restive

Such remarks made Anne restive. Roy's wooing had certainly been as romantic as girlish heart could desire, but -- she wished Aunt Jamesina and the girls would not take things so for granted.

Driving was out of the question, because one of the horses was restive, and bolted in the shafts.

Since then I have seen many horses much alarmed and restive at the sight or sound of a steam engine; but thanks to my good master's care, I am as fearless at railway stations as in my own stable.

Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful.

The other swore at his restive horse, and then cleared his throat.

As often happens, the horses of a convoy wagon became restive at the end of the bridge, and the whole crowd had to wait.

He was restive all through it; he kept tally of the details of the prayer, unconsciously -- for he was not listening, but he knew the ground of old, and the clergyman's regular route over it -- and when a little trifle of new matter was in- terlarded, his ear detected it and his whole nature re- sented it; he considered additions unfair, and scoun- drelly.

One morning when the rain streamed down unceasingly and Colin was beginning to feel a little restive, as he was obliged to remain on his sofa because it was not safe to get up and walk about, Mary had an inspiration.

Once or twice Jack seemed disposed to turn restive, but a vigorous and determined application of the whip from the ruthless hand of his master soon compelled him to submission, and Edward's dilated nostril expressed his triumph in the result of the contest; he scarcely spoke to me during the whole of the brief drive, only opening his lips at intervals to damn his horse.

This afternoon she was peculiarly restive. She would really like to do something of which her well-wishers disapproved.

"The thing has been seriously proposed," replied the doctor, "but I think it hardly practicable with creatures naturally so restive."

It was in the full of the moon that she was most restive, but I brought her back, and at first she could have bit my hand, but then she came willingly.