"Exasperated" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Snyder wouldn't stand more than one tweak at that nose; for he was tramping about behind his bar, and growling like an exasperated old bear in his cage. Another one of his tormentors walks in. Some one sings out to him, "Have a ...
— The Universal Reciter - 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems • Various
... may say so without offence, Mr. EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS reminds me a little of those billiard experts who, having evolved a particular stroke, will continue it indefinitely, to the joy of the faithful and the exasperated boredom of the others. To explain my metaphor, I gather that Mr. BURROUGHS, having "got set," to an incredible number of thousands, with an invention called Tarzan, is now by way of beating his own record over the adventures ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 • Various
... He made successive attempts to obtain an indictment against Mr. Noble; but he was proved to have been distant from the scene of action, and there was no evidence that he had any connection with the mysterious affair. Failing in this, the exasperated cotton-broker swore that he would have his heart's blood, for he knew the sly, smooth-spoken Yankee was at the bottom of it. He challenged him; but Mr. Noble, notwithstanding the arguments of Frank Helper, refused, on the ground that he held New England opinions on the subject of duelling. ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. II, No. 8, June 1858 • Various
... and the two stumbled and groped their way down the lane at a pace whose slowness exasperated Rebecca. ...
— The Panchronicon • Harold Steele Mackaye
... course, put an end to the matter for the time being, and, after the usual votes of thanks and acknowledgments, the distinguished company dispersed—amused, mystified, gratified, bewildered, and exasperated: but, saving only four of its members, with no idea of the effect which that evening's proceedings were destined to have upon the fate of Europe, perhaps of the ...
— The Mummy and Miss Nitocris - A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension • George Griffith
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