КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «PETTEDNESS»
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An autumn at Karnford, a sequel to 'Cousin Kate's story' [by ...
Well," said Marion, looking after Harry as he ran across the lawn ; "Iam sure that it
would be a good thing for us all, if Harry's carelessness and my pettedness were
to fly away suddenly, in a night ; so that we might awake in the morning as ...
Catherine Douglas Bell,
1847
... not as twenty different facts to be separately lamented. You accept the fact that
the person is petted and ill- tempered : you regret it and blame it once for all. And
after this once you take as of course all new manifestations of pettedness and ...
Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd,
1864
As for all such manifestations of the disposition to run into opposite extremes, let
them be treated as manifestations of pettedness, perversity, and dishonesty. In
some cases a high-spirited youth may be excused them ; but, for the most part, ...
Many years of dealing with many fellow-creatures have taught old folk to expect a
percentage of pettedness, vanity, and perversity, in those with whom they have to
deal. If you take up a piece of lead, and find it heavy, you don't get angry with it ...
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Landscapes, churches, and moralities, by the author of ...
Then there is a kind of being who in Scotland is called a thrawn person : a
mixture of perversity, pettedness, pettiness, and sulkiness, all fused in self-
sufficiency. In this case, you never can know beforehand how the individual will
act in any ...
Andrew Kennedy H. Boyd,
1874
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The Educational Monthly of Canada
Once more there are those who have a bad temper which they are unable or
unwilling to control ; these are sure to be constantly irritated by the impudence of
boys or the pettedness of girls, and they had better betake themselves to some
less ...
... pettedness instantly vanished, and I said: 'Doctor, you have no right to speak to
Alfred in that way. He is going to be my husband, and I shall not permit it any
more. ' ' ' 'Miss Wakefield,' he answered, 'this is sheer folly. Winter Evening Tales.
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr,
1896
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The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia, Or, ... Curiosities ...
Fits of pettedness. Druttle. — An useless, good for-nothing person. Dubskelpers
— Persons who ride fast on horseback — " And send the wash (or dubs) about
on both sides of the way" — Like John Gilpin. Dudderon. — A person in rags.
"My pettedness instantly vanished, andI said: 'Doctor, you have no right to speak
toAlfred in thatway. He is goingtobe my husband, and I shall not permit itany
more.' "'Miss Wakefield,' heanswered, 'thisis sheerfolly. Look here!' "I turned, and
...
Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr,
2013
Many years of dealing with many fellow-creatures have taught old folk to expect a
percentage of pettedness, vanity, and perversity, in those with whom they have to
deal. If you take up a piece of lead, and find it heavy, you don't get angry with it ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch,
1881