factiousness
Example Sentences
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The Assembly continued, notwithstanding the war exigencies of the times, in their factiousness, as their persistence in some measures was considered.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles
Their speeches this year might all have been answered by their speeches last year on the same subject, and nothing can be so glaring as their inconsistency and the factiousness of their motives.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles
To no class indeed could the selfishness, the corruption, the factiousness, and the administrative inefficiency of the ruling order be more utterly odious.
From History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 by Green, John Richard
The distracting effect of Hearst's inconsistencies is intensified by his factiousness.
From The Promise of American Life by Croly, Herbert David
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 Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)
