THE PHEASANT-HEN [With angry stubbornness.]

As one who, rising from the lowest station to heights of uncontrolled power, as a representative of a class of rulers unfortunately too common in the republics that descend from Spain, and as a remarkable instance of brutal force and barbaric stubbornness triumphing over reason, science, education, and, in a word, civilization, he is admirably portrayed by Sr. Sarmiento.

She returned to the main question with characteristic stubbornness.

"With her unpretentious representations of the joy of children, the smiling happiness of parents, sorrow resigned, and childish stubbornness, Amalia Lindegren attained great national popularity, for without being a connoisseur it is possible to take pleasure in the fresh children's faces in her pictures.

He was the sort of a man from whom one would expect shrewdness, some cunning, stubbornness, a dry humor, and many principles.

And, as usual, he failed absolutely, because of the curious and insane stubbornness of the woman.

All through the dreary mockery of the process the blind man had withstood his friend's appeal, his stern face set, his heavy heart full of a despairing stubbornness.

There was despair next day when it was known that he had come away even lavisher in praise of Miss Caroline than Aunt Delia had become; that he refused with a gentle but unbreakable stubbornness, a thing he was known to be cursed with latently, ever again to approach the lady with a concealed purpose or with aught in his heart but a warm and flagrant esteem.

They never had more than 1200 rifles holding a far-flung barren and bleak line, and the fine qualities of vigorous and swift attack, unfaltering discipline and heroic stubbornness in defence under all conditions, get their proof in the 499 casualties incurred by the Division in the hill fighting, exclusive of those sustained by the 7th Mounted Brigade which reinforced them.

Although Dorriforth was a good man, there was an obstinacy in his nature which sometimes degenerated into implacable stubbornness.

He did not argue about it; he was rather moved by instinctive stubbornness.

"I won't take off more than fifty pounds, sir," retorted Joyce with mock stubbornness.

But again the prudent stubbornness of the old horse saved them.

The emotion which fails to find adequate outlet, even in such works as Sult, Mysterier, Victoria, and Pan, might well seem more of a peril than the quixotic stubbornness of Kareno's philosophy.

This racial stubbornness of Europeperhaps it keeps Europe powerful in jealous competition of race with race.

For a moment or two Piers refused to meet his look, then with sudden stubbornness he raised his eyes and stared back.

One historian, Mr. Kimball, who wrote in 1850, describes him as one in whom short-sightedness, narrow views, and jealous and weak mind, were joined to an uncommon stubbornness of character.

The members of the Council implored and besought him to put aside this unnatural stubbornness.

With this creed, experimental love was a logical sequence, and great constancy was already to be unprogressive stubbornness.

The result of the unwise stubbornness in this matter of the loyal citizens of Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Maryland was that they were finally obliged to surrender without compensation the property control in their slaves.

And Toni was asking himself for the first time whether Captain Ferragut had the right to drag them all to a sure death just because of his vengeful and crazy stubbornness.

Wasn't it the folly of weak and stupid stubbornness?