10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUMNESS»
Discover the use of
grumness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
grumness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Who have we here? Pinchwife? Pinch. Gentlemen, your humble servant. Horn.
Well, Jack, by thy long absence from the town, the grumness of thy countenance,
and the slovenliness of thy habit, I should give thee joy, should I not, of marriage?
William Wycherley, Marvin T. Herrick, 1970
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Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, ...
I love a gay and social wisdom, and fly from all austerity and sourness of
manners, all grumness and formality of countenance being suspected by me :—
Tristernque vultus tetrici an-ogantiam; “ The arrogant affectation of a starched,
dismal ...
Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt, Orlando Williams Wight, 1864
... of using their own language, and the English peculiarity of grumness, had
been so thoroughly taught them, that her people rather caricatured, than
otherwise, c.e grand talent pour le silence, that was thought to distinguish their
enemies.
James Fenimore Cooper, 1870
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The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, ...
I love a gay and social wisdom, and fly from all austerity and sourness of
manners, all grumness and formality of countenance being suspected by me,
Trlstemque vultus tetrici arrogantiam ; The arrogant affectation of j starched,
dismal (ace ...
Michel de Montaigne, William Hazlitt, Charles Cotton, 1856
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The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh and Farquhar
town, the grumness of thy countenance, and the slovenliness of thy habit, I
should give thee joy, should I not, of marriage ? Pinch- [Aside.] Death ! does he
know I'm married too ? I thought to have concealed it from him at least. — [Aloud.]
...
William Wycherley, William Congreve, Sir John Vanbrugh, 1855
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Comedy of the Country Girl Altered by David Garrick with the ...
long absence from the town, the grumness ofth countenance, and the
slovenliness of thy habit, { should give thee joy—you are certainly married.
Moody. My long stay in the countr will excuse my dress, and I have a suit at law
that rings me u to ...
William II Wycherley, David Garrick, Susannah Centlivre, 1817
By thy long absence from the town, the grumness of thy 'countenauce, and the
slovenliness of thy habit, I should give thee joy—you are certainly married. Maaq'
y. My long stay in the country will excuse my dress, and I have a suit at law that.
What, my old friend, Jack Moody! by thy long absence from the town, the
grumness of thy countenance, and the slovenliness of thy habit, I should give
thee joy—you are certainly married. Moody. My long stay in the country will
excuse my dress ...
Joseph Addison, Robert Jephson, David Garrick, 1815
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The Modern British Drama: Comedies
Enter Moonv. M'oody. Mr Harcourt, your humble servant— have you forgot me?
Har. What, my old friend, Jack Moody! By thy long absence from the town, the
grumness of thy countenance, and theslovenliness of thy habit, I should give thee
joy ...
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The Jack O'lantern (le Feu-Follet), Or the Privateer
... of using their own language, and the English peculiarity of grumness, had
been so thoroughly taught them that her people rather caricatured, than
otherwise ce grand talent pour le silence which was thought to distinguish their
enemies.
James Fenimore Cooper, 1843
