stubborne

Now managing the mouthes of stubborne steedes Now practising the proof of warlike deedes;

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

The marquis of Winchester, for example, when asked about the secrets of his survival, is said to have replied, “I am made of pliable willow, not of stubborne Oake.”

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

The marquis of Winchester, for example, when asked about the secrets of his survival, is said to have replied, “I am made of pliable willow, not of stubborne Oake.”

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

The marquis of Winchester, for example, when asked about the secrets of his survival, is said to have replied, “I am made of pliable willow, not of stubborne Oake.”

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

The marquis of Winchester, for example, when asked about the secrets of his survival, is said to have replied, “I am made of pliable willow, not of stubborne Oake.”

The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006

Nowe if the sayd English man being summoned shall be found stubborne or disobedient, the forenamed ambassadours are to make their appeale and supplication in manner aforesayd.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

Notwithstanding the popular sort persisting stil in their stubborne determination, proceeded at length to open warre.

The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

[Sidenote: Some write that he was so stubborne-harted, that after he knew he should remaine in perpetuall prison, he refused his meate, and so pined himselfe to death.]

Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6) England (1 of 12) William the Conqueror Raphael Holinshed

But all his parts, abilityes, and facultyes, by arte an [d] industry, were not to be valewed or mentioned in comparison of his most accomplished minde and manners; his gentlenesse and affability was so transcendant and oblieginge, that it drew reverence and some kinde of complyance from the roughest, and most unpolish'd and stubborne constitutions, and made them of another temper in debate in his presence, then they were in other places.

Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

Hereticks, but also kept under the lay-men, who were so forward and stubborne.

The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox