impudence

"Impudence! Impudence!" they heard behind them the voice of Mavra Kuzminichna who had entered silently.

"You have the impudence? A man who will accept bribes will probably offer them.

But the Cricket, who was a wise old philosopher, instead of being offended at Pinocchio's impudence, continued in the same tone:

'It would be like his impudence,' interposed Mrs Varden, bridling,

Here was the very thing he wanted, here was good cause reason and foundation for pretending to be angry; but having this cause reason and foundation which he had come expressly to seek, not expecting to find, Richard Swiveller was angry in sound earnest, and wondered what the devil Cheggs meant by his impudence.

With her usual impudence, my companion then made some attempts to get up a conversation; but the monosyllables 'yes,' or

And, I say," pursued Old Sharon, relapsing into his customary impudence, "you're in love, you know, with that nice girl.

"Damn his impudence!" muttered King--"what ought we to do?"

Not till La Ricaneuse stands before her with bare, black arms akimbo, uttering a volley of vile abuse and of brazen impudence. Pelagie wants to kill her.

And with these cracked words he finally departed, leaving me, for the moment, in no small wonderment at his frantic impudence. At last, stepping on board the Pequod, we found everything in profound quiet, not a soul moving.

You doubtlessly mean to say something, but hide your last word through fear, because you have not the resolution to utter it, and only have a cowardly impudence. You boast of consciousness, but you are not sure of your ground, for though your mind works, yet your heart is darkened and corrupt, and you cannot have a full, genuine consciousness without a pure heart.

I am equally confounded at HER impudence and HIS credulity.