| 单词 | perverseness |
| 例句 | His own parents, in some mood of perverseness or resignation, had agreed to abide by a naming done to them by somebody who couldn’t have cared less. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I chose to leave the island vague so that readers could project their own stereotypes onto it, experience a bit of that perverseness for themselves. This Week in Fiction: Ottessa Moshfegh on the Repressed Western Consciousness 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z Atypically for a government document, the proclamation expresses a sense of penitence, acknowledging “national perverseness and disobedience,” even “sins.” Perspective | At the first national Thanksgiving, the Civil War raged 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Yet, in a perfect example of Oscar perverseness, though “Arrival’s” success is impossible to imagine without star Amy Adams, she was not nominated in the best actress category. Kenneth Turan: The 2017 Oscar nominations conform to Hollywood's conventional ideas about quality 2017-01-24T05:00:00Z It accordingly urged them to offer not only thanks but also “humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience.” A lesson from Lincoln on Thanksgiving 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z He said there was a kind of “perverseness” about such thinking. Why Do Women Think CEO Mary Barra Was Set Up To Take The Fall At GM? 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Isabel has been the companion of both from youth; and to her, in early days, Dacre would go for consolation and kindness, when worn out by this cold, vain lady's caprice and perverseness. Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX 2012-04-25T02:01:07.457Z Sam shook his head and sat still, until the old man, having exhausted his means of persuasion, took a seat beside him, muttering something about 'dumb-founded perverseness.' I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z On the contrary, as if from sheer perverseness and contumacy, the evil, if anything, was rather increased. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z And thereupon he led Sui-tshuen out, told him to look down from above, and said, 'Behold the people upon this earth! hundredfold is the perverseness of their hearts.' Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z And notwithstanding all his perverseness, she had her own way with him, because she felt it was right. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z Hysteria, by the way, is as distinct a trouble as a broken leg, and far more serious, and not a synonym for perverseness, as the term is popularly used. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z Yes, you do deserve; so down with your dumbfounded perverseness, for once, and do as you are bid.' I've Been Thinking; or, the Secret of Success 2012-04-18T02:00:11.437Z The perverseness of his countrymen was appalling to an enlightened mind. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z Dear master," said he, "do not vex yourself so much about the Pope's perverseness. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z If that does not silence for ever every excuse for sin in your mind, it is wholly owing to the perverseness of your heart, to its bitter hostility to the truth. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z As a looker-on and an observer of events in this country, I must confess my astonishment at the ignorance, perverseness, and stupidity of men whom I have ever heretofore regarded as honorable and truthful. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z Such forbearance dwells with one Being alone; and such perverseness we reserve for the infallible Physician. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The seriousness of his manner awoke a spirit of perverseness. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z He was greatly censured for perverseness, and particularly when in the following July he accepted Lord Palmerston as a colleague without remonstrance. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Birth, love, and death, are beyond the reach of man's perverseness. Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z If, on consideration, you find that you were in the wrong, let no false pride, no stubborn perverseness prevent you from making that acknowledgement. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z Miss Mortimer looked deeply grieved and disappointed; but hers was that truly Christian spirit whose kindness no ingratitude could discourage, whose meekness no perverseness could provoke. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Thus, when Balak seeks to curse the seed of Abraham, Jehovah's word is: "I have not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither have I seen perverseness in Israel." Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z —Yet think it does from your perverseness flow. 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 This accomplished, he refused an appointment as local counsel for a great railway, and with characteristic perverseness spent the following summer managing an open-air mission for poor children. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z It being the opinion of the doctor that the case originated in over indulgence and perverseness; a different system of management was adopted. Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection 2011-08-23T02:00:29.227Z The ingratitude and perverseness of His countrymen have now driven Jesus into retirement “on the borders” of heathenism. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z He does not say that iniquity and perverseness were not in him. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z It was not till later that restraint appeared in these associations, in consequence of the errors and perverseness of a few. Anarchism 2011-07-12T02:00:35.053Z "But do you think natural taste can be traced so early? that it can be distinguished from idleness or perverseness?" Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters 2011-07-10T02:00:16.790Z But to all these hints and suggestions he—with a certain perverseness difficult to account for, and which was remembered in days to come—obstinately turned a deaf ear. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z With a sharp click the bit of money struck the ice, and then as though driven by perverseness, it rolled some twenty feet, finally striking a depression, into which it fell. Harry Watson's High School Days The Rivals of Rivertown 2011-06-16T02:00:20.053Z Mr. Dudley joined with uncommon powers of discernment a species of perverseness not easily accounted for. Ormond, Volume I (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:26.023Z Considerations of justice and pity were made, by a fatal perverseness of reasoning, champions and bulwarks of his most atrocious mistakes. Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:21.807Z Then the fertility and readiness of invention which the demon of perverseness that haunts me invariably displays, fairly puzzles me. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z If the Governor had expected from her hostility, or perverseness, he was agreeably disappointed; the girl evinced neither pleasure nor disapproval; only stood in the same attitude of expectancy, with head half turned. The Lady of the Mount 2011-05-24T02:00:15.640Z Yet, notwithstanding this strong and obvious necessity, such is the frailty or perverseness of our nature! it is impossible to keep men faithfully and unerringly in the paths of justice. Essays 2011-05-19T02:00:06.077Z Doubtless there was a remedy for this perverseness: but not in others; only in himself; least of all in simple increase of wealth and worldly “respectability.” Life of Robert Burns 2011-05-11T02:00:21.043Z Will he say that the perverseness is only a ‘badness’ which should be whipped out of the child? Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z My belief is that the perverseness of that Detroit printer obstructed the civilization of a tribe. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z For by a singular perverseness—unlike Nature's laws in the animal and vegetable world—the outer tentacles of this called "Society" are the last to take hold. Gwen Wynn 2011-04-09T02:00:12.230Z However, with her usual perverseness, she took no more interest in the crutches. The Green Forest Fairy Book 2011-03-04T03:01:06.297Z Did the woman want to infer—could she by any diabolical ingenuity or perverseness imply—that I was possibly to blame for our late calamity? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z And by the operations of nature I mean those processes resulting from natural laws, which are uninfluenced by the perverseness of man. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z What an extremely discontented creature I would become if I spent my days embedded in the luxury you, by a curious perverseness, think should be piled around me. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Is it only out of perverseness, you don't scream? you had better beware; for I've taken such a strange fancy into my head. Arne; A Sketch of Norwegian Country Life 2011-02-14T03:00:32.700Z It was an uphill struggle; Sisyphus pushing up the mountain the stone of human perverseness, human stupidity, human self-will, which threatened all the time to roll back and grind him to powder. What Not A Prophetic Comedy 2011-02-09T03:00:50.423Z For by a singular perverseness—unlike Nature’s laws in the animal and vegetable world—the outer tentacles of this called “Society” are the last to take hold. Gwen Wynn A Romance of the Wye 2011-02-09T03:00:45.007Z "Just so," she said; "and all life shows just this—that a woman has, with her usual perverseness, chosen a diet of flowers and dessert with intervals of starvation, instead of wholesome meat and pudding." A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z "Why make yourself so hot over this accursed race, for whom, from some strange whim or spirit of perverseness, you stand up to-day for the first time in my recollection?" Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z This perverseness of soul, as it is directly contrary to true penitence, and to the appointed way of salvation, so it is very hateful to God. True Christianity 2010-12-25T03:00:12.817Z There are many whose whole scheme of freedom is made up of pride, perverseness, and insolence. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z There were bitter complaints of the perverseness and incapacity of many of the princes, but, on the whole, it could not be doubted that there was much good-will in the governments. Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. He was not imaginative, yet occasionally they acted as if moved by human motives, and, worse still, became fairly devilish in their crooked perverseness. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches But what blindness of mind is it, what perverseness to refuse to recognise the unity of the faith coming from God the Father and the tradition of Jesus Christ our Lord and God.... The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit, . Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments All, however, are unanimous in admiring the sprightliness of the dialogue and the ingenious and varied perverseness of the heroine. Maria Edgeworth Sophy could not explain why this cluster of topaz over Belinda's ear seemed to savour of perverseness—of an adroit and cunning perverseness. Shadows of Flames A Novel This ambiguous human element is a prominent feature in Old Testament prophecy, though there too the thwarting power of man's perverseness is limited. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition But it is hurried away by presumption and contumacy that a person rather defends his own perverseness and falsity than accedes to the right and truth of another. The Church of England cleared from the charge of Schism Upon Testimonies of Councils and Fathers of the first six centuries But those whose perverseness ye shall be apprehensive of, rebuke, remove into separate apartments and chastise.” Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern Nay, such is the perverseness of human nature, that the more you try to do so the less chance there seems of your succeeding. The London Pulpit I appeared really very well in the face of her perverseness. McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 “But that ain’t tellin’ us what ails the black,” he went on, dropping the subject of the white and taking up with the symptoms of the black, evidently through perverseness. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Whether the manouvres in the Council of Five Hundred were the conspiracy of a few, aided l>y the perverseness of many, or whether it had a deeper root, the dangers were the same. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 My dear child, it is mere perverseness in you to refuse an answer. Stories by American Authors, Volume 10 With characteristic perverseness Elsmere, a sound sleeper by day, was easily wakened at night, and, as Algernon slipped out of the room, he sat up and watched the birds bobbing in the moonlight. The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted Her brother comes to her: he affects to forget her perverseness or delusion. Callista : a Tale of the Third Century Her giddiness and perverseness caused me much trouble, and I greatly feared she would become reckless after my departure. The Somnambulist and the Detective The Murderer and the Fortune Teller That, feeble in the mind’s eye, lean your trust Upon unstaid perverseness.” The Missourian For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity, your lips speak lies, and your tongue meditates perverseness. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 You had better grin at your own perverseness. Shirley If he seems more inclined to destroy things, it is not out of perverseness, but because the action which creates is always slow; and that which destroys, being more rapid, better suits his natural sprightliness. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts It would be well if this painful incident could be disposed of by a homily upon individual wickedness and individual perverseness. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, September 1879 By very perverseness they would refuse to deny themselves a free gift of whiskey. In the Shadow of the Hills But somehow Fate seemed to have assumed a further perverseness, and appeared bent on robbing him of even this slight satisfaction. The Law-Breakers "I suppose I am influenced by pure perverseness?" Shirley "No. I was a fool," said Diana, with somewhat unreasonable perverseness. Diana And he wanted to grip the small shoulders beneath that middy blouse and shake them out of that aloof perverseness . . . they had been such soft, nestling shoulders last night. . . . The Innocent Adventuress "Well, but at least you may grow indifferent," persisted Gerald, already betraying manhood's perverseness in suspicion, "at least you may grow indifferent, and that is even worse than forgetfulness." Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 Now in its death agony, and impotent for good, it persisted, with a degree of perverseness which nothing could moderate, in reiterating its declarations of war against Austria. Pius IX. And His Time Following the distinguishable shore line they came within fifteen miles of Tripoli where the fog, with dangerous perverseness, extended far into the desert. Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight No wonder, then, that she clung to her perverseness, and moved about on her restless pillow with no sweet or refreshing sleep to quiet the throbbings of her heavy brow. The Elm Tree Tales The one system belongs to the reality and grandeur of nature, the other to the pettiness and perverseness of man. The History of Dartmouth College She was in no joyous mood at best, and the perverseness of things aggravated her beyond endurance. The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West True love is not influenced by the closeness of the friend, by the advantage of his favors, or by the standing of his connections; nor is it influenced by the perverseness of an enemy. Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost No longer, said he, will I tamper with your perverseness: you are determined to be poor, wretched and contemptible. Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father It is nothing but perverseness that makes you say such things. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Steele had injured himself so much by his eccentricity and perverseness that he obtained but a very small part of what he thought his due. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) When he becomes wearied of my perverseness and extortion, I will dismiss him, and seek another victim. City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston Some sorts people bring on themselves by their own folly and perverseness; and some sorts people work on others by their own wicked self-will. The End of a Coil Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to look upon perverseness? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there is strife, and contention riseth up. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature On the whole, however, the mild perverseness of the chapter on The Paradoxes of Christianity leaves its major implications safe. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study The father early discovered in his son a perverseness of nature, and a proneness to commit mischievous and more than childish tricks. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 It happened one day that, not contented with showing each other how much they delighted in perverseness, they mutually distressed themselves with reciprocal reproaches. The Looking-Glass for the Mind or Intellectual Mirror It was always lying in wait for her now; and on this occasion held its ground with great perverseness. The Old Helmet, Volume I George is happy in the intellectual wealth of Paris life, and quite perplexed at the perverseness and follies of the political cliques. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities "The integrity of the upright shall guide them; but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them." George Müller of Bristol And His Witness to a Prayer-Hearing God There was a perverseness about it which was seductive to her tortuous mind. Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 It can be nothing but perverseness, for you are not a bit shy, and you are looking as delighted as possible to have put me out.’ Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster When Antony enters full of some serious purpose which he is about to impart, the woman's perverseness, and the tyrannical waywardness with which she taunts him and plays upon his temper, are admirably depicted. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical I get more and more angry at L.'s perverseness in doubting that the Persians are Aryans. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities She had delayed carrying out her mission with the most definite perverseness. The Light of Scarthey I resisted from sheer perverseness and dislike of control. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls There were light, cheery words, but under the full consciousness that the friendship begun in perverseness had ended in contempt. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster Further: 'The integrity of the upright shall preserve them; but the perverseness of fools shall destroy them.' Answers to Prayer From George Müller's Narratives He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a King is among them.” The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan And he had no doubt she had gone there now, out of perverseness, just to irritate him. 'Drag' Harlan I don’t believe it is duty you are saving, as much as indulging in perverseness by not donning one of your most fetching gowns,” declared Eleanor. Polly's Business Venture Feminine perverseness, or something stronger, was in her eyes when the rider caught a glimpse of them as he brought his pony to a halt beside her. The Range Boss For her to have become a bigot would have been a very miracle of perverseness. With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back This is not perverseness, but lack of facility; and I believe Froissart noted something of the same in the Englishmen of five hundred years ago. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life It had been said that he wanted to tax the lands of the country people, that the House would only consent to tax wine, and that for such perverseness he had dissolved the Assembly. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 And by the side of all this He will exhibit our conduct toward Him—our ingratitude, our disobedience, our perverseness. The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866 With the perverseness of nature, the less water one has the thirstier one becomes. Land of the Burnt Thigh Baptism, indeed, is God's time, when He first gives us grace; but alas! through the perverseness of our will, we do not follow Him. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) Such perverseness is like the sin of the Israelites who went to seek for the manna at a time when it was not given. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII (of 8) Now, perverseness is not the spot of his children: the child of God daily bows and folds to him, receives challenges from him, takes with iniquity and yields unto God. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning The perverseness of mankind makes it often mischievous 37in men of eminence to give way to merriment; the idle and the illiterate will long shelter themselves under this foolish apophthegm. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II People in our position are not a very cheerful class, I'm afraid; but still they don't seek out worries from sheer perverseness. The Eye of Osiris Take from me, O Lord, her perverseness, her wilfulness, her refractoriness, and hear thy Spirit saying in my soul: Heal me, O Lord, for I would be healed. Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel And which, in her curious perverseness, Alvina must have intended it to be. The Lost Girl It is this which heightens provocations, and makes out the controversy,—perverseness in sin. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Always meet petulance with gentleness, and perverseness with kindness. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Indeed the action of the prince seems to suggest an approach to insanity rather than deliberate and reasoned perverseness. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Yet with the perverseness of youth he was aware, as he said it, of a sudden sense of revolt against the prospect of a future spent in this quiet place. Mistress Anne It occurred to him that it would be a fitting return for Persis' perverseness for him to retire to his room and refuse to leave except at her humble and reiterated entreaty. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Here we might stand and take a look of the crookedness and perverseness of man's spirit since his departure from God. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning One thing particularly demonstrates the perverseness of his disposition; he was twenty-seven years old, and had never yet asked for what purpose girls had been created! The Broken Cup Educated men, they are not commonly haughty and capricious: they are able to distinguish moral imbecility from perverseness, and both from disease. The History of Tasmania , Volume II Shall her perverseness drive you out of town? The Comedies of Terence If I kept silence, they taxed me with contempt and perverseness; if I knew anything without telling it, that was a crime; if I told it, then they said I had forged it. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon It is certain, ignorance is the mother of unbelief, together with the natural perverseness of our hearts. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning However, such influences are uncertain, partaking of childish perverseness. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 There is a certain perverseness about it, a determination to do just what one is told not to do, that affects me most agreeably. Molly Bawn Doubtless there was a remedy for this perverseness, but not in others—only in himself; least of all in simple increase of wealth and worldly "respectability." The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III With the perverseness which is often seen among women, she had placed her affections upon a youth who had distinguished himself by no valiant deeds in war, nor by industry or dexterity in the chase. Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Who can say? who explain that perverseness of human nature which will not value what it has, but must drop it by the way to stretch out unavailing hands for the fleeting ungraspable? The Genius How often have I reproached you with the obstinacy of your temper and the perverseness of your disposition! Peter the Great To be sure, there is nothing boys won't do; their equals for perverseness don't walk the earth. The Doll and Her Friends or Memoirs of the Lady Seraphina Plato is a perfect master of logic and rhetoric; and whenever he errs in either, as I have proved to you he does occasionally, he errs through perverseness, not through unwariness. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection There is so much perverseness and frowardness yet in our natures, that there needs the almighty draught of his arm to make it straight, as there is need of infinite grace to pardon it. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning No wonder the royal governors fretted and fumed, and sent home to England dismal accounts of the perverseness of these Americans! The War of Independence It is useless to try to explain these statements by attributing to their authors moral perverseness; the explanation must be sought in the conditions that surrounded them. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Surely we may say, if discrepancy between place held and place merited constitute perverseness of lot for a man, no lot could be more perverse than Burns’s. Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History She says nothing now about me, merely from perverseness. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Further: "The integrity of the upright shall preserve them; but the perverseness of fools shall destroy them." A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, Fourth Part Occasionally, whether out of sheer perverseness or simple absence of mind, he will sit down in a field; and wherever he does so, he makes a hollow where the fruits will not grow. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The man O'Shea seemed to have in him some freak of perverseness which made it hard for him to answer the simplest question. The Mermaid A Love Tale It only becomes such through human perverseness, misconception and sin. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) But Lady Sneerwell, and the set she meets at her house, encourage the perverseness of her disposition. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 Above all, the perverseness of the consuls, and the disagreement between them, and their contentions in all the councils, terrified them. The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 In the above we see plainly the perverseness of human wit, which deviates so industriously; and is ever after employed in finding expedients to countenance error, and render apostasy plausible. A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) There was in truth a strange absence of understanding in most, and a strange perverseness of understanding in the rest. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel He had told the lie out of pure perverseness. The Two-Gun Man "Because, I confess I have a wicked perverseness to do the other way." Daisy in the Field The perverseness of my nature led me on from one guilty thought to another. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 And for his perverseness Seranus was driven from that land; and according to the word of the saint, the kingdom was given to his younger brother, Colladius. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings She resisted all—not from the want of evidence or the power of believing, but from the perverseness of a determined will and a hardened heart. Notable Women of Olden Time Whether the same corruption and perverseness were to be expected from the nobles? The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Pull us to shore; and let fits of perverseness alone till they go off. Daisy in the Field It is better to die in the consciousness of having offered an heroic sacrifice, to die by a speedy stroke, than by the perverseness of nature, in ignominious inactivity and lingering agonies. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 With a strange perverseness, his mind dwelt upon the most complete breaking up of his domestic life. The Hidden Places This ought to put us in mind of the fate of Adam, occasioned by perverseness in his disobeying his great and awful Creator. The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge There is in this such a complication of ingratitude and fraud, prevarication and perverseness, philosophical hypocrisy and perfidious moderation, that on the instant we rally round the decrees and around yourselves. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution With life in the country, there are times when the innate perverseness of the inanimate asserts itself. If You're Going to Live in the Country I blush to think upon the coldness and perverseness of my heart. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 The more precious the drug, the less should it be exposed to the air, because of the perverseness of those who trust only to outward signs. The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. V. (of V.) Or was it perverseness which prompted him to prefer close confinement in his room to the long walks which he ought to have taken for his health? Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry "It is well," replied D'Aulney; "and the consequences of your folly must fall on your own head; but, when too late, you may repent the perverseness which is driving you to destruction." The Rivals of Acadia An Old Story of the New World All this was in accordance with the promises and threatenings of the Law, and it illustrated alike the perverseness of the nation and God's faithfulness in the fulfilment of his covenant. Companion to the Bible She would probably impute it to perverseness, or imagine it to flow from some incident connected with the death of Clavering, calculated to give a new edge to her curiosity. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 Still the same plea— “My sin was made for me By men’s perverseness:” still the same impulses of mad, despairing self-assertion— p. The Ethics of George Eliot's Works One of the most striking and, unless classed among his numerous other pathological traits, one of the most puzzling of Lenau's characteristics is the perverseness of his nature. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry With the perverseness of feminine nature she construes strength into coarseness of fibre, slowness into brutal indifference. The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) This criminal perverseness left Washington with only six thousand men in New Jersey, seven thousand being in New York. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence She was not glad of this; in perverseness she would have recalled the tempest if she could, but she knew not what to call back or how to call. What Necessity Knows Papal dispensations and decisions of Catholic casuists, especially in the order of the Jesuits, have startled the world by their moral perverseness. Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation This perverseness of disposition is in a large measure accounted for by the fact that Lenau was eternally at war with himself. Types of Weltschmerz in German Poetry There is rebellion and perverseness mingled with the helplessness and ignorance and sorrow. Preaching and Paganism By what fine sense is it that they detect the nascent genius for which man's coarse perception can find no better name than perverseness, and no wiser treatment than brute force? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 He developed a spirit of disobedience, perverseness and evil conduct that mark him as insane. The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods Still, he seemed to consider that something more than mere apparent perverseness would become him. Bunker Bean Indeed, I have ever thought the prohibition of the means of improving our rational nature to be the worst species of tyranny that the insolence and perverseness of mankind ever dared to exercise. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) The non-observance of this command on the part of servants, has frequently engendered that peevishness and perverseness in masters to which the apostles alludes, viz. forwardness among servants, has engendered frowardness in masters. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery I am not opposed to it from any perverseness or any obstinacy. Constructive Imperialism And yet he loved her none the less for her perverseness. Christmas Outside of Eden He dared not think of what her perverseness might yet lead her to. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. At that time, however, O monarch, the Bhojas and Andhakas, impelled by the perverseness of the hour that had come upon them, all became as one man and surrounded the son of Sini. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 It is their own disobedience and perverseness that subjects them, for the most part, to cruel treatment. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery Yes, she would show Bles the place that very night; she had kept it secret from him until now, out of perverseness, out of her love of mystery and secrets. The Quest of the Silver Fleece A Novel Jenny was alarmed at his perverseness; but they were not estranged now. Nocturne "By these virtues he has wrought a reform in a family noted for perverseness." The Awakening of China She had not the expression of insane people, the shifty eyes, the cunning and perverseness, the animal and torpid presence. Lazarre They have resulted from the cupidity, cruelty and inhumanity of masters, and the disobedience and perverseness of servants. A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin or, An Essay on Slavery With the perverseness of age she would try to grope her way about, and more than once had she wandered into danger. Idle Hour Stories If they fail through filial obstinacy and perverseness, they draw a blessing on themselves, to their eternal joy. Sermons on Various Important Subjects It was a bit of common human perverseness that kept Lidgerwood from thanking Judson when the engineer overtook him at the corner of the plaza. The Taming of Red Butte Western In desperation she began to talk, and out of sheer perverseness she lighted upon the subject of the establishment of Hoskin & Marl. Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod But the perverseness of which we are now speaking has a different origin. The Nervous Child What reason can there be assign'd For this perverseness in the mind? The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 With all their depravity and perverseness, which greatly lower down the comfort parents would otherwise occasion, they love them next to life, and see their improvements with peculiar joy. Sermons on Various Important Subjects "You may well cry, Elsie," remarked her aunt severely, "for it is all your fault, and if you are left an orphan, you may thank your own perverseness and obstinacy for it." Holidays at Roselands Tim attended, but an imp of perverseness seemed to rule him. Don Strong, Patrol Leader But I took it all: yet, in my heart, was vexed at Lord G——'s perverseness. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Had he made the storm, then, they asked, and eaten the storm-apple, for no use to himself, but out of pure perverseness? The Great Taboo And by all their hostility to the doctrines of grace, sinners are only verifying the description, which inspiration gave long ago, of their blindness and perverseness. The National Preacher, Vol. 2 No. 7 Dec. 1827 Or Original Monthly Sermons from Living Ministers, Sermons XXVI. and XXVII. An opportunity also presents this morning of seeing the amount of obstinacy and perverseness that manages to find lodgement within the unsightly curves and angles of a runaway camel. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Mixed up with the tremendous common sense, however, is a considerable and unusual percentage of that perverseness, waywardness, and arlequinading which are apparently an essential element of Mr. Shaw's best work. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index Are they not kind to us, Sir Harry, when they allow of our superiority, by expecting us to bear with their pretty perversenesses? The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) But the entire movement seemed to be one continual routine of blunders, misunderstandings, and perverseness; a continual wrangling among the senior Major Generals. History of Kershaw's Brigade One day, in the perverseness of youth, I spoke with asperity to my mother. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Should such be the case, I should deeply and sincerely lament—not my misfortune in giving offence—but the wrong-headed perverseness of an ill-natured generation, in taking offence at anything I say. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete In adjusting the contract or charter-party, the master displayed the greatest ignorance and the most tiresome perverseness, throwing obstacles in the way of every clause that was inserted. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. You looked upon me every now and then, when he returned your smartness upon him, as if you thought I had let him know some of your perversenesses to Lord G——. The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) We tried to drive the hog into it, but with a hog's perverseness it refused to be driven, and after rushing around the yard several times with no results, it was decided to shoot it. History of Kershaw's Brigade So Peregrine was summoned, and shambled up, his eyes showing that he expected a trying interview, and, moreover, with a certain twinkle of mischief or perverseness in their corners. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago Such incredible obstinacy was in itself deserving of immediate punishment, and was sufficient proof, if proof were necessary, that they were in league with the devil, who is perverseness itself. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete A huge sofa, with a faded amber cover, had been drawn out of a recess, and so placed that the light should fall at her back.—She objected to the sunshine, with true Italian perverseness. The Italians It was a mixture of selfishness and stupidity and perverseness that was the matter with me. Father Payne However, I know not how, whether from the affectation of singularity, or the perverseness of human nature, but so it unhappily falls out, that I cannot be entirely of this opinion. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 03 Swift's Writings on Religion and the Church — Volume 1 Through a sort of youthful perverseness not unmixed with bucolic pride, Lorry declined the invitation. Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life This, Philocles, like strange perverseness shews, As if whate'er I said you would oppose; How come you thus concerned for this unknown? The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 It is not altogether perverseness of oriental minds that the instant our emotions are moved we try to guard our lips in order to hide them. Bushido, the Soul of Japan The true party leader takes these things as part of that tiresome human stupidity and perverseness with which he must make his account. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 The desire to visit the haunted house was growing more and more irresistible, but she turned it aside with all the relentless perverseness of a woman who feels it worth while to procrastinate. Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 The ineradicable perverseness of some minds is amusingly illustrated by Southey, in his History of Brazil. Primitive Love and Love-Stories It must be enforced till it overpowers temptation; till stubbornness become flexible, and perverseness regular. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces But limits cannot easily be put to human perverseness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 That principle which is darkness in the mind, perverseness in the will, idolatry in the affections, "every passion's wild excess, anger, lust, and pride,"—the existence of any such principle they absolutely and scornfully deny. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little "Those wives," says Mohammed, "whose perverseness ye may be apprehensive of, rebuke, and remove them into separate apartments, and chastise them." Woman: Man's Equal The perverseness of the Greeks in this respect was so great that, as we have seen, they not only adored boys while despising women, but preferred masculine women to feminine women. Primitive Love and Love-Stories The charge of strange perverseness may, in this instance, I think, be retorted upon the critic; and that, to the fair exculpation of those who choose to conform to the general usage which offends him. The Grammar of English Grammars But those years passed on; the children grew up in their perverseness, a family that feared neither God or man. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland Such is the perverseness of the feminine nature, even in Morovenia. The Slim Princess There was an odd sort of appeal in his voice; appeal against the cruelty of fate, perhaps, or the perverseness of Jane. Potterism A Tragi-Farcical Tract Fortunately Annette had found a friend who understood her better than her grandmother, and who, looking beneath the perverseness of the child, saw in her rich possibilities, and would often speak encouragingly to her. Trial and Triumph The failure that results from its lack of adaptation is attributed simply to the perverseness of conditions, not to the fact that the end is not reasonable under the circumstances. Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education Linton had slid from his seat on to the hearthstone, and lay writhing in the mere perverseness of an indulged plague of a child, determined to be as grievous and harassing as it can. Wuthering Heights However, I know not how, whether from the affectation of singularity, or the perverseness of human nature, but so it unhappily falls out, that I cannot be entirely of this opinion. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces He was raging at the perverseness of a pair of boots that refused to fit in his trunk, no matter how he arranged them. McTeague "I shall tell you!" said she, with the perverseness that was part of her. Jude the Obscure Perhaps, too, there was a little perverseness in her inability to think that this Cathedral surpassed that of Exeter. The Two Guardians or, Home in This World It is not from humour, from perverseness, that I insist upon this. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 I see no obstinacy, no perverseness, in her manner! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 It is averred that all the evils and miseries of our existence were entailed upon us by the meddlesome and altogether gratuitous perverseness of one weak-headed woman. In the Valley Want of means, and indifference, or perhaps perverseness, had caused her to leave the house unchanged since his death as a sort of monument to poor Colonel Raymond's erring taste. Love's Shadow The religion of Jesus is indeed calculated to diffuse real happiness wherever it prevails; although, as we have intimated, it may become the occasion of discord in consequence of the perverseness of human nature. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II But it is a strange perverseness in human nature that we slight that when near us which at a distance we wish for. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 Your sister, who would not in your circumstances have been guilty of your perverseness, may allowably be angry at you for it. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 Thus infinite goodness overrules the perverseness of his people, as well as the wrath of sinners, ultimately to promote his own designs. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I But should they not return the proper civilities, they should, by no manner of means, be suffered to behave with such perverseness. Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books But it is not from the ambition or the perverseness of the President that Mexico has much to fear. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 She reflected upon my Norton, as if she encouraged me in my perverseness. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 It becomes me, however, to declare, that I write not this through perverseness, or in resentment. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 Have we not daily proof of a similar obstinacy and perverseness? Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I If however you still maintain that lovely perverseness, decide if you please upon your own fate, but let filial piety hinder you from determining too hastily respecting that of your parents and your friends. Imogen A Pastoral Romance It must be enforced till it overpowers temptation; till stubbornness becomes flexible, and perverseness regular. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 Not that she would, out of mere perverseness, have refused obedience, but the Father, himself a Spaniard, viewed all who were not of the sangre pura as Indians, all alike. The Penance of Magdalena & Other Tales of the California Missions Undoubtedly he may descry here and there the signs of inattention, weariness or vacancy, not to say of perverseness. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance He had a home--but through perverseness he banished himself from all its comforts. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I This is simple perverseness, of the meanest variety. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays Of those who should know them, no small proportion habitually, from thoughtlessness or perverseness, neglect their observance. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 The perverseness of man and the powers of nature at times appear to combine for the express purpose of frustrating their endeavors to attain sanitary perfection. Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 But, indeed, this very circumstance, that knowledge shone on them from Him who knows all things, may in part account for an intellectual perverseness that appears so peculiar and marvellous. An Essay on the Evils of Popular Ignorance Forgive me for it, and for my rudeness and perverseness, which all arises out of my consuming and indestructible love for you. An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada They have simply taken on this form of perverseness. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays By Allah, thou hast well-nigh undone me by thy folly and thy perverseness in wishing to go by thyself! The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I He was astonished at that perverseness which entertained a different conception of happiness from himself. Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker Doubtless Mrs. Gaylord saw that her husband wished to talk about Marcia, and must be helped to do so by a little perverseness. A Modern Instance Almost every day this perverseness of mind would make him take up the cudgels for his adversaries against his friends. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House At starting, I must give perverseness a somewhat broader meaning than that thus far indicated. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays It is a mistake to look upon civil government, with its apparatus of laws and judgments, simply as a necessary evil, and remedy of the perverseness of mankind. Moral Philosophy Another cat would have chosen the one with the lace and the violets, out of sheer perverseness. The Junior Classics — Volume 8 Animal and Nature Stories Or who is he that will give you food, if he withholdeth his provision? yet they persist in perverseness, and flying from the truth. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Moreover, the evil is immensely aggravated by their perverseness. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman What the books call pride of opinion, is, nine cases in ten, simple perverseness. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays But Doctor Mosely honestly abominated divorce; he regretted it almost as much as he regretted the Methodist Episcopal heresies or the perverseness of the low-Church doctrines. We Can't Have Everything Idalia's vanity is piqued at the loss of a single adorer, and more from perverseness than from love she continues to correspond with him. The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood But those, whose perverseness ye shall be apprehensive of, rebuke; and remove them into separate apartments, and chastise them. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Here were 700 men, mostly veterans, of one of Her Majesty's regiments, doomed to inaction through the blundering and stupid perverseness of an old sepoy Brigadier. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi With an Account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857 There are some kinds of perverseness which impress one not altogether unpleasantly, but this affects a man with equal anger and disgust. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays Ah!" laughed the sightless man, "he's already beginning to understand the feminine perverseness, eh? The House of Whispers It would be in exact conformity with what I have hitherto observed of a general trend towards a certain inborn perverseness and whimsicality in Nature.' Prince Zaleski Neither time nor perverseness can make him cast off his charitable endeavours and despair of prevailing; but in spite of all crosses and all denials, he redoubleth his beneficial offers of love. Character Writings of the 17th Century And she seeming to be ceased in a moment from her perverseness, and did nestle very quick unto me, that had whipt her; and did need that she be wondrous nigh unto me. The Night Land It is here that we see some of the strangest cases of perverseness that it is possible to conceive. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays She was like a child who, having naughtily trifled with danger, stands aghast at the calamity which his perverseness has caused. Hilda Lessways And thus maxims have their use to put a stop to their perverseness, whose ingenuity should have yielded sooner. An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 And still the emigrant princes were adding to her perplexity by their perverseness. The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France Yet, truly, I could not bear that I not to have her into mine arms; for, indeed, her perverseness did seem as that she did the more tempt me unto her. The Night Land There is another exhibition of perverseness which we sometimes see in families. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays The stern dignity of antiquity showed itself in grave reserve; that of the present shows itself in quarrelsome perverseness. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations People in our position are not a very cheerful class, I am afraid; but still they don't seek out worries from sheer perverseness. The Vanishing Man Her emotion, she assures her, was not owing to perverseness, to nicety, to ill humour; but to weakness of heart. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 I am, therefore, of opinion, that the honourable gentleman's argument is defective in all its parts, and hope that I shall not be charged with obstinacy or perverseness for dissenting from him. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I It is a principle which should always be carefully distinguished from perverseness, in all our dealings with young and old, and in all our estimates of human character. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays His master died before his apprenticeship was expired, and he was not able to bear the perverseness of his mistress. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons At her perverseness, I grew desperate, and essayed to wade out to her; yet, though I would, I could not. The House on the Borderland There is often a perverseness in inanimate things which is beyond endurance. The Lost Trail I might have known it—perhaps I did know it, in spite of my wilful perverseness in denying it to myself, but I had not imagined it to be like this. The Doctor's Daughter At home, everything is in the main well; except as to the perverseness and capriciousness of one and the spirit and faction of many. The United States of America, Part 1 But with true Inuit perverseness he decided at the last minute not to go. Schwatka's Search It begins to work a little favourably, but not certainly, because the perverseness of these folks, built upon their disaffection, makes the task very difficult. Lectures and Essays Offended with his perverseness, and their scrutiny, she tried to baffle their inspection. Thaddeus of Warsaw She felt really indignant at herself for her own perverseness; but, though she would not tell herself the reason why, she felt this thing to be impossible. Sara, a Princess But, after the perverseness of human nature, there was one thing lacking, only one--her knight, Martin Landis. Amanda — a Daughter of the Mennonites And I heard her say, It was his own fault; there would be an end of all my complaining and perverseness, if he was once resolved; and other most impudent aggravations. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded I muttered, as the shadow of my perverseness passed deeply over my heart. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story Annie was now entering upon one of those periods when, in accordance with a common expression, "everything goes wrong," and the world develops a sudden perverseness that distracts and irritates even the patient. Opening a Chestnut Burr And such is the perverseness of human nature that Boswell's wisdom delights me even more than Johnson's, though I love them both very heartily. The Solitary Summer Yours, madam," answered he, "are in nobody's way - no children can be better managed or less troublesome; but your fault is, a too great perverseness in not allowing anybody to give them anything. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 I find I am likely to suffer in my reputation by the perverseness and folly of this girl. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded The reason is in our own hearts; in the perverseness which can make of its own heaven a hell! not often fashion a heaven out of hell! Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story Arrius' two sons, twin brothers, of a piece In vice, perverseness, folly, and caprice, Would lunch off nightingales: well, what's their mark? The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry That the girl should revolt now, in the face of such urgent necessity, was mere perverseness. Miss Lou After having been unceasingly watched for fourteen years, he had, with an invalid's natural perverseness, taken advantage of Sophia's brief dereliction to expire. The Old Wives' Tale Pride and perverseness, said he, with a vengeance! Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded Besides the loss of this precious time, through the perverseness of the chief of the other caravan, and the loss of my two horses, a pagazi carrying boat-fixtures improved the opportunity, and deserted. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley With the perverseness common to half-defeated fighters, Anguish at once protested, forgetting that he had sought to dissuade his friend the day before. Graustark "I, at least, have tried to remedy our niece's perverseness by getting her things ready." Miss Lou The worst of this piece of perverseness—for it really deserved no better name—was that it began to vex Fred. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering For that children generally extend their perverseness from the nurse to the schoolmaster: from the schoolmaster to the parents: 14. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded He is a positive marvel of perverseness and ill-humor, well worth the four hundred golden pieces I pay him yearly for his task of being my scribe and critic. Ardath The girl seemed to be submitting passively, and no doubt her new friends could employ tact and flattery enough to avoid exciting her perverseness. Magnum Bonum So mortals, in their presumption and perverseness, have become idolaters, have set up false gods or devices to rob God of His power. Katherine's Sheaves It was not perverseness; it was a finer distinction; perhaps it was the influence of the gem. The Blind Spot Such is the perverseness of human nature; who can describe it in all its latitude? Letters from an American Farmer There was neither self-will, perverseness, nor antagonism, in this; but paralysis instead. The Hand but Not the Heart or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring All their perverseness I laid to the account of bad management. Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches Nothing but the tender appeal of his mother, whom he did indeed love, amid all his perverseness, could have subdued him. The Iron Rule Or, Tyranny in the Household This seemed very unreasonable, and caused me not only to sigh, but to shed many a tear over his perverseness. Married Life; Its Shadows and Sunshine But with fatal instinctive perverseness he sat in silent amazement watching Lucy's supple white hand disentangling impossibilities instead of chattering as he was intended to. Love Me Little, Love Me Long Was she not led astray by the spirit of perverseness which was her heritage? Demos Pelby could bear these fits of perverseness with a philosophy that would have astonished even himself, could he have for a moment realized his former state of mind. Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches Cannot you do anything to repair it, Papa? cannot you say that it was all my doing, my wilfulness, my carelessness of warning, my perverseness?' Abbeychurch And this, this conjunction with her, which was his highest fulfilment also, with the perverseness of a wilful child he wanted to deny. Women in Love Cold looks; short answers; solemnity; distance; hints at ingratitude and perverseness; kisses intermitted all day, and the parting one at night degraded to a dignified ceremony. Love Me Little, Love Me Long No human institutions here existed, to the perverseness of which Mr Godwin ascribes the original sin of the worst men. An Essay on the Principle of Population The examination over, Wilson and his friends advanced to the doorway; when the former, assuming a severe expression, pronounced our perverseness infatuation in the extreme. Omoo Like him, he instinctively hates strangers; in both are the same perverseness and obstinacy, same endurance of fatigue, same love of independence, same inflexion of the voice, same expression of feelings. Atlantis : the antediluvian world With feminine perverseness she promptly decided that nothing would induce her to explain matters. The Lamp of Fate And yet there was nothing in his appearance to justify such perverseness; he had not the pale eye of the fanatic or the mystic look of the dreamer. The Chronicles of Clovis The stern dignity of antiquity showed itself in grave reserve; the stern dignity of the present day shows itself in quarrelsome perverseness. The Analects of Confucius (from the Chinese Classics) It may be that the Etheling's eyes widened for an instant, but directly after he laughed with gay perverseness. The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest Pride and perverseness, Ailie!" then, in reply to the eager exclamation, "I believe he was justified in all he said. Clever Woman of the Family It is but too true, that there are many whose whole scheme of freedom is made up of pride, perverseness, and insolence. Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke "Nothing the matter but perverseness, I am afraid," said Lady Barbara, as Kate stole back to her place, and shut her face in with the board of her atlas. Countess Kate With that perverseness born in man, I nerved myself, and won the prize. Poems of Cheer It was in the perverseness of her human heart that his denial of her should add fuel to the fire of her craving for his love. A Group of Noble Dames In spite of our old world perverseness, that Power pours on. The Forerunner, Volume 1 (1909-1910) With the perverseness usual to gas engines, it had refused to work at a critical moment. Tom Swift and His Airship But though Aunt Barbara listened politely, she could not think that Lady de la Poer knew anything about the perverseness, heedlessness, ill-temper, disobedience, and rude ungainly ways, that were so tormenting. Countess Kate Such was the perverseness of my destiny, that where I should most have been sought for, and best known, there was I least valued. The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1 But Marius, either from sheer perverseness, or because he did not share her enthusiasm, made answer: "I have faith in Gilles." Saint Martin's Summer He was provoked by the perverseness of his allies; he was provoked by the imperious language of the enemy. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Unhappily there was some delay, which the English, always disposed to believe the worst of the Dutch courtiers, attributed to the negligence or perverseness of Portland. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 And just at this very time, without a governess, when some children would be especially thoughtful and considerate, that we should have this strange fit of idleness and perverseness! Countess Kate Theodora's time passed in strange variations of contrition, jealousy, and perverseness. Heartsease, Or, the Brother's Wife Philip went back to his inn, moralizing on the pride and perverseness which made it impossible to make any impression on a Redclyffe Morville, whom not even the fear of detection could lead to submission. The Heir of Redclyffe "I am glad of it," said she, out of perverseness. White Lies Every acre which the Act of Settlement had left them ought to be seized by the state for the purpose of defraying that expense which their turbulence and perverseness had made necessary. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 At Scutari, the landing-stage, constructed with all the perverseness of Oriental ingenuity, could only be approached with great difficulty, and, in rough weather, not at all. Eminent Victorians But it is impossible to acquit him of folly and perverseness such as explain and excuse the error of his contemporaries. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 This I fear was, however, at best a momentary refuge found out by perverseness. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson Ambrose Phillips was provided for in England, Steele had injured himself so much by his eccentricity and perverseness, that he obtained but a very small part of what he thought his due. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 The same perverseness may be traced in his diction. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 Beyond or behind this there is no intelligible principle; and we might, indeed, deem this perverseness a direct instigation of the Arch-Fiend, were it not occasionally known to operate in furtherance of good. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 That he was still a confidential minister was alone sufficient to prove that his master's folly and perverseness were incurable. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Is it obstinacy, perverseness, pride, or from what root of bitterness does such an unaccountable defection from the laws of honor, honesty, and even humanity spring? The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 2 Yet she, by Fate's perverseness—she alone Would doubt our truth, nor deem such praise her own! School for Scandal It might be that the natural perverseness of his blood, unchecked by the noble influence of Stefani Gregor and liberated by the blow, governed his thoughts in relation to Kitty. The Drums of Jeopardy Induction, a posteriori, would have brought phrenology to admit, as an innate and primitive principle of human action, a paradoxical something, which we may call perverseness, for want of a more characteristic term. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 But the multitude, not contented with this explanation, attributed to deep laid villany what was really the effect of folly and perverseness. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 This is perverseness, Magnet, and young girls should steer clear of anything like obstinacy. Pathfinder; or, the inland sea Is there more wisdom in his perverseness than in the madness of the wise? Reginald in Russia and other sketches The question was innocent enough, but perverseness still held Bud. Cow-Country Have a good conscience and God will defend thee, for he whom God will help no man's perverseness shall be able to hurt. The Imitation of Christ In spiritual matters a person is by nature full of darkness, error, ignorance, malice, and perverseness in will and in mind. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians I loved him more than all of you, but by reason of his perverseness ye will be carried away into captivity, and scattered among the nations. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 2 He acquitted his coadjutors of treachery, but described their folly, their ignorance, and their factious perverseness, in terms which their own testimony has since proved to have been richly deserved. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 It seemed a strange instance of perverseness in this man thus to fling himself off alone, in a savage region, where solitude itself was dismal, and every encounter with his fellow-man full of peril. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains She blushed again and again over the perverseness of the meeting. Pride and Prejudice And such is the perverseness of human nature—I am frank, you see—I love you for that too. Adventure Surely we may say, if discrepancy between place held and place merited constitute perverseness of lot for a man, no lot could be more perverse then Burns's. On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History It must, however, be admitted that he injured his cause by perverseness as much as he could have done by treachery. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 1 With a similar perverseness, the potatoes crumble off forks in the process of peeling, upheaving from their centres in every direction, as if they were subject to earthquakes. Bleak House It is very hard to think that she might have been Mr. Collins's wife by this time, had it not been for her own perverseness. Pride and Prejudice |
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