moroseness

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Moroseness is first a sign that we ourselves are miserable; and secondly it is the occasion of making others miserable too.

From Practical Ethics by Hyde, William De Witt

Moroseness crowned his brow; sorrow berode his soul, and on his under lip the bull-bat, that eccentric bird which has to sit lengthwise of the limb, might have perched with room to spare.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

Moroseness on the one part, and undutifulness on the other, excite the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law; whereas reason, religion, and even self-love, require a different conduct.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus