untowardness
Example Sentences
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It also flows from a fearful, cowardly spirit; there is nothing of greatness in it, except it be greatness of untowardness.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
Hajw—Satires on the hypocrisy of the �unco' guid,� the impiety of the pious, the ignorance of the learned, and the untowardness of his own generation.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
It is most agreeable to be told, by a writer very eminent both for wisdom and for culture, that our untowardness was a hopeful sign.
From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
But that is his goodness ever ready to do, unless there be hindrance through the untowardness of our own froward will.
From Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation With Modifications To Obsolete Language By Monica Stevens by Stevens, Monica
She launched with zest upon the somewhat unoriginal thesis, and Cally relapsed into her own thoughts, which were full of rebellion at the bitter untowardness of her fate....
From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor
