They all cling to their vices, but they are very keen to change some little cross or condition that vexes them-or think vexes them.
"Contemporary One-Act Plays Compiler: B. Roland Lewis"
Sir James M. Barrie George Middleton Althea Thurston Percy Mackaye Lady Augusta Gregor Eugene Pillot Anton Tchekov Bosworth Crocker Alfred Kreymborg Paul Greene Arthur Hopkins Paul Hervieu Jeannette Marks Oscar M. Wolff David Pinski Beulah Bornstead Herma
It is a thorny point, and vexes me more than the Corn Laws.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond
And if I don't go, I will cry and cry-I will cry that night so loud in my room that papa will come in, and you know how it vexes him to have me cry; and it will break my heart-I know it will.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell