Stygians this envy and quarrelsomeness (if you will permit me the word) survive?. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
Fights were almost unknown for full stomachs were not conducive to quarrelsomeness. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Phantom] Reference
When he is strong and the physical powers are full of vigor, he guards against quarrelsomeness. From Wordnik.com. [The Analects] Reference
We have also been exposed to much more evidence of some of their own internal quarrelsomeness and feuding. From Wordnik.com. [Choosing A New Justice] Reference
They had moved on from simple lust-charms; she noted with approval that they were also distributing anger, depression, and quarrelsomeness with an even hand. From Wordnik.com. [Phoenix And Ashes]
Quite aside from objective reasons, conciliability tries to end conflict just as much as quarrelsomeness, no less without any objective occasion, supports it. From Wordnik.com. [Conflict and The Web of Group-Affiliations] Reference
Zagorolo near Rome, where the inhabitants are noted at the same time for the strength and excellence of their wines and for the quarrelsomeness of their dispositions. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
This was the signal for Bridget's quarrelsomeness again. From Wordnik.com. [The Rectory Children] Reference
But quarrelsomeness is quite another affair, and very fatal. From Wordnik.com. [Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things] Reference
The vanity and quarrelsomeness of the Slav soon began to speak. From Wordnik.com. [Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921] Reference
It were bad enough afore, wi 'their quarrelsomeness and their shilly-shally. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
His incompetence, arrogance, and quarrelsomeness led to difficulties with Bessarion. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
I did go to Brabant, but I saw no anger or quarrelsomeness; yet I suppose he had his reasons. From Wordnik.com. [A Wanderer in Holland] Reference
So Sandip has lost his aspect of the hero; a tone of low quarrelsomeness has come into his words. From Wordnik.com. [The Home and the World] Reference
The next year it was his antlers that got him into trouble -- his antlers and his quarrelsomeness. From Wordnik.com. [Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals] Reference
On account of his reputation for quarrelsomeness men chose their words carefully when they spoke to him. From Wordnik.com. [A Man Four-Square] Reference
Here there was not the least evidence of inebriety or of quarrelsomeness, and certainly no police were present. From Wordnik.com. [Due West or Round the World in Ten Months] Reference
No bawling, no quarrelsomeness, no staggering tipplers; a spirit of universal good cheer broods over the assembly. From Wordnik.com. [Old Calabria] Reference
To a natural waywardness and quarrelsomeness had been added a heritage of bitter memories, and the outlook was not bright. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign of Andrew Jackson] Reference
He talked inexcusably to his friends about his wife; he complained everywhere of her extravagances and of her quarrelsomeness. From Wordnik.com. [The Love Affairs of Great Musicians]
There was chilling foreboding in the "Catacombs" section and a believable quarrelsomeness to the portrayal of the market women in "Limoges.". From Wordnik.com. [IndyStar.com Top Stories] Reference
In fact, it is arguably the best explanation for the quarrelsomeness and other social deficiencies of many in the atheist/evolutionist community. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Cooper because of the quarrelsomeness and fighting prevalent in America, making during this expression of his sympathy an obvious allusion to gouging. From Wordnik.com. [James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters] Reference
Her husband's quarrelsomeness, his irritable character and his masterful will all sank into insignificance when she thought of his unvarying fidelity. From Wordnik.com. [The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. (Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis) from the Spanish of Vincente Blasco Ibanez; authorized translation by Charlotte Brewster Jordan.] Reference
In the case of the men, a good humor -- with perhaps some such physic for quarrelsomeness as croton oil administered in their food on suitable occasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Lion of Petra] Reference
If you will endeavor to study your wife's happiness, without yielding to her caprices, you will not be likely to gain the reputation of quarrelsomeness. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding] Reference
There is great need of politeness between brothers and sisters; and its lack I s the cause of much ill-feeling and quarrelsomeness in the family circle. From Wordnik.com. [A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding] Reference
His extravagance savors of his generosity, his quarrelsomeness of his courage, his credulity of his open faith, his vanity of his pride, and his bluntness of his sincerity. From Wordnik.com. [The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon] Reference
His extravagance savors of his generosity; his quarrelsomeness of his courage; his credulity of his open faith; his vanity of his pride; and his bluntness of his sincerity. From Wordnik.com. [John Bull] Reference
Whatever it be, she has shown a spirit of quarrelsomeness which should not be in any way a sign of Canadian diplomacy in relation to the Mother Country or any other country. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian National Character] Reference
Fink, for his part, took little heed of the baron, merely contracting his brows when he observed his quarrelsomeness toward Anton, and never saying more than "he can not help it.". From Wordnik.com. [Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag] Reference
Better public relations is every conference speaker’s solution to the public’s quarrelsomeness and irritation. From Wordnik.com. [Serious Money] Reference
"And so," thought I, "even among these Stygians this envy and quarrelsomeness (if you will permit me the word) survive?. From Wordnik.com. [Roundabout Papers] Reference
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