disagreeables

From the number of e-mails I've received from the "disagreeables," those people who are reading my articles and asking me in Sean Hannityesque fervor why I hate America, I have to admit that several more among the animal kingdom, in addition to Barney-the-dog and Laura-the-wife, remain loyal in buttressing George.

The Blood of October 2006

But all this takes time; and as by degrees the "disagreeables" of the voyage down the Danube will be changed into agreeables, we shall allude no more to the noble traveller's voyage, than to say, that on the 4th of November, a day of more than autumnal beauty, his steamer anchored in the Bosphorus.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843 Various

There are many disagreeables in the house which I did not know till

The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton 2006

I know that they were felt to be too long, and I reproached myself with this, fearing that they might be not only tedious but irrelevant; and all that I have now said is only designed to prevent the recurrence of any such disagreeables for the future.

The Statesman 2006

In spite, however, of these disagreeables, I should recommend any student to suffer them with Spartan courage, as the benefits he receives should repay him an hundredfold for them all.

Lay Morals 2005

Nor were the disagreeables purely fanciful and metaphysical, for the sway that he exercised over your feelings he extended to your garden, and, through the garden, to your diet.

Memories and Portraits 2005

Were the disagreeables not outside our walls, I should invite your opinions and call for a ballot.

Son of a Witch Maguire, Gregory 2005

On all occasions of show and pleasure Jessy took the lead, and Rose fell quietly into the background, whereas, when the disagreeables of life its work and privations - were in question, Rose instinctively took upon her, in addition to her own share, what she could of her sister's.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

Mkali, with its several terekezas, and manifold disagreeables.

How I Found Livingstone Henry Morton 2004

And then nothing was left but a heap of disagreeables, a mass of corruption, a senile and disgusting old man fit only for the charity of nuns and the protection of an asylum.

The Common Reader, Second Series 2004