| 单词 | bad temper |
| 例句 | Basil ran rings round them, keeping up a steady stream of insults and adding to the rats’ bad temper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Trueba’s bad temper became legend, and grew so exaggerated that it even made him uncomfortable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas’s heart rate quickened—he was now alone with a guy who’d had a bad temper before getting attacked by a Griever and going through the Changing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z There were other people in the neighborhood who were noted for their bad tempers or downright meanness, but their actions were predictable. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The hot day had put him in a bad temper. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When you were shooting badly you got into a bad temper, just as the wealthy pheasant shooters do today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had never seen one before, but he had been told of their bad tempers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Snape was sweeping about in his usual bad temper, which surely meant that the Stone was still safe. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Mami couldn’t go to work for a couple of weeks, and we had to live with her bad temper and complaints. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Too much fire and you had a bad temper. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Things fall into categories of black and white—bad mood, bad temper, loses control, feels sad, feels blue. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Hermione had got both her breath and her bad temper back again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I could feel my bad temper rising and taking control. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The malice and bad tempers from which other people had to take holidays never afflicted him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z All my life, people have taken my shyness for sullenness, snobbery, bad temper of one sort or another. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “If thou’rt to learn to use it, patience and care are better teachers than a bad temper.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He had a bad temper, he admitted, telling how last week he had drawn his baton on an inmate in the tunnel leading up from Tappan. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s had a bad temper,” I told Lissa, “from the very day he was born.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z And then if the fisherman was in a bad temper he would box Shasta's ears and tell him to attend to his work. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Ron was still in a very bad temper and kept blotting his Charms homework. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z My auntie, who had a very bad temper with children, told him he had no shou, no respect for ancestors or family, just like our mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” he said, “what is wrong? Are you in a bad temper? If I have done something stupid, tell me. Don’t be in a bad temper.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed as unfazed by Chucha's merriment as her bad temper. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The cap’n was in a bad temper; I’d slept later than I ever had in my life and he woke me by slamming his boots into the wall. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z In comparison, my own disease seemed hardly worth mentioning, and I grew ashamed of my despondency, of my bad temper, ashamed to so bitterly resent my expulsion from the Vale of Health. 'I was weak, despairing, confused': did writing a novel make me ill? 2017-01-28T05:00:00Z He was always one of life's runners-up; hence, perhaps, the bad temper. Freddy Krueger is the greatest slasher villain 2010-05-02T22:30:00Z "Hybrids" focuses on the survivors: Cotton, a collection of cloth that wants to be a lawyer; Carmine, a timid half-car; Corey, a self-loathing piece of fruit; and Walter, a wall with a bad temper. Comics: "Hybrid Bastards" provides some good, dirty fun 2010-09-21T19:27:00Z “Bellow’s bad temper in the late ’60s was by no means directed exclusively at would-be biographers, radical students and aggrieved wives,” Leader begins a sentence, apologetically, on just Page 65. Was Saul Bellow a Man or a Jerk? Both, a Monumental Biography Concludes 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z And the overblown reaction to his bad temper was often risible. ‘McEnroe’ Review: Regrets, He’s Had a Few 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z And if it is such an escape, are we not likely to doubt that what we were protected from was not a misery, but an inconvenience or an occasional source of bad temper? Reading is overrated 2011-02-17T15:48:22Z He concentrated on the musical architecture in the first movement at the expense of its snarling bad temper, and treated the scherzo almost as light relief. LPO/V?nks? - review 2010-10-17T21:31:00Z Snoopy is the way I would l like to be – fearless, the life of the party, and brushing off Lucy’s bad temper with a glancing kiss.’ Why I loved Charlie Brown and the Peanuts cartoons 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z Which is why "every rhinoceros has great folds in his skin and a very bad temper, all on account of the cake-crumbs inside". How Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories became music to my ears 2013-01-04T09:00:06Z Two dancers said he had a bad temper and could be physically rough on occasion, pulling dancers around by the neck during rehearsals. City Ballet’s Peter Martins Takes Leave of Absence After Misconduct Accusation 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z But I soon discovered that Denny truly had a bad temper and had trouble keeping jobs because his anger would get the best of him. A transgender Army bride in the ’80s 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z She was, after all, an 81-year-old woman with a bad temper and a heart condition. How My Aunt Marge Ended Up in the Deep Freeze . . . 2012-04-14T20:06:48Z With all due respect, how much more proof of Trump's incompetence, thoughtlessness, bad temper, poor manners and general malfeasance do we need? From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Political Firestorm 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Could bad tempers be an outdated luxury of baby boomers? Maniacs, as Jesus said of the poor, will always be with us, though I’m not talking about rampaging psychotics. In defense of anger: A critic's appeal to playwrights to let their tempers fly 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z “I just thought we were seeing the bad end of a bad temper,” said one industry professional, who often encountered him over several decades. Violence. Threats. Begging. Harvey Weinstein’s 30-year pattern of abuse in Hollywood. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z Both wore armor, and both had bad tempers. Here are the Real-Life Queens that may have Inspired Game of Thrones 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps it was just learned behavior from Washington, who had a very bad temper, or a combination of all of the above. The man who fed the first president — and hungered for freedom 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z He had a really bad temper,″ she said. The Hatfield-McCoy feud can in part be explained by a rare medical condition that causes rage 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Betty Friedan was just a fiery radical with a bad temper. The long struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment | Op-Ed 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Only the plete, the cat-o’-nine-tails, distributed at will, for the slightest delinquency, and to the amount dictated by the good or bad temper of the manager, is considered as a punishment. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Harrelson plays a college basketball coach with a bad temper who’s facing jail time or community service for some bad behavior. Disabled actors shine in basketball comedy ‘Champions’ 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z "Somewhere within me was a bad temper; my environment brought that out," he says. How grief, heartbreak and self-belief drove Yarde 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The giveaway led to gridlock, bad tempers and resident concerns about the environmental cost of idling engines in their neighborhoods. Motorists flock to Chicago area gas stations for free fuel 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z In the book, I describe it as “a chimp on coke with a bad temper and a machine gun.” Review | Most people don’t understand their immune systems. Philipp Dettmer is here to help. 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z He had a bad temper and knew how to find trouble, so much so that he’d had to switch schools. Kids with guns fueled a record number of school shootings in 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Or had witnessed his bad temper, in one context or another. After 17 wrenching months: Verdicts, death and a witness' shocking admission 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z "The relationship between the two brothers certainly did deteriorate. I think their respective bad tempers and anger played a big role in this." Prince William, Prince Harry had a ‘fierce and bitter’ argument over Meghan Markle after bullying claims: book 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z “There’s exhaustion, more bad tempers. You have to tread carefully because there are a lot of conflicts,” he said. Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z “There’s exhaustion, more bad tempers. You have to tread carefully because there are a lot of conflicts,” he said. Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops a staggering 3 million 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z The last Scottish Parliament term ended in a blaze of bad temper, with votes of no confidence and personal attacks flying thick and fast. Scottish election 2021: What did we learn from the election debate? 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z There, they are vulnerable to disease and predation — not to mention one another’s bad tempers. Invasion of the hippos: Colombia is running out of time to tackle Pablo Escobar’s wildest legacy 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z But the bad tempers do not necessarily mean that a deal won't be reached. UK Brexit negotiator calls for 'realism' from EU 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z Her father was a good man, but he had a bad temper and would sometimes shake inexplicably. Survivors of the Rosewood massacre won reparations. Their descendants aren’t sure the victory was enough. Thrashing in the murk outside are things with fangs and tentacles and really bad tempers. ‘Underwater’ review: First creature feature of 2020 drowns in stupidity 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Jo, with her wild imagination, famously bad temper and desire to be a soldier rather than a knitter of socks, resonated with any young woman who longed to follow a path marked “men only.” Column: 'Little Women' is great but where is the Louisa May Alcott biopic? 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z But he also acknowledged Humphrys' occasional bad temper, writing in the Radio Times that Humphrys wouldn't hesitate to "shout" and "throw things" if he was unhappy. John Humphrys: 'I'm hugely argumentative by instinct' 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z Tantamount to calling for insurrection against democracy, the only saving grace of her extraordinary late-night eruption of bad temper was its futility. May’s attack on MPs is the dangerous act of a desperate politician | Polly Toynbee 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z “I had a bad temper then,” he said. Proposal for Vietnam War commemoration complex dies 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z He has a bad temper on the golf course. Investigation finds that English police chief has. . . a bad temper on the golf course? - Golf Digest 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z He just had a bad temper and chose to vent that anger during games — often at umpires. Mariners mailbag: Are M’s regretting Jerry Dipoto, Scott Servais extensions? Will Ichiro play in Japan? 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Laurie admitted to having a bad temper, but he denied any involvement, turning the court’s attention back to where Mr. Moriarty was last seen: The Pink Panther. In a Town of 11 People, Mysterious Disappearance Turns Neighbor Against Neighbor 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z Laurie admitted to having a bad temper, but he denied any involvement, turning the court’s attention back to where Moriarty was last seen: The Pink Panther. In Australia town of 11 people, mysterious disappearance turns neighbor against neighbor 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z A bruiser who earns as much attention for his bad temper and designs to bully opponents as his skillfully-taken goals, Costa is playing to secure his spot on Spain’s World Cup squad. A look at 5 key players from Atletico in Europa League final 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Neal’s behavior escalated from a bad temper as a teenager to something more uncontrollable as he got older, Orr said. Calif. gunman killed his wife before rampaging through community, trying to storm elementary school 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z If they say no, prepare for late nights, bad tempers and angry headlines. Reality Check: Brexit catch-up - BBC News 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Hockey players expect their sport to damage them: all those brash sticks and colliding bad tempers. Still Chasing the Stratford Streak, 80 Years After He Left the Ice 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Umm Dounia, 14 years younger than her husband, had been hospitalized for depression and had a history of abrupt departures from the family home after a “blow of bad temper,” in her husband’s words. He says he went to Syria to rescue his wife from ISIS. Now he sits in prison. 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z “She’s not classically beautiful, and she has a bad temper, and she can be heedless.” The Other Side of Anne of Green Gables 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z I have not a quick but a bad temper, and am given to taking offence, which always tends to showcase the self at the expense of others. Richard Ford: ‘Who needs friends?’ 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z The eccentric, entertaining Breslin acknowledged he was prone to fits of pique and bad temper. Jimmy Breslin, chronicler of wise guys and underdogs, dies at age of 87 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z County sheriff’s sergeant has a long criminal history and a bad temper, according to those who know him. Earthquakes are found 15 miles below California, but what does it mean? 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z Ambassador to Afghanistan, had known him for decades—they were in college together in Beirut—and he challenged Ghani: “Why do you have such a bad temper?” Afghanistan’s Theorist-in-Chief 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z An extreme narcissist with a bad temper cannot be trust with the nuclear trigger. Lights, Camera, Trump 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Yet Mr. Marot’s rudeness, bad temper and propensity for violence were an open secret. Murder of Abusive Husband Casts Stark Light on Domestic Violence in France 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Or will his infamous bad temper undermine things? Premier League transfer window January 2016: club-by-club verdicts 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Her detractors caricatured her as prissy, bossy, a headmistress, “everyone’s mother in a bad temper.” Was Thatcher ‘that bloody woman’ or a boon to Britain? 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z On several news shows, he mentioned examples from Carson’s autobiography, “Gifted Hands,” about Carson’s bad temper when he was young. Rivals unmoved by Carson’s complaints on scrutiny of his bio 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z He was well known for his bad temper and, while that wasn’t pleasant to witness, you could live with it because it ended as quickly as it started. Tiger Woods treated me like a ‘slave’ says his former caddie Steve Williams 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z But missed chances and bad tempers soon quashed any slim hopes of a comeback. Bilbao holds off Barcelona to win Super Cup 5-1 on aggregate 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Don't take our word for it: It brings to mind the famous Tommy Bolt photograph, who was renowned for his bad temper. Rory hits a bad shot, loses temper, throws his club in the water: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z If you were Stewart, wouldn't it be smart to cool it for awhile, to show no signs to the world that you have a bad temper? Icing: It's not just for hockey anymore ... it's an ethical quandary 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z Already prone to violence and with a bad temper, Fisher sees the Navy as the last chance to make something of his life, but an altercation puts that in jeopardy. Denzel Washington's 5 Best "Flops" 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The main opposition candidate, Senator Aecio Neves, said that the jeering during the match reflected her "permanent bad temper in office and huge arrogance". Brazil's Rousseff shrugs off abuse 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z It was 2004, and hamstrings were snapping like bad tempers as Bears players adjusted to Lovie Smith's track workouts disguised as football practices. Trestman: Ultimate Bears unknown 2013-07-20T20:35:00Z These parties have such bad tempers that sometimes they get on their own nerves! Pakistan's Election Season: When Courting Voters Means Courting Death 2013-04-24T17:50:37Z To the despair of policemen, men scrambled along the corrugated roofs of the sheds, but in spite of it all there was no tumult, no accidents, and a minimum of bad temper. Tottenham's 20 defining matches – introducing our new football ebook 2012-10-04T20:00:01Z Marshall criticizes me for interviewing relatives who don't know him well, such as Shelly Howard, who married an uncle and told me Marshall and his dad both have bad tempers. Understanding Brandon Marshall 2012-06-24T00:44:00Z Doubtless quarrels seldom got as far as blows; but bad temper and wordy warfare were common. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "It did not seem long to me, as you can understand," Gore replied smiling, and anxious to ignore the old fellow's bad temper. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z Nervousness is called bad temper, and timidity regarded as a punishable offence. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z Rupert came home in an exceedingly bad temper. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z Her mouth was the most beautiful thing about her; the calligraphic hand of nature had richly curved it into an expression of mulish bad temper.... Mortal Coils 2012-04-06T02:00:30.740Z The methods they chose, however, were not sufficiently subtle, and they only had the effect of putting their eldest brother in a very bad temper, as was evident from the threats that were audible outside. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z When Don Joaquin returned, he was in an unusually bad temper, and it was well that Mariquita had gone to bed. Mariquita A Novel 2012-04-24T02:00:19.737Z He has carried me most brilliantly through three successive seasons without one single display of sulk or bad temper. Ladies on Horseback Learning, Park-Riding, and Hunting, with Hints upon Costume, and Numerous Anecdotes 2012-04-23T02:00:28.843Z From a gentleman who recently inspected these volumes we learn some particulars showing the bad temper, bad manners, and bad morals of that time, all three aggravated by a king whose morals were excellent. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z She says, "Cook and servants in bad tempers; thought we were all going to Ramsgate, and they would have rest." Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, Nov. 11, 1887 2012-04-02T02:00:24.930Z Old friend, bad temper seizes every opportunity to wreak itself, and we who have seen the world can afford to let the women fume. A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 2012-04-02T02:00:24.090Z His enemies say that he has a bad temper and an unbending intellectual pride, which is as untrue as if they were to say he had a hoarse voice and a stammer. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z I see there's a letter from you which I leave unopened, for fear there should be anything in it to put me in a bad temper, which you might easily do without meaning it. Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church 2012-03-29T02:00:12.080Z They will be too essential in conveying your meaning to Penelope for you to throw away their value in bad temper. Patroclus and Penelope A Chat in the Saddle 2012-03-26T02:00:39.977Z We hoisted the fisherman's latteen sail, and put out of the little harbor in very bad temper. Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe 2012-03-19T02:00:26.650Z But now, laying aside our disappointment and bad temper, let us see what can be made out of this curious, if worthless, discovery. Naples Past and Present 2012-03-13T02:00:23.473Z He had awoke with a headache and had been in a bad temper all day. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z A bad temper is a neurotic taint, and it commonly is a first step toward alcoholism. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z “Good humour” or “bad humour” are simply good temper or bad temper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z The Americans, who had advanced under Sullivan within two miles of Newport—old continentals, militia, and volunteer corps, full of fight and confident of success—were obliged to withdraw in good order but bad temper. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z My observation was that, on this Monday after, men made mistakes; there were arguments, bad temper, and fights, and a much higher frequency of collision with the foreman. Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker 2012-02-21T03:00:18.360Z The charge of bad temper can usually be sustained only when the fault is on the side of those with whom they live. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z I was also in a bad temper, having just discovered that I had unfortunately left my gun behind somewhere, and I could not remember in the least where it might be. Vagaries 2012-02-17T03:00:27.693Z Certainly he was in a very bad temper. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z Meanwhile the Viceroy was guilty of an act of politic clemency which would have put the King in a bad temper if he had known of it. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z He tells me you went off in rather a bad temper on Saturday night. Poor Relations 2012-02-11T03:04:00.973Z There was another reason for my not employing her to which I have not so far referred, the reason really of her slovenliness and bad temper and gradual deterioration. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Not just in bad tempers, bad diets, and bad decisions. The Truth About Sleep & Productivity 2012-01-26T23:15:00Z But, in a thoroughly bad temper, he told himself it did not matter. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z The testiness and bad tempers that infiltrated this rivalry last year also resurfaced when Griffin and World Peace went down in a heap as they chased a loose ball at midcourt in the third quarter. Lakers hold off Clippers in city rivalry game 2012-01-26T06:29:09Z The last, poor man, was married to a Smyrniote woman with a bad temper; neither spoke the other's language, and when they quarrelled they came to the Doctor, demanding his services as interpreter. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z You were in a bad temper when we started for Denver, but you seem to be worse now. Frank Merriwell's New Comedian The Rise of a Star 2012-01-20T03:00:15.013Z He was looking troubled and in a bad temper. Woman and Artist 2012-01-10T03:00:14.960Z "The gentleman who went to view the property, returned here in a pretty bad temper, as he thought I had made a fool of him," continued the agent. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z There had been no killing on either side, and there was no cause for bad temper. The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution 2012-01-09T03:00:21.297Z He had no pity on her, and instead of trying to lighten her load, he made it heavier by his bad temper. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z "Get away!" roared my camel-man, who was in a bad temper because of a forced march. Lord John in New York 2012-01-04T03:00:30.077Z The doctor saw that it would be useless to argue, and departed in the worst of bad tempers upon his mission. The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 2011-12-31T03:00:19.660Z I was only singing, but he is in one of his bad tempers just now. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z "I have heard people talk of Satan as if he were an imaginary creature, a myth; and of the others, with which persons were possessed in those days, as probably nothing more than bad tempers." Elsie's Widowhood A Sequel to Elsie's Children 2011-12-22T03:00:21.710Z In a bad temper I absconded from home, and have been awfully wicked. The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. 2011-12-19T03:00:47.530Z He bore their bad tempers and frivolities with good-humoured contempt, and did not even resent being satirised by Gasparo in a comedy upon the public stage of Venice. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z He comes running after me, and he catches hold of my arm and he says, 'Now, Matilda, what did I say just now about letting no bad tempers spoil our pleasure?' Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z If it sees bad temper and manners, how is it to know of anything better? Household Education 2011-12-02T03:00:25.437Z When she rose from table she was in quite a bad temper--what Mr. Lindsay meant by falling ill when she was in the house she could not imagine. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Every one seemed to be in a bad temper; there were sour faces everywhere. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z I found him not long ago in a very bad temper fishing dozens of dead ones out of his well. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z He gave himself airs, and they somehow came into collision, and Mr. Kingston was in rather a bad temper. A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel 2011-11-24T03:00:45.597Z Michael was in a bad temper, and so, for the matter of that, was I, quite irrespective of dealings in poultry. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z Miss Harding made one slight error; she ought to have remembered that when one is not looking one's best matters are not improved by being in a bad temper. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z The proprietor was a Mrs. Huffham, an ancient lady, with a very bad temper, and a still worse reputation--among the boys--for honesty in the direction of weights and measures. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z Mrs. Lamb was in a bad temper, which, perhaps, on the whole was not surprising. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z When Mr. Trumbull closed, Mr. Douglas rose, in bad temper, to complain that the attack had been commenced in his absence, and to ask the Senate to fix a day for his reply. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z I caught a most terrible cold, however, and returned in a bad temper to Miss Edward's Hotel to nurse myself for a few days and get in condition for the next performance. Memoirs of an American Prima Donna 2011-11-17T03:00:32.600Z Good temper may almost act as an "aid to beauty," bad temper certainly won't; and, unfortunately, Miss Harding was so conscious of her defects that her temper suffered. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z They did not gormandize, for gluttony leads to a fit of indigestion, and that leads to bad temper. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z "That's because you don't know how to take them," was the reply; "I defy them to show a bad temper with me!" San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z In New England it is not uncommon to hear the word "ugly" applied to a bad temper. The Ladies' Guide to True Politeness and Perfect Manners or, Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book 2011-11-13T03:00:12.183Z When I'm in a bad temper, I much prefer every one else to be in a bad temper too. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z She has a bad temper and she has never been taught to control it. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z It is easy to believe that one rarely left a man of this kind except in a very bad temper. The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville 2011-11-02T02:00:13.477Z I have a bad temper to this day, but, by God's grace, I can control it. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z Husband and wife, I thought—bursting with bad temper to such an extent that they boil over even in a bus full of people. Leaves in the Wind 2011-10-28T02:00:25.937Z For about thirty seconds the two men struggled furiously, yet the keenest observer could detect no trace of bad temper. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z Her bad temper had cut her off from the instructor’s help entirely. The Girls of Central High at Basketball The Great Gymnasium Mystery 2011-11-04T02:00:20.757Z If asked to define their influence on me, I can only say they made my bad temper worse. China Hit-and-Run Tragedy Echoes 91-Year-Old Parable 2011-10-21T01:05:17Z He is not half as learned as he should be, and, besides, he has a very bad temper. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z If his first wife had only not been so perfect, she said to herself, she could have borne it better; if she had had a bad temper, even, it would have been something. Dr. Lavendar's People 2011-10-13T02:00:52.167Z "I will remember him as a great man with a bad temper," he added with a smile. Jobs Fans Mourn World-Wide 2011-10-06T16:20:36Z As Basil walked the considerable distance towards the woods quarter, he was ill at ease and also in a bad temper. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z And then—alas! for the moral maxims of the copy-books, the wise saws and modern instances of the didactic virtuous—sheer bad temper came to his assistance. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z I sailed and sailed until some of my bad temper wore off and my appetite begun to come back. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z You must excuse an old man's bad temper, Miss Mills, and you must look for a politer, more practical teacher. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z When it was realised that she was not to be appeased, people ceased to concern themselves with her and her bad temper. Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Her anger found its source in the mother-instinct of protection rather than in bad temper. Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles 2011-09-08T02:00:22.323Z He himself was always noted for a quarrelsome disposition, and as a prima donna his wife had an almost equally bad temper. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z Besides, I am also desirous that he should inherit my bad temper, bad habits, rheumatics, gout, and all the other hereditary complaints of the family. The Whale and the Grasshopper And other Fables 2011-09-05T02:00:18.250Z Osterman, 41, has struggled with a bad temper and a domestic violence conviction, and said he’s starting over after becoming a victim of the recession. Teaching the homeless to feed the hungry: Seattle?s FareStart spreads its mission nationally 2011-09-01T18:16:14Z Your meanness is, in fact, only to be equalled by your bad temper and that exceeds it. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z "Shemaiah, do you think God will punish me for my cursing and my bad temper?" Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z Winona and Billy were still talking as placidly as if Tom had not been wrestling with a formal call, and Louise with a bad temper, for the last twenty minutes. Winona of the Camp Fire 2011-08-28T02:00:35.510Z It's very nice to have waiters and shop-people and railway porters sneering in a bad temper and being insulting in small, mean ways all the time. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z No; it is your own bad temper, which always drives me into teasing you. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z “That accounts for your inexplicable bad temper that Friday,” he resumed unpleasantly. The Triumph of Jill 2011-08-31T02:01:25.060Z Sometimes she makes Professor Hoffmann absolutely rage with wrath; she has her lesson just before mine, you know, so I don't bless her when she leaves him in a bad temper. The Girls of St. Cyprian's A Tale of School Life 2011-08-24T02:00:19.813Z I'm composed entirely of hates and bad tempers. The Sixth Sense A Novel 2011-08-24T02:00:18.870Z There were many trifling little things of manner—of fidgetiness—absurd personal habits—which, taken in conjunction with the bad temper he had displayed, went to make up the case. World's End A Story in Three Books 2011-08-16T02:00:47.740Z This is all bluffing and bad temper to bring Mrs. Collingwood to her knees, and to make her put herself in the wrong when you know there isn’t any wrong or right about things. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z “Who is always kicking?” demanded the pitcher, and it was evident to all that he was in unusually bad temper. Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside 2011-08-14T02:00:21.583Z You shouldn't read stupid books all night; then you wouldn't be in a bad temper on the next day. The Red Room 2011-08-13T02:00:26.943Z We’ve awfully bad tempers in our family, and my mother didn’t understand that since I’ve known Ellen there are a whole lot of things in my life that I want to forget. The Heart's Country 2011-08-02T02:00:26.847Z But perhaps it wasn't bad temper; it may have been due to ill-health—a bad tooth can generate as much irritability in half an hour as the worse temper going. The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z If she had her fits of bad temper, she kept them for her mother, in the secrecy of the house. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z No, I do not think that you will have occasion to give any thing up, except your bad temper and your propensity for fighting peaceable men along public roads. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z Once he came face to face with a Boer who was evidently in a bad temper, for he unslung his gun and, without a word of challenge, fired. A Vendetta of the Desert 2011-07-05T02:00:32.510Z Yes, gracious Fruleen, it is my fault, the fault of my bad temper, that the poor little thing is lying there, disappointed of her pleasure in soon having a child again. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z Your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others. The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. 2011-07-02T02:00:10.980Z Youzhny tamed a bad temper and tendency to choke to become one of the toughest competitors on tour. Straight Sets: How Youzhny Defeated Almagro 2011-06-25T20:31:47Z "Where have you been?" he demanded in deep accents, with the incisive and precise enunciation which she had learned to associate only with his phases of bad temper. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z So the subject died in bad temper, and Robert felt his proffered kindness to have been very ungraciously received. A Reconstructed Marriage 2011-06-23T02:00:23.143Z Many a dyspeptic makes this an excuse for his bad temper. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Captain Ross, glaring above his glass at the group about that tall and resplendent bridal pair, found his bad temper of the day culminating in a very curious decision. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Then you laughed, and added, "I must have a very bad temper, for it is the only one which ever really annoys me." The Story of an Untold Love 2011-06-17T02:00:17.643Z However, when she entered the room, she found him wide awake and looking like Rhadamanthus in an extremely bad temper. By Veldt and Kopje 2011-06-15T02:00:20.067Z "I'd hate to have her bump up against me when she was in a bad temper." Army Boys in France or, From Training Camp to Trenches 2011-06-15T02:00:18.907Z Most likely he was a rogue; an old bull turned out of the herd on account of his bad temper,—or possibly a leader deposed by a rival. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z His bad temper had vanished as her pretty confusion appeared. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z “You will be a lobster and turn all red if you are a bad boy,” declared Mabel, who was always in a bad temper when she was made to mind Bubby. The Corner House Girls Among the Gypsies How They Met, What Happened, and How It Ended 2011-06-14T02:00:19.837Z Just as your bad temper has betrayed you! Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The sight of the man put him into a bad temper at once, and he forthwith gave the storekeeper all the unnecessary trouble he could put him to. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z Afterwards the interpreter told us he was in a bad temper because seven hundred of his regiment had deserted to the hills, and he had only discovered it that morning. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z Today he was obviously in a bad temper. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z "On the contrary, it is very wise, and all the more so, as, when one is in a bad temper, the best thing to do is to keep one's self out of the way." Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z He seemed in a very bad temper, sat down with his hat on, and hunted for something amongst the books and papers on his table, grumbling all the time. Daisy Burns (Volume 2) 2011-05-20T02:00:30.427Z He was in a bad temper, in no mood for business, and he really wanted to be at Blackstone. Trevlyn Hold 2011-05-16T02:00:12.977Z "And Bevis, to judge from the way he banged with that mallet, is in a thoroughly bad temper." A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z The surgeon was in a bad temper, because he had been roused out of his first sleep. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z And as the King was anxious that his daughter should marry, because she had a bad temper, he was very pleased at what had happened. The Blue Rose Fairy Book 2011-05-03T02:00:18.777Z It will not eliminate bad tempers or do away with disagreeable moments but it will certainly help to reduce them to a minimum. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Then," placing his two forefingers together, "I ain't a bad temper, nor a jealous temper. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 2011-04-26T02:00:28.200Z Everybody was more or less in a bad temper, but resigned. A Fortunate Term 2011-05-12T02:00:10.623Z If she had a bad temper, she has it still; if she was easily tempted to be insincere, selfish, sarcastic, careless, unkind, the characteristics are with her still. The Girl in Her Teens 2011-04-26T02:00:26.063Z He was half wild over the pressure of vexatious business, and had just been engaging in a long-distance conversation with a country gentleman at Lenox which had left him in bad temper. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z He was in a thoroughly bad temper for once. Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z There's no fear of our dinner being spoilt now by their bad temper, for, Mrs. N�ssler, I'm going to spend the day with Charles.--Come, An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. I (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:43.727Z His bad temper, however, was nothing unusual, for he had almost always something to displease him. An Old Story of My Farming Days Vol. II (of III). (Ut Mine Stromtid) 2011-04-14T02:00:41.313Z It seemed that they must meet with some sort of trouble every time the two boats came close together, all through the bad tempers and ugly dispositions of those on board the Lounger. The Outdoor Chums on a Houseboat 2011-04-13T02:00:14.140Z "I am both in a hurry and a bad temper—a trying combination even for a woman of my disposition." By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z He's a good horse," said Jack, "but, as you say, he has a very bad temper. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z I have given you any amount of trouble, have been selfish and indolent, oftentimes grieving you with my bad temper and willful ways. Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z Many persons consider that 'bad temper' is entirely voluntary on the part of the person who displays it. The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z The third act discovers Shylock in a bad temper, still singing about his daughter's elopement. Shakespeare and Music 2011-04-01T02:00:29.867Z I was in a bad temper, Robert was miserable, and the children wondered at me. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z Smith's failure was so glaring that he came in for a volley of groans and hisses, which did not improve his already bad temper. The Second String 2011-04-08T02:00:07.383Z Then, there is George the Second, very like an unintellectual Voltaire, troubled with the gout and a bad temper. Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends 2011-03-30T02:00:14.620Z "A man's bad temper sometimes does more toward spoiling a dinner than a woman's bad cooking." The Man Who Pleases and the Woman Who Charms 2011-04-05T02:00:10.347Z Take warning from the unfortunate young man who, every time he met the father of his wife, complained to him of the bad temper and disposition of his daughter. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z He grappled with the difficulty, displaying both patience and resourcefulness, for Mrs. Price, in a bad temper, had a talent for creating obstacles. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z He appeared to be in a bad temper. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z The outset of their expedition was almost invariably characterised by a display of bad temper, attributed to early rising. Above the Snow Line 2011-03-03T03:00:49.380Z "Think Captain big fool," said Nellie, who was in a bad temper that morning. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z When will scrofula, madness, drunkenness, or even bad temper and excessive selfishness be considered as just causes and impediments why parties should not be joined together in holy matrimony. How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z I have a hot, bad temper, I know; but, poor child, I’ll forgive her—forgive you both.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z When she came to Mrs. Charlton's I had no friends, for I had such a bad temper the girls called me 'Spitfire' and 'Vixen' and such names, and I was proud of it. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z He looks and talks like an Englishman, and has a dark eye that betokens, if I am a judge of eyes, a bad temper. The Last Stroke a detective story 2011-02-19T03:01:39.327Z He even made a half-jesting apology for his late display of bad temper; attributing it to an attack of coming gout. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. 2011-02-18T03:00:17.957Z How much more to be pitied is he or she whom matrimony has tied for life to a person with a bad temper! How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage 2011-03-11T03:00:13.410Z “I was going over the hill yonder by Horton mine, to let the wind blow some of my bad temper out of me.” The Vicar's People 2011-02-25T03:01:16.160Z In a bad temper—he who was generally so calm and equable—he took his tea, and shunned his father's inspection by turning his back upon him. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 1 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:17.787Z He does remember, however, that Murbridge was in a very bad temper, and that he was excited about something. The Childerbridge Mystery 2011-02-16T03:00:38.127Z An old woman, who has lost nearly every thing in the world, may have the privilege of bad temper accorded her. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z His disposition is certainly sweeter than Lilian's,—bad temper of any sort being quite unknown to him; whereas Miss Chesney possesses a will of her own, and a very quick temper indeed. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z If he were her child, she said, she would soon whip that bad temper out of him. Strive and Thrive or, Stories for the Example and Encouragement of the Young 2011-02-07T03:00:25.547Z Why, lad, if bad temper were a fever there wouldn't be hospitals enough to hold us all. Vestigia Vol. I. 2011-02-04T03:00:23.340Z She returned slowly, and, as Vand had now shut off the beam—for he also had seen that the search was vain—she stumbled up the path in a very bad temper. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z At least, she provoked me, and I am relapsing into bad temper, just by thinking of it. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z "I am not in a bad temper,"—indignantly. Airy Fairy Lilian 2011-02-11T03:00:31.760Z Act of Providence!" cried Galt; "act of bad temper—act of stupid discourtesy! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z I turned over on my bed in a bad temper. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z It would be the ruination of the child to give in to her whims and bad temper now. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z We had to answer to numberless roll-calls, and once, when the Feldwebel was in a bad temper, he called us all "a set of pigs!" Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z Decidedly he was in a very bad temper. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-01-16T03:00:24.113Z And no one but a madman or a man in an unspeakably bad temper would think of leaving a woman alone and utterly at the mercy of a shying, nervous brute! A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Of course, we were both in a bad temper; but, as I was thoroughly determined to put on a good face, all went off well. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z When the last victim had stumbled through her lesson and closed the hall door behind her, Czepanek failed to reappear in his usual bad temper and with his usual appetite. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z His master was evidently in a very bad temper; "but that kind of thing never lasts long with him," Konski was saying to himself, "and then the champagne ..." Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z When Mashi had left her, Mani lay down on her bed in a bad temper. Mashi and Other Stories 2010-12-28T03:00:16.890Z As Mr. Bulkley drove out of the old White house gateway the most unobservant person must have noticed that the big chestnut gelding was either in great discomfort or in a very bad temper. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z While dancing, he accidentally knocked against a man, who had also lost his money and was in a very bad temper. Abb? Aubain and Mosaics 2011-01-21T03:00:12.617Z "I confess to the bad temper, Monsieur le Président, but not to the sulking." 813 2010-12-28T03:00:13.553Z Maria went obediently to the hall, returning a moment later, followed by a dark, middle-aged woman, showily dressed, and evidently in a very bad temper. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z I went round in a very bad temper. The Three Eyes 2010-12-20T17:11:46.430Z The snoring, sleepiness, bad temper and muddy thinking were merely symptoms of a bigger health concern. Restless zzz for sleep apnea sufferers 2010-08-30T13:30:00Z If you upset him," she explains, "he had a very bad temper that I can only describe as dark. Bernie Behind Bars: Madoff?s Plush Prison Life 2010-06-07T15:45:00Z “You showed bad temper, reneged on your promise, and again resorted to devilish manners,” Mr. Ahmadinejad said, addressing the countries that voted to pass the resolution in the . U.S. Imposes Additional Sanctions on Iran 2010-06-16T23:33:00Z Lola, who in spite of her present bad temper was looking very well, soon found herself the centre of a lively group. Lola 2010-12-24T03:00:35.720Z "I used to have a very bad temper," she said. Decatur's Meghan Cassens tames her inner tennis game 2010-04-13T05:27:00Z Though beloved at West Virginia, Huggins remains a divisive figure in Cincinnati, where memories of his bad temper, along with the other baggage, are still vivid. Huggins, Krzyzewski back at Final Four 2010-04-02T23:53:00Z Mr. Brown, of course, is a soft target, particularly after revelations of his bad temper and aggressive management style. With Election Looming, Tories Appear to Take a Detour in Britain 2010-03-04T05:10:00Z Strong emotion, whether of excitement or depression, checks digestion, as do also a bad temper, anxiety, long fasting, and bodily fatigue. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers "I wish you would not talk such rubbish," the man answered, with a very natural touch of bad temper. Capricious Caroline I saw at once that he was in a bad temper, and that his neighbour had already tasted some of its effects. Four Phases of Love He is a rather notorious character around here–a man of bad temper, I believe. Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway He shrugged his shoulders, in gloomy disapproval; he was in a bad temper these days; he too was permanently upset by that rotten libel, that confounded rag, against which he had been helpless. Small Souls Probably, also, he was in a very bad temper owing to the failure of some combination or other he had counted upon. Deep Moat Grange The mere fact, however, that she ignored all mention of the truant act of the night before stung Camilla into a little show of bad temper. Capricious Caroline The next day Mrs. Byrne was in a very bad temper and was a great trial to poor Jack. Left on the Prairie There was a little sting of bad temper in Thea Thompson's manner and words which undoubtedly were her heritage along with her brilliant red-gold hair. The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory Ashford Billing could not help laughing, though Beatrice seemed in a thoroughly bad temper. The Gay Adventure A Romance But it was not only bad temper nor was it exactly repentance for her impertinence that kept Polly so steadfast in her childish position. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas Isn't it time," he asked, "that you forgot some of your childish pride and bad temper? The Guarded Heights One evening he could not find Roanie for nearly two hours, and when he got home, tired and hungry, he found Mrs. Byrne in a bad temper. Left on the Prairie When they had gone past he turned once more to Bianca, his slight attack of bad temper having vanished. The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory All that day Reb Shloimeh was in a bad temper, and went about with knitted brows. Yiddish Tales And I like being with her always, even when she is in a bad temper. The Camp Fire Girls Across the Seas Selfishness, bad temper, irresponsibility, all piled up at the door, with that label. Cinderella Jane Will raged his bad temper away, and was cool and clear-minded after it. A Rose of a Hundred Leaves A Love Story Angela never speaks to her husband in defiance and bad temper. The Progressionists, and Angela. Long ago and in a far country there was a king who suffered from a restless melancholy, or a bad temper, or something of that kind, and somebody made music for him. The New Gulliver and Other Stories The second had married a very witty and clever man, but he only made use of his ability to put everybody in a bad temper, beginning with his wife. Tales of Passed Times A man in a buckskin shirt and a bad temper, stamping the snow off his moccasins, shaking me by the arm. A Man in the Open But there was this grave restraint upon bad temper,—that the loss of any member, and even of the tooth of a slave, involved his instant manumission. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus Never allow your child to go to bed in a bad temper. Rambles in Womanland And he put back the old envelope and the pencil in their respective pockets, and he went away in a very bad temper. The New Gulliver and Other Stories Jack's bad tempers had a way of ending abruptly. The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series She was in a thoroughly bad temper, and felt that she did not much care what happened. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days "But you said just now she was always in a bad temper." Faith and Unfaith When he came back he found the house in the sort of turmoil that only a thoroughly executive woman in a bad temper can create. Come Out of the Kitchen! A Romance For about thirty yards we cantered side by side—the grey horse keeping stroke with the other, and not betraying the slightest evidence of bad temper. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Take, for instance, the question of gentleness or a quiet disposition, it follows from dam to produce with a regularity equal to that of bad temper, and the latter is wellnigh a certainty. The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing Indeed, Townsend was a running well of good nature, continually washing all bad temper over the brim. The Garden of Eden Her hands were long and white; her lips very crimson and translucent, but the under-lip protruded slightly, and bad temper gave it a vicious look. Carnival This is only to add bad temper to thy other faults. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington I must do Captain Marbles the credit to say that he was never half seas over; but on the other hand he was always in a bad temper. Seven Frozen Sailors It may grieve the moralist, but it is hard fact that that outburst of bad temper saved the rider’s life. The White Hand and the Black A Story of the Natal Rising “I suppose you got his coin on to-day’s sure thing,” observed Larry with a scowl, he being one to whom a bad temper came naturally. Young Wallingford Others there be who have driven themselves mad with their bad tempers and unruly tongues. The Religious Life of London May was in a bad temper—a very bad temper indeed. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Moreover, she was in a bad temper, and felt that the strangers were intruders upon her own hunting-ground. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Well, so I did," yawned the young matron; "I was so tired, his lordship was in a bad temper, and the baby was so frightfully noisy. Gertrude's Marriage An old woman, who has lost nearly everything in the world, may have the privilege of bad temper accorded her. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune But they saw he was in a passion, and that scandalized them, because, you know, English people always think that you should keep your bad temper for your own people at home. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Loti has developed a dashed bad temper since last autumn and is very eccentric, very irritable—not a bit like the solemn, sedate old johnnie he used to be. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories He was not really hurt, and he was not at all terrified; but he was distinctly beaten, and therefore in a very bad temper. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life Aunt Rosa was in a bad temper, for she found herself in her old age condemned to the life of a lady-in-waiting. Gertrude's Marriage Every day the poor baby suffers for thy bad temper—even as his father did.” Jan Vedder's Wife However, as I said before, all depends on the lady's temper: no woman who has a bad temper is ever truly discreet. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June Don’t mind my beastly bad temper this afternoon, there’s a good friend. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories My wife is mostly sick, and is always in a bad temper. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 4 June 1906 As a protest against all this nonsense about the wolf, she painted her face with an extra coat of yellow, and sat in a bad temper at the door of her tepee. Dusty Star If there was envy, or jealousy, or bad temper among the villagers, they forgot it, or put it aside for future consideration. Christine A Fife Fisher Girl In a parish choir, either voluntary or paid at a very low rate, the exhibition of bad temper or discourtesy in manner is quickly followed, in all probability, by the loss of the offended chorister. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. Dislike of interference, jealousy, and bad temper would not entirely account, he thought, for her intense and angry agitation. A Life Sentence A Novel There was too much at stake to allow a sudden access of bad temper to defeat his ends. The Bartlett Mystery Yes, we all know what she seems, and is: in an uncommonly bad temper, for some reason or other. Leonore Stubbs Down at the Henders' cottage all was misery and discomfort; the house was full of bad temper, steam, and the smell of soap-suds. Better than Play I was worried about something and it put me in a bad temper. Madge Morton's Trust "I always had a bad temper; and it is well perhaps that you should find it out." A Life Sentence A Novel There was not a scrap of bad temper in him. Ditte: Girl Alive! If so, they didn't agree with her, as she was always in a bad temper. Rossmoyne It was making public her neglect and bad temper. Better than Play On Leone's most beautiful face were evident marks of bad temper, and she did not care to conceal it. A Mad Love He was merely in a very bad temper, and could not trust himself to speak until he had tended to his belovèd engine. Cynthia's Chauffeur The wedding was no sooner over than the stepmother began to display her bad temper. Old-Time Stories "If you choose to get into a bad temper I can't help you." Rossmoyne It made her so happy that, when her husband entered with the doctor, she flung her arms about his neck and apologised for her exhibition of bad temper. Banked Fires So she kept to the shelter of the trees, and followed the windings of the path briskly, and in rather a bad temper. The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons All Jane's bad temper disappeared at the thought, and she would tie up two little bunches with ivy leaves at the back for Fly and Honeybird. The Weans at Rowallan The old man was in a very bad temper. The Deaves Affair "Isn't it?" says Terence, forgetting his bad temper in his anxiety to exhibit his treasure. Rossmoyne But the father, who was in a bad temper, only said: ‘When I was a young man we used to get two bears in one day.’ The Brown Fairy Book He was a sullen boy whose bad temper made his mouth repulsive. A Diary Without Dates Believe me, dear, it came only from my headache and my bad temper. Brooke's Daughter A Novel He sent for his young officer, and made ample amends for bad temper and hasty words. Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools I am not in a bad temper, and even if I were I have cause. Rossmoyne But she is often not wise at all: and even her good wits are not always left unaffected by her bad temper. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing And so her mind gradually conceived the idea that she was sad, and that she was suffering, and that this was the cause of her bad temper. The Grandee I do wrong to frighten ye, givin' way to bad temper. When Ghost Meets Ghost The latter had been detained at home by an attack of neuralgia, and was in a bad temper. The Rushton Boys at Treasure Cove Or, The Missing Chest of Gold But she could not endure sullenness and bad temper in Archie. Clark's Field Suppose he swears or has a bad temper, should he not get a little control over his temper, or stop swearing, before he comes to Christ? Sovereign Grace Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects A few days after Amalia, in a fit of bad temper, said that the double service could not be tolerated, and that she was to dine in the kitchen with the servants. The Grandee Really," he went on, when the doctor had left in rather a bad temper, "he's as ridiculous as the others. General Bramble Leo flushed, and began again with a sore throat and a bad temper. Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II Perhaps he was in a bad temper, perhaps he did not feel the more good-natured because he may have thought the boy and his nurse were German. The Thirteen Little Black Pigs and Other Stories The Old Man is in a bad temper because of our poor luck, and he is talking of going north already. Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story His bad temper had largely worn itself out on the various irritations that had kept it jumping, and in sooth the time had come for anger to give way to calculation. The Monk of Hambleton And then she suddenly felt ashamed of herself, and ashamed to repeat anything so petty, and she gulped again, and this time she swallowed her bad temper too. The Making of Mona His facial muscles seemed to have relaxed, revealing kindness and equanimity under what had been taut lines of bad temper. The Big Trip Up Yonder This put the Lord in a very bad temper; and Moses, who seems to have been much less irascible than Jehovah, "also was displeased." Bible Romances First Series Madame Podvin was busily burnishing up the zinc bar, and the vigorous and spiteful way in which she did this betrayed the fact that she was in bad temper. Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life Elizabeth, however, in spite of her pleasant prospect for the evening, was in a bad temper. A Singer from the Sea From bad temper, chicanery, contempt and hatred, he often goes on to blows and even murder, as the annals of criminology prove too well. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study Knowles was not bad-tempered, but he was a frequent cause of bad temper in other people. Audrey Craven The ears were now turned backwards, and had assumed that curiously vicious inclination which in a horse is indicative of bad temper or equine terror. The Hound From The North Captain Wilson was simply in a very bad temper. The Island Mystery Roland no longer found her always smiling and hoping, and he called the change bad temper when he ought to have called it hunger. A Singer from the Sea The parents do not appreciate the fact that when scolding their children they are only giving vent to their own bad temper. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study He's in a beastly bad temper, and says my last batch of illustrations isn't funny enough. Audrey Craven “You sure must be in a bad temper.” The Twins of Suffering Creek He was not yet sufficiently roused from the bad temper and depression induced by the sirocco to appreciate the King’s exalted mood. The Island Mystery Priscilla’s bad temper was in the ascendant, both in the shop and in the workroom. A Singer from the Sea Owing to their legal subordination and comparative physical weakness, they reveal their sentiments in a less brutal form, but malice and bad temper are not wanting. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study At all events, he was out after game, and was in a bad temper. Two Arrows A Story of Red and White "Not if you use your wits as you know how," growled Thor, still in a very bad temper. Told by the Northmen: Stories from the Eddas and Sagas I've heard it said that it isn't the person who never gets angry that ought to be praised; it's the person with a bad temper who controls it and never loses it. The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains or Bessie King's Strange Adventure She treated him to a mild display of bad temper, and then danced boisterously off down the trail, and her progress was as much made on her hind legs as on all fours. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana There will then be no time to make life bitter by bad temper, slander, acrimony, sulking and other conjugal disputes. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study They went away very much disappointed, for the Albatross was in a bad temper, and said only: “Go home and attend to the children.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Joe was sore all over and in a bad temper, until some one offered to give him some whiskey to rub in his wounds. Australia Revenged Well, I was in a bad temper at that time. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 He often used to talk of those days, not because he had any desire to tell me of them, but it seemed to relieve him when he was in a bad temper. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana These women, who are not rare, are to be dreaded; their plighted love is transformed into hatred, bad temper or jealousy, and only finds satisfaction in the torment of others. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study There he lived for some weeks in very bad temper; but one day in the harvest time his lordship chanced to meet Spare gathering watercresses at a meadow stream, and fell into talk. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales And then again, she would hate herself for her bad temper, and the nasty things she said. The Carroll Girls "Oh, well; open confession's good for the soul; I hope he'll absolve you for your bad temper." The Macdermots of Ballycloran The King had a bad temper and did not like to receive callers in the morning. The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts It was my bad temper drove my daughter from me.' Ghetto Comedies “The master was in a bad temper, was impatient,”—you say it in a tone of resentment. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Seeing the spark of bad temper in the red face of the enormous woman, Chris decided to pour oil on the troubled waters. Mr. Wicker's Window In the morning he woke up and thought about it, and for the first time in his life, knew what it was to feel really acutely irritable, in a misery of real bad temper. The Rainbow He was a solitary old bull, driven out, for his bad temper, from the comfortable herd of his fellows, and burning to find vent for his bottled spleen. In the Morning of Time I aid in construction and consolation—indeed, they could not exist without me; and although they break me to pieces, I am never in bad temper. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly If one man wanted the load badly, or if he chanced to be in a bad temper, the farmer was the gainer. A Son of the Middle Border “He was just a trifle testy,” remarked Erle, quietly suppressing the fact that his cousin had surprised him much by a fit of regular bad temper. Wee Wifie Byron's irritability and bad temper were aggravated by a physical defect, which hindered him from excelling in athletic sports of which he was fond, and embittered all his life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 A bad temper is a possession like another, and may be made skilful use of like other things which, perhaps, in themselves, are not desirable. Phoebe, Junior There were not many more attempts to prevent the round-up from being carried on in concert, but there was no lessening of the bad temper and the bad words with which the work was done. With Hoops of Steel I am sorry to say she was in a very bad temper, and it seemed that the naughty Warden had kept her waiting for two hours during the afternoon. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Miss Delacour arrived on the scene in a very bad temper. Hollyhock A Spirit of Mischief His bad temper was threatening to break through. The Saracen: The Holy War They're in a very bad temper as it is, on the other side. The Frontier "I only mean that when he's in a bad temper Harry's tiresome, and if he were married he'd be in one oftener." The Limit There was, however, one thing which cheered me during these days of bad temper, and that was a report that Dennison and Lambert were vowing vengeance upon me. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate “I dare not cheat my conscience in that way: it is my bad temper, my undisciplined nature, that ought to bear the blame.” Not Like Other Girls They were all wet, and in a bad temper for a dozen other reasons. The Black Buccaneer Your temptations will not be against you; your bad temper will not be against you; your hard life, your circumstances, even the devil himself will not be against you. Days of Heaven Upon Earth My little servant boy who was present looked at me frightened, then began to cry and darted away as if mad, although he had nothing to do with my bad temper. My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) I have been waiting here for half-an-hour to hear what has happened, but you seem to be in such an infernally bad temper that I should think I had better go. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate Archie heard the sigh, and felt ashamed of his bad temper. Not Like Other Girls He has a very bad temper naturally, and he got into trouble all round when he first lived there. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened But he could not get over the river, and went in very bad temper to spend that night at the little inn, determined to get a boat, if possible, and catch Harry in the morning. Pictures and Stories from Uncle Tom's Cabin "You are in a bad temper, I fear," she said. The New Tenant I have often seen my father in a bad temper, but I have never seen him keep it up for so long before. Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate It was barely five o'clock, and the balmiest summer day at Herion is wont to waken, like a spoilt child, in a bad temper of angry wind and lashing rain. The Dop Doctor Mr Strong is fighting against his bad temper as hard as ever. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened It was rather a sledge hammer blow, which brought bad temper and made him desperately angry. Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life Thus we started, and under these conditions logged five knots, and all went merry until the sky began to frown, and displayed evident signs of bad temper. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 The Senator spoke with unctuousness and delight, and Arthur saw that the politicians rejoiced at the loquacity and bad temper of the Honorable Quincy Livingstone, whom the Endicotts included among their distant relatives. The Art of Disappearing But now he was in a bad temper, and in full audience. The Magic World Complaint savors always of a little bad temper, and a slightly vindictive spirit. Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life Perret saw that his friend was in a bad temper, so did not try to carry on the argument. Fantômas At the end of that time nature again resumed her wonted smiling appearance, the sun chasing away such evidences of bad temper with the rapidity of thought. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 The Princess Hyacinth came in from her morning's ride in a very bad temper. Once on a Time The man has to be taken, lies and all, as a man is taken with a squint, or a harelip, or a bad temper. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite She wore a jet black frizzled wig, which contrasted well with the primrose-tinted skin; her voice showed her bad temper, for it was sharp and harsh, like the creaking of a door. Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young Another murder in the neighbourhood would certainly vex the authorities, and put the police in a bad temper. Fantômas But this corporal made his work doubly hard, and hindered the rookies from learning, by his persistent nagging and bad temper. Uncle Sam's Boys in the Ranks or, Two Recruits in the United States Army Will I lose all the good we have gained for the sake o' bad temper? Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life "He has a very bad temper, and he might do me some injury," mused Joe. Baseball Joe in the Big League or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles To those who are very impressible, the contagion of vice, bad temper, profanity, turbulence, lying, obscenity, sullenness, melancholy, etc., is as inevitable as the contagion of small pox. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 "I never yet showed any woman I had something to do that she didn't say I was in a bad temper." The Twelfth Hour Added to the natural bad temper of the man he was drinking constantly, and was quite beyond control. A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia The horseman proved to be the man Norris, or Boone, and in a thoroughly bad temper, as Jack soon found out. Brand Blotters Our engine lost its bad temper for a change. The Sequel What the Great War will mean to Australia Was this porter an agent of the gods for whose eternal leisure our daily confusion and bad temper make an amusing diversion? Waiting for Daylight Talking sense doesn't show that one's in a bad temper. The Twelfth Hour I was now plastered with mud from head to foot, and getting up in a very bad temper determined that at least that portion of wire should not interfere with another Britisher. 'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany Towards morning he crept out of his hiding-place, feeling in a very bad temper with the climate. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen When I'm in a bad temper, I much prefer everyone else to be in a bad temper, too.' The Explorer "It puts you in a bad temper for the sermon." The Wooden Horse Sir James was liable to the irritable changes of mood that would nowadays be called neurotic or highly strung, but was in his young days merely put down as bad temper. The Twelfth Hour But at thirteen she had settled down to bad temper as a habit. The Third Miss Symons Now why should a long nose run through a family like that, or a bad temper, or the colour of hair? The Ghost Girl Your cousins will leave their bad tempers in the land of dreams, I hope, and their good-nature will return with the sun to-morrow morning. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him He is chiefly remembered in literature by the abuse that Gildas heaped upon him, in those letters, written about 546, that are notable for imperfect accuracy, fervent religion, and virulent bad temper. The Cornwall Coast "Oh dear, are you in a bad temper?" The Twelfth Hour She did not speak about bad temper, for Henrietta was much too frightened of her to show any signs of temper in her proximity. The Third Miss Symons Paul stood shaking by the mantelpiece in a very bad temper for some minutes. Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers Jessie greeted her cousins with gentle words and loving kisses, just as if she had never seen them in a fit of bad temper. Jessie Carlton The Story of a Girl who Fought with Little Impulse, the Wizard, and Conquered Him Some say that it was her sudden rage on hearing this that caused her to burn her children to death; others say her act was merely due to bad temper owing to a sick headache. Terribly Intimate Portraits Liso was now in a very bad temper; and, having no other means of venting it, savagely silenced the children whenever they attempted to speak. Werwolves Especially when I have a bad temper, as I had to-night. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life She refused to take Rosemary's hand and scuffed on before them silently, like a small Indian in a very bad temper. Rainbow Hill Before the week was out Bob was the man’s flunkey, the butt of his ill-natured jokes, the helpless victim of his bad temper. The Fighting Edge He could only suppose that he had frightened her by his evident bad temper, and for that he was sorry. To Love He had married her, he said, from a persuasion that if he were able to bear with her bad temper, there could be nothing which he might not support. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He was awed to find her a grande dame in black velvet, more dignified, apparently inches taller, and in a vice-regally bad temper. The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life The secret of good or bad temper is our habitual tendency to dwell upon or to fly from the irritating and the inevitable. The Map of Life Conduct and Character It is wiser not to strike an obstinate jibber, unless as a last resource, for further rousing his bad temper is productive of no good result. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. It puts her in a bad temper, and when she’s in a bad temper she is extraordinarily erratic as to her declarations. Antony Gray,—Gardener The boss is in a bad temper, perhaps he’s had the nightmare! Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts Were I her mistress, she would irritate me into a very bad temper, and then, by her muddle-headed willingness, would make me sorry. A Poor Man's House For the moment she felt so provoked with Hoodie's naughty, silly bad temper, that she really felt ready to give her a severe scolding. Hoodie They often provoke poor Diana when setting out for the chase, and sacrifice her to their bad tempers on their return! The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. Something to do with the stock exchange, and quite a wealthy man, though a bad temper. Antony Gray,—Gardener And he sniffed scornfully, and went about all day in a bad temper. Paul the Courageous Dear old Mr. Cashmere found me in almost a bad temper about it, and listened gravely to my complaint. Marge Askinforit For this cause he again became disquieted, and displayed his former bad temper. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 27 of 55 1636-37 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century It is unwise, also, to lend a hunter to even an expert rider, if he or she is afflicted with a bad temper. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. At that Brodrick frowned so formidably that Jane could have cried out, "For goodness' sake go and marry her and leave off venting your bad temper upon me." The Creators A Comedy “Charming!” she exclaimed, letting her recent display of bad temper go without apology. Patty's Success Margaret gave one more cry, and instantly Madame Bonanni led her quickly away towards her dressing-room, a little shaken and in a very bad temper with the men who had carried her. Fair Margaret A Portrait But then I had a bad temper from the beginning, and it's my temper that has done for me. The Children's Book of London Reckoning that this bad temper would go off with the first mouthfuls, she waited before beginning her attack. The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877 She was twenty-four years old, neither homely nor pretty with an indefinite color of hair and eyes, but with a very definite slenderness and bad temper. The Comedienne Rain, fatigue, the horses, hunger, bad temper, and disappointment alike vanished from the minds of the three as they heard the words. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush In all of these histories the King acted a part, in which his bad temper, bad judgment, falseness, and duplicity were equally conspicuous. The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I A man with your bad temper—your airs of authority—your assumption of—of—everything. Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: The New York Idea When in a bad temper she was fond of boasting of the handsome fortune she intended securing for her own daughter, even though the step-children should be unprovided for. Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants and Herdsmen "He has a bad temper and the least little thing makes him angry." Little Wizard Stories of Oz No sooner was the wedding over, than the stepmother began to show her bad temper. Bo-Peep Story Books In the days when the divorce laws are "sensible," freedom will be granted for perpetual bad temper sooner than for occasional unfaithfulness. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends She could afford to be patient with his bad temper, now. The Cricket It quiets the bad temper into perfect peace; and I love, as I never dreamed of doing before, all my friends and enemies too. Live to be Useful or, The Story of Annie Lee and her Irish Nurse It were bad temper as were his complaint. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant She was Mrs. Liddell—Marcella knew her by sight—and she was in a very bad temper because she had been kept waiting. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Some have a bad temper, others are rude, and still others are obstinate; and many, especially children, are too greedy! The Wonders of the Jungle Book One Shears, who was in a bad temper, pushed them back. The Blonde Lady Being a Record of the Duel of Wits between Arsène Lupin and the English Detective That evening I went home in a bad temper. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 "You are generally in a bad temper," she said. The Rider in Khaki A Novel The little news editor looked to be in a rather bad temper, but he nodded not unkindly to Patty. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 They were annoyed by some heavy black stuff that united with the quicksilver in their cradles, interfered with the saving of the gold, and put them in a very bad temper. Diggers in the Earth Being placed with the other convict lunatics, he made himself useful, but on account of his bad temper and overbearing, quarrelsome disposition, obnoxious to his fellow prisoners. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude In these cases a good instructor chooses appropriate stories showing the baseness of such ingratitude, the dangers of disobedience, the ugliness of bad temper, to accentuate the defects of the pupil. Spontaneous Activity in Education He gave great attention to the study of anatomy, and he was known throughout the city for his talents, and for his pride and bad temper. A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture The missionary brother did not appear till the day following, and then in a shocking bad temper. Beyond the Marshes Satan is in a very bad temper, but he does not give up his battle for a soul with Heaven yet, and intends to make a last effort to get Hans into his clutches. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas Having lost three balls, she left Vi and Peggy to look for them, and, still in a thoroughly bad temper, strolled round the corner of the house. A harum-scarum schoolgirl He replied that if the old fellow was so unfortunate as to have a bad temper as well as his physical infirmities that was no reason why he should be allowed to suffer privation. Booker T. Washington Builder of a Civilization It is greatly to the credit of everyone concerned that there was no sign of bad temper among the officers of the battalion. Our Casualty, and Other Stories 1918 The officer in command—captain, or whatever he was—had arrived in a bad temper, cursing and swearing, and growling out menaces about spies. Coming Home 1916 Little suspecting the delight in store for him, Georgie had come down in a bad temper that morning, and he was venting it on his lesson books, and on Miss Leigh. Chatterbox, 1906 |
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