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Example sentences for "dudgeon"

  • The dudgeon which he felt at my desertion made him determined not to let me out of sight, and called for the martyrdom of someone, even let that someone be himself.

  • She neglects him and he becomes quite frantic about her; he takes sudden dudgeon and she becomes frantically desirous of him.

  • Philip, with Olivares at his elbow, was angry and threatening; and at last in dudgeon he adjourned the Parliament to Calatayud, and hurried off to Barcelona.

  • Buckingham, of course, was obliged to stay, but Hay and many others of the insolent crew left Madrid in dudgeon before the great heats came on.

  • Old Dudgeon was too intimate with the undertaker, sir.

  • Dudgeon had told her that our father had died of heart-disease, and she believed him, and thought my terror was due to the suddenness of his end and the fact that I was alone with him at the time.

  • The prices of the grain which I have assumed are in some instances higher than those of Messrs Dudgeon and Watson; but I think this can be explained, by the farm being situated in the neighbourhood of the best market.

  • I think Mr Dudgeon makes too little allowance for stock and insurance, (L50.

  • Mr Dudgeon also says--"I omit at present adding to this deficit the depreciation which it may be further estimated will result permanently from the open trade in live stock and cured provisions.

  • Why, child, what earthly good can you get by being civil to a man in hopeless dudgeon and disgrace?

  • Daphne hastened from the room, with Jill twittering at her heels, and in some dudgeon I cut myself a slice of bread.

  • In some dudgeon I proceeded to walk, with such remnants of dignity as I could collect and retain, in tie direction of my lost property.

  • Cut to the quick by the insult, and powerless to resent it, Louis did not wait for the negotiations to be terminated, but withdrew in dudgeon to St. Omer, and here it was that he presently learned that the treaty in question had been signed.

  • Laura retired in lonely dudgeon to the beach.

  • So they left her alone, and she spent the evening in watery dudgeon on her pillow.

  • In high dudgeon he set off in pursuit of the enemy.

  • Magenard rode back in high dudgeon to the Count, and fanned the flames of the young man's wrath against us.

  • You shall be punished," she promised him, and in high dudgeon left him.

  • He bowed a third time--a bow that took in the entire company--and withdrew in high dudgeon and with a great show of dignity.

  • Crocker, not conquered, but for the moment silenced, seated himself in a dudgeon at his desk.

  • Then he turned on his heel, moved almost to dudgeon by the interruption, and walked the other way.

  • He was wearing a jacket of damson-coloured velvet, which he affected in the country, and all traces of his Grand Dudgeon were gone.

  • Mr. Pope, for all Marjorie's submission to his wishes, developed a Grand Dudgeon of exceptionally fine proportions when he heard of the breach of the engagement.

  • He made it clear that the Grand Dudgeon would only be lifted by Marjorie's re-engagement to Magnet, and that whatever blight or inconvenience fell on the others was due entirely to Marjorie's wicked obstinacy.

  • But then he rarely had Grand Dudgeon except in the sanctities of family life, and hardly ever when any other man was about.

  • We told him that we were informed that Mr. Dudgeon would take some of the men back if the president of the company was satisfied.

  • Whatever arrangements you boys make with Mr. Dudgeon will be satisfactory to me," answered Mr. Hastings.

  • He then referred us to Mr. Dudgeon who was present and who then said that he had already given us our answer which was final.

  • A grunt from Toby in advance notified the others that they had arrived, and they filed out of the forest into the clearing, and saw before them the squat tower of Low Dudgeon in the moonlight.

  • You are about half-way now between High Dudgeon and Low Dudgeon; and you had better get out of this neighborhood as fast as you can.

  • If you will be so kind as to direct us either to High Dudgeon or to Low Dudgeon, we will not fail to gratefully acknowledge--" "Aha!

  • Low Dudgeon shall be known as the only Museum in the world with but a single Exhibit.

  • I do not believe that Low Dudgeon has been occupied since.

  • Charles, mortified at the repulse, retired in dudgeon to Bourges; and Joan, again hanging up her armour, implored her dismissal.

  • Mr. Dudgeon said that a list of simple industrial books had been prepared with much care for the prisoners in the Wisconsin state prison.

  • LAPP: I have not very much to say except to emphasize one or two points which Mr. Dudgeon brought out in his paper.

  • When civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why?

  • But, as Mr. Dudgeon says, when he finishes his tumbler, "Such is life!

  • They were only just married and druv off when old Dan Dudgeon came up, driving like mad.

  • A very brief conversation enabled me to learn that Mr. Dudgeon came to the parish on his marriage, about four-and-twenty years before, and neither he nor his wife had ever left it since.

  • This is the last will and testament of me Timothy Dudgeon on my deathbed at Nevinstown on the road from Springtown to Websterbridge on this twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven.

  • He hurries, shivering, to the fire, leaving Mrs. Dudgeon to shut the door.

  • An inspection of its stridulous surface shows that Mrs. Dudgeon is not alone.

  • He pounced on Peter Dudgeon as the worst character there; and it is the general belief that he will pounce on Richard as the worst here.

  • Mr. Dudgeon you are in the presence of your mother and her grief.

  • I called on Richard Dudgeon on my way back; but he wasn't in.

  • Essie, who has been hanging on his every word and movement, rises stealthily and slips out behind Mrs. Dudgeon through the bedroom door, returning presently with a jug and going out of the house as quietly as possible.

  • She is taking it to Richard when Mrs. Dudgeon stops her.

  • Mrs. Dudgeon goes into the bedroom, shutting the door sharply behind her as if even it had to be made to do its duty with a ruthless hand.

  • Then knocking, which disturbs Mrs. Dudgeon a little.

  • Everywhere two sets of officers claimed authority, civil dudgeon grew very high, and pistols were freely used.


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