All 9 Uses of
temperament
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- The first category, generally speaking, are men conservative in temperament and law-abiding; they live under control and love to be controlled.†
Chpt 3.5 *temperament = usual mood and tendencies
- Well, I'll tell you the whole truth, my dear fellow, about this special case, I mean: actual fact and a man's temperament, my dear sir, are weighty matters and it's astonishing how they sometimes deceive the sharpest calculation!†
Chpt 4.5
- But the poor fellow is saved by the criminal's temperament, worse luck for him!†
Chpt 4.5
- He lied incomparably, but he didn't reckon on his temperament.†
Chpt 4.5
- The temperament reflects everything like a mirror!†
Chpt 4.5
- Knowing his nervous temperament and from the first glance seeing through him, Porfiry, though playing a bold game, was bound to win.†
Chpt 4.6
- You are nervously irritable, Rodion Romanovitch, by temperament; it's out of proportion with other qualities of your heart and character, which I flatter myself I have to some extent divined.†
Chpt 6.2
- I was reckoning on your temperament, Rodion Romanovitch, on your temperament above all things!†
Chpt 6.2
- I was reckoning on your temperament, Rodion Romanovitch, on your temperament above all things!†
Chpt 6.2