These quarrels frequently arose from the fact that they did not yet know what was of importance to each other and that all this early period they were both often in a
bad temper. When one was in a good temper, and the other in a
bad temper, the peace was not broken; but when both happened to be in an ill-humor, quarrels sprang up from such incomprehensibly trifling causes, that they could never remember afterwards what they had quarreled about.
"Not that I think a
bad temper is really a fault in a man.
Whether he was in a
bad temper because Prince Vasili was coming, or whether his being in a
bad temper made him specially annoyed at Prince Vasili's visit, he was in a
bad temper, and in the morning Tikhon had already advised the architect not to go the prince with his report.
Wopsle, being knocked up, was in such a very
bad temper that if the Church had been thrown open, he would probably have excommunicated the whole expedition, beginning with Joe and myself.
The
bad temper, mentioned by May Sethby, and sensed by them all, was evidenced by physical proofs.
Geppetto had a very
bad temper. Woe to the one who called him Polendina!
D'Urberville's
bad temper cleared up at sight of hers; and he laughed heartily.
Mary was a good girl, not given to indulge in evil feelings, but she said to herself, that, since Hetty had a
bad temper, it was better Adam should know it.
-- for with all these symptoms of profligacy at ten years old, she had neither a bad heart nor a
bad temper, was seldom stubborn, scarcely ever quarrelsome, and very kind to the little ones, with few interruptions of tyranny; she was moreover noisy and wild, hated confinement and cleanliness, and loved nothing so well in the world as rolling down the green slope at the back of the house.
You were rude and saucy and"--Marilla had a saving inspiration of punishment--"you must go to her and tell her you are very sorry for your
bad temper and ask her to forgive you."
"In which case," he observed, "I should have walked up and down until I had had enough of it, and then gone away in a
bad temper."
Aft, the three partners were in
bad temper, and Nishikanta openly sneered at Captain Doane and doubted his ability to find the Marquesas.
bad temper - a persisting angry mood