A small unkindness is a great offence. From Wordnik.com. [The Semi-Attached Couple] Reference
"Surely man may mark 'unkindness' altered eye 'as well as woman," said. From Wordnik.com. [Tales and Novels — Volume 10] Reference
Strange, that what I called 'unkindness' for so many years, in departing should have left to me such a sudden desolation!. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II] Reference
Not a word was said to me and no unkindness shown. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Hitherto, I have only known rudeness and unkindness!. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
Deals she an unkindness, 'tis but her rapid measure. From Wordnik.com. [Poems of To-Day: an Anthology] Reference
I never meant it either for your ear or for unkindness. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
But it had no words of unkindness for Tilden and Robinson. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Why, what is thy kindness but the very extremity of unkindness?. From Wordnik.com. [The Substance of a Dream] Reference
Everywhere there seemed to be unkindness, unrest, or indifference. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
If it is unkindness to the boys, why is it not unkindness to the girls?. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
As long as Tom seemed to prefer Lucy to her, Lucy made part of his unkindness. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
Then seeing in their eyes the deep sorrow for their past unkindness, he added. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Old Testament] Reference
Otherwise, my charity goes for nothing, and I do my beggar an absolute unkindness. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays] Reference
England; but he never forgot his act of unkindness to his poor, hard-toiling father. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
I have watched the unkindness of your brother, and now command you to take his life. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870] Reference
Ohio to insist upon an investigation, but in no spirit of unkindness to my colleague. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Miss Littlefair and those who were with her was revealed, but no unkindness was shown. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
We want one who will act in no spirit of unkindness toward those we lately met in battle. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
"Do not let us speak about unkindness, or anything else," says the young man, impatiently. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
And in all that time no words of unkindness, no words of asperity, have passed between us. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.] Reference
Yet let me not reproach you with unkindness, though I feel much, very much, at this moment. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
Her words brought vividly before his mind's eye the many instances of his master's unkindness. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
The petty annoyances of injustice or unkindness are looked on by each with the same magnanimity. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Washington had directed his soldiers to show no disrespect nor unkindness to the defeated troops. From Wordnik.com. [How the Flag Became Old Glory] Reference
I must say, I am surprised at the unkindness, even rudeness, which many of you have exhibited towards Miss. From Wordnik.com. [Stories and Sketches] Reference
He knew, however, that his father loved him, and this made him able to bear their unkindness with patience. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Old Testament] Reference
He felt ashamed of his unkindness to his little sister, and he resolved to meet her pleasantly in the morning. From Wordnik.com. [Hatty and Marcus or, First Steps in the Better Path] Reference
But she refused to be driven out of the Poketown School by the unkindness and discourtesy of the larger girls. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
But he has ideas of courtesy, has this rough old warrior, and says he means them no unkindness and will walk with them. From Wordnik.com. [Old John Brown, the man whose soul is marching on] Reference
"I trust you will -- I did not mean to part from you in unkindness: your voice is altered -- your eyes are changed". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
My sweet mother; never did she utter one word of unkindness to me; her very look to the last was one of gentleness and love. From Wordnik.com. [Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal] Reference
Strangely to herself, she did not feel the least anger or bitterness toward her now, in spite of all her unkindness to herself. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
I thought you ought to know how well one little girl among us has behaved under the most unjust suspicions and great unkindness. From Wordnik.com. [Katie Robertson A Girls Story of Factory Life] Reference
With his affectionate and generous disposition, no one was more sensible of unkindness than he was; but none forgave it more readily. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
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