The unsophisticated period of youth
The utmost excitement and agitation
The vanishing thoughtlessness of youth
The vanity and conceit of insular self-satisfaction
The very texture of man's soul and life
The victim of an increasing irritability
The victorious assertion of personality
The virtue of taciturnity [taciturnity = habitually untalkative]
The voice was sharp and peremptory [peremptory = ending all debate or action]
The want of serious and sustained thinking