10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOUCHINESS»
Discover the use of
touchiness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
touchiness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Touchiness Touchiness is the fear of humiliation and rejection. This is a serious
block in those activities which involve collaboration with other individuals. People
who are very touchy tend to have difficulty in approaching others for assistance ...
We all recognize the distinction between these two kinds of sensitiveness,'when
we speak of “ tact” as a source of power, and of “touchiness" as a source of
weakness. “Tact " means “touch” -—sensitiveness to touch; “touchiness” means
the ...
American Sunday-School Union, 1889
touchiness, which no one seems to have appreciated. Was he to let this
incomparable material that he was be buffeted this way and that? Was he to let it
suffer any admixture that would sully it and mar its transparence? Touchiness
concerning ...
That episode explained “touchiness. very good dividends. A notoriously “touchy”
man called to see me the other day. I sent word that I ,would see him in about one
minute, being occupied with another caller. I disposed of the caller in less than ...
5
Stevenson's Germany: The Case Against Germany in the Pacific
And, largely from the national touchiness and the intemperate speech of German
clerks, this scramble among dollar hunters assumed the appearance of an inter-
racial war." * This brings in German arrogance as a factor, and makes any writing
...
Charles Brunsdon Fletcher, 1920
6
The New Monthly Magazine
Wounded vanity is the true origin of all touchiness. To public men, this infirmity is
a serious disqualification. Susceptibility in a public man amounts to an admission
of vulnerability ; it is the act of publishing by sound of trumpet the exact ...
7
Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist
Wounded vanity is the true origin of all touchiness. To public men, this infirmity is
a serious disqualification. Susceptibility in a public man amounts to an admission
of vulnerability; it is the act of publishing by sound of trumpet the exact measure ...
Wounded vanity is the true origin of all touchiness. To public men, this infirmity is
a serious disqualification. Susceptibility in a public man amounts to an admission
of vulnerability ; it is the act of publishing by sound of trumpet the exact ...
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The New monthly magazine and universal register. [Continued ...
Wounded vanity is the true origin of all touchiness. To public men, this infirmity is
a serious disqualification. Susceptibility in a public man amounts to an admission
of vulnerability ; it is the act of publishing by sound of trumpet the exact ...
10
Waldie's Select Circulating Library
Wounded vanity is the true origin of all touchiness. To public men, this infirmity is
a serious disqualification. Susceptibility in a public man amounts to an admission
of vulnerability ; it is the act of publishing by sound of trumpet the exact ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOUCHINESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
touchiness is used in the context of the following news items.
Social media howlers meet egotistical 'faux outrage'
Wilson said the reaction to some celebrity gaffes - Harvey's excluded - betrayed a deep conservatism and touchiness in Kiwi society. "Dom crossed an absolute ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
Wynne slams Harper in Guardian interview, urges Canadians to vote
It's not a mystery what the local premier is doing,” he said, with some apparent measure of touchiness over Wynne's international exposure. In Wynne's interview ... «iPolitics.ca, Jul 15»
Book review: Renishaw Hall
(Evelyn Waugh, referring to Osbert's touchiness, quipped he should revert to family tradition and call himself Sir Hurt Hurt.) The ironworks was sold in 1791. «Country Life, Jul 15»
Seinfeld and Maher: More cranky than comic these days
Both comedians seem to think they are taking stands against oppressive touchiness, but when I watch them rant, I think of old men yelling at kids to get off their ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
6 Depression Symptoms You Shouldn't Ignore
Touchiness. “In some people, depression manifests as more irritability and impatience than feeling down,” Dr. Dunlop says. 6. An emerging dark side. “A person ... «Everyday Health, May 15»
Magnetic Putty Eats All The Metal In Its Path, And It's So Hypnotic …
... a liquid and a solid, and attracts itself to metal objects so intensely that it smothers them and puts John Travolta's overly-touchiness at the Oscars to shame. «Bustle, Mar 15»
Timing of assisted-suicide law could affect its contents
Justice Minister Peter MacKay's response, a two-sentence statement promising to listen to both sides of a “sensitive issue,” underlined the touchiness. «The Globe and Mail, Feb 15»
Touchiness About Religious Figures' Portrayal Not Unique to Islam
A group of Benedictine nuns from Massachusetts had just arrived in Washington, D.C. to march in an annual anti-abortion rally, when they saw a sign outside the ... «Voice of America, Jan 15»
Turkey's top thug: president v. press freedoms
It must feel terrible to be the leader of roughly 75 million people yet as hypersensitive as an adolescent girl, but that touchiness has always been the personal ... «New York Post, Sep 14»
First Step for Ferguson
But, though the proverbial “frank and honest discussion about race” might be good to have (if almost impossible to conduct, given the touchiness of the subject), ... «Town Hall, Aug 14»
