I had not therefore the prejudices to encounter in recommending myself to him, that I have found so peculiarly obstinate in other cases.

But, insanely obstinate, under dominion of the venerable delusion that obstinacy is firmness, the King fell, and with him fell, not merely his own dynasty, but the whole system of government which France had known for a generation, and under which she was, painfully and slowly, yet with apparent sureness, becoming a constitutional state.

I'm going to be dreadfully obstinate, and have my own way completely about the matter.

He knew he was quick to decide, and excessively obstinate, but he did not think him so crazy as to throw away his daughter in a fit of spleen.

At last Caleb, driven nearly out of his senses, though still doggedly obstinate, by the harassing perplexities in which he found himself, thought of applying to us.

But it would never do for him to be in the secret; therefore, when he has finished, put on his fetters again, and report to the king that he is exceedingly obstinate; that you have tried all other means to make him confess, and that nothing remains but to put him to torture.

"He is frightfully obstinate, and I shall never have a chance of making my peace with him again unless I can come upon him unexpectedly.

" "Yes, you did," she insisted, grimly obstinate.

what though the laws of Fate Invincible, and this long misery, Proving my prayers not merely spent in vain But heard and granted crosswise, banish me Far from Thy sight,still humbly obstinate I turn to Thee.

For no obvious reason at all she conceived a violent hatred of Mrs. Appleboy, a hatred that waxed all the more virulent on account of its object's innocently obstinate refusal to comprehend or recognize it.

In such a case, non persuadebis, etiamsi persuaseris; although you stop his mouth, you cannot subdue his heart; although he can no longer fight, yet he never will yield: animosity raised by such usage rendereth him invincibly obstinate in his conceits and courses.

At Hankow the Viceroy, Kwan Wen, was as friendly personally as he was obstinate officially.

Gerald had talent, but was very like Osborn, since he was sometimes rashly obstinate and sometimes vacillating.

We have already had glimpses of Philip the Handsome's greedy, ruggedly obstinate, haughty and tyrannical character; and Boniface VIII.

This is indeed true, and women display, in their new-found enthusiasm, a singularly obstinate spirit.

But men are at times strangely obstinate, selfish, and neglectful, and through one man's fault a whole community may suffer.

" "Well," said Mary, coloring a little, "I can scarcely understand it myself; but that man would have it so, and he's terribly obstinate.

You have no idea, Pet, what a tremendously obstinate fellow

If he ate honeysuckle instead of hard-tack would he be squeezed for his scents to fill ladies' smelling-bottles?" "I don't know that sense is always a recommendation to women," Jack shifts his burden to say tentatively, as Barney, involved in a more than commonly obstinate brier, loses the thread of this joco

But this time Sally showed herself unusually obstinate.

If he ate honeysuckle instead of hard-tack would he be squeezed for his scents to fill ladies' smelling-bottles?" "I don't know that sense is always a recommendation to women," Jack shifts his burden to say tentatively, as Barney, involved in a more than commonly obstinate brier, loses the thread of this joco

Mr. FISHER WHITE gave us the courtly-obstinate old man to the life (this player has a way of removing straw).

"Did you ever catch that delightfully obstinate creature?" cried Dora.