indocility
Example Sentences
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It is, I believe, not so “correct” as it once was to admire this; but I confess indocility to correctness, at least the correctness which varies with fashion.
From Matthew Arnold by Saintsbury, George
But the extreme illiterateness and indocility of this maid are surprising, considering that she wants not inquisitiveness, appears willing to learn, and, in other respects, has quick parts.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Richardson, Samuel
Wouldst thou have the innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood?
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
My mind was a good deal bent on success: I could not bear the thought of being baffled by mere undisciplined disaffection and wanton indocility, in this first attempt to get on in life.
From Villette by Brontë, Charlotte
If I still persevere in my old opinions, it is no small comfort to me that it is not with regard to doctrines properly yours that I discover my indocility.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund
