative melancholy seems to pervade it; there is, as yet, no moroseness, no evidence of severe conflict with the world, no shadow of stress or of doubt. Minor Poems of Michael Drayton That minister had always been my secret enemy, though he outwardly caressed me more than was usual to the moroseness of his nature. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World Grim care, moroseness, anxiety,—all this rust of life, ought to be scoured off by the oil of mirth. Many Thoughts of Many Minds A Treasury of Quotations from the Literature of Every Land and Every Age Perhaps you have mistaken sobriety for dullness, equanimity for moroseness, disinclination to bad company for aversion to society, abhorrence of vice for uncharitableness, and piety for enthusiasm. Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. He had lost all his moroseness in the interest of the conversation. Skyrider Both were unaffectedly devout, without the least tinge of moroseness or gloom. The English Church in the Eighteenth Century At dinner the taciturnity, bordering on moroseness, of a talker usually so brilliant led his host to surmise that Lightmark had ruined a picture, his hostess to conclude that he had quarrelled with his wife. A Comedy of Masks A Novel The disappointed bridegroom soon returned to his own land, and the baron, whose increasing moroseness made him cordially hated by his attendants, was left to the bitterness of his thoughts. Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Walter Savage Landor once wrote: "I hate false words, and seek with care, difficulty, and moroseness those that fit the thing." The Art of Public Speaking Wit, vivacity, good-nature, and politeness, give an eternal youth, as stupidity and moroseness a premature old age. The History of Emily Montague Which could not but melt me for all my moroseness and I can hardly go and return for my sister in time. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Whatever justice has been done us has been done grudgingly,—with the moroseness of an enemy who is compelled to yield. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 There was no moroseness—no hardness in it, but rather the taciturnity that invariably settles upon the face of those dwellers of the range who, perforce, live much alone with their thoughts. The Luck of the Mounted A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police There are no close-set mosaics in his somewhat slip-shod prose, and he did not seek for the right word "with moroseness," like Landor. A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century I at once relapse into the somnambulism of my working hours, into the indifference and moroseness of my fixed idea. His Masterpiece While she did this, it was his turn to watch her; and presently from his moroseness he said in a very soft voice: "It's like old days, isn't it?" Married Life The True Romance On several occasions he had noticed signs of a preoccupation, of suppressed excitement, of silence and moroseness. A Splendid Hazard Through them distant nations became capable of conversation, and losing by degrees the awkwardness of strangers, and the moroseness of suspicion, they learn to know and understand each other. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal, on the Affairs of North America, in Which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America Are Corrected and Cleared Up Sir William Temple was disposed to be kind, but found it difficult to converse with him on account of his moroseness and other peculiarities. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction The moroseness of his tone and manner surprised her. The Wings of the Morning Colonel Dumont trusted much to the gentle influence of his family circle to soften Jaspar's moroseness, and infuse some principle of charity and love. Hatchie, the Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellevue I attributed the unusual moroseness to London in vile weather. Jaffery If she corrects it with moroseness, she defeats the effect of her remedy by her unskilful manner of administering it. Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness The green-eyed monster again cast the cloak of moroseness over him--swathed him in the inevitable wet blanket, as it were. Nedra Cheerfulness is a Christian duty; moroseness, dulness, gloominess, as false, and wrong, and cruel as they are unchristian. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs Surliness or moroseness is incompatible also with politeness. The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant I did even proceed to moroseness, though sore against my heart, unto poor babes, in tearing from them the half-eaten apple, which they privily munched at church. The Parish Clerk The moroseness of my uncle, the sullenness of his housekeeper, the gloom and dinginess of the bare rooms had grown insupportable to me. Strange Visitors The natural moroseness of those people's temper, makes them harsh masters. Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences When it was dark again in the room she added with pedagogical moroseness, "You're all of you good for nothing, anyhow!" The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 09 Friedrich Hebbel and Otto Ludwig They had, possibly, divined that the unequal tempers of his mind, and his rapid transitions from good nature to tyrannical moroseness, and the reverse, were connected with these promenades. The First White Man of the West Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky; Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country. Mr. Grahame forgot his moroseness, though he had resolved on returning to his cottage in Wales. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 2 A Sequel to Home Influence Severity constantly indulged, was degenerating into moroseness; and feelings continually controlled, giving place to coldness and distrust. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence Mr. Gilsum's face suddenly changed from an aspect of moroseness to one of bewitching amiability. Round the Block From what I know of the disease, its symptoms agree with those in your case in respect of the alleged moroseness and in the gradually increasing periods of lethargy alternating with periods of apparent recovery. The Mystery of 31 New Inn By his not receiving an academical education, he escaped that stiffness and moroseness of temper frequently contracted by those who have been for some time condemned to a collegiate obscurity. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume IV Come out of the moroseness in which you have enveloped yourself so long. Tommy and Grizel Louis, on his side, although the sovereign of a great nation, was also exposed to privations; merely physical, it is true, but still sufficiently irritating to increase his natural moroseness and discontent. The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 2 But when her husband became an inebriate, and treated her with moroseness and brutality, reason forsook its throne, and she became a maniac. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Add to which, that her habits inclined her to moroseness and discontent, and that persons of her complexion seem unable to exist without some object upon which to pour out the superfluity of their gall. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Why, I have been ashamed of your moroseness there! A Tale of Two Cities Too long had he cultivated reticence, aloofness, and moroseness. White Fang His sorrow had deepened this to a sullen moroseness that could not brook even the savage companionship of the ill-natured baboons. Son of Tarzan That minister had always been my secret enemy, though he outwardly caressed me more than was usual to the moroseness of his nature. Gulliver's Travels My mind had been relaxed into temporary dejection, but my reserve had no alloy of moroseness or insensibility. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are I shuddered to be near him, and thought on the servant’s ill-bred moroseness as comparatively agreeable. Wuthering Heights Master Micawber's moroseness of aspect returned upon him again, and he demanded, with some temper, what he was to do? David Copperfield True, there were times when he was deeply abstracted; but in her presence his moroseness vanished quickly. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama Hrorek continued with his habits of moroseness, and of solitary walks; but when he and Svein were alone together, he was merry and talkative. Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway His former moroseness had given way to a certain defiant lightness, broken now and then by an involuntary sigh, but maintained so well, on the whole, that his mother detected no lapses whatever. The House Behind the Cedars Mr. Heathcliff followed, his accidental merriment expiring quickly in his habitual moroseness. Wuthering Heights In a fit of exceptional moroseness it had killed the Bickelbys’ German governess. Beasts and Super-Beasts He alternates between sullen moroseness, when he won't speak a word, and the most violent outbursts of temper, when he smashes everything within reach. Dear Enemy Knight spoke in an indescribable tone of bitterness that was almost moroseness. A Pair of Blue Eyes She gathered the message at a glance, and I swear that the moroseness of her gaze was not lightened by so much as a gleam. A Chair on the Boulevard There would be two days of gaiety, two days of moroseness—an endless, almost invariable round. The Beautiful and Damned His temper was of the saturnine complexion, and without the least taint of moroseness. Joseph Andrews Vol 1 He suffered now with a fierceness, a moroseness, unknown to him of old. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II All the cynic moroseness of the philosopher and the moralist seemed to dissolve under so flattering an approach.' Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 Nan looked very tired, and every line of Keith's figure expressed a grumpy moroseness. The Gray Dawn The wonder to me is that any such as do not hope in a Power loving to perfection, should escape moroseness. Weighed and Wanting Gaynor added, fiercely, nodding his head in great decision, and, turning away abruptly, the petulant moroseness showing deeper than ever in his wrinkled face. Thoroughbreds Do you know that it is contemptible selfishness in you to shed gloom and sorrow over a whole family by your moroseness and ill-humor'? Sanders' Union Fourth Reader He talked to nobody unless he was obliged to do so, and by his moroseness he came to be respected. Two Summers in Guyenne I had never in my life seen in a man's face so much despondency, gloom, and moroseness. The Possessed (The Devils) But this is not all: the sensuality and gross vice, and the hateful moroseness and harshness of temper, which result from our indisposition for gayety and enjoyment, are literally awful to think of. The slave trade, domestic and foreign Why It Exists, and How It May Be Extinguished He began to poke the fire in protest, but a smile gave the lie to the moroseness and solemnity of his expression. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Their moroseness was a prelude to what was to follow. American Prisoners of the Revolution She, therefore, surprised Coningsby with the almost affectionate moroseness with which, while she hated to sing, she yet found pleasure in singing for him alone. Coningsby He adds that older men like ourselves may indulge therein as an ally against the austerity of their years—agreeing, therefore, with Theophrastus who likewise recommends it for the "natural moroseness" of age. Alone As we rode on into the interminable wastes, he rallied me gleefully, but soon tired of my moroseness. The Yeoman Adventurer Since he is mentally incapable of denying himself the most trivial recreations upon which his wishes have dwelt, restraint is succeeded by despairing, uncontrollable moroseness pathetic in its genuineness. My Tropic Isle Nine-tenths of all loneliness, sensitiveness, despondency, moroseness, are connected with personal interests. For Auld Lang Syne Lord Scoutbush was too busy with his own comforts, especially with his fishing, to think much of this moroseness of Elsley's. Two Years Ago, Volume II. As for the Duke, he was a changed man, the bitterness of remorse had turned his natural reserve into moroseness. The Tragedies of the Medici She was as silent then as she had been the night before when Howells had sat with them, his moroseness veiling a sharp interest in the plan that was to lead to his death. The Abandoned Room It is from this circumstance alleged, that Mr. Creech contracted a melancholy, and moroseness of temper, which occasioned the disinclination of many towards him, and threw him into habits of recluseness, and discontent. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume III David Graham was positively transformed; his moroseness was gone from him, he lost his queer ways and wild manners, and became gentle and affectionate in the midst of this great and unexpected happiness. The Old Man in the Corner He saw all this; and knew enough of human nature to suspect that the self-seeking which showed as moroseness in company, might show as downright bad temper in private. Two Years Ago, Volume II. He had, however, excellent spirits, which never seemed much affected by his wife's occasional moroseness; and he bore with her unreasonableness sometimes to Anne's admiration. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 01 — Fiction Sad to say, as she regained her health, her husband resumed his moroseness and violent tempers, and her feeble strength was tried to its utmost. Excellent Women The seriousness of worship blended delightfully with the glee of the festival, and Eubulides, who at first regarded the gathering with bitter scorn, found his moroseness insensibly yielding to the poetic charm of the scene. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales He speedily became notorious in the little town for his wild moroseness, for his savage ferocity when excited, for his inordinate love of cards. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 09, July, 1858 Hence their moroseness of disposition, which none can account for, their wavering fancies and inclinations, their disgust at what used to give them pleasure. Philosophical Letters of Frederich Schiller And those who knew him testify that he was a mild old man, and serious indeed, but without moroseness. Apology of the Augsburg Confession He merely wanted to be singular, and happened to find the character of moroseness unoccupied in the society he lived with. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 He was strolling about the room with an air the most gloomy, and a face that looked enveloped in clouds of sadness and moroseness. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 That intense, brooding moroseness, that wormwood hatred, does not often understand itself. The Life of the Fields His eyes shone bright with the joy of work,—and as suddenly clouded with renewed moroseness. Out of the Primitive The old taciturn moroseness seemed entirely gone since they came to camp. Pollyanna Grows Up The fact is, the old boy has lived the life of a recluse, that's all, but I'll find a way to pierce the shell of his moroseness. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story Yes,' he added, 'poor Mrs. Meadows bore most gently and tenderly with a long course of moroseness. The Young Step-Mother Chronic irritability, moroseness, pathological impulses of all sorts, generally betokens eyestrain, dyspepsia, constipation, or some other bodily derangement. Problems of Conduct Hal, always gracious and kindly, seemed more so than ever to-night, evidently trying to make up for his roommate's moroseness by his own geniality. The Shagganappi But for a certain moroseness, an uncouthness which he seemed to cultivate, he might even have been deemed good-looking. The Tempting of Tavernake She had observed in him of late a condition of uneasiness, supplemented by moroseness and occasional periods of irascibility. Brewster's Millions All their efforts were met by an irritability and a moroseness of temper so unlike what he had been used to exhibit towards them, that they gave up all idea of influencing him in despair. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life I tell you," he said, with sudden moroseness, "there are some hints that we cannot accept—some circumstances that we must not yield to. A Romance of Two Worlds "It will be better for Prince Eugene to take part in our conference," said the duke, with his usual moroseness. Prince Eugene and His Times Many who bestow immense benefits spoil them by their silence or slowness of speech, which gives them an air of moroseness, as they say "yes" with a face which seems to say "no." L. Annaeus Seneca on Benefits She was also full of exultation; she did not, however, give vent to her feelings, but pent them up in her heart, owing to the moroseness of her imperial husband. Andreas Hofer She had been honestly disappointed in her niece, disappointed in her plainness, in her apparent want of heart, in her silence and moroseness. The Captives "I'm very much obliged to you for your trouble, Collins," replied Alf, with a shade less of moroseness in his tone. Such Is Life So I said to myself, Would Heaven I knew what is the cause of his moroseness and why we cannot dissipate his ill-humour!' The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 09 What passes for 'fascinating mystery' in him now will be plain moroseness—sometime. Miss Billy Moreover, those who will directly speak ill of any one incur the reproach of moroseness, rashness, and madness, unless they keep within measure. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies This, in me, did not give rise to the least tendency to moroseness or superstition, nothing being more apt than misdirected devotion to weaken and distort the mind. My Ten Years' Imprisonment The passive expression of harshness, suspicion, distrust, and moroseness was looked upon as inherent wickedness. Colonel Starbottle's Client That winter in London he behaved much as usual, but fits of moroseness would seize on him, during which he was not pleasant to approach. Villa Rubein, and other stories He ceased, however, to be oppressed by his usual feeling of melancholy, moroseness, and indifference to everything that passed around him. The Sorrows of Young Werther Even his habitual moroseness had given place to an expression of weary indifference, which did not change when he caught sight of his brother-in-law. Virgin Soil It makes hideousness beautiful and stupidity clever, old age young and wickedness good, moroseness amiable, and low-mindedness magnanimous, perversity pretty and vulgarity piquant. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance Why this moroseness should have sharpened into menace after an unexpected visit from his once dear, but long estranged companion-in-arms, his daughter, even after long years of constant brooding upon this subject, dares not decide. The Filigree Ball Being a full and true account of the solution of the mystery concerning the Jeffrey-Moore affair Middle-aged, squat, square, and bleached with the sun, he had faded eyes, flattened-out features, and an expression of restless moroseness. Through Russia When he did come he annoyed her either by moroseness and tyranny, or by an affectation of loving good-humour, which was the more disagreeable alternative of the two. The Prime Minister His temper, which had been serene, was turned by disappointment to moroseness and savagery. Crome Yellow Then they were decorous and solemn to the verge of moroseness. The Story of a Bad Boy On his head there is a perfect mop of tangled, unkempt hair, which gives him an even more spider-like air of moroseness. The Witch and other stories You would then think of me afterwards with the more good-will, because you would perceive that there is neither severity nor moroseness in the state of mind to which years and observation have brought me. Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 The grace and cheerfulness of Athenian life have disappeared; and a spirit of moroseness and religious intolerance has taken their place. Laws Long since, as one feature of his developing moroseness, he had ceased from barking. Michael, Brother of Jerry "Nobody can resist that man," Jorgenson muttered to himself with increasing moroseness. The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows His face overgrown with hair and pitted with smallpox, and his eyes scarcely visible under thick, overhanging eyebrows have an expression of sullen moroseness. The Witch and other stories It was no uncommon thing for him to come home in a mood of silent moroseness, and this evening the first glimpse of his face was sufficient warning. New Grub Street The change is so great, the difference so significant and painful, that the consequence must be a series of unpleasant properties,—egoism, excitability, moroseness, cruelty, etc. Criminal Psychology; a manual for judges, practitioners, and students |
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