But wear and tear and the anxieties of business life had made old Mr. Smith often quick-tempered, and difficult to please; and the coming of Mr. "W.H." into the business was hailed with pleasure by the workmen: he was so full of tact and sympathy; and sometimes, when his father had raised a storm of ill-feeling by some hasty expressions, he was able to bring peace and calm by his pleasant and genial manner.

Doubtless I gave her much just cause for offense, for I had grown into a surly and quick-tempered boy, with raw places ever open to her touch.

She and her father were too much alike to ever arrive at an understanding, for both were proud and quick-tempered and imperious, and so each day the breach grew wider.

The boy becomes restless, irritable and quick-tempered when his thyroid and adrenals respond to the call of the interstitial cells.

She had been old enough when she was thus transplanted from her own home to realize more or less the peculiar condition of things; and as she was quick-tempered and sensitive, she very soon began to take note of any comment or remark regarding herself that was dropped in her hearing, and very often misunderstood or made too much of it.

Like Poe, he was solitary, proud, quick-tempered, and "subject to perverse moods of alternate enthusiasm and melancholy."

They are abused and mocked, but they laugh at it, while I am rough and harsh, just like my brother; only brother is forgiving though quick-tempered, while I am not.

Omar was an influential personage among the Kureisch, quick-tempered, but keen as steel, and rejoicing in strife; he stands out among the many warrior-souls to whom Islam gave the opportunity of tasting in its fullness "the splendour of spears."

"II don't mind wot she ses," ses pore Charlie; "but you're making a great" "She's quick-tempered, is Emma," ses Mrs. Jennings.

Quick-tempered and impulsive, he was at the same time warm-hearted and generous to a fault, while a genuine sense of humour, which constantly shows itself in his letters, saved him many a time from those troubles into which the hasty often fall.

Nanahboozhoo was very quick-tempered, and as the noise continued he determined to stop it.

But on the whole he was a friend, and although quick-tempered and fiery yet he did lots of fine things for the people, for he was really one of the best of the Munedoos of the early times.

Then getting very angry, for Nanahboozhoo was very quick-tempered, he said: "'Snakes, like other things, have the right to live.

"This request and the sneering way in which it was made caused the quick-tempered Nanahboozhoo to become very angry, and he suddenly sprang up and caught the Indian by the shoulders and violently throwing him on the ground said: "'From this time you shall be a stone, and so your request is granted.'" CHAPTER XXV.

But she was not so quick-tempered now as formerly, and took time to look well at Nils Holgersson.

My mother was a little fair woman, sharp-tongued and quick-tempered, but with a sense of fun.

He was a fussy, quick-tempered, withal kind-hearted little fellow, and kept dashing in and out of the room, really perplexed over housing accommodations for the night.

They're such an outrageous rough lot, quick-tempered and all like that, that they wouldn't believe the truth that I had an accidentnot if you swore it on a stack of Mormon Bibles topped off by the life of Joe Smith.

"Very dissimilar in body and mind: the one is quiet, retiring, and slow but sure; good-tempered, but disposed to be sulky when provoked;the other is quick, vivacious, forward, acquiring easily and forgetting soon; quick-tempered and choleric, but quickly forgiving and forgetting.

You know men who are all but perfect, and women who would be entirely perfect, but for an easily ruffled, quick-tempered, or "touchy" disposition.

I may be quick-tempered; perhaps we are neither of us angels, but you choose a poor time for a quarrel.

At the slightest, nay, imaginary insult, the quick-tempered braggart took offense, resorted to the use of the sword, and many an unnecessary strife was raised and many an innocent life lost.

He is a fine, God-fearing man, but somewhat quick-tempered and dictatorial.

They further testified that the rector was very quick-tempered, and that when angered he did not hesitate to strike out with whatever came into his hand.

A quick-tempered, bright, energetic little woman, she nearly frightened me out of my wits at the first rehearsal by dancing round me on the stage in a perfect frenzy of anger at what she was pleased to call my stupidity.