refractoriness

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He is willing to hope you to be all obedience, and would prevent all incitements to refractoriness.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Richardson, Samuel

Donatello's refractoriness as regarded his ears had evidently cost him something, and he now came close to Miriam's side, gazing at her with an appealing air, as if to solicit forgiveness.

From The Marble Faun - Volume 1 The Romance of Monte Beni by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

I considered them, therefore, as beings influenced by the most deplorable obduracy and refractoriness of spirit.

From The Devil's Elixir Vol. I (of 2) by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

I dread the interested refractoriness of your nobles, who cannot all be gratified, and who may be unwilling to submit to the requisite sacrifices.

From Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Martin, Benj. N.

It is altogether a mistake," said Mrs. Heiberg, absorbed in counting her stitches, "altogether a mistake that genius is marked by restlessness, refractoriness, an irregular life, or the like.

From Recollections of My Childhood and Youth by Brandes, Georg Morris Cohen