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An account of Lovelace's delirious unmanageableness, and extravagant design, had they not all interposed.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 9 by Richardson, Samuel
And Rollo wore a look which I think a woman does not dislike to see on a face she loves, even though its decisions be against her; there was sweetness enough in it, also unmanageableness!
From The Gold of Chickaree by Warner, Susan
The truth is, unmanageableness when in hand is the only fault of my kite.
From The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
So "Marse Henry" had put him on the 200 acre Oglethorpe plantation as apprentice to training of the farm horses whose large unmanageableness he found more manageable than the dainty china of the banker's house.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
Under such management, the rod may come to be the only alternative to absolute unmanageableness and anarchy.
