All 8 Uses of
disposition
in
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- Under its influence, the tender heart became stone, and the lamblike disposition gave way to one of tiger-like fierceness.
Chpt 7disposition = normal temperament (normal way of acting and being)
- ...the thought of passing out of their hands into those of Master Andrew—a man who, but a few days before, to give me a sample of his bloody disposition, took my little brother by the throat, threw him on the ground, and with the heel of his boot stamped upon his head till the blood gushed from his nose and ears—was well calculated to make me anxious as to my fate.
Chpt 8
- I was ignorant of his temper and disposition; he was equally so of mine.
Chpt 9disposition = normal mood, personality, or inclinations
- He possessed all the disposition to deceive, but wanted the power.
Chpt 9disposition = inclination or desire
- Every thing he possessed in the shape of learning or religion, he made conform to his disposition to deceive.
Chpt 10 *
- Poor man! such was his disposition, and success at deceiving, I do verily believe that he sometimes deceived himself into the solemn belief, that he was a sincere worshipper of the most high God; and this, too, at a time when he may be said to have been guilty of compelling his woman slave to commit the sin of adultery.
Chpt 10
- My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!
Chpt 10
- We were one; and as much so by our tempers and dispositions, as by the mutual hardships to which we were necessarily subjected by our condition as slaves.
Chpt 10dispositions = normal moods, personalities, or inclinations
Definition:
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(disposition as in: a kind disposition) someone's normal mood, personality, or typical way of behaving