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Would that not a single cross or ill-tempered wife were left in the world!
THE BBUR-NMA IN ENGLISHBABUR, EMPEROR OF HINDUSTAN
The partner with the ill-tempered eyebrows wanted to know what my reasons were.
THE LAW AND THE LADYWILKIE COLLINS
His genial Irish smile, when in action, concealed the ill-tempered lines of his thin old face.
BEYOND THE ROCKSELINOR GLYN
For several months, Andros gave the Northern colonies a taste of ill-tempered despotism.
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATESCHARLES A. BEARD AND MARY R. BEARD
She was not avaricious, nor intriguing, nor ill-tempered, nor unjust.
THE INTERNATIONAL MONTHLY, VOLUME 3, NO. 1, APRIL, 1851VARIOUS
The old fellow turned to me, and I noticed that he snarled and showed his teeth like an ill-tempered cur as he spoke.
THE THREE IMPOSTORSARTHUR MACHEN
Because they're cross-grained, or ill-tempered, or disagreeable?
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHTANTHONY TROLLOPE
It is of angry, ill-tempered, unkind words that we do not believe this so readily.
THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE:ALFRED PLUMMER
I think you are never happy when disobedient, wilful, or ill-tempered.
ELSIE'S VACATION AND AFTER EVENTSMARTHA FINLEY
The face of Angela again wore its proud, vain expression, and Theudelinde was once more stiff and ill-tempered.
BLACK DIAMONDSMR JKAI

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