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  • There we were to share moments of tranquility - overnight camps in the deep moss carpeted forest, or by some quiet sparkling pond whose privacy had been disturbed before only by a flock of migratory waterfowl or some sour-tempered bull moose.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007

  • There we were to share moments of tranquility - overnight camps in the deep moss carpeted forest, or by some quiet sparkling pond whose privacy had been disturbed before only by a flock of migratory waterfowl or some sour-tempered bull moose.

    BB: Three Against the Wilderness ** Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2007

  • Then one of the company, a brigadier called Aglaïtadas, a somewhat sour-tempered man, turned to him and said:

    Cyropaedia 2007

  • Now he will say, Hetty Lambert is an odious little set-up, sour-tempered vixen.

    The Virginians 2006

  • Riley was a sour-tempered man whose face was always decorated with a scowl.

    Girls to the Rescue book #2 Bruce Lansky 1995

  • Riley was a sour-tempered man whose face was always decorated with a scowl.

    Girls to the Rescue book #2 Bruce Lansky 1995

  • She even attempted to make the sour-tempered Carly feel more contented.

    The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992

  • They went about it sour-tempered, grudging; I'd say they were heartsick, or just plain dull and morose.

    Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • They went about it sour-tempered, grudging; I'd say they were heartsick, or just plain dull and morose.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

  • They went about it sour-tempered, grudging; I'd say they were heartsick, or just plain dull and morose.

    Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

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