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The men are awk'ard and contrairy mostly, God help 'em—but when the drink's out of 'em, they aren't unsensible, though they're bad for leeching and bandaging—so fiery and unpatient.

From Silas Marner by Eliot, George

"And I am not to be unpatient," said Ronald.

From Sue, A Little Heroine by Meade, L. T.

The Lord is King, be the people never so unpatient: he sitteth between the cherubims, be the earth never so unquiet.

From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland