goodtempered

He was generous, brave, good-natured, and what is commonly called goodtempered; but he was scarcely to be controlled.

Richard Lovell Edgeworth Ed 1896

He was generous, brave, good-natured, and what is commonly called goodtempered; but he was scarcely to be controlled.

Richard Lovell Edgeworth A Selection From His Memoir Richard Lovell Edgeworth 1780

Coming away from a reception, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., reported that “Mrs. Lincoln looks like the housekeeper of the establishment, and a notable, prying and not goodtempered housekeeper,” while “‘Abe’ looks like a man who has brought in something to sell.”

LINCOLN AT HOME David Herbert Donald 2001

Coming away from a reception, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., reported that “Mrs. Lincoln looks like the housekeeper of the establishment, and a notable, prying and not goodtempered housekeeper,” while “‘Abe’ looks like a man who has brought in something to sell.”

LINCOLN AT HOME David Herbert Donald 2001

Coming away from a reception, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., reported that “Mrs. Lincoln looks like the housekeeper of the establishment, and a notable, prying and not goodtempered housekeeper,” while “‘Abe’ looks like a man who has brought in something to sell.”

LINCOLN AT HOME David Herbert Donald 2001

One of the innumerable mysteries of nature which are at present absolutely insoluble is why some snakes should be so vicious and others absolutely placid and goodtempered.

I. The Start 1914