recalcitrancy

But the landlady read recalcitrancy in the girl's face, and knowing some things which Henrietta did not know, and being at no time one to brook opposition, she took the girl the wrong way.

And then he went on in a passionate and eager voice to explain all he had thought of during the day and still further defend his recalcitrancy.

His lordship's rage at such unlooked-for recalcitrancy was unbounded.

What though they warn me that at first— It may be merely fancy— The stomach's sure to try its worst In base recalcitrancy?

And now, while we had been striving to overcome the recalcitrancy of Mr. Tubbs, Captain Magnus had taken a short cut to the same end.