His vexation was the greater, that, if his conjecture were correct, it would place him in a difficult position towards the Belmonts. From Wordnik.com. [The Bastonnais Tale of the American Invasion of Canada in 1775-76] Reference
Our labour is called the vexation of our heart (v. 22); it is to most a force upon themselves, so natural is it to us to love our ease. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Stephen had understood that his father's "vexation" existed only as an instrument of correction in the hands of his mother. From Wordnik.com. [One Man in His Time] Reference
He considered that the High Court in CSR did not intend to narrow the test from that of "vexation" and "oppression", in the relevant sense. From Wordnik.com. [Conflict of Laws .net] Reference
Damnation, Phoebe, I don’t need this kind of vexation from you. From Wordnik.com. [Pirates] Reference
"Oh, dear!" cried Mollie, ready to cry with vexation. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
Menenius was found guilty, and died of vexation and shame. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
"Very well; what do you desire?" said the Marquise, with vexation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His reaction, says Lowry, was a mixture of "vexation and amusement.". From Wordnik.com. [He Knew He Was Right] Reference
Michael told me all this with a mixed feeling of pride and vexation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The things also attained by him, end in vanity and vexation of spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Riches of Bunyan] Reference
"It is wet here," she cried with vexation: "we must turn back, Floyd.". From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
Of course, the European captain does not have the monopoly on vexation. From Wordnik.com. [Nick Watney leads charge of young generation in US PGA] Reference
He could have thrown the white garment into the river in his sudden vexation. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
This bird indicates disturbance in the home and some vexation with friends. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Panine could not control a gesture of vexation, which made the financier smile. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This signifies domestic difficulties or vexation at the turn things have taken. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
You will emerge from one source of vexation or trouble only to fall into another. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Better is a handful with rest, than both hands full with labour, and vexation of mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
This means vexation and unreasonable irritation which you will endeavour to conceal. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
Obviously, the French had an axe to grind: an impossible to scratch vexation to live with. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Pina: Lance Armstrong: A Pariah on Hold] Reference
This usually portends vexation at being drawn into a somewhat disorderly and noisy pleasure. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
This sudden severity after her delicious abandon, changed Octave's pleasure into angry vexation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Don't you see in that way I escape all the worry and vexation which you seem to have in the matter?. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Crosses upon the line indicate that there will be vexation or delay in connection with the journey. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
He showed a vexation that should not leave the smallest doubt in the photographer's mind as to its truth. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It was a victory for the Justice lawyers, and it drove Addington to new levels of vexation with Goldsmith. From Wordnik.com. [Palace Revolt] Reference
He was thinking of the red flower in Maren Le Moyne's black hair and a vexation, past all reason held him. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
After the vexation of losing his place in the diligence, came the feeling of uneasiness as to his situation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Alas! thought I with vexation, each of us is like these masqueraders; our whole life is often but an unsightly Carnival!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
For what profit shall a man have of all his labour, and vexation of spirit, with which he hath been tormented under the sun?. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
The fact that such mischief-makers are complacent, as if they were doing what was brilliant, and useful, adds to the vexation. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
Bergenheim turned her head with a look of vexation, but instead of the servant whom she was ready to reprimand, she saw her husband. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Mr. Dreadful, K.C., seats himself hurriedly and grinds his teeth in vexation, but finds time to whisper rapidly to a junior, who leaves the. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
The assistance which Cromwell had at hand, lay in the little band of courtiers who hung in penury, and vexation of heart, round Charles II. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
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