contrariety

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What had been done to him, those acquainted with the art of renovation could alone tell; but here was a contrariety without going far to find it.

From Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours by Bunbury, William Henry

To hold out against Miss Waterhouse had sometimes been necessary to satisfy that spirit of contrariety which represents the workings of original sin in the best behaved of children.

From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald

But Isidorito, contrary to what might have been believed, considering his vast legal attainments and his gravity no less vast, met with a slight contrariety in his love-making.

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

By a singular contrariety, the most obscure interval in our hero's life was that wherein he acquired the greatest renown.

From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Holbach, Paul Henry Thiry Baron d'

He laughed also; for despite her contrariety her mirth was most infectious, and put him more at ease with her.

From The Triumph of Jill by Young, F.E. Mills