| 单词 | wilfulness |
| 例句 | When another mother ignored expert opinion and demanded further surgery for her baby daughter, her wilfulness appeared to border on the callous. Great Ormond Street; Panorama, Spoilt Rotten; Young, Autistic and Stagestruck; The World's Strangest Plastic Surgery and Me; Welcome to Lagos 2010-04-17T23:08:00Z "Visionary" is used to describe architects of above average wilfulness, and "vision" is applied to over-optimistic regeneration projects, as if they were something out of the Book of Revelations. Bishop Edward King chapel, Ripon College – review 2013-04-27T23:05:48Z The same wilfulness has governed her conduct of her private life. Marina Poplavskaya: 'I am a person of extraordinary ability' 2011-04-09T23:05:35Z I’m enthralled by their wilfulness and wildness – it’s like living with tiny leopards and panthers. Cats can make you laugh, cry, lose sleep – and then break your heart 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z In both cases, the delay resulted not from indecision or wilfulness on the part of the dramatist, but because the plays were born out of improvisations with the cast. Do play titles matter? 2013-04-01T11:17:03Z He noted the “disagreement ... may not be material” since the company’s “objection ... goes to the deliberateness or wilfulness of the concerned conduct”. Australia's Crown Resorts 'equivocal' over misconduct findings, says new inquiry 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z In an age of weariness and wilfulness, mistrust in our politicians and political processes, of exhausting fractiousness and fake news, sport repeatedly provided sweet relief. Farewell summer of sport 2019, you were truly one for the ages | Sean Ingle 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z Abdouni is invested in chronicling not only the queer scene’s existence, but also its increasing wilfulness. Tattoos, tans and techno: the photographers capturing the unseen Beirut 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Male nonsense, he told himself, but the pressure at his back was always a godly thing, as joyous as when he had first known its wilfulness in small aircraft over the Chicago Wastes. The fast stuff 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z The campaign got going in February, when Mr Yameen imposed a state of emergency after the country’s top court, showing surprising wilfulness, ordered that all political prisoners be freed. Democracy is foundering in the Maldives 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z He addresses his work often, sometimes as “dear story”, and ascribes to it a wilfulness independent of its author. George Saunders: ‘When I get praise, it helps me be a little bit more brave’ 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z In order to control the anarchical wilfulness of demagogues and proletaires there was but one thing to be done, to strengthen the authority of the executive. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z He shared the wilfulness of the rest, but never especially distinguished himself. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z He had a pretty wilfulness and such playful ways that his very faults found favor with those who should have corrected them, and he got praise where others would have met with chastisement. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Now this, I think, proceeds, not exactly from grossness of perception, but from the wilfulness of our character; our desire to have things our own way, without any trouble or distraction of purpose. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z Ye are brave Souldiers; keep your wantonness, A winter will come on to shake this wilfulness. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject 2012-03-26T02:00:33.817Z It is precisely her capricious, merry wilfulness which makes the girl so irresistible. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z His Majesty has had experience both of his wilfulness and ignorance, if of no worse. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z He has not forsaken the work of His hands nor forgone His original plan, which took account of all our wilfulness and sin. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Before it is guided by reason, it is mere wilfulness. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z My hands will lie in yours like prisoned butterflies; my wilfulness and my courage, my flippancy and effrontery will throb away, foolishly, weakly, before your eyes. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z The social state, on the other hand, is the condition in which alone right has its actuality: what is to be restricted and sacrificed is just the wilfulness and violence of the state of nature. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Then follows a furious convulsion, even with bloody froth at the mouth, but there is a trace of wilfulness or purpose in the movements. Essays In Pastoral Medicine 2012-03-05T03:00:09.993Z From about ten till one o'clock the gardens swarm with children and their attendants: and pretty enough they are, and amusing too, with their fanciful dresses and their baby wilfulness. Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-02-29T03:00:23.930Z As, by the accident of education, the love of nature has been, among us, associated with wilfulness, so, by the accident of time, it has been associated with faithlessness. Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things 2012-02-20T03:00:15.843Z Mr. Brownson was a remarkable man, remarkable for intellectual force, and equally for intellectual wilfulness. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z My father thought it was wilfulness and obstinacy in me, and all I wanted was to spend my time in amusement. Tales From the 'Phantasus', etc. of Ludwig Tieck 2012-02-13T03:00:19.620Z Is it true that most of man's diseases are due to his own sin and folly and wilfulness? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Whereupon King James, enraged at what he conceived to be the man’s stubborn wilfulness, ordered him again to the torture. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Helen was faithless merely through a cheap vanity, and a cheaper pose of wilfulness, and even so she was faithless merely in a low and despicable way. Miranda of the Balcony A Story 2012-01-28T03:00:24.760Z Even as a woman she has always been much more man than woman, for her wilfulness and recklessness have led her into enterprises of incredible daring. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z Within himself and over his full destiny, an unimpeachable sovereign though he is, he is not prone towards wilfulness, but towards composure and sobriety. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z One prophecy of my Cassandra was impressed upon my recollection, by its containing the only severe expression that ever my incorrigible wilfulness could exert from the forbearing spirit of the Christian. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Most of my troubles had been caused by my own wilfulness and obstinacy; and, I then confessed, my disobedience! In the Yellow Sea 2011-12-26T03:00:10.083Z He looked to no freak of fortune to throw into his lap by chance what he had cast from him by wilfulness. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z She was helpful to Mrs Stone also—indeed, showing a little wilfulness in the constant taking of the least pleasant part of the household work into her own hands. Eunice 2011-12-05T03:00:40.560Z My own maid Betty, who was privy to the whole unhappy intrigue, was truly frightened when she found how far ignorance and wilfulness had taken her. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z Miss C. and others assure me it is the only way to cure her wilfulness. Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals 2011-11-20T03:00:14.840Z It will furnish, in abundance, the most plausible reasons; while the eyes of our understanding are so blinded by self-interest or unjudged wilfulness, as to be incapable of detecting their plausibility. Notes on the Book of Genesis 2011-11-05T02:00:10.317Z It was mere wilfulness that led her to utter this cynical remark. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Santa Anna had been again "disconcerted" in his plan of battle, by Scott, as he had previously been thwarted by Valencia's disobedience and wilfulness. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z Her love is a flame that burns impatiently away from the taper that feeds it; for her generous passion is after all a beautiful devoted wilfulness. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z And think you that such blindness and wilfulness bring no penalty? Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z More than one, more than a thousand, every year wrecks her good and great future by what we term wilfulness or waywardness. Seed Thoughts for Singers 2011-10-09T02:00:24.093Z Enough surely to save it from the charge of presumption, enough to ascribe its daring rather to a devotion mindful of divine guidance than to a wilfulness impatient of delay. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z We live in a day of much wilfulness. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z "Then I shall make it more so," cried Miss Fay, with her old wilfulness. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z Judith!" said she, almost in despair, "I know not whither your wilfulness will carry you. Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures 2011-10-20T02:00:22.743Z It must be repeated also, that the need of secondary agents shows itself, only as the increasing wilfulness of Israel separates between Christ and the people. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z What I did, therefore, must be done warily, neither must I foolishly and with youthful wilfulness be led to betray myself. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z They had expected, moreover, to find such a balance of evidence on their own side, that no one except from wilfulness and perversity could decide the other way. Pastor Pastorum 2011-07-25T02:00:14.597Z Fay put her head on one side with her old wilfulness. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z The Christian Socialist propaganda is another instance of the wilfulness of things which went as you did not want them to go. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:17.663Z And happy are they who hear and obey His summons to approach, when, removed from His purifying gaze by carelessness or wilfulness, ambition and anger begin to excite their hearts. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z But all such defects of speech—due not to ignorance but to a charming wilfulness—were forgotten in the music of the voices that gave them utterance. Recollections of a Varied Life 2011-07-14T02:00:11.837Z "But is there not at least a little wilfulness, Henrietta, in the manner in which from time to time you throw out a bait to my curiosity?" The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Your citizens may thank themselves for't; wilfulness Does ever thus recoil upon itself. The Surrender of Calais A Play, in Three Acts 2011-07-05T02:00:33.083Z Colonel Hubert yielded himself to this wilfulness, and passively, as it seemed, accompanied the party into the library. The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-01T02:00:14.900Z They have less gaiety and light-heartedness, less pretty wilfulness than these younger sisters of theirs, but they have the same frankness and directness, the same honesty of mind. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z A child that obeys a judicious and affectionate mother, or teacher, will often, in the midst of its opposition and wilfulness, acknowledge that the power which rules him is a beneficent power. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Sir Gilbert excels himself this time for obstinacy and wilfulness. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Instead of retorting with laughter or silence, she opposed offence to his wilfulness. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z Every truth he believes flashes on his mind with such overwhelming conviction that it seems to him nothing but incomprehensible wilfulness for any one else not to see it. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z To go further into this blank and unknown ocean, is tempting God to destroy us, for our wilfulness. Mercedes of Castile The Voyage to Cathay 2011-06-14T02:00:24.670Z She was paying the penalty of her own wilfulness and her own imperiousness. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z She never for a moment takes into consideration that it is all Dolores own wilfulness that has made Sir Barry stay away so long. Zoe; Or, Some Day A Novel 2011-06-11T02:00:13.290Z Then, after acknowledgment of the confusedness of the narrative and the fantastic wilfulness of some of the incidents and style, the critic goes on:— Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The consequence was, continued misery and disaffection; and I assert, without fear of contradiction, that this state of things is directly traceable to the King's wilfulness on Irish affairs. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z The invalid, with the wilfulness of illness, insisted on putting aside the broth for the cup of tea that Lizzie had brought her. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z Bitterly did he regret the wilfulness which brought him there, well knowing that if he had obeyed orders he would now be free to find his father's body and avenge his death. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z Of course any one who really understood Polly O’Neill, Betty Ashton for instance, would have understood at once that she was now beginning to explain her own wilfulness. The Camp Fire Girls' Careers 2011-05-27T02:00:15.330Z I think you are your mother's child, and that you will not be left to your own wilfulness. A Letter of Credit 2011-05-20T02:00:40.410Z Nonsense! charm!—I tell you it is an indication of character—of energy and wilfulness. Daisy Burns (Volume 1) 2011-05-20T02:00:34.097Z If he might charge her with vanity or wilfulness, surely she might accuse him of rancour and pride. Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-17T02:00:19.780Z But if it be otherwise, if, out of wilfulness or vanity, she broke the heart that adored her, then let her look to her own. Trevethlan: (Vol 2 of 3) A Cornish Story. 2011-05-16T02:00:19.270Z The youngest of a prosperous family, she had been petted and pampered until her natural wilfulness and high spirits had made her heedless and over-confident. Hope Benham A Story for Girls 2011-05-16T02:00:18.193Z She was very pale, and sharp, nervous quivers shook her now and then, but the pretty wilfulness of her character had entirely disappeared. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z Only those who come close to this type of character can recognise the rift of weakness or wilfulness, or it may be of selfishness, that runs through the fair vein of so much good-nature. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z If their parents are able to afford the fees, the gates of the lyc�e soon close upon their days of wilfulness and disobedience. France 2011-03-27T02:00:11.847Z In that interchange of heart-readings, Eleanor saw only truth and loving sympathy shine from the woman’s eyes, and Miss Miller saw the adamant of wilfulness break ever so little. The Woodcraft Girls in the City 2011-03-27T02:00:11.007Z The prime minister, whether through arrogance or wilfulness, went beyond the constraints of a minority government. Portuguese pain 2011-03-25T13:07:11Z In the old days, when all her desires were gratified, her waywardness and wilfulness had thrown a cloud over everything. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z She had sacrificed her whole life to the service of her loved ones, had drudged and toiled that her mother might have ease, had listened to her grumbling complaints, had humoured her wilfulness. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z He was so barefaced as to add ‘How much more sensible is Southwell, who after long wilfulness is now ready to conform, and wishes to treat with some man of learning.’ The Condition of Catholics Under James I. 2011-03-09T03:00:42.087Z Is it consistent with common-sense to run amuck through the statutes of foreign nations just out of wilfulness? The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z Soon, however, the wilfulness of his character began again to shew itself, and gained strength by being no longer checked by the authority of a father. Christmas Stories 2011-02-27T03:00:31.413Z With a little touch of wilfulness, perhaps pride, she withdraws her hand. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z She went despairingly to her room, and sat for two bitter hours speechless, astonished at her own folly and wilfulness. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z Macomo, in a fit of wilfulness, took his departure from thence a few days ago, with a single follower; and, being traced to Fort Armstrong, not far from the Tarka Post, has been detained there. The Cape and the Kaffirs A Diary of Five Years' Residence in Kaffirland 2011-02-19T03:01:12.480Z There is a ring about your imploring as if you thought it was mere wilfulness holding me back from being and doing all you wish. Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Here was a fresh instance of the girl's wilfulness, requiring to be severely dealt with. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z This "pestilent wilfulness" is really the key to the whole position. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z It is interesting to ask whether the facts bear out this theory of unreason, and of a wilfulness inexplicable and characteristic of this island alone. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z She did not understand him, but wondered at his courtly manners, and pitying his misery, asked him whether heaven or the cruelty of man or his own wilfulness were its cause. Tales from Spenser; Chosen from the Faerie Queene 2011-02-06T03:00:52.580Z Gabrielle is torturing me to death with her wilfulness and obstinacy. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z He stood confronting his guardian, the very incarnation of rebellious wilfulness. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z In Belle this wilfulness took the form of a willingness to use subterfuge, both in word or deed to gain her own way. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z Billy had a sudden vision of Polly from her girlhood until now; her wilfulness, her charm and her great talent. The Camp Fire Girls in After Years 2011-01-13T03:01:12.303Z Her wilfulness came not so much from original sin as because she had had too much her own way as a child and had had to depend too much on her own wisdom. The Ranch Girls in Europe 2011-01-13T03:01:01.483Z She soon made the unpleasant discovery that Gabrielle, by her rebellious wilfulness and obstinacy, had altogether trifled away the kindly feeling which her guardian had formerly entertained towards her. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z For example, it was through Bl�cher's wilfulness that the moral advantage lay with Napoleon in the opening of the struggle. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z Yes, I know it, that is undoubtedly one reason for her heedlessness, but it sometimes seems as if her wilfulness increases every day. Brenda, Her School and Her Club 2011-01-15T03:00:31.087Z They pursued their evil ways in pride and wilfulness, and were at last captured red-handed. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race From the first her wilfulness, her entire lack of interest in ladylike pursuits had been a source of trouble and anxiety to her governesses. The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory But his insistence had roused a certain balky wilfulness that would have its way. The Valiants of Virginia "Is it wilfulness and love of adventure still, or something else, that holds you here 'yet awhile'?" The Reclaimers He arrived at this partial conclusion anyhow: that he was aware of what he called the 'woman' in her, but a very human woman—a certain wilfulness that was half wildness in it. The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath The moral restraints upon the wilfulness of individuals had been broken, and the meagre externals gathered from abroad, of fashion, respect, gallantry, and a taste for foreign refinements were the first remedy. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. I call God and my own conscience to witness that no wilfulness or frivolous motive drove me out of the monastery, or excited me to abandon it. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. I think my writing to the Daily Chronicle was an act of pure wilfulness. Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" I know now that it was really wilfulness and love of adventure that most influenced me to break away from Philadelphia and—and its flesh-pots. The Reclaimers In early childhood, they manifest themselves in obstinacy, wilfulness, excessive love of play, disobedience, and a disposition to lie. The Progressionists, and Angela. She is wilful, and there is nothing I hate so much as wilfulness. The New Gulliver and Other Stories "As you know so much, perhaps you also know why I am always there," says Branscombe, who is half amused, half offended, by her wilfulness. Faith and Unfaith Even her sweet credulousness had in it an equal capacity for seductive wilfulness and petulance. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Here is wilfulness and obstinacy to a degree. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation "Well, even grant that; the girl is, from all accounts, a rich specimen of wilfulness—" "Of naturalness." East Angels "You are not cruel out of wilfulness, although you might be reproached for the massacre of more than four thousand Saxon prisoners." The Carlovingian Coins Or The Daughters of Charlemagne. A Tale of the Ninth Century Something must certainly be done about Jenny's wilfulness. Carnival The mother prayed Herr Sonnenkamp not to punish the boy for his wilfulness. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine In its success was he to find the means of repaying his friend; and so confidently had the Colonel always talked of that success, it would seem mere wilfulness not to attempt it. One Of Them The liberty asserted for God is wholly consistent with His being found, in fact, to have 'hardened' those only who have deserved hardening by their own wilfulness. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition By sin St. Paul means essentially wilfulness—wilful disobedience. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition He had not been slow to descry in her a very strong spice of natural temper and wilfulness; and although now her demeanour towards himself was invariably sweet and winning, would it always be so? Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion If you think thus, it must be my fault—some piece of wilfulness of mine could alone have made you suppose me discontented; but I am not so—far from it. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago Frequently, the daughters of citizens, through the poverty or greed of their parents, or their own wilfulness, were driven to a life of shame. Greek Women Their wilfulness and obstinacy is to give place to humility and faith; and Jew and Gentile all together are to constitute the elect catholic church. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition No doubt St. Paul would say they might tear themselves by utter wilfulness out of the divine hand, as for the time at least the Jews had mostly done. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition All three have made a mistake; but there will be no evil result from it unless through your own wilfulness. The Princess and Joe Potter She had none of the childish wilfulness of others in her sad condition, nor did she show the likings and dislikings they usually manifest; and thus she lingered on to her death. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Again God is represented as predestinating men to moral hardness of heart where such hardness is a judgement on previous wilfulness. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition In face of all these sayings, it seems to me indisputable that 'universalism'—the teaching that there are to be none finally lost—is an instance of wilfulness. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition Does, therefore, the area of human history present at every stage a result or product which human wilfulness and lawlessness, that is, sin, has contributed to spoil and to degrade below its natural level? St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition Ignorance, not wilfulness, may be at the causal bottom of a batch of bread which is half saleratus, and a stew of venerable hens which is one-third feathers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 Jonah The story of Jonah's mission to the Ninevites, his wilfulness, and God's love for the nations. Training the Teacher To what desperate extremities has she been reduced by her unfortunate wilfulness. Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part And the moral effects of this wilfulness and disobedience from the beginning onwards have been felt from parent to son. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition Any government, however, or rather those entrusted with its administration, may through mistake or wilfulness do injustice to some of its subjects. Concerning Justice But Monica, either through wilfulness or ignorance of his near locality, or perhaps fear of Miss Priscilla, refuses to meet his longing eyes. Rossmoyne This genius divorced from wisdom, scornful of moral obligations, and ravenous for notoriety, is especially marked by wilfulness, presumptuous self-assertion, the curse and plague-spot of the perverted soul. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 But he did know the difference between what had been desired of him and what he himself had brought on through sheer wilfulness. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance He is content to adore the divine purpose, and rest upon it; and recognize, on the other hand, the thwarting power of human wilfulness. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition The base ingratitude, the unfaithfulness to the interests of the Church, the presumption, the pride, the wilfulness, manifested in that action, transcended all his powers of reprobation. Under False Pretences A Novel For my part, I believe in the wilfulness. Rossmoyne Their defiance of rule was not the confident daring which comes from the vision of genius, but the disdainful audacity which springs from its wilfulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 And, intelligent horse that he was, he knew why he suffered these burns–knew that he had brought them about through his own sheer wilfulness. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance From the other point of view we detect human wilfulness, able in a measure, but never completely or on the whole, to baffle and thwart the divine purpose. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition He lies flat in his bed and frowns; no more jokes over the lemonade, no wilfulness over the thermometer. A Diary Without Dates Sally was in conflict with the world, because the world opposes to the wilfulness of the individual a steady pressure that is without mercy because it is without considerateness. Coquette Did he see a saucy, piquant face framed in ringlets that escaped in bewitching wilfulness from under the dainty cap of a Quakeress? Peggy Owen and Liberty Gwen's reputation with all the countryside was that of waywardness and wilfulness carried to excess, but always with an unerring nobility of object. When Ghost Meets Ghost But so a woman might speak out of her unconquered wilfulness, as a queen might give her lover a kingdom out of the fullness of her heart. The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman With every passing moment now it came home to her afresh how much she had lost, how much she had thrown away in her wilfulness and blindness. The Beggar Man Francis Thompson, in an interpretation of "A Narrow Vessel," has left us in prose a description of human weakness and wilfulness reluctant of its true bliss. The Hound of Heaven The tendency to idiosyncrasy often approached wilfulness, caprice and whimsicality, and opposition to the national moral sense. Pedagogics as a System The cause chiefly lies in the wilfulness of human nature and in the abuse of human liberty. The Shepherd Of My Soul Thought seems to run on unrestrained, stimulated by human caprice, sometimes by sinful wilfulness; yet it is seen really to be restrained by limits that are not of its own creation. History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion Lawyers' gowns are lined with the wilfulness of their clients. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order They were not due to wilfulness or frivolity, but to preoccupation of the mind. The Broom-Squire Now, look here; don’t be so infernally quick to anticipate my wilfulness. That Mother-in-Law of Mine Defiance, wilfulness, rebellion, was expressed in the very way she stood on the bank, a little higher than they were, and able to look over their heads. Amaryllis at the Fair Oh, she was well punished for her wilfulness! Cloudy Jewel Among the national delinquencies the disorganisation and apparent wilfulness shown in worship have a prominent place. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems She was doing her own will with an imperious distinctness and energy—having her own way—displaying no special virtue, but a determined wilfulness. The Doctor's Family Our cause is too great for the ambition and wilfulness of a single person. Dreamers of the Ghetto No one had gone with the young heiress into the gallery, for, with her childish wilfulness, she had preferred to go alone, and single out the Carset ladies by their resemblance to the old countess. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals In Gil Morice, that ballad which Gray thought 'divine,' it is 'Willie, the bonnie boy,' whom the hero trusted with his message, that in malice and wilfulness brings about the tremendous catastrophe of the tale. The Balladists Famous Scots Series But with a sudden wilfulness she turned her face away. Hidden Water I did not think I should ever appeal to you, Mr Edward, against Nettie's wilfulness—but, really now, we, none of us, can put up with it any longer. The Doctor's Family But all his efforts were foiled by the wilfulness of the animal—she observed his gentleness, which she mistook for fear, a common mistake with jades—gave a kick, and good bye to Espartero! A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain To this task, accordingly, he then bent himself, with a grim wilfulness that would not yield either to bodily weakness, or to the attractions or the distractions of politics. Patrick Henry Heaven send we do not sorrow for your wilfulness. The Wild Geese Would not discontent, selfishness, envy, wilfulness, cruelty, self-indulgence continue? Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors My mother has to do as I like,' throwing back his handsome head with a sort of wilfulness that Audrey thought very becoming, 'and I intend her to go out. Lover or Friend Autocratic power knows no limits outside the ruler's self; arbitrary power, none outside the ruler's will or judgment, arbitrary carrying the implication of wilfulness and capriciousness. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions She knew, now, the wilfulness of her sins, and the merciful interposition of the river’s inviolable strength. The River Prophet He remained indeed a child, with the charm, the gaiety, the simplicity of a child, but with the wilfulness, the faint-heartedness, the desultoriness of a child. Beside Still Waters Of course, having made the will of God wholly arbitrary, they proceed to deny that it is arbitrary, or that wilfulness in God can possibly be wilful. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors Somehow, I persisted with the wilfulness of an invalid. The Grey Woman and other Tales Sometimes it was simple wilfulness that made her silent; but Northcote set it down to an angelical sweetness which would not wound even the worst of performances by inattention. Phoebe, Junior To Frere, whose knowledge of other women has been mainly immoral, her innocence and wilfulness, and her instinctive dislike of him, serve as a strong attraction. Australian Writers As he appeared to hesitate: “Prendili!” she cried, with pretty wilfulness. A Bookful of Girls But if it does not, then it is not freedom, but only wilfulness, and it accomplishes nothing. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The first line appears to refer to the massacre of the Shechemites; the second is interpreted by the Jerusalem Targum, "In their wilfulness they sold Joseph their brother, who is likened to an ox." The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture And yet, though he forbore to question himself too closely that night, how much of his pain had been due to wounded vanity and crossed wilfulness! Not Like Other Girls When he uses the words, he uses them as synonymes of his determinations, or as decorative terms into which it pleases him to translate the rough vernacular of his wilfulness and caprices. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867 I know the hands his wilfulness has thrown him into, but I think they will save him from worse treachery. The Buccaneer A Tale “I will not let thee go until thou dost consent,” she cried with some of her old wilfulness. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls Delancy, who from long experience knew much concerning his niece's wilfulness, now read aright the resolute expression on her face. Making People Happy Despite her wilfulness and obstinacy, Louis was very fond of ma Bretonne, as he playfully called his wife, and yielded to her in many instances. In Château Land On the contrary, at this time her spirits overflowed in a bewitching and mischievous wilfulness, which made her the more irresistible. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) He always hated women, because he saw too much of their wiles and wilfulness as patients. The Seven Secrets As a king, Richard neglects his duties with that kind of wilfulness which the world never fails to punish. William Shakespeare Between their own creative wilfulness and the more static obstinacy of these former, there is an instinctive bond; whereas the tolerant and colourless cleverness of the latter disconcerts and puzzles them. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations But, as I stand, They are to me the myriad eyes of God,— Watching, watching, watching all below, And man in all his wilfulness for woe. 'All's Well!' It was my wilfulness that made the trouble.” The Cattle-Baron's Daughter Elizabeth looked after him, and pondered, with a quivering lip, on the wilfulness of the refusal to promise. The Wind Before the Dawn The wilfulness takes the form of a shutting of the eyes to all that is truly kingly. William Shakespeare But his intelligence had been surcharged with hate these many years, and since the day he had been deserted it had ceased to control his actions—a passionate and reckless wilfulness had governed it. Northern Lights For this reason, utility keeps close watch over beauty, lest in her wilfulness and riot she should offend against our practical needs and ultimate happiness. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory As for Percinet, he escapes in a wonderful fashion, though partly by help of his lady's little wilfulnesses, the dangers of the handsome, amiable, in a small way always successful, and almost omnipotent hero. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Usually gentle and patient with his baby wilfulness, her heart recoiled at the deed. The Wind Before the Dawn Perhaps he was aware of her latent obstinacy; if he was, he also knew himself able to master it; for the eyes were sparkling with pleasure as well as with wilfulness. The Old Helmet, Volume I If wilfulness was there, which I think, it was rather the considered and consistent wilfulness of a man. A Red Wallflower L. Yes, it implies both concurrence and compromise, regulating all wilfulness of design: and, more curious still, the crystals do not always give way to each other. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Graceful, careless, debonair, a man of evil from sheer reckless wilfulness, he was the one person in the world I found it in my heart to both hate and admire at the same time. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 But after all it is only another sign of your right Southern wilfulness. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance He was a heavy, muscular youth with curling black hair and comely features, albeit somewhat marked by wilfulness and self-indulgence. The Huntress The face matched the figure; it was strong and fine, full of intelligence and life, and bearing no trace of boyish wilfulness. A Red Wallflower She hastily wrote to the housekeeper and to the clergyman that she was coming, and Miss Wells’s kind opposition only gave her just wilfulness and determination enough to keep her spirit from sinking. Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster By giving her the Nurse for her confidante, the sweetness and dignity of Juliet's character are preserved inviolate to the fancy, even in the midst of all the romance and wilfulness of passion. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical Even these stages have never been attained by public spirit, but always by intolerant wilfulness and brute force. Revolutionist's Handbook and Pocket Companion Some of it is based on downright wilfulness. The Prairie Mother In her bosom, what remained of the softness of womanhood was struggling with the hardness of the religious martinet, and with the wilfulness of the domestic tyrant. Linda Tressel The long, dreamy day had roused in Patty a contrary wilfulness, and she was quite ready for fun if any came her way. Patty's Success But David, lost in wonder at such wilfulness, never raised his head above the parapet. At Plattsburg Lucy Martin had been an odd little girl, full of fire and passion and wilfulness. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest And she has tourmaline eyes, with reddish hazel specks in an iris of opaque blue, and small white teeth and lips with a telltale curve of wilfulness about them. The Prairie Mother She had, indeed, been the one bright thing in his life, and even her wilfulness had a charm for him. The Pretty Sister Of José 1889 But in family quarrels, which have proved scarcely less injurious to states, wilfulness, and precipitancy, and passion from mere habit and custom can alone be expected. Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher They desired it from mere wilfulness, because it was forbidden. Anecdotes for Boys Fortunately Lucy, in spite of her wilfulness, was not self-conscious. The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest The well-born, the clever, the haughty, and the greedy, in their fear, pride, and wilfulness, and the perplexity of their scheming, make a general mess of the world. Old Junk I am willing to bear the consequences of my own wilfulness and presumption. The Crown of Success "But," interposed Oliver, the politician, again, with a double reference in his thoughts, it would almost seem, to an erring State or an absent child, "one may break away in wilfulness or crime—what then?" Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family One event bears many readings, and the tragedy of Catherine Elsmere's life took shape in the uneasy consciousness of the vicar's spouse as a more or less sharp admonition against wilfulness in match-making. Robert Elsmere When I went away I was almost mad with the disgrace my wilfulness had brought on you and Father and myself. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 This condition is illustrated by the conduct of the captains under Suffren in the Bay of Bengal, where the genius of the commander was always frustrated by the wilfulness of his subordinates. A History of Sea Power God’s loving purpose for the salvation of the world has been marred by man’s wilfulness. The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? But Bertha was obstinate; her character had a strong tincture of wilfulness, the result of invariably having her pleasure consulted, and always obtaining her own way. Fairy Fingers A Novel Kate is the same headstrong young lady, though she does not appear in a very bad light, her wilfulness being the result of maidenly pride, which is ashamed to appear weak before the stronger sex. The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas The offender was told that sin consisted in wilfulness, and wilfulness in the perfect knowledge of the nature of sin, according to which doctrine blindness and passion were sufficient exculpations. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges Such a resolve has ever seemed to me most unwise, savouring more of wilfulness than of holy steady purpose to do the Master's work. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 The wilfulness of man in refusing to believe cannot alter that intention though it spoils the completion of it. The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? Her energy was now the wilfulness of despair. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) And what, I ask, is so frequent a cause of these many errors as wilfulness and presumption? Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) There is a peace of wilfulness and violence in faith, that will look always towards his word, whatever be threatened to the contrary. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Daily, by the hands of lawless men, by ourselves in our moments of wilfulness and disobedience, Christ is being put to death. Gloria Crucis addresses delivered in Lichfield Cathedral Holy Week and Good Friday, 1907 Men are such obstinate, perverse creatures, that as often as not they will just go the other way out of sheer wilfulness. Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century The sinner, if spoken of at all, must be spoken of with due reticence and respect, his wilfulness ignored, the unloveliness of his conduct gently, even eagerly, explained away. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance Take from me, O Lord, her perverseness, her wilfulness, her refractoriness, and hear thy Spirit saying in my soul: Heal me, O Lord, for I would be healed. Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel Now, what it wants of knowledge, it hath of wilfulness. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Who then, letting be wilfulness and considering with reason, will commend your counsels above those of my Gisippus? The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio This was indeed only natural, for her immediate world of father, aunt, and relations had circled ever since her birth in the orbit of her charming wilfulness. Flamsted quarries To the Puritan the wilfulness of life, in which the men of the Renascence had revelled, seemed unworthy of life's character and end. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 Yet with a man's wilfulness, drawing Wych Hazel into his arms and bending his face to hers, Rollo asked maliciously, 'Do you love me, Duchess?' The Gold of Chickaree The wilfulness of a solitary exalted nature melted in that kiss. The Indian On The Trail From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899 He went up-stairs in a rebellious mood which found expression in invectives against womankind, its blindness, its wilfulness, its weak subservience to usage. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale They are like our individual impulses seeking the unlimited freedom of wilfulness. Creative Unity It was as though, piqued at our admiration, the aurora had wiped itself out; and often and often there is precisely that impression of wilfulness about it. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska He has come out of his apprenticeship of fear, and so have I; but you may find hidden stores of wilfulness, yet.' The Gold of Chickaree There have been some things in the deportment of the President of late that have suggested to thoughtful men rather the pettish foible of wilfulness than the strength of well-trained and conscientious will. The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays The children, full of high spirits and wilfulness, were engaged in their morning romp of trying to evade Meekie, the colored "nannie," whose business it was to bathe them. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa I hoped thee would think over thy wilfulness of yesterday; that thee would realize that thy conduct was such as would grieve and shame thy father and mother. A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia Rita only shrugged her shoulders; her eyes shone with the very spirit of wilfulness. Three Margarets Constance told her about our dance last night, and mother seems to think that it must be pure wilfulness on your part if you still refuse to go with us.' Dwell Deep or Hilda Thorn's Life Story You told me once that I would bring disaster upon myself by my obstinate wilfulness. The Carved Cupboard Her wilfulness had been so thoroughly demonstrated in the course of that day that he merely observed her with an appreciation half amused, half admiring. Peak and Prairie From a Colorado Sketch-book With wanton petulant fingers she pulled the haws from the hedge beside her, and took a strand of her hair between her teeth and bit it in her reverie of wilfulness. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure But it is the insanity of a sane person, the insanity of impulse and folly, of wilfulness and lack of foresight. The Lure of the Mask Nevertheless, in spite of your wilfulness, in nothing but the name did I lose a daughter. Agatha's Husband A Novel “Yes, for, as far as my wilfulness would permit, the chaplain was always ready to give me instruction.” The Children of the New Forest The personage thus introduced was a short young man, with a round face, bushy eyebrows, and dogged countenance, implying wilfulness, without ill-nature. Newton Forster The Merchant Service He was one of the gentlest and most amiable of men, but the wilfulness of the boys had at length compelled him to protest. The King's Sons Poor little Nannie's wilfulness was at last forgiven, but the forgiveness was fifteen years too late. The Four Pools Mystery She did not speak regretfully, as though the child’s wilfulness grieved her very much, but rather the contrary. Christie Redfern's Troubles Whatever heart she had not frivoled away in wilfulness had been caught and won by Forsythe, the first grown man who had ever dared to make real love to her. A Voice in the Wilderness Perhaps his not thinking of it had begun in wilfulness, or even in fear; but he found the rule he had made far easier to keep than he had ever expected. Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House Notwithstanding a plain disapproval of many measures, and a marked conviction of the wilfulness of his young leader, Lord Elcho was true to the cause which he had adopted. Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III. Peregrine Pickle is a savage, ungrateful spendthrift, fond of practical jokes, and suffering with evil temper the misfortunes brought on himself by his own wilfulness. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 If restrained by sin, or disobedience, or ignorance, or wilfulness of any sort, then power restrained, held in check, not evident. Quiet Talks on Power Won't there be plenty of houris there, with all their beauty and virtue, but without their extravagance and wilfulness? Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy For human beings, being children, have the childish wilfulness and the childish secrecy. The Napoleon of Notting Hill He has saved my life twice—once at the imminent peril of his own, when with the wilfulness of a spoiled child I would ride a horse which he told me I could not manage. Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest Nothing but the wilfulness of youth could have induced him for a moment to contemplate breaking chains which had only been formed to secure his felicity. The Young Duke Such was the wilfulness of the man's nature that he looked back and regretted all he had left behind. Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories The Young Folks Treasury, Volume 1 "To think, to think," Anthony, long-faced, was brooding, "that she in mere wilfulness has condemned me to a whole mortal week of this." The Lady Paramount But the caprice and wilfulness which marked his public playing are shown equally in his relations with people in everyday life. Story-Lives of Great Musicians As she did so she felt that all the while she had known it would be there, and was conscious of a kind of treachery, an unfriendly wilfulness, in not being more prepared for it. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) It seemed to my mother that he would not give up the wilfulness of his own opinions for her and for his Redeemer’s sake. Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals I hoped to wean my father from his wilfulness, and yet protect my affection by a secret marriage, to which with difficulty I prevailed on my betrothed to consent. Bohemian Days Three American Tales Children might be happier without restraint, without family government, without chastening—just left to grow up into all wilfulness and waywardness. Making the Most of Life This was in allusion to Beethoven's wilfulness in persistently transgressing certain established rules of composition. Story-Lives of Great Musicians For the first disorder in the makeup of man is wilfulness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It showed his stubborn wilfulness, his intense egotism, his coarseness of manner, and his affectation of eccentricity. Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Indeed we need not go further than the first scene to find that Marlowe is resolved to put the right spirit of wilfulness and angry determination in his fated monarch. The Growth of English Drama Then the maiden, who, for all her wilfulness, was timid as a bird, drew close to the knight and whispered, 'Are you also angry with me, Sir Knight.' Undine But he was perfectly capable of wilfulness and of sulking like a schoolboy. Gilbert Keith Chesterton Sometimes it seems to happen that men are punished for wilfulness of choice by missing great opportunities. Hugh Memoirs of a Brother What the unknowing called wilfulness was simply natural independence, which she asserted whenever occasion demanded it. Parrot & Co. His reproaches in such cases tend less to condemn than to awake to a sense of moral responsibility; earnestness in pointing out remedy and safeguards takes the place of severity against wilfulness. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals Even with an interpreter, they display the wilfulness of irresponsibility. The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People There was, too, more than a touch of this wilfulness in the second shock he administered to respectable Battersea later in the evening. Gilbert Keith Chesterton She would be, Jonathan, if her defiance did not come from pure wilfulness. The Miller Of Old Church But Stella, with an invalid's capricious fancy, had formed a plan of her own, and she insisted, with all her old wilfulness, on its being carried out. Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword Most observed this injunction, but the son of Torquatus, who was on the field among the cavalry and had been sent to reconnoitre the enemy's position, transgressed it not through wilfulness but rather through ambition. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form She was very charming in spite of her wilfulness, and when she ended her little speech, by tucking her hand through the Judge's arm, and looking up at him mischievously, the old gentleman gave in. Judy You must have your way in this," said Eid, "but it will not come to me unawares, if, some day, you should come to rue this wilfulness. Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic What obstinacy, what unreasoning wilfulness—and what would come of it? Divers Women Her old wilfulness of manner continued to characterize her, but it was owing chiefly to the caprice of disease. Lucy Raymond Or, The Children's Watchword Let the day come or go; there is no let Or hindrance to the indolent wilfulness Of fantasy and dream-land. The Germ Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art Her wilfulness sometimes extended to her mental vision and she would not see. When Knighthood Was in Flower or, the Love Story of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor the King's Sister, and Happening in the Reign of His August Majesty King Henry the Eighth Then Ingibjorg said, "I am minded to think, Kjartan, that you have done this of your own wilfulness rather than because you have been urged by men to go away from Norway and to Iceland." Laxdæla Saga Translated from the Icelandic She said she had been sinful in imputing unrighteousness to others, and that she had been blinded by her own wilfulness. The Stolen Singer I love you in spite of your wilfulness. The Princess Elopes In sheer wilfulness it has tried to empty life of all its values. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915 He had heard, or would acknowledge to have heard, no rumours of the hostile intentions of his father's cousin; only, he observed, "He is an old man," with a gesture that implied wilfulness. Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government I lamented my own folly and wilfulness in attempting a second voyage against the advice of all my friends and relations. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World My lady's principle was entirely against any wilfulness of affection in young girls. The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax Others, of course, have gone much further and have treated all the calamities of the tragedy as a sort of judgment on Desdemona's rashness, wilfulness and undutifulness. Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth Even as a small child she was absolutely truthful, and her chief fault—that of wilfulness—was due to some extent to her high spirits and abundant energy. Queen Victoria It is called by different names; sometimes it is termed wilfulness, sometimes pertinacity, and sometimes it receives the still harsher name of obstinacy. Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. Scott seemed to think it was mere wilfulness that prevented a man of such gifts as Campbell's from writing abundantly. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature He knew me, I am certain of it, and putting his little arms round my neck, he seemed to ask pardon for his wilfulness. Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century There is nothing more romantic than land—its wilfulness, its possibilities, its endless intimacies. Secret Bread I am never in doubt of her goodness, I am always afraid of her mood, I am never quite sure of her temper, For wilfulness runs in her blood. Holiday Stories for Young People If we have lost God's bright and happy presence by our wilfulness, what then? Sermons Preached at Brighton Third Series "Wilt thou reproach me, Ta-user, for my son's wilfulness?" was his tactless reply. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt With a sudden wilfulness, born of the incessant opposition she encountered, she determined to let Miss Carson's second challenge go unanswered. The Moon out of Reach O-liver's wild oats and wilfulness cut him off, he ruled, from parental consideration. The Gay Cockade She had prayed for patience in dealing with wilfulness. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century He has the aesthetic sense as thoroughly as Hazlitt and Lamb, but without the wilfulness of either, or at least with a different kind of wilfulness from that of either. Matthew Arnold There's another instance of your wilfulness and want of taste. Jack Sheppard A Romance If it is, it is flatly contradicted by the German doctrine of wilfulness. Essays on Art It is far too much for me; but what can I do? the parish must not suffer for Gladys's wilfulness. Uncle Max From him she went to live with a man of wealth; but her extravagance and wilfulness induced him to forego her company. Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment "I hope you will never suffer any more from my wilfulness," said Amelia; and she swallowed two tablespoonfuls of a mixture labelled "To be well shaken before taken," without even a wry face. The Brownies and Other Tales You will think I mistake here; but I don't mean she has not wilfulness enough. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 But out of this worship of wilfulness there comes, sooner or later, a profound scepticism and discouragement. Essays on Art But my companions had still intellectual faults and preferences, self-confidence, critical intolerance, boisterousness, wilfulness. The Child of the Dawn "Now, dear aunt, neither of our throats will suffer," she exclaimed; while Sarah Bond did not know whether she ought to combat her wilfulness or applaud the tender care of herself. Turns of Fortune And Other Tales It is a prose full of young joy, and young power, and young inexperience, and young melancholy, which is the wilfulness of joy; . The Education of Catholic Girls Seriously, not in any trivial wilfulness of retort, I accuse you of a narrowness and pettiness of understanding with regard to America. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 72, October, 1863 Something happens; something has happened to Germany as the result of Bismarck's wilfulness; but it is not what he willed. Essays on Art "Help from you of any sort, Lucy, I forfeited in my blind wilfulness," he hoarsely whispered. Verner's Pride His mother thought he looked pretty when he was pouting, and that wilfulness gave him an air which distinguished him from other people's children. Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales Perhaps it was not only the presence of a Ranger in town that gave him concern, nor the wilfulness of his daughter. The Rustlers of Pecos County A little smile, born of his pride in her wilfulness, touched his lips and wrinkled the parchment skin. A Daughter of the Dons A Story of New Mexico Today The problem of the Reformation was to reunite virtues which could be separated only to their mutual confusion; and to work out among them such inadequate reconciliation as the wilfulness of human nature would allow. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) What with her delicate health, and what with her wilfulness, I have always had trouble with her. Verner's Pride While the one warms into existence, or at least into open manifestation, all the selfishness and wilfulness of the fondled plaything, the other creates a thousand virtues that were not known before. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends She had a great taste for music herself, and a good voice, but would never sing with any one but Miss Hall, a piece of wilfulness that her father occasionally reproached her with. Gladys, the Reaper Besides, it is apresumingon His providence, when He opens away for our escape, and we, of our own wilfulness and folly, neglect the blessing. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Her injuries, inevitable as they were, and forced upon her in great measure by her own wilfulness, remain among the saddest spots in the pages of our history. The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) In his foolish misunderstanding and heady wilfulness he tried to cut loose. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel Through his wilfulness, Beethoven lost the annuity which the Prince had settled on him on his coming to Vienna. Beethoven But, Lulu, your wilfulness is a cause of great anxiety to me. Elsie's New Relations They exercised some restraint on human wilfulness and passion. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology Father calls it wilfulness; but whichever it is, it stands me in good hand now. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Lulu's countenance had assumed an expression of woful disappointment not unmingled with anger and wilfulness. Elsie's Kith and Kin The Supreme Council then feeling impelled to assert its dignity against the wilfulness of a small nation decided on ignoring alike the service and the disservice rendered by Rumania's action. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference Yet you are my own dear child, and it is precisely because I love you so dearly that I am so distressed over your quick temper and wilfulness. Elsie's New Relations Out of some bit of obscure wilfulness, roused by his being an Englishman, she accentuated her Parisian affectations. The Street Called Straight Beauty and wilfulness, such as the girl has of late developed, are powers not to be underestimated by wise men. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Lulu went to bed that night full of remorseful regret that through her own wilfulness she had lost many hours of her father's prized society, besides grieving and displeasing him. Elsie at Nantucket For they go on in their wilfulness fancying they will attain what they wish for in the paths of delight; but they are very far from its attainment, since shameful deeds lead not to happiness.' The Consolation of Philosophy Elsie, my daughter," he said, suddenly seizing her hand, and drawing her to his side, "why will you not give up this strange wilfulness, and let your papa have his own darling again? Holidays at Roselands With infinitely varied and ever-changing colors smiling upon us at all times and in all places, it is blind wilfulness not to see and strive to imitate them. Homes and How to Make Them The stubborn violence of Sir George's nature, the rough side of which had never before been shown to Dorothy, in her became adroit wilfulness of a quality that no masculine mind may compass. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Nothing could have suited Louise better than this change of arena for the exercise of her wilfulness and witchery. Love Romances of the Aristocracy The thought of her long deceit, of the selfish wilfulness wherewith she had requited deep love and easy trust, was too much; it seared his heart. The Marriage of William Ashe If she were ready to give up her wilfulness," he wrote, "she might answer him immediately; and he would then return and their new home should receive them, and their new life begin at once. Holidays at Roselands I think my writing to the Daily Chronicle was an act of pure wilfulness. Miscellanies You see, Malcolm, of late I have noticed signs of wilfulness in Doll that can be more easily handled by a husband than by a father. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall It was not wilfulness, but my great love," said the broken, gentle voice, "that made the condition. At a Winter's Fire Since, then, pride and wilfulness possessed them, they took to marauding, surrounded by the sons of the lords of the men of Erin. The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes To commit others to the Lord's prison, until their amendment, or to bind them over to the judgment of the great day, if they shall persist in their wilfulness and obstinacy. The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London Of this type, unchecked by a broad sense of humanity, full of subversive wilfulness, and not only untrained in moderation, but degenerating into crass exaggeration, Rousseau was the first example. The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times The little creature fronted him, all wilfulness and breathing hard, her small hands clasped on her breast. Lady Rose's Daughter He only missed her gay wilfulness and the sunshine of her smile. The Rocks of Valpre And now she was going to do this reckless thing, out of sheer wilfulness, sheer thirst for adventure. Lady Connie And only now, for the first time in the whole day, she realized clearly that all she had said and thought about Pimenov and marrying a workman was nonsense, folly, and wilfulness. The Party Thus a strange wilfulness and whimsicality has wrought itself into the substance of his mind. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England "Doctor, give me some strength," said the laboring voice, not without its old wilfulness of accent. Lady Rose's Daughter Perhaps, Lulu, she is as strongly tempted to some other sin as you are to wilfulness and passion, and perhaps falls before temptation as often. The Two Elsies A Sequel to Elsie at Nantucket Constance too had risen, and they confronted each other--she all wilfulness. Lady Connie He entered into all of our sports with a quickness and perseverance and wilfulness that was thoroughly American. Vanguards of the Plains This wilfulness, or something that borders upon it, is shown alike in her impracticability to the Duke's solicitations, and in her pertinacity in soliciting his messenger. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England The independence of his thinking is unmistakable, but it does not run into wilfulness. The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians She was offering herself up because she chose to—in a kind of wilfulness—but a passionate wilfulness which claimed that for her at least there was no other way. The Wild Olive You know that with all my oddities, my wilfulness, my Huronisms as you call them, the slightest equivocal word, the least approach to a bold jest, uttered by feminine lips shocks me. The Cross of Berny The personage thus introduced was a short young man, with a round face, bushy eyebrows, and dogged countenance, implying wilfulness without ill-nature. Newton Forster Thus from self-love or wilfulness or vanity they work their own humours and crotchets and fancies into the matter, or overlay it with some self-pleasing quirks of peculiarity. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Ambition, pride, wilfulness, or any earthly passion, will distort her being. True Woman, The A Series of Discourses Moses shook his head in sympathetic deprecation of Michael Birnbaum's wilfulness. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People On the very first Saturday the milker refused, out of sheer wilfulness, to attend to the manure, but let it go till Sunday morning. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 08 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Once the seine was full; but through either the wilfulness or the ignorance of the people employed to land it, the greatest part of its contents escaped. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King. Along with her generous intelligence she has a good deal of the stubborn wilfulness of genius, and she has never achieved a quite satisfactory fusion of the two qualities. Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) No, truly I cannot but blame her for wilfulness. Deadham Hard She felt as if this deliverance were a token of forgiveness for her past wilfulness, and as if hope were opened to her once more. A Reputed Changeling Or Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago For this very wilfulness the gasoline motor is the most fascinating machine of all. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" Their force, being proportioned to their intelligence, never issues in that wild and anarchical impulse, or that tough, obstinate, narrow wilfulness, which many take to be the characteristic of individualized power. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 07, May, 1858 I do not, I will not condemn the past; I did once, I own, but since I have known you, I have forgiven the mistaken wilfulness of a misguided girl. The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence "Very well," said the baroness, in a subdued voice; for, in spite of her will and wilfulness, this square-faced boy of mine was more than a match for her. A Roman Singer Her beauty, her wilfulness, her caprice, her love, and her sorrow, are depicted with marvellous skill, and invested with an interest of which the reader never becomes weary. Nancy But after all, if she recovers not, this reflection must be my comfort; and it is truth; that her departure will be owing rather to wilfulness, to downright female wilfulness, than to any other cause. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 He would not let her speak one word of her wilfulness and disobedience, and the long, cruel neglect which had left him in ignorance of where she lived, and what had become of her. Alone in London I owed this danger to your wilfulness: Once, you might easily have been mine, and would not. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 Jack's riata was coiled in his hand and his head was turned towards the girl, his brain busy with his thoughts of her and her wilfulness. The Gringos It is the essence of wilfulness that it exalts the impulses of its pride above the intuitions of conscience and intelligence, and puts force in the place of reason and right. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 I would have left him at Basel but for your wilfulness and entreaties. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy In vain dost thou impute to pride or wilfulness the necessity to which thou hast reduced this lady of parting with her clothes; For can she do otherwise, and be the noble-minded creature she is? Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 There was at once something fine and unlawful about the spirit of adventure: it implied courage, impatience of restraint, wilfulness—in short, all the virtues and vices of strength. The Blood Red Dawn Forgive me, then, my heavenly parent, if in my wilfulness, if in my thoughtless and sinful blindness, I have sighed for a father on earth, as well as in heaven! Venetia It will be well for them, if the wilfulness developed by their miserable system gives way to the plain reason and logic of facts and events. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 I will pray to the Blessed Virgin night and day to protect you from this trouble my wilfulness has brought upon you. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy The blaze was not strong, indeed; for the lady had always been accustomed to find a fit of wilfulness, or of affected despondency, more available and becoming than one of hasty anger. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 548, May 26, 1832 Winona did him the justice to recognize that this disarray was due to no wilfulness of its victim. The Wrong Twin Instead of studying nature, they studied Michael Angelo's cartoons, exaggerating by their unintelligent discipleship his wilfulness and arbitrary choice of form. Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts But when these free human wills organize falsehood, institute injustice, and establish oppression, they have passed into that mental state where will has been perverted into wilfulness, and self-direction has been exaggerated into self-worship. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 55, May, 1862 The wilfulness is no longer liked, but is actually obeyed. The Crimes of England "Why could they not have been content to cling to the comforts of Old England, and to restrain their wilfulness of spirit?" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Thus was the wilfulness of Baldwin the source of infinite misery. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook It was not, perhaps, exactly malice which produced all this destructiveness; wilfulness and selfishness were what ordinarily set her off upon it: but a genuine bitterness grew up in her feelings toward Ottilie. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes Nor can she, but by her own wilfulness, be reduced to low fortunes. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 All the first and best forest-spirit is infancy, its wonder, its wilfulness, even its still innocent fear. The Crimes of England Candace here alluded to some of the little private wilfulnesses which she had always obstinately cherished as reserved rights, in pursuing domestic matters with her mistress. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 "I must dissuade you," he said, trying to hide wilfulness under an unpleasant smile. Jimgrim and Allah's Peace If then you persist in your wilfulness, why there, I suppose, is an end of the matter. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Her expression was that of a naughty child—that is, with a considerable admixture of unhappiness in her wilfulness. The Bent Twig Individuality implies will, and will always tends to wilfulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 It had been a growth of strength, with an accentuation of wilfulness, and it had not been at all apparent at first. Taquisara Of what punishment, then, must not those be worthy, who by their own wilfulness and self-confidence bind again to Caucasus the fair Titan, the friend of men?” Phaethon You can be, again, a foil to his pretty daughter, a slave to her pleasant wilfulness, and a toy in the house showing the goodness of the family. Little Dorrit If you are brought before an inquisition on a charge of wilfulness, you will be unable to defend yourself from malicious slander. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Gail Hamilton is a humorist in her wilfulness, and flashes suggestive thought and wisdom even in her most daring caprices and eccentricities of individual whim. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 The first is, of course, intensely fascinating, for I see in Christ not merely the essentials of the supreme romantic type, but all the accidents, the wilfulnesses even, of the romantic temperament also. De Profundis I lamented my own folly and wilfulness, in attempting a second voyage, against the advice of all my friends and relations. Gulliver's Travels On Marlowe’s death, he seems to have returned to Shakespeare, who, whatever his fellow-partners may have thought of the matter, was not slow to forgive the wilfulness and treachery of the young actor. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Fian now denied all the circumstances of the written confession which he had signed; whereupon the King, enraged at his "stubborn wilfulness," ordered him once more to the torture. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 And it was very curious indeed to see the younger sister's eyes suffused with tears, and something fervently and deeply felt, breaking through the wilfulness of what she said, and striving with it painfully. The Battle of Life It's all your own wilfulness, as I tell you, for there's nobody no call to break anything if they'll only go the right way to work. Adam Bede He had no patience with fools, but was willing to take much trouble with boys whom he suspected of concealing intelligence behind their wilfulness. Of Human Bondage Some strange freak of wilfulness impelled him to pursue this unintelligible persecution. The Market-Place She persuaded her to control her wilfulness, to be obedient, and to assume the childlike thoughtlessness which best satisfied Fray Ignatius. Remember the Alamo This relapse into wilfulness was because he had again connected the epithet foolish with her. A Pair of Blue Eyes There are men whom a merciful Providence has undoubtedly ordained to a single life, but who from wilfulness or through circumstances they could not cope with have flown in the face of its decrees. Moon and Sixpence To him it meant the Church of England, and not to believe in its tenets was a sign of wilfulness which could not fail of punishment here or hereafter. Of Human Bondage But the consolation of regarding them as a continuation of her identity was denied to him, as to all such dreamers, by the wilfulness of Nature in not allowing issue from one parent alone. Jude the Obscure It is difficult to say whether there was or was not a little wilfulness in her continuing blind to the possibility that another sort of choice was in question in relation to her. Middlemarch There were violet shadows under the bright eyes, a subtle, subdued air about her fresh young beauty that had banished the little touch of wilfulness. Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley This I meant to do, not from wilfulness, but because I wished to leave Strickland setting out with I know not what fancies in his lonely soul for the unknown islands which fired his imagination. Moon and Sixpence We must not confuse wilfulness with strength of will; and, finally, There must be constant opportunity for making decisions that the child may feel responsibility in making of decisions as the highest type of conduct. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow Well, of course, it was no such simple question, and never could be while life held so many values more splendid than any wilfulness could win. The Cavalier Permit me, my dear Mamma, to pursue my needleworks in your presence, as one of your maidens; and you shall be witness, that it is not either wilfulness or prepossession that governs me. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 What other people call wilfulness is really sensitiveness. Calvary Alley So gallant and so high-born——" And he checked himself, then added, "Daughter, in your wilfulness you have stirred a great rock. Fair Margaret The conflict is not between our sense of justice and the boy's stubbornness or wilfulness; it is rather a struggle between our demand for retribution and the boy's ideal of loyalty. Your Child: Today and Tomorrow She gloried in what she had been told or perceived of Delia Blanchflower's wilfulness, which seemed to her mother and her brother the Captain so monstrous. Delia Blanchflower The wilfulness of military tribunals, culminating in many cases in apparent hatred against everything that is Czech, is shown by the following, out of many examples: Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty Each one, while it cut deeply, seemed to aggravate him to greater wilfulness. Stories Worth Rereading The engagements never seemed to come to anything, but that was on account mostly of the young lady's wilfulness. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places Her cheeks flushed, and she repeated her question, her mind filled all the time with that mingled dread and wilfulness that must have possessed poor Psyche when she raised the lamp. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II Many times the lad had disappointed him and caused him trouble, but never so much as today, when his wilfulness threatened to bring about very serious consequences. Olaf the Glorious A Story of the Viking Age The shoulders were exactly the same in contour, on a slightly larger scale; and the manner of carrying her head—a manner peculiarly her own, and suggestive of a certain gentle wilfulness—was unaltered. The Slave of the Lamp "You'll live to be an honour to your parents yet, Tom," she said, "when my boys are breaking my heart with wilfulness." The Channings This would have been all very well, if he had not added to such kindly and unobtrusive evidence a certain wilfulness in discharging what he called debts. Villette He had returned to find her frozen and hostile as before—all wilfulness with Augustina—all contradiction with himself. Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II But with girlish wilfulness she had clung to it the more positively. Bride of the Mistletoe Nay swears, it was no wicked wilfulness, Only a natural chance. Queen Mary and Harold Here wilfulness and obstinacy led all others with teasing, quarreling, dislike of application and effort, and many others following. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene She showed me these letters; with something of the spoiled child's wilfulness, and of the heiress's imperiousness, she made me read them. Villette The two women now in his company were clearly much affected by the force—wilfulness—extravagance—for one might call it by any of these names—that breathed from the man before them. Eleanor His very wilfulness was delightful, for it told of renewed vigour. The Golden Calf Somehow, this imputed wilfulness gave her, to his eyes, a charm scarcely second to that of her exceeding beauty. Lord Kilgobbin Another reason for questioning Stewart's familiarity with Leibnitz is his misconception of that author, which we choose to impute to ignorance rather than to wilfulness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 In her flowery loveliness she looked diaphanous, ethereal; and yet you could see what a child she was, with her bright audacity, her ardour and her wilfulness flushing and paling about her like the dawn. Earthwork out of Tuscany Being Impressions and Translations of Maurice Hewlett His irregular and most animated face was full of talent and wilfulness. Eleanor Pride, competition, segregation, vicious wilfulness, and license beyond example, brood already upon us. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Your very wilfulness is to win us—is not that your theory? Lord Kilgobbin Birdalone smiled through her tears, and said: I pray thee pardon my wilfulness, mother, and I will depart without turning back into the cave. The Water of the Wondrous Isles The defiant attitude easily slides into paradox, and the mind falls in love with its own wilfulness. Milton Manisty—the soul of caprice and wilfulness—could never make a woman like Lucy happy. Eleanor One event bears many readings, and the tragedy of Catherine Elsmere's life took shape in the uneasy consciousness of the Vicar's spouse as a more or less sharp admonition against wilfulness in match-making. Robert Elsmere Having her with him was just the one thing that he was a little persistent about, and her wilfulness in this respect had been a real trouble to him. The Heavenly Twins But I dare not say that this seeming unnaturalness is not in the nature of an abused wilfulness, when united with a strong intellect. Literary Remains, Volume 2 God knows that I do this thing more of necessity than of wilfulness; but by God's good help I shall redeem all. Chronicle of the Cid In Klopstock there is a wilfulness; he makes things so and so. Literary Remains, Volume 1 That 'alienates public sympathy,' the newspapers say; but the spectacle of their stupidity and helpless wilfulness is so lamentable that I could almost pity them. A Traveler from Altruria: Romance His inert peasant intellect, his nature crudely compounded of wilfulness and vanity, had always been a stranger to deep-going reflections. Men in War But in family quarrels, which have proved scarcely less injurious to states, wilfulness, and precipitancy, and passion from mere habit and custom, can alone be expected. Literary Remains, Volume 2 There was never an explanation to be offered for him; no allowance was necessary for the eccentricity or grotesqueness or wilfulness or humor of genius. Literary and Social Essays Not a word now of wilfulness, of self-assertion! The History of David Grieve "I don't know why I should care to, but I do," she replied, with charming and childlike wilfulness; so the three of them trudged up the slippery path to the operator's den on the slope. A Fool for Love Yet there was a set look about her mouth which the lawyer knew by past experience meant wilfulness. Virgilia or, out of the Lion's Mouth It was easier for him to understand Parker's defects than Sommers's wilfulness. The Web of Life There was no longer the stamp of the foot, no longer the flash from her eyes, no longer the wilfulness which said, "I insist;"— "Do;" soothingly, sweetly, imploringly. Kenelm Chillingly — Complete There was no longer the stamp of the foot, no longer the flash from her eyes, no longer the wilfulness which said, "I insist;"—" Do;" soothingly, sweetly, imploringly. Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 06 Being men of peace, they could not bear arms in defence of their country, and exchanged militia service for the task of extinguishing all the fires caused by the wilfulness or carelessness of their fellow-citizens. The Englishwoman in America If so, a Frenchman may, perhaps, be thought to have gained in the apparent stubborn wilfulness of his countenance some recompense for his compelled loss of all political wilfulness whatever. The Three Clerks To the training received here as a child was due, perhaps, that blind wilfulness of self-sacrifice which had first brought her to his notice. The Web of Life The sight of this wilfulness and levity smote poor Lord Kew's honest heart with cruel pangs of mortification. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Don't let your scorn for the law and your wilfulness force him to punish a man to whom he acknowledges himself indebted. Master Olof : a Drama in Five Acts Carlyle has deliberately destroyed, by his own wilfulness, the value of a great deal he has written. Obiter Dicta In their wilfulness they tried to advance, and were defeated, and thus were obliged to endure their forty years' desert wandering. The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children If any part of this world be a wilderness, it is because men have made it so, or left it so, by their own wilfulness, ignorance, cowardice, laziness, violence. The Good News of God Duplicity he could not understand; ill-temper shocked him: wilfulness he seemed to fancy belonged only to the profane and wicked; not to good girls, with good mothers, in honest homes. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family Already I begin to see signs of the same restlessness and wilfulness that has spoiled the other girls. The Hero of Hill House But I endured it with a resigned spirit, compassionating their wilfulness and blindness. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction What was the great wilfulness of these kings? The Chosen People A Compendium of Sacred and Church History for School-Children Firm opposition was a thing that Adeline's wilfulness could never stand. Anne Severn and the Fieldings I think, however, he struggled to master the fatality, and that his resolution to marry was dictated by an honourable desire to give hostages to society, against the wild wilfulness of his imagination. The Life of Lord Byron But it would be the gravest dereliction of duty to persist from wilfulness, obstinacy, or pride, in adhesion to a view perhaps hastily expressed in opposition to authority and argument. Across the Zodiac Ah, dear my lady, thy wilfulness hath e'en now brought thee into dire perils and dangers. Beltane the Smith |
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