meek-spirited

I've no doubt Douglas Gold relied on being able to bully his wife into giving him a divorce - she's a meek-spirited little woman and terribly fond of him.

Hercule Poirot's Casebook Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 1984

Piotr Andreitch’s wife was a meek-spirited creature; he had taken her from a neighbouring family by his father’s choice and command; her name was Anna Pavlovna.

Chapter VIII 1917

The meek-spirited Louis, thwarted by this intriguing woman, and grossly insulted by his brother, struggled for some time with the difficulties of his situation; but his patience availed nothing: his supposed connivance at the violations of the Berlin and Milan decrees, in the same proportion as it tended to raise him more and more in the affections of the Dutch, fixed and heightened the displeasure of Napoleon.

The History of Napoleon Buonaparte Lockhart, John G 1906

If you will thus live, you will gain for yourself the priceless treasure of peace and love, and shall live long on the earth: for "the meek-spirited," it is said, "shall possess the earth: and shall be refreshed in the multitude of peace."

My Life in Christ, or Moments of Spiritual Serenity and Contemplation, of Reverent Feeling, of Earnest Self-Amendment, and of Peace in God 1829-1909 1897

The two elder children, Anne and Barbara, were too meek-spirited to be troublesome, but during Clorinda's infancy Mistress Margery Wimpole watched her rapid growth with fear and qualms.

A Lady of Quality 1896

Boers so meek-spirited a race that they have no desire for vengeance?

The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

As one reads the history of 1807 and 1808 it is impossible not to feel almost a sense of personal gratitude to John Quincy Adams that he dared to step out from his meek-spirited party and do all that circumstances rendered possible to promote resistance to insults and wrongs intolerable.

John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series 1888

The two elder children, Anne and Barbara, were too meek-spirited to be troublesome; but during Clorinda's infancy

A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

Undoubtedly they were dragged out of their nests and thrown down, perhaps by daws at enmity with their parents, or it may be by the doves, who are not meek-spirited, as we have seen, or they would not be where they are, and may on occasion retaliate by invading their black enemies 'nesting-holes.

Afoot in England 1881

Piotr Andreitch's wife was a meek-spirited creature; he had taken her from a neighbouring family by his father's choice and command; her name was Anna Pavlovna.

A House of Gentlefolk Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev 1850