It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions. From LearnThat.org. [Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer, pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens.]
And then with more apologies for what he called his impertinence, he took his leave, and I felt altogether very much pleased and flattered. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh] Reference
You think the thing said ‘Much impertinence is hydroscopic’?. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » Translator : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
“Much impertinence is hydroscopic,” said the speaker on the translator console. From Wordnik.com. [365 tomorrows » Translator : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day] Reference
"I call it impertinence," the lady went on, "and very well-grown impertinence too – from a child like that!. From Wordnik.com. [Melbourne House] Reference
As a result of her "impertinence" the inspector was removed. From Wordnik.com. [Civics and Health] Reference
"That kind of impertinence will get you an extra ten days, legionnaire!". From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
Then he said, with the quizzical little air of bland impertinence which is peculiarly his own. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Marjorie's "impertinence," and did not hesitate to put her side of the story forward in a most unpleasant fashion. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
When challenged about her behaviour she blustered about the "impertinence" of the journalist daring to question her!. From Wordnik.com. [An open challenge to Green Party Members (Contains video)] Reference
However, Georgia's "impertinence" in seeking NATO membership and building close ties with Europe does not fully explain Moscow's blatant display of brute power. From Wordnik.com. [Once Again It's Russia Against the World] Reference
Delightful impertinence, that is forward to oblige them! ". From Wordnik.com. [Highways & Byways in Sussex] Reference
"There is an impertinence which is redeemed by wit," said Sir Charles, severely. From Wordnik.com. [Danger! and Other Stories] Reference
But it has been systematically snubbed, misunderstood, dubbed impertinence, forsooth. ". From Wordnik.com. [Moriah's Mourning and Other Half-Hour Sketches] Reference
His retorts are always ready; and his intrepidity, in this kind of impertinence, is unexampled. From Wordnik.com. [Anna St. Ives] Reference
" but it's the kind of impertinence a woman can just get away with " if she's clever. From Wordnik.com. [Sleeping Murder]
Her impertinence was her/raison d'etre/. From Wordnik.com. [The Woman with the Fan] Reference
Exposition is almost an impertinence, its grace is so simple and winsome. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
Sympathy on his part would have been somehow an intrusion, an impertinence. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
And, indeed, such interference would be an impertinence and a breach of duty. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Would it be an impertinence to ask for an explanation that I might comprehend?. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
He severely reproved the man for his impertinence; and for the rest of the journey. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
This was a little nearer to impertinence than anything she had before encountered. From Wordnik.com. [The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys] Reference
And then she added quickly, "You don't think the question an impertinence, I hope.". From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
No man can, without impertinence, transmit or convey such a commodity to his neighbour. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
The stranger asked him with a smile if he might without impertinence ask the name of it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Ordinarily she would pass it in contempt, but such impertinence must not remain unpunished. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
In certain positions, eloquence is not only thrown away, but is felt to be rank impertinence. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
I have reached the seventy-second woman who has had the impertinence to recognize herself in that character. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
If not, it were better to shut up the playhouse at once than have it open, a school of riot and impertinence. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 3] Reference
"How could you possibly suppose that yonder lovely, gracious creature, intended to treat you with impertinence?". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
They were even more kind and cordial to her than ever, unless an exaggerated cordiality be one form of impertinence. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Then she broke out in a thin, drawling, daring, poor-white voice -- a ring of impertinence and even a challenge in it. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
But then I came out with that impertinence about the twenty-seven copies, and by this time she hates me beyond a doubt. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
That one of the girls should have the insolence -- the absolute impertinence -- to ask her, Miss Cora Dill, where she was going!. From Wordnik.com. [Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion] Reference
'I understand that it was an impertinence on my part to volunteer assistance which was unasked; you have made that sufficiently plain.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Today the question "Is it art?" is considered an impertinence and even a precursor of "censorship," understood as a refusal to subsidize. From Wordnik.com. [Washington's Works Of Art] Reference
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