A truce betwixt Saladin and Conrade of Mountserrat, unless they chanced to be occupied with some occurrences of that very day, so that the lady was obliged to recall her indocile auditor with the leading question. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ronan's Well] Reference
A feeling of sudden, proud self-confidence, an indocile wish to walk unmoved in spite of grim environments, plainly possessed him, and when he reached the wicket-gate he turned in without apparent effort. From Wordnik.com. [Wessex Tales] Reference
Mount Pruno, till, finding disciples there no less indocile to the severity of his discipline than the former, he was determined to pursue himself that rigorous plan of life which he had hitherto unsuccessfully proposed to others. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The cabmen of Paris form a distinct class, a separate society, composed of all sorts of elements -- a turbulent, indocile, rebellious set of men, always in revolt against their employers and against the law, which holds them with an iron and inflexible grasp. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876] Reference
He had a most indocile temperament, rebellious to tradition, in no sense Roman. From Wordnik.com. [Characters and events of Roman History] Reference
How superior also the elevated brain of the poodle dog, when compared with that of the indocile, snarling cur!. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, February 1887 Volume 1, Number 1] Reference
And again, for it was all the affair of the veriest moment, the slaves rushed once more on their indocile victim. From Wordnik.com. [A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.] Reference
Under their instruction he proved as ready a scholar, as he had been indocile and restive to the pedant who held the office of his tutor. From Wordnik.com. [Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are] Reference
His first idea was to get a postchaise and pursue the fugitive; but he recollected that, upon the very rare occasions when Alan had shown himself indocile to the PATRIA. From Wordnik.com. [Redgauntlet] Reference
The inhabitants were not indocile nor were they wanting in conception; but since they had been blessed with no light without themselves, they groped in the thickest darkness. From Wordnik.com. [Niels Klim's journey under the ground being a narrative of his wonderful descent to the subterranean lands; together with an account of the sensible animals and trees inhabiting the planet Nazar and the firmament.] Reference
The youth's answers were short and confused, but his looks betrayed that he would fain have said quite other things than those which his indocile tongue allowed him to reiterate timidly. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works] Reference
With a vexed and humilated air he once more put the indocile globes into position, leaned over the table and was upon the point of striking, when there sounded a solemn voice from behind. From Wordnik.com. [The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales] Reference
They were indocile and turbulent; not only disturbing by their wild pranks the peace of the city, but interrupting by their noisy behavior and inattention the master's discourses and lectures. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
Even the best of the old things are nothing to boast of in the hard, unpitying light to which they are exposed, and a difficult and indocile spirit of extravagance is evoked in the least profuse. From Wordnik.com. [Suburban Sketches] Reference
“The Empire which made him Senator gained, however, but an indocile recruit. From Wordnik.com. [The Ways of Men] Reference
But men are no more born with minds naturally dull and indocile, than with bodies of monstrous shapes, and these are very rare. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 348, December 27, 1828] Reference
Shirobei, who, from his wild and indocile nature, was surnamed "the. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Old Japan] Reference
"The chambers are indocile for the same reason; encourage every body, and every body will be on your side. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II] Reference
I was indocile at an age5. From Wordnik.com. [To Age] Reference
They became restless and indocile. From Wordnik.com. [The Light and Truth of Slavery. Aaron's HistoryThe Light and Truth of Slavery. Aaron's History] Reference
An indocile horse of the western plains. From Wordnik.com. [INTERNET WIRETAP: The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce (1993 Edition)] Reference
His was a proud, indocile, restless spirit. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI] Reference
Well mayst thou then work on indocile hearts. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Strife in the Form of The Diary of an Old Soul] Reference
We are indocile to put up with grief, however. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne] Reference
Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable. From Wordnik.com. [The Armourer's Prentices] Reference
A passionate temper of spirit is very indocile. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning] Reference
Ma fervo freddo, indocile, codardo; 150. From Wordnik.com. [Essai Sur L'homme: Poëme Philosophique] Reference
1) Pierre Lelouche, L'Allié indocile, Editions du moment, Paris, 2009. From Wordnik.com. [Le Monde diplomatique - English edition] Reference
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