insolence
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David Gorski, who blogs at Respectful Insolence, suggests:
From Forbes • Aug. 7, 2015
“And you. You are to address me as Madam. I expect obedience at all times. Insolence will not be tolerated, not one bit. And you will curb your tendency to talk.”
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
Insolence is a quality of the little heart, the little soul, and shows itself in the eyes.
From The Ten-foot Chain or, Can Love Survive the Shackles? A Unique Symposium by Abdullah, Achmed
Insolence so patently hysterical could neither hurt nor harden her heart.
From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Vance, Louis Joseph
And Panyasis the epic poet allots the first cup of wine to the Graces, the Hours, and Bacchus; the second to Venus, and again to Bacchus; the third to Insolence and Destruction.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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Chains
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