factiousness
Example Sentences
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But the very system which is most calculated to foster factiousness is the one which has reigned for centuries in Dublin Castle.
From The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times by James Godkin
The three together touched upon the three most burning questions of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries—parliamentary factiousness, an aggressive policy abroad, and toleration at home.
From Political Pamphlets by George Saintsbury
The masses of the people, staggered by all this bewildering turmoil and impure factiousness, are nevertheless, stubbornly determined to persevere and to succeed in saving their country.
From Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
It is no innate factiousness, as flighty critics of French affairs sometimes imply, that has made civil equality the passion of modern France.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) by John Morley
It may be remembered that all the governors of the period agreed in reprobating the factiousness and pettiness of Canadian party politics.
From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison
