pertness

Aristotle, in his Politics, doth them, I believe, more justice, when he says, "The modesty and fortitude of men differ from those virtues in women; for the fortitude which becomes a woman, would be cowardice in a man; and the modesty which becomes a man, would be pertness in a woman." Nor is there, perhaps, more of truth in the opinion of those who derive the partiality which women are inclined to show to the brave, from this excess of their fear.

At times, too, when the wild fit was upon her, she would break into pertness and rebel openly against Alleyne's gentle firmness.

Once, however, she retorted, with a rather grim pertness: "He'll have to get tired of me first." A long silence ensued.

But if you hit it not you are in for a sound drubbing for your pertness."

'And aunt Maxwell is never going to leave off hers,' persisted the naughty boy; but when he saw that his pertness was seriously displeasing and painful to his aunt, he went and silently put his arm round her neck, kissed her cheek, and withdrew to the recess of one of the great bay-windows, where he quietly amused himself with his dog, while Mrs.

Gloomy majesty on the part of Mrs Wilfer, and native pertness on the part of Lavvy, did not mend the matter.

[Smiling at her pertness.] If it is, we shall have to give Lady Caversham a narcotic.

We've all got cellulite, we've all got breasts of all shapes and sizes and pertness - or unpertness - and it's fine."

Meanwhile, over at Kylie's World of Pertness, the popette is said to keep the wrinkles at bay with a PS250 a time radio-wave tightening technique.

Slowly but surely, she began making her distinct mark by way of a relatively more focused, felt and "undecorated" acting style, unlike many of her contemporaries, who opted for more generic "cuteness" and "pertness" to divert viewers.