10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRUMPISHNESS»
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grumpishness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
grumpishness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Fair Carew, Or, Husbands and Wives
We have seen that he came to town in a pleasant frame of mind; and, strange
though it may sound, the evident grumpishness of his elder brother (it is an
undignified word to use, in regard to a person of Mr. Luttrel's character and
standing in ...
2
The fair Carew, or, Husbands and wives
We have seen that he came to town in a pleasant frame of mind ; and, strange
though it may sound, the evident grumpishness of his elder brother (it is an
undignified word to use, in regard to a person of Mr. Luttrel's character and
standing in ...
Carew (fair, fict.name.), 1851
... reading and writing, rare accomplishments both, and not a few insights into
deeper lores; and that he ever and anon managed to make out a pleasant
holiday at Uncle Foyle's, in spite of his habitual grumpishness : for the aunt with
her cakes ...
Martin Farquhar Tupper, 1858
4
Love And The Philosopher, A Study In Sentiment
I loved your little eccentricities and grumpishness — but that sort of thing can be
carried too far sometimes! — and bitter words never sweeten friendship. You
were harsh and cynical — Jack was always tender and gentle — and though
Jack is ...
... a little further away from that awfully flat cornet. I rally him on his grumpishness,
ask him what he expects to happen to him when, sitting there on a log, with good
tobacco, a pipe that draws well, and a not too talkative companion, he can still ...
6
Stephan Langton; Or: The Days of King John
... reading and writing, rare accomplishments both, and not a few insights into
deeper lores; and that he ever and anon managed to make out a pleasant
holiday at Uncle Foyle's, in spite of his habitual grumpishness : for the aunt with
her cakes ...
Martin Farquhar Tupper, 1923
... was even in those days, quick to feel the smart of a slight, impatient at small
obstacles, and when the mood was on him, morose, almost to grumpishness — a
characteristic which, by the way, entirely disappeared in later years. But withal,
an ...
Bertha Marie Louise Bredt Lawson, 1931
8
Roaming round the Darling
A reckless spirit he was, even in those days, quick to feel the smart of a slight,
impatient at small obstacles, and, when the mood was on hm, morose almost to
grumpishness — a characteristic which by the way, entirely disappeared in later ...
9
The Canadian Magazine of Politics, Science, Art and Literature
... burdens were. He grunts, and says he is glad his particular burden is lightened
by getting a little further away from that awfully flat comet. I rally him on his
grumpishness, ask him what he expects to happen to him when, sitting there on a
log, ...
J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish, 1895
And Mrs. Baddix dreads each clouding up. Because she knows that trouble s
crowding up. Now this time they began with grumpishness, "Dear me!" their
mother thought, "its mump- But soon she saw 'twas merely jumpishness And
hoped it ...
