All 4 Uses of
temperament
in
Oliver Twist
- This was a very strong expression of approbation, an uncommonly hearty welcome, from a person of Mr. Sikes' temperament.†
Chpt 20 *
- As the other two were impressed with a similar presentiment; and as their blood, like his, had all gone down again; some speculation ensued upon the cause of this sudden change in their temperament.†
Chpt 28
- And, doubtless, he would, in this first outbreak, have carried the intention into effect without a moment's consideration of the consequences, if he had not been restrained, in part, by corresponding violence on the side of Mr. Brownlow, who was himself of an irascible temperament, and party by such arguments and representations as seemed best calculated to dissuade him from his hotbrained purpose.†
Chpt 41
- Soon after the marriage of the young people, the worthy doctor returned to Chertsey, where, bereft of the presence of his old friends, he would have been discontented if his temperament had admitted of such a feeling; and would have turned quite peevish if he had known how.†
Chpt 53
Definition:
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(temperament as in: it is her temperament) usual mood and tendencies