But Bunny, like some young children, was self-willed. From Wordnik.com. [The Nursery, No. 103, July, 1875. Vol. XVIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers] Reference
At your age I was the same self-willed beggar you are. From Wordnik.com. [Read-Aloud Plays] Reference
Nonconformists was "self-willed," of course begs the whole question. From Wordnik.com. [The Parables of Our Lord] Reference
'Very well,' said Sarah, who was not so self-willed as she used to be. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
The trunks are all upset and she is in ill temper and very self-willed. From Wordnik.com. [Cupology How to Be Entertaining] Reference
And now for weeks and weeks, this same selfish, self-willed girl, Mabel. From Wordnik.com. [Aunt Mary] Reference
James Tichborne was like many other weak men who have self-willed wives. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton] Reference
He was more than ever peevish and self-willed, with this only difference. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
The self-willed, headstrong man will likely have the toughest time of any. From Wordnik.com. [Quiet Talks on Power] Reference
These people are also terribly head-strong and self-willed in all they do. From Wordnik.com. [Palmistry for All] Reference
High or low, good or bad, they are all equally knowing and equally self-willed. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873] Reference
Strong, self-willed, and masterful, Alexander did love his people in his own way. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Russia] Reference
"But, Percy, dear, Ossie has his father's temper and is so self-willed at times!". From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
With drooping eyelids, she stood in his embrace; she, once so proud, so self-willed. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Come, Aeschylus, answer, and don't stand mute in your self-willed pride and arrogant spleen. From Wordnik.com. [The Frogs] Reference
Such a good, kind son as he was, and to be made a fool of by a self-willed girl like Ellenor!. From Wordnik.com. [Where Deep Seas Moan] Reference
This self-willed and beautiful Naomi is a well-imagined character, but imperfectly developed. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
He was a dogged, self-willed man, and gave way to no one; but he knew when he had met his match. From Wordnik.com. [Sarah's School Friend] Reference
I was arrogant and self-willed; I loved display, and above all, I threw all control far from me. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
Pauline was proud, dark, and self-willed -- the very opposite of what Anna Holstein had been when. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century] Reference
The danger of being recalled from office is a salutary influence upon a weak or a self-willed man. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
I grew self-willed, addicted to the wildest caprices, and a prey to the most ungovernable passions. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Poe] Reference
High-principled, but self-willed and opinionated, she believed that she held her future in her own hands. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
I have been very proud and self-willed -- if I had been humble perhaps things would not have gone so wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Louis' School Days A Story for Boys] Reference
At our last meeting, his impudence had almost put me out of temper -- an obstinate, passionate, self-willed boy!. From Wordnik.com. [Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform] Reference
"You are nothing but a self-willed child yourself, unable to bear the slightest disappointment," said Miss Opie. From Wordnik.com. [Bluebell A Novel] Reference
She was, however, one of those self-willed young ladies, who think upon a thing one moment, and act upon it the next. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
Mistaken, Toni might often be -- foolish, self-willed, a little intolerant of advice; but she would never be selfish. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of a Soul] Reference
But Polly at the present moment was not feeling in the least unusual, only rather more self-willed and more calculating. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World] Reference
Braddock was a gallant soldier, but imperious, and self-willed, and he looked almost with contempt upon the American troops. From Wordnik.com. [The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country] Reference
Another of her favorites was the Earl of Essex, a self-willed and spoiled young man, who frequently had difficulties with the Queen. From Wordnik.com. [A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D.] Reference
For the sake of a principle, this complex, self-willed girl, of whom she had ever disapproved, was willing to suffer injury in silence. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
Edith Forrester, though she will not believe it, -- a rough and self-willed one, it may be, but still her true and unchangeable friend. From Wordnik.com. [Nick of the Woods] Reference
"Yes," replied the girl, "but I know that there are times when you should scold me, Papa, for I know I am self-willed and disobedient.". From Wordnik.com. [Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl] Reference
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