Thus we see no lack of ability, but an obstinate refusal to nibble at a point which ought to be respected.
Nowhere do I find a more brilliant, more lucid, more eloquent proof of the intuitive wisdom of instinct; nowhere does the theory of evolution suffer a more obstinate check.
After this two other towers were battered down, and a long stretch of wall collapsed, burying in the debris the most obstinate defenders who had remained at their posts until the last moment.
Meanwhile, down below, at the base of the walls, the slow and obstinate work of undermining continued.
Well, I should like to know how theobstinate objections of a firm old man like Caranby are to be overcome.
But she was so obstinate a woman that it was doubtful if she would ever behave in, an agreeable manner.
No slave to any vicissitude, his imagination is, on the contrary, the cheerful obstinate tyrant of all that is.
Yet we were ordered to throw away our advantages and reduce ourselves to our enemy's condition upon the obstinate prejudice of a worthy man who had had all flexibility drilled out of him by routine.
For half an hour an obstinate fight was maintained, the strength of the position neutralizing the effect of the superior numbers of the French.
My men are really well trained in this sort of work, and you could trust them to make an obstinate defence.
Hot tempered andobstinate as he undoubtedly is, he is as popular with his division as any general out here.
Cousin Hiram is so odd and so obstinate on some points, although in most respects the best creature in the world.
The chief interest of the campaign against Le Clerc turns upon the obstinate defence of Crete-a-Pierrot.
The mild Mandingos become obstinate in fight; they have minstrels who accompany armies to war, and recite the deeds of former heroes; but they are not capable of discipline.
At twenty she mocks at the duty you taught her-- Oh, what a plague is an obstinate daughter!
When scarce in their teens they have wit to perplex us, With letters and lovers for ever they vex us; While each still rejects the fair suitor you've brought her; Oh, what a plague is an obstinate daughter!
Wrangling and jangling, Flouting and pouting, Oh, what a plague is an obstinate daughter!
There, bless you both: I'm an obstinateold fellow when I'm in the wrong; but you shall now find me as steady in the right.
Sighing and whining, Dying and pining, Oh, what a plague is anobstinate daughter!
And on his known obstinate adherence to what he has once said, you have formed this plan for my escape.
A famous actress Polly may be, but she is often an obstinate and mistaken woman.
At times, the boy was obstinate in his determination to remain; at other times, he gave way to the yearnings for change and opportunity.
Perhaps, she liked him the better because of certain obstinate qualities which, even to her persuasive influence, remained unaltered.
The Tartars, therefore, pursued their preparations, confiding in the obstinate blindness of the grand pristaw, as in their perfect safeguard.
If we query in return: "Do your pleasant manipulations cure obstinate chronic ailments?
Thus the acute, easily curable stages of these ailments are changed into the dreadful and obstinate chronic conditions.
I am aware of the fact that in severe and obstinate conditions homeopathy is often apparently of no avail.
Still, he preserved an obstinate silence; and the magistrate finding that this last thrust had failed to produce any effect, gave up the fight in despair.
III Obstinate men of Father Absinthe's stamp, who are at first always inclined to differ from other people's opinions, are the very individuals who end in madly adopting them.
On seeing her obstinate questioner reappear, accompanied by the commissary, Madame Milner seemed to understand everything.
Still, nothing could daunt him or turn him from the almost impossible task he had undertaken, and his obstinate perseverance well-nigh developed into monomania.
On the contrary, evidence will crush the most obstinate man; he gives up the struggle, and confesses.
Ay, sir, Mr. Fergus will have it that the cottagers are obstinate because they wont try for the easy things as he wants them to.
The contest between the Court and the Foreign Office was obstinate on both sides; at one time it seemed likely that Palmerston and Lord John would be forced to resign.
Obstinate as a mule" is a good old proverb, and the party had plenty of reason for learning its truth.
Nobody was going to take the bother to prepare a meal for a fair price or to give shelter for the night to two foreign madmen who were demented enough to be interested in "old walls" and obstinate enough not to wish to be "plucked.
And if we are obstinate as to the origin of Mayan civilisation, we fear we must be charged, too, with gross obstinacy in the matter of deciding the age of the ruins.
Obstinate or conservative--you can call it which you like--they will take no advantage of an import which would mean that they could bake twice a week and get it over.
But, in addition to this, I fear there was a great deal of obstinate pride, which thing is harder to beat out of a man than most things.
He was a fool not to have told her of it in the morning before he went out; but she was such anobstinate old catamaran that she very likely wouldn't have done it.
But I give you my honour, I had no more idea that you would be obstinate enough to bring matters to this pass, than I had that you would burn down Ravenshoe House because I laughed at it for being old-fashioned.
Obstinate and headstrong, without much brains; but with more brains than the other, and more education.
He is pretty well to-day, comparatively, though that obstinate headache hangs about him.
There was further correspondence about Coombe Prior and the curate, and consultations with Markham about farmer Todd, who was as obstinate and troublesome as possible.
At length, after anobstinate and bloody conflict, all the Turkish ships were dispersed or cast upon the shore; and the Christian fleet, laden with provisions and soldiers, sailed in triumph into the port of Constantinople.
At length a large breach opened a passage into the city, and this breach soon became the scene of a bloody and obstinate contest.
The bravest of the defenders of Cyprus expiated in tortures the glory of an obstinate resistance; and it may be said, it was the executioners that finished the war.
Both the attack and the defence were much more animated and obstinate than they had been for some days before.
They arriv'd over the Seas of Martinico, in the middle of the long Day of obstinate Fight between the Fleets of Rodney and De Grasse.
She wrenched the door open although with obstinate strength he tried to keep it shut, desiring stupidly to comfort her.
He had been slow--slow to take it in, repelling it with all the obstinacy of an obstinate mind.
