He was undoubtedly stern, resolute, and inflexible in his relations with men, as great executive chieftains necessarily must be, whatever their private sympathies and friendships.

But the burghers were as inflexible as factious; and they at length released him, but not until they had concluded with him and the assembled states a treaty which most amply secured the enjoyment of their privileges and the pardon of their rebellion.

I have witnessed that, which brought before my eyes your heroic tranquillity, inflexible to the rude jests and serious violences of the insolent soldiery, republican or royalist, sent to molest youfor ye sate betwixt the fires of two persecutions, the out-cast and off-scowering of church and presbytery.

my dear, replied the other, they have long since forgot those soft emotions which make us simpathize in the woes of love:inflexible by the rigid rules of this place, and more by their own age, they rather looked with horror than pity on a tender inclination:they had a long conversation together, the result of which was to spare nothing that might either persuade, or if that failed, compel you to take the order.

Nyoda was inflexible about her stopping typewriting at nine o'clock, but she went home and wrote by hand until midnight.

of iron to the Inflexible with 22 in.

Where ambition can be so happy as to cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of all human passions.

McGregor wanted to put the President out of the way at once, as a precautionary measure, but I strongly opposed this proposal, and, finding the signorina was absolutely inflexible on the same side, he yielded.

A few days after this, my other clerks being absent, and being in a great hurry to dispatch certain letters by the mail, I thought that, having nothing else earthly to do, Bartleby would surely be less inflexible than usual, and carry these letters to the post-office.