| 单词 | querulousness |
| 例句 | “Disobedience is my joy,” she once declared, and it is no small wonder that her Jan Brady querulousness should come to dominate Morton’s book. Review | Before Harry and Meghan, the Windsor sisters stirred the pot. A new book delves into their story. 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z If Carlile had the querulousness, which condemned others, he had also the rarer courage which condemned himself. Life and Character of Richard Carlile 2012-03-14T02:00:25.327Z But as her soul became more shrivelled she pointedly avoided even the mention of Terence's name, and showed general signs of a peevish querulousness, which was alien to her strong character. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Except querulousness, it has nearly all the bad qualities of old age; and if St. Barbe is meant for Thackeray, it is contemptible even in caricature. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Mary seemed a little better; her querulousness was a good sign; but it would not further her recovery to tell her that Tommy was missing. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z But General Taylor resolved at once to face the danger stoutly, and to manifest no symptom of unsoldierlike querulousness under the injustice he experienced from the government. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z He is very dependent on me, and, despite the querulousness of ill health, truly grateful. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z "You don't wish it half as much as I," and there was a suspicion of querulousness in his grace's tone. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z This fretful querulousness manifested itself more than once in the early stages of the voyage. The Sea Bride 2011-07-30T02:00:14.537Z Thus then has our language been in perpetual movement, and that “purity of style,” whose presumed violation has raised such reiterated querulousness, has in reality proved to be but a mocking phantom, fugitive or unsubstantial. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z There Michael brooded in silence and retirement for several days, during which his ill-temper was continually fretted, and his evil passions stimulated by the querulousness of the aged fanatic. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z The men of the moment not unnaturally expressed the querulousness of Italy, distracted by her struggles of the past and sinking into somnolence. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z His pugnacity, querulousness and egotism displayed themselves in various ways, and rendered him offensive even to many persons who would willingly have been his friends. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z From the knowledge gained of her through her letters one can imagine what must have been the pious querulousness of her "remark." The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z Her face expressed a mixture of querulousness and hauteur, and she spoke in a languid drawl, with strange peevish inflections. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z Restless, but languid; dejected, but unforgiving, she came to vent her querulousness on Mrs. Winston, in complaint and reproach. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z The nurses, forgetting the trouble her querulousness and her overweening dietary scruples had cost them, hung over the bed on which the shrivelled entity lay. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Presenters become even more supercilious when an outbreak of querulousness among rival supporters occurs in the stands. More rammies at the Ryder Cup, please 2010-10-02T23:07:00Z It does not expend itself in bravado, petulance or querulousness. History of the War Between Mexico and the United States, with a Preliminary View of its Origin, Volume 1 A keen black eye seemed almost to burn within its orb, and to give an expression of petulant and peevish excitability, like the querulousness of a sick man. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency "I really must beg your pardon," began Kennedy, as he ignored the querulousness of Margot, the late arrival, adding significantly, "that is, of all of you except one, for monopolizing the evening." The Social Gangster Fresh and spontaneous his letters invariably appear; with a touch of the invalid’s nervous haste, but never lacking in courage, and with nothing of the querulousness which we connect with chronic ill-health. The Vagabond in Literature Some listener must be found to the dreamy querulousness of the invalid, and why not his own heart? Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume I (of II) Let me not be supposed as uttering these words in any spirit of querulousness with fortune; I have had much, far more than most men, to feel grateful for. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience Was it that beneath an outer querulousness of manner there still lingered recurrences of tenderness, of passion, which kept alight old fires,—was it simply that the man did not feel? Lady Cassandra This was mere querulousness, as every one in the hall knew. Barclay of the Guides The sweet, clear candour of her face had given place, I thought, to something not wholly unlike querulousness. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography He picks from Mr. Froude's four volumes a number of tid-bits, setting forth Carlyle's querulousness, arrogance, and domestic storms with Mrs. Carlyle. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) As he resumed his paper, however, his querulousness yielded to a broad sunny optimism, and he turned to the sporting page and hunted out the news from the Bowie track. Rope There is little doubt that ill-health was the cause of that querulousness which led to Lord Randolph's curious and fatal move. The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 He would remember and with the querulousness of old age and infirm health would demand that coffee be brought "upon the spot." All About Coffee His ostentatious renunciation of worldly schemes, and especially of his twenty-years’ siege of Court favor, are in the tone of one who retains some hope in the midst of his querulousness. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete Under its sway I found it a comparatively easy task to overcome the querulousness and revive the hopes of Aunt Helen on my return home. A Romantic Young Lady The querulousness with which he began the sentence melted into a rallying smile. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 I think the doctor——” “You didn’t send Tony for the doctor!” the invalid exclaimed, a feeble querulousness vibrating in the words. The Wall Between Also she had much of the same querulousness, and complained every night of nerves, and each morning of insomnia. Bird of Paradise "My generals," was the Emperor's comment on this querulousness, "are a parcel of post-inspectors; the Ebro is nothing but a line; we must resume the offensive at Tudela." The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) His expression had changed too, for there was a singular querulousness about his mouth, and his eyes were shifty and cunning. The Explorer Surprise for a time held the old woman speechless; a look of sorrow and affection drove the querulousness out of her face and voice. Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Hence we may trace in it a tone of exaggerated querulousness, and complaint that the soldiers were ungrateful to him. The Two Great Retreats of History Yet no weakness, no querulousness disgraced the noble close of that noble career. Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. Her voice started with a complaining squawk, was full toned for a few moments, then trailed off into more querulousness; the timbre of that tone seemed to fit with Captain Wass's mood. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Sally May was a delicious Mrs. Bennet—her archness, her querulousness, and above all her talkativeness. Judy of York Hill There is throughout a note of querulousness which weakens one's sympathy for the hero of a lost cause. A History of the United States And as you are very fond of children your grief must have a peculiar bitterness when you call to mind her pure and simple gaiety, which was without a tincture of passion or querulousness. Plutarch's Morals It represented reaction against the querulousness, the vagueness, the mere prettiness which have so often resulted in nauseous verse. Personality in Literature He speaks often so to his poor, discontented followers; he is like a piece of silent Strength in the middle of their morbid querulousness there. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 "Dead she is, the poor heart, dead she is, and better off nor I am—" Her high querulousness died away as she went into the house, and again was the silence of the riding moon. The Wind Bloweth He had little patience with indecision, still less with querulousness and complaints. Hubert's Wife A Story for You She drew forward a child of about Cherry Carstairs' age, a pale, fragile child in whose face Anstice read plainly the querulousness of an inherited delicacy of constitution. Afterwards I can't make out," he went on, with the querulousness of an invalid, "why you should have come up just to talk such nonsense. The Mark Of Cain He does not seem to have taken undue credit to himself; there is no querulousness, or egotism, or=414= senility in his letters, but a delightful tranquillity of spirit. Benjamin Franklin Her querulousness was not so much ill-natured as plaintive. The Eagle's Heart Edwin demanded, with the querulousness of one who is losing hope. Clayhanger He looked around the table then and caught the gleam in Caleb's eyes; he took note of Miss Sarah's illuminated face, and gave way to a burst of querulousness not all simulation. Then I'll Come Back to You And her way of listening and answering made me suspect that she was but too used to such querulousness. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, August, 1878 There was an almost childish querulousness of tone in the old baronet's questioning. The Mark of the Beast Severe as the letter is, it contrasts well with the disingenuous querulousness of the Eusebians. The Arian Controversy The sentence began with dignity, but ended with querulousness. The Good Comrade He really liked the old boy, despite his querulousness. The Bad Man He came in with questioning eyes that lost their querulousness the moment they had found her face. Sally Bishop A Romance Petulance and querulousness too often supplanted the mental elasticity, which had counted for naught the roughnesses on the road to fame. The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain He stood staring at Ishmael, then spoke in a husky, uncertain voice that went suddenly from gruffness to a high querulousness. Secret Bread The Cap'n's keen ear caught the coward's note of querulousness, for he had heard that note many times before in his stormy association with men. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Nor can we allow that De Musset sank into a condition of puerile impatience and senile querulousness. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 Still, he had learned little, beyond hauteur and querulousness, from the lessons of experience. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia But the audience sat still in a sheeplike, grazing sort of attention, and Mrs. Ormiston continued to exercise her distinguished querulousness on the subject of male primogeniture. The Judge But it is only his querulousness, thought he; and so filling his glass he proceeded to business. The Piazza Tales There were no children; there had been no signs of any; and Mrs. Verner positively made the lack into a sort of reproach, a continual cause for querulousness. Verner's Pride "Where have you two been all this time," Penton asked, a slight touch of querulousness in his voice. Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative Occasional expressions of querulousness are matters of course in family differences, and are seldom totally suppressed by the utmost exertion of good feeling and good sense. Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings The querulousness of incompetent complaining natures confesses itself almost as much as in the tones of the voice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863 There is in all human nature quite enough of querulousness against the unequal allotments of Providence, but all these systems inculcate and foster that discontent by the sanctions of philosophy. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 Lady Verner visited and received company, and the look of care had gone from her face, and the querulousness from her tone. Verner's Pride If it were, we might be accused of mere querulousness. Aspects of Literature Where there are carking cares, querulousness, untidiness, slovenliness, and dirt, there can be little comfort either for man or woman. Thrift His voice had changed, and a certain querulousness had crept into it. Gordon Keith Yet even here all was not peace and pleasantness, for I heard my name called by a small voice, in a tone of patient subdued querulousness. In the Wrong Paradise She never looked happy; but Marcella put it down to health or natural querulousness of character. Marcella Nay, but this is but vain and womanish querulousness, and comes of scant consideration. The Decameron, Volume II Nor is there any querulousness, except that of religious despondency. Cowper Her grandson, however, always treated her with a tender patience which no querulousness of the old woman could weary. Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life The call-notes of the Chicadee are very lively, with a mixture of querulousness in their tone, that renders them the more pleasing. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 This flow of quotation and hospitality in Wegg indicated his observation of some little querulousness on the part of Venus. Our Mutual Friend I don't consider!'—he cried with sudden querulousness, 'why, God knows that this one child is there thought and object of my life, and yet he never prospers me—no, never!' The Old Curiosity Shop Lisbeth was going on, for she was not at all afraid of Seth, and usually poured into his ears all the querulousness which was repressed by her awe of Adam. Adam Bede Forgetting everything, his baseness and deceit, her mother's querulousness, and her father's sorrow, she smiled. The Forged Coupon One of these is a spirit of querulousness. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II "What a foolish thing for me to say," Ashe broke out; then surprised at the querulousness of his tone he stopped abruptly. The Puritans Many dread old age because they think of it in connection with decrepitude, helplessness and the childish querulousness popularly associated with advancing years. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency He spoke with a slight querulousness, as if these wily and hardy adventurers had wilfully hit upon him as the weak spot in the defences, as the vulnerable point of the Grindstone. Under the Skylights "But my luck may yet turn, and then, be sure, I will make you forget all my childish querulousness." Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia It is our own fault if we are querulous or ill-humored; nor need we, though this is less easy, allow ourselves to be made unhappy by the querulousness or ill-humors of others. The Pleasures of Life Ferris's merriment died away in something like a groan, and when Mrs. Vervain again spoke, it was in a tone of sudden querulousness. A Foregone Conclusion He was in complete harmony with his age; he had neither the harassing thoughts of Seneca, nor the querulousness of his uncle, nor the settled gloom of Tacitus, to overcast his bright and happy disposition. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Why, even the self-conceit that makes people indifferent to small things, wrapping them in an atmosphere of self-satisfaction, is welcome in a man compared to that querulousness which makes him an enemy to all around. Friends in Council — First Series His querulousness takes away much both from the agreeableness and the use of his moral writings. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives His wife's quick temper sometimes took fire at his querulousness; but her many actions, which spoke much louder than her words, showed how deeply she loved him and how proud she was of his genius. Halleck's New English Literature I should ill deserve God's blessings, which, since the late terrible event, have come down in mercy upon us, if I indulge in regret or querulousness. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb He realized now that, even though it had moved his pity, Claire's querulousness had offended something in him. Uneasy Money She was a widow, who had been left with what she considered insufficient means, and her outlook on life was a compound of greed and querulousness. The Little Nugget Henceforward he was, with some short intervals, a prey to querulousness and disease. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives Her querulousness, impatience, even antipathy became more and more marked as the summer advanced and Mr. Bingle, in dire distress, consulted Dr. Fiddler. Mr. Bingle There was a delay; there seemed to be some querulousness on the part of the officer in command at being thus halted, some doubt about allowing strangers to come aboard. The Iron Trail So do the whole family except ourselves; they are all worn out by her querulousness, and are not particularly given to patience or unselfishness either. Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering If he had permitted a certain note of querulousness to creep into his conversation already, the imagination recoiled from the thought of the caustic depths he would reach now should I reveal the truth. The Little Nugget But with the querulousness of old age Judy scouted the idea. Darkness and Daylight You give me no response,"—continued Brent, with sudden querulousness—"Since you arrived we have been talking nothing but generalities and Church matters. God's Good Man Her voice had now a note of querulousness in it. Angel Island The old man from being cold and high, suddenly fell, as it were, into the whimpering querulousness of extreme old age. Barry Lyndon It was at her own motion; she could bear her mother's daily querulousness no longer; she must take some step. A Life's Morning Happen what might in the world beyond her doors, Mrs. Cross led the wonted life of domestic discomfort and querulousness. Will Warburton But she roused up into querulousness at this speech of her husband's. North and South He stopped and his voice leaped with a sudden querulousness. Angel Island Indeed Osborne was too self-indulgent or 'sensitive,' as he termed it, to bear well with the squire's gloomy fits, or too frequent querulousness. Wives and Daughters A typical, small-town, New England best-family banker, reserved in pose, unobtrusively important—a placid exterior hiding querulousness and a fussy temper. The First Man But I will not trouble the workers with the querulousness of old age. The Duke's Children Margaret tried to make acquaintances with one or two of them, while her father strove to raise the widow's thoughts into some higher channel than that of mere helpless querulousness. North and South "You might 'a' went about it a bit more manly," continued the other, with the querulousness of a sick child. Such Is Life And all this oppressed her much more than the querulousness of her stepmother's words. Wives and Daughters Will this querulousness, this murmuring, this complaining and XXXVI. Meditations Yet no weakness, no querulousness, disgraced the noble close of that noble career. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 There is a bitter sneer on Dryden's effeminate querulousness in Collier's Short View of the Stage. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 The only occupants, a man and a girl, appeared to be equally jaded and exhausted, with the added querulousness of discontent in their sallow and badly nourished faces. Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation Have they learnt patience, submission, and trust in God?—or have they learnt nothing but impatience, querulousness, and discontent? Character They did not preserve hint from the inebriation of prosperity, or restrain him from indecent querulousness in adversity. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Her grandmother slept most of the time, and when she did speak, it was with the querulousness of disease, and not in the tones of affection. Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief Apart from the natural antagonism which, on such occasions, those in possession always feel towards the new-comer, they were strongly inclined to resist the dissatisfied querulousness and aggressive attitude of these fresh applicants for hospitality. Snow-Bound at Eagle's "You said Masters," said the old man, with sudden querulousness. A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready Prematurely old, of ill-health, and harassed with cares, she had no time to waste in discriminating maternal tenderness for her daughter, but treated the children with equal and unbiased querulousness. A Waif of the Plains His eyes softened; as the exaltation of passion passed, his voice dropped into the querulousness of privileged age. Maruja It was noticeable that while the voices betrayed the difference of age and sex, they bore a singular resemblance to each other, and a certain querulousness of pitch that was dominant. Drift from Two Shores Dropping his aggressive tone to mere querulousness, the man sought the whiskey demijohn, and helped himself and his companions. Snow-Bound at Eagle's Yet there was something in his facial expression that contradicted the manliness of his presence,—an irritation and querulousness that were inconsistent with his size and strength. Thankful Blossom But to the fancy of the boy it had changed; the old familiar lines of worry, care, and querulousness had given way to a look of remote peace and statue-like repose. A Waif of the Plains And with a growing irritation and querulousness on her part came a further disenchantment, born of the inability of husband and wife to find a common ground of interest. Reginald in Russia and other sketches But there was the old twinkle back of the querulousness in the Old Man's eyes, and the old pucker of the lips behind his grizzled whiskers. The Flying U's Last Stand It has passed through the struggles of infancy, it has displayed the energies of maturity, and, its work completed, it must sink into the feebleness and querulousness of old age. 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