Yet you gave me the impression of irascibility just now, when I drew you.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
But at the mention of Mr. Ridgett's advice Dale displayed a slight flare of irascibility.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
The inflammation of the patient's wound increasing with his irascibility, the Doctor ended by placing a padlock of his own on the front-door and another on the garden gate, and promising the little man his liberty on the first day he was fit to travel.
"The Blue Pavilions"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch