troublesomeness

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If there is any thing amiss in your mind, not arising from the troublesomeness of your situation, it is childish and unmanly not to disclose it to me.

From Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 02 by Moore, Thomas

Did he ever guess that there was something else in her than this obstinacy, this troublesomeness with which she was forced to meet him?

From Delia Blanchflower by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

As a result of this cogitation Leonore decided that she would nip Peter's troublesomeness in the bud, that she would put up a sign, "Trespassing forbidden;" by which he might take warning.

From The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him by Ford, Paul Leicester

“You have, my child,” said the little old lady; “very good—also rather troublesome, especially in the way of talking nonsense, and I’m sorry to find that although your goodness continues, your troublesomeness does not cease!”

From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

German dulness, and English affectation, have of late much multiplied among us the use of two of the most objectionable words that were ever coined by the troublesomeness of metaphysicians—namely, ‘Objective’ and ‘Subjective’.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David