A disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition.
1 Then he answered quickly with somewhat of ill nature in his voice:
2 Lilian's present state accounted for all that ill nature had before misconstrued.
3 Still less had it ever anything of ill nature or sarcasm.
4 Oh, flout me not, and show your ill nature before the very soldier.
5 But mark my words: prepare yourself for all sorts of ill nature and slander.
6 Swift had an odd blunt way that is mistaken by strangers for ill nature .
7 A bad temper, ill nature , jealousy, will ruin the most beautiful face ever created.
8 But John Ball was used to his father's ill nature , and never answered it.
9 From every crevice thou shalt forever cry it in a form that suits thy ill nature .
10 And since she was not the sort to hide her ill nature , she promptly kicked the milkpail over.
11 He appeared so genuinely glad to see me again that I instantly became rather ashamed of my ill nature .
12 Effie saw the glance, and ashamed of her ill nature said, 'Oh it is such a good story, Harry!
13 She was an amiable, if unsentimental person, Mary Lithcom-andwas, quite without ill nature , expressing the consensus of public opinion.
14 It is clear that ill nature is not wit, and that there may be sparkling flowers which are not surrounded by thorns.
15 Swift has an odd, blunt way, that is mistaken by strangers for ill nature . -' Tis so odd, that there's no describing it but by facts.
16 I'm not often accused of that weakness! returned sir Wilton, rising with a grin-inwhich, however, there was more of humour than ill nature .
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