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Bute, however, was too proud and unconciliating to make any attempt to set himself right in public opinion, and he suffered his enemies to work on, till his character became unredeemable, and his downfall was effected.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr
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The Winter leapt on us with a swoop, a harsh, unconciliating Winter, that made out-door work an unmitigated hardship.
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Behind that unconciliating wall of shyness and reserve, beats and hides the warm, loyal British heart, the most constant heart in the world.
A Straight Deal or The Ancient Grudge Owen Wister 1899
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'We served him in his bed with rage and humility, as if we had been the base couriers of a hated prince; and he rewarded us by his unconciliating criticism.
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His natural temperament carried out this likeness: high-mettled as a game - cock during the Revolutionary war, he was, in politics, passionate, dogmatic and unconciliating, and in social life ceremonious and showy as any Englishman could be.
The Maid of Maiden Lane Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875
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"I am sorry to see that you are not looking very well," he said at last, with supreme stiffness, and with that peculiarly unconciliating air which an Englishman is apt to put on, when he is languishing to hold out the olive-branch.
The Lovels of Arden 1875
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Pope Gregory the Ninth, a man of a proud, unconciliating, and revengeful character, owed the Emperor a grudge for many an act of disobedience to his authority, and encouraged the overtures of John of Brienne more than he should have done.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Charles Mackay 1851
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Pope Gregory IX., a man of a proud, unconciliating, and revengeful character, owed the emperor a grudge for many an act of disobedience to his authority, and encouraged the overtures of John of Brienne more than he should have done.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds Charles Mackay 1851
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But he was a man stern, unconciliating and domineering.
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Empress, at all the palaces where she usually dwelt, and uniformly received the same answer: -- She was everywhere represented as cold, proud, and haughty in her manner, and unconciliating in her ordinary address.
Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. Archibald Alison 1829
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