Meanings of own perversity in English

The matter begins and ends with the boy's own perversity and folly.

But her own perversity runs in her own head.

At the time, I set this down to nothing more important than my own perversity.

I did not wish to prolong the conversation, so utterly disgusted was I with my own perversity.

She was amazed at her own perversity.

Mrs. Anerley sighed, for she thought of her younger son, by his own perversity launched into the thankless peril of fighting England's battles.

I don't know whether it was the sight of the place at Pimlico that sickened me, or whether it was my own perversity, or what.

But to-day half-pleased, half-perplexed by her own perversity, she could not resist taking him to the picture gallery-shewanted to show him "The Colonnade."

"Nay," rejoined Anthrops, vexed that his earnest compliment should be so mishandled,-"blameyour own perversity for such an interpretation.