| 单词 | stiff-necked |
| 例句 | Harry got out too, and after a minute or so, Ron seemed to regain the feeling in his limbs and followed, still stiff-necked and staring. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z "You stiff-necked fool," he mut-tered, "too proud to listen. Can you eat pride, Stark? Will honor shield your children?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I no longer sit stiff-necked, straight- backed, feet regimented side by side on the floor, eyes at the salute. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He was Lady Whent's man, stiff-necked and stolid, and the first to rise to aid Catelyn Stark back at the inn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He seemed to me to be the very model of the old-fashioned, stiff-necked, stubborn Afrikaner who did not so much discuss matters with black leaders as dictate to them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If your stiff-necked lord commander will allow it. Did your fires show you where to find this girl?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He's the stiff-necked marketing wizard she asks to "rebrand" her after an online humiliation. 'Selfie,' 'Manhattan Love Story' — ABC's seasonal love potion 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z She was vulnerable and sympathetic one moment, proud and stiff-necked the next. Single, and Singular, Women Become Her 2010-09-03T20:40:00Z The story of an attractive American family finding terror in a new home credibly wedded Edgar Allan Poe’s twitchy, stiff-necked dread with the fetid, swampy atmospherics of a 1950s EC horror comic. ‘Pet Sematary’ Review: An Unsettling New Take on a Stephen King Classic 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z When Flack recalled Cornelius' stiff-necked delivery, the crowd of about 300 people laughed knowingly. Cornelius remembered in NYC as inspiring, generous 2012-02-04T21:56:15Z Yet the striking visual effects of “Folding” — the stiff-necked scuttling of the dancers in red-trained skirts, the Pilobolus-like piggybacking of the ones in black — are still a series of effects, rather than a dance. Dance Review: Shen Wei Dance Arts at Park Avenue Armory - Review 2011-11-30T23:03:35Z He welcomes her back home from school, lightly disdaining the reproaches of stiff-necked relatives, even as young Emily radically outpaces his liberal purview. A Masterful Emily Dickinson Movie 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Bateman pointed to a gold frame with inlaid flowers, containing sketches of a mustachioed man in a tuxedo and a serious woman in a stiff-necked dress. A prostitute's ghost and bullet holes: In rural California hotels, spookiness is the appeal 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The elves, half or whole, in “Rings of Power” are a stiff-necked bunch, less otherworldly than socially repressed. Column: Why are TV's two big fantasy shows so epically humorless? 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Watson is in a perpetual state of stiff-necked choler tinged with snobbery — “I am better educated, more wealthy and stronger than you are,” he tells Bea, who is unmoved. Sherlock's a mess. Watson's a snob. The youngest players of 'The Irregulars'? Extraordinary 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z Ms. Goldsmith described the Jews here as a “stiff-necked people,” borrowing a biblical phrase for stubbornness, and said they were not going anywhere. Trump’s Plan Backs Israeli Settlements. So Why Are Settlers Unhappy? 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z May, for all her stiff-necked clumsiness, represents the responsible but diminishing old guard. Opinion | How things could turn ugly with Brexit 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “Others who dealt with him later in life say he is really stiff-necked who looks down on his interlocutors. Maybe he changes according to who is talking to.” Kim Yong-chol: the ultimate North Korean regime insider 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Add to this his irascible manner, folksy campaign phrases, stiff-necked refusal to negotiate and insistence in his own personal honesty, and the result is an almost cult-like following among his supporters. Mexico’s leftist presidential front-runner sells personality 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z "I would argue that both governments have been excessively stiff-necked," Bunn says. U.S.-China mission rushes bomb-grade nuclear fuel out of Africa 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z But America has a proud history of stiff-necked heroes. This is the inaugural speech that Trump should give 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z On that foundation, a lot of people, mostly stiff-necked pedants, decided that golf, alone among games, was honorable. A quintessential Dustin Johnson drama ends with very little drama at all - Golf Digest 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z In Catholic terms, faith, hope and charity are overwhelmed, on both sides, by political self-interest; prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude give way to stiff-necked insistence on ideological purity over practical achievement. Why Speaker Boehner cried 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Marriage, one woman explains, is becoming freer and easier—“less stiff-necked”, as she puts it. Love (and money) conquer caste 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z As the project went up anyway, her name and reputation were emblazoned into stiff-necked legend. House That Wouldn’t Budge (or Float Away) Faces a Last Stand 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z The people I grew up with were the descendants of stiff-necked troublemakers from County Mayo or the Abruzzi, men who never bowed to royalty — peasants to everyone but themselves. In a City Mired in Losing, James’s Return Offers a Glimmer of Hope 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z Consider the long list of servants and retainers with their stiff-necked devotion and their incorrigible self-seeking. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z Now let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against this people, for I know that they are a stiff-necked race. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z He was considered almost heterodox because of his violence of speech when the subject of death-bed repentance became a topic of discussion; indeed, his bishop remonstrated with him because of his stiff-necked opinions. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z They were also considered as a Divine chastisement of the sins of that stiff-necked nation. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z One would suppose that these edges were maintained by whalebone, like the stocks in which a past stiff-necked generation suffered so much. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z They are a stiff-necked generation, and know their own business, at least they think so, better than we men can teach it them. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z Jehovah says of the Jewish nation—that he did not choose them because they were better than others, for they were always a stiff-necked people; but because he loved their fathers. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The Jews, says Jesus, are an intolerant, stiff-necked people; they love God, yet they hate men. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z If she had had courage to confess--to abase her stiff-necked pride--the wrong might have been set right with but little serious injury to any but herself. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z Circumstances had so ordained it that there was absolutely no available or possible heiress for him but this stiff-necked Catholic. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z But stiff-necked old De Vaux could not bring himself civilly to accept a boon from what he considered the low scum. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z You are spoken of in Scripture as a stiff-necked, rebellious people. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z After Luther's stiff-necked reply in my presence yesterday, I now repent that I have so long delayed proceedings against him and his false doctrines. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z You are the most stubborn stiff-necked piece of goods the world ever saw! My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z This fool is stiff-necked,—I cannot get at him. Fables for Children, Stories for Children, Natural Science Stories, Popular Education, Decembrists, Moral Tales 2011-11-17T03:00:35.327Z This island, stiff-necked and stubborn-minded, from the time of its being first inhabited, ungratefully rebels, sometimes against God, sometimes against her own citizens, and frequently, also, against foreign kings and their subjects. Old English Chronicles 2011-10-27T02:00:21.903Z Prohibitions without Reasons.—A prohibition, the reason of which we do not understand or admit, is almost a command, not only for the stiff-necked but for the thirster after knowledge. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities 2011-10-12T02:00:53.650Z Farther still on her way, Magtelt saw, through the thick snow falling, a young man of haughty and stiff-necked countenance coming towards her on a roan charger. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z I don't even know how she looks, but I have in mind a tall, stiff-necked, bony girl inclined to awkwardness, selfish, grasping, and unusually proud. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z It was an old-fashioned, an old-world ambition; the man, essentially stiff-necked, essentially egotistical, was in no sense a reformer. "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z If that glad message of your Bible were written in your faces, you would not need to demand belief in the authority of that book in such stiff-necked fashion. Human, All-Too-Human, Part II 2011-10-26T02:00:29.773Z Here you have a small, insignificant people—stiff-necked, rebellious, worthless; there you have the most magnificent spiritual achievements—the most signal moral victories. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z He wants that young madam over there, a young stiff-necked generation that she is. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z It was this stiff-necked integrity that forced me to a step that will be more likely to anger Sir Noel than the marriage itself would have done. Norston's Rest 2011-08-24T02:00:23.833Z And it’s just as important that Republicans not be stiff-necked about working across the aisle when important work must be done. Obama asks Congress to overcome divisions to act on jobs measures 2011-08-20T10:13:50Z Then the Dominican rose up, and, with a frightful menacing look—"Away—to the rack with him," cried he, "the stiff-necked obdurate sinner—to the rack with him—he deserves no mercy!" The Devil's Elixir Vol. II (of 2) 2011-08-09T02:00:28.197Z No, I suppose she thinks us rather too stiff-necked. Marjorie Dean, High School Junior 2011-07-25T02:00:16.780Z The modest poet was as stiff-necked a person as ever walked the earth; and he was determined that no reader of his poem who missed its spiritual interest should be interested in anything else. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z There, nine centuries ago, King Saint Olaf struggled to foist the new religion on a stiff-necked race of pagans, and not far from Hamsun's birthplace one of the oldest churches in Norway proclaimed his victory. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z Do you suppose that obstinate, stiff-necked Philistine could be persuaded? On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau 2011-07-17T02:00:33.887Z What a stiff-necked man it is to be sure! The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z The bride was kneeling beside her husband; but she rose up and said, "You are of age, Charles Mowbray, and too stiff-necked and wilful to obey your mother: but you, Helen, I command to kneel." The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z It is an expression of opprobrium to find people stiff-necked. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z Round about stand the red rowans and the stiff-necked flowers refusing to know that fall is here. Knut Hamsun 2011-07-18T02:00:21.927Z If my stiff-necked brother does not now give in, misfortune stands at his door; such is ever the result of all half measures. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:29.790Z I know assuredly she holds me dearest of all, although I came to mishap, as you know, both with her uncle and those stiff-necked brothers. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z They have sinned against God, and were a stiff-necked and perverse people in rejecting Mohammed, as the Jews were in rejecting Jesus the Christ. Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha 2011-07-04T02:00:25.783Z Now, if the Spaniard and the Swede are the proudest folk in Europe, the Norwegian and the Icelandic are the most stiff-necked. Ten Years Near the German Frontier A Retrospect and a Warning 2011-06-16T02:00:15.297Z I am glad you no longer care for Alan; and as for me, I just hate him; the detestable, stiff-necked—pshaw, don’t talk as if you had wronged him!” Dangerous Ground or, The Rival Detectives 2011-06-11T02:00:11.853Z The hapless Tasso was harassed by a most “stiff-necked” generation of “the learned Romans,” as he calls the Classicists—a mob of signori, of mechanical critics, protesting against his potent inventions. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z I have seen this people, and behold it is a stiff-necked people. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z This letter, it might be supposed, would have settled the matter, but the associates were stiff-necked; so Champlain made his protest and proceeded to Paris. Narrative of a Voyage to the West Indies and Mexico In the Years 1599-1602 2011-05-30T02:00:21.633Z But it is a nation stiff-necked, disobedient, unclean and defiled. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z You will certainly find me dreadfully stiff-necked, dear Friend! The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z "Priscilla is still stiff-necked," she said, "but already since she's had my acquaintance she's been forced to unbend a little, and before another summer comes round her education will be much further advanced." Brenda's Ward A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia' 2011-05-20T02:00:37.457Z Undoubtedly, as Mrs. Sutton had implied, she was proud, stiff-necked, obstinate in iniquity. Anna of the Five Towns 2011-03-08T03:00:38.117Z Wetheral accepted, for the sake of his family, although the reconciliation between himself and his stiff-necked father-in-law had never been more than merely formal. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Some time ago a person said, “The Jews are to-day more stiff-necked and blinder than ever before.” Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z Between a stubborn Emperor, a stiff-necked Papacy, and obstinate communes, relations strained taut. A Short History of Italy (476-1900) 2011-02-24T03:01:00.630Z Well, and did you find Father very stiff-necked and rebellious? The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z “Such a stiff-necked, obstinate boy I never saw in my life,” said the prince, pettishly. The Boys' And Girls' Library 2011-02-06T03:01:02.953Z Evidently these same relatives were rich, but very stiff-necked in Quaker traditions. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z How much greater will that glory and defence be in that time of fullness when Israel is no longer a disobedient, stiff-necked people, but the holy people, the kingly nation. Studies in Zechariah 2011-05-26T02:00:17.670Z The Superintendent cast a glance at the young man which seemed to say: "If that were so, I should hardly be wasting my time and pains on so stiff-necked a person as yourself." No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z As generation of Harmers succeeded generation, they continued the same stiff-necked race, clinging to their old tenets, and hardening their hearts to all inducements to desert them. A Search For A Secret (Vol 1 of 3) A Novel 2011-01-22T03:00:18.233Z The rectors and curates of the neighboring Catholic parishes took the hint, and rekindled religious animosities among their flocks by pointing at their neighbors of Mezlean as stiff-necked heretics. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z This fellow is devilish stiff-necked, but I'll bring it out of him. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z He was sore and stiff-necked, as is the wont of youth when things go wrong. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z It would be a disadvantage if I were stiff-necked and not willing to learn from other people. Trench Warfare on Financial Reform: Send in the Deputies 2010-04-17T20:00:00Z Not that they were wretched in appearance, or ill-cared for, but they were a stiff-necked, unwilling breed. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The ole man was too stiff-necked t’ give in and go to her. Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher "But, sir, you are uncommonly stiff-necked!" sighed the Baron. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z And so if any stiff-necked scholar should struggle my powder would fly about and cause an agreeable pastime: for then must all sneeze together. The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim But the monks grew stiff-necked and proud; waxed rich and powerful, grasping and avaricious. Glories of Spain But one race, more stubborn and stiff-necked than the sons of the Hussites, or the Moravian brothers, incessantly excited the spirit of conversion in the order, it was the Jews. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. To which the answer was: "How could He otherwise bow down the stiff-necked?" Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. I. The peasant of Hungary is a stiff-necked fellow; and I must say, I take a pride in this race, when I see that the oppression of so many years has not bent its neck. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z "I thought we agreed you were not like other women, and yet there is this stiff-necked obstinacy." An Engagement of Convenience A Novel But a fair classification of them could be safely made into radicals, moderates and conservatives--Bolsheviki and theorists, slow-moving and hard-thinking citizens and stiff-necked reactionaries--all honest and earnest in the mean. The Career of Leonard Wood Angus—" "Now, Turkey, listen to me: The whole trouble with you Mackays is that you are too stiff-necked to get together and talk over your differences frankly. The Land of Strong Men But Pharaoh was stiff-necked and refused to listen, and in consequence evil days descended upon Egypt. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance "There's more ways of killing a cat than choking her with cream!" growled Rollo; "take this, then, you stiff-necked English deevil!" The Firebrand Is she not quick-tempered, bitter, loveless, extravagant, and stiff-necked? The Progressionists, and Angela. If the stiff-necked reactionaries outnumber the others, we shall smother the flame for a time only to have it burst forth shortly in an infinitely more terrible explosion. The Career of Leonard Wood There was the steadily widening rift with Tamar—Tamar whose only flaw was his stiff-necked pride in lineage and noble blood—Tamar, who was his closest friend, his almost constant companion since boyhood. The Return of Tharn Once King of England, he held the title to the last, and in defence of it broke his power against the oaken bulwarks of that stiff-necked isle. The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion The old stiff-necked haughtiness of her race did not desert her for a moment, even though she was obviously at a disadvantage in this instance, and had come here as a suppliant. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel She is only a stiff-necked little idiot who knows nothing. Where the Pavement Ends Certainly he seemed to have come of an extremely stiff-necked generation, as he stalked—he never used to walk—down the High Street towards the schools. The New Mistress A Tale “His own stiff-necked blood kneels to serve him.” Rewards and Fairies They were stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, "who did always resist the Holy Ghost". Some Essentials of Religion He had a few hundred stiff-necked Szeklers incapable of discipline, together with the blue janissaries who had stayed behind as bodyguard for him; in all not the tenth of Kemény's force in point of strength. The Golden Age in Transylvania The buckwheat did not bow its head, like the rest of the grain, but stood erect in stiff-necked pride. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales Second Series The Inspector colored, frowning on the stiff-necked factor. The Whelps of the Wolf Should she still be stiff-necked, he writes—see where the pen digged the innocent paper!—that he hath both the means and the intention to be revenged on her. Rewards and Fairies He is stiff-necked, and not to be turned. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) But Gordon, hopelessly fanatic and stiff-necked in his honesty, disdained the aid of conventions and pushed directly to his point. The Case and Exceptions Stories of Counsel and Clients It was all done very smoothly, so smoothly that Dr. Kalmar felt professional pride because even his stiff-necked assistant was unable to detect the fact that it was a suggestion. No Charge for Alterations It is not quite coarseness, but rather a stiff-necked, pompous gravity. Cathedrals of Spain He was also well aware that the citizens of Kassa are very stiff-necked people. Pretty Michal For two centuries those Krovitzers have been a defiant and stiff-necked race in spite of every corrective measure adopted to suppress them. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Others were reported which had in them some grains of truth,—as that she was violent, stiff-necked, and vindictive. Lady Anna I swallowed my stiff-necked English pride and began to crawl. Aliens One half the period that heaven was vexed with a stiff-necked generation have I endured you, Babet. The Advocate “We’ll have to see about that,” said I; “I’m stiff-necked when I like.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) But I see Grant some way, eating the locusts and wild honey in the wilderness, calling out to a stiff-necked generation to repent. In the Heart of a Fool Mr. Hardy was anxious that everything should be straightforward,—and Sir William assented, with a certain inward peevishness at Mr. Hardy's stiff-necked propriety. Lady Anna Not by the merit of their devotion, as Moses often hinted, did the Jews become the people of God; they were ever stiff-necked and continually rebelled against him. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent You must not," he said in Danish, "be stiff-necked on your birthday. A Danish Parsonage He was stiff-necked and stubborn, though Murray had sent intermediaries and practically promised to get him a parole. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp So they put him down as a stiff-necked son of Belial, and went away, leaving him to save himself if he thought he was equal to the task, in a manner of challenge. The Bondboy My son is high-minded and stiff-necked, and of great heart. Lady Anna In their pride and defiance they became stiff-necked and obstinate enough to continually complain against Moses and to oppose him whatever course he took with them. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent What, therefore, can be more stiff-necked of him than to refuse to serve his country with his own, reverend person? A Danish Parsonage No; it is the stiff-necked man, bound in his own ambition, whom women love, even as they swear they do not. The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman He said you was stiff-necked, and that he presumed you would act more like a stepfather than the real thing. Our Next-Door Neighbors Judge Granger—that inflated, stiff-necked, egotistical bag of conceit! Mixed Faces Ah, but those stiff-necked Tories would have to yield! Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield The old preacher had been studying his Cruden, and bolstering himself up, too, with the very Scriptural texts that Prue had written out for her stiff-necked father. In a Little Town Anthony Thurston, mine owner and iron works director, was dying, but he had long been a ruler of stiff-necked men, and the habit of authority still remained with him. Thurston of Orchard Valley The interview with Newell gives us a glimpse of Gage in almost the last of his troubles with the stiff-necked Bostonians. The Siege of Boston I might cut through a hundred holes and yet these stiff-necked old fossils, seeing nothing, would not believe. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 When the world has been at peace for a while and the millennium seems imminent, all of a sudden a perverse, stiff-necked, wall-eyed generation supervenes, and evolution gives way to deterioration! Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland Stephen, after he had made one grand effort to instruct his hearers, said, "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did so do ye." The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 12, December, 1880 Never surely were two men more unlike than the stiff-necked Cato and the versatile Cicero. b.c. The Life of Cicero Volume II. You are a stiff-necked people who persist in following in the footsteps of our forefathers who, we all know, were unable to lead the people to the light. When Dreams Come True Governor Andros warned me that you would be stubborn and stiff-necked! The Tree That Saved Connecticut Grace had the stiff-necked Drummond pride as well as he, and would hesitate long behind the barriers of conventionality. Not Like Other Girls It only developed later what a stiff-necked people the Bulgars could be. The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers You know what his people are, stiff-necked, conventional, purse-proud, always boasting of their lineage. The Scarlet Feather They want money, energy, brains to develop it thoroughly; and they won't accept them when they are offered, because a few stiff-necked Englishmen happen to be in power. The Rhodesian Yet now and then the standard of rebellion had been raised; here and there might be found a Dutchman as stiff-necked as the fate that he defied. The Doomsman Mr. Rayne was accompanied on that journey to Yorkshire by the pretty dark-eyed girl who was his daughter Lola, and by his valet, a very silent, stiff-necked, morose individual, whose personality did not attract me. The Golden Face A Great 'Crook' Romance Britain, edition of 1738, laments the “stiff-necked folly of those who think money a commodity like any other.” Principles Of Political Economy Xerxes even reproved his brother-in-law mildly for hazarding his own life and that of his wife among those stiff-necked tribesmen who were so soon to taste the Aryan might. A Victor of Salamis "Then let us hope she is not a stiff-necked Britisher," quoth Diana, still as if a little afraid to be serious. The Rhodesian No one could be more loving and tender with a penitent; but the stiff-necked and haughty, the oppressors of the poor, were an abomination unto him. Doctor Jones' Picnic The Belgians are indeed a stiff-necked race, but with God's help they shall be made to understand the sympathetic gentleness of the German character. Punch or the London Charivari, September 9, 1914 "What will we do if he's stiff-necked and proud, Dad?" Captain Jim It is not a little curious that one, who, as a doughty knight, at three coronations threw down his gauntlet and challenged the world on his Sovereign’s behalf, should have succumbed to a stiff-necked prelate. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter Missionary literature is very severe on Arabia as a stiff-necked country which has hitherto discouraged evangelical activities. Pan-Islam The Fowey men had certainly the defect of their qualities, being proud and stiff-necked under the successes that attended them. The Cornwall Coast Clarice does him a little good: she would do very much more, if he were not so stiff-necked. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Get you gone before I advise further with myself of your haughty and stiff-necked speeches. Privy Seal His Last Venture This was a new aspect of the stiff-necked young teamster they had known. The Huntress It may be necessary that a man should be stiff-necked, self-willed, eager on the world, perhaps even covetous and given to worldly lusts. Linda Tressel The 28th was marked by a notable loosening of Germany's stiff-necked attitude. World's War Events, Vol. I Oh, gipsies, proud and stiff-necked and perverse, Picking the brains and pockets of mankind, You will go westward for one-half hour yet. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart," said he to them, "you will then ever resist the Holy Ghost as your fathers also have done. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Then those stiff-necked sons of the devil fell upon the man of God, scourged him sore, and threatened him with death, if he would not instantly loose those spirits he had bound. Robert Elsmere I think it's infernal foolishness, and I wish the Mayo breed didn't have so much of that cursed stiff-necked conscience! Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 He is a stiff-necked old ruffian, but it is a soft berth compared with Darwan. The Path to Honour We gipsies, proud and stiff-necked and perverse, Standing upon the white Himalayas, Will think of far divine Yosemite. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany The stiff-necked rector seeks in vain for funds. The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play It has often been said, that they were stiff-necked and hard-hearted beyond the rest of the world. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) Those proud Prussian officers, starched bureaucrats, stiff-necked burghers, and stubborn peasants each had his sense of personal dignity and legal status. The New World of Islam "Pardon me, my dear young friend, no; you are misapprehending me," answered the doctor, with a stiff-necked bow which sent Grant and Marjorie into the house to laugh unseen. In Blue Creek Cañon The Lord of Mitosin was a stiff-necked Protestant, who persecuted priest and monk in every possible way. Peter the Priest Our stiff-necked, stubborn Lowland nature, produce of half-a-score of conquering nations, has not the right suppleness. The Dew of Their Youth Nearly always some stiff-necked steward had had a row with somebody else, apt as not a sinner. A Circuit Rider's Wife Words may come, but they are words, hard and stiff-necked and pedestrian. Nights in London All parents quoted Solomon as to the beauties of the rod; and that all children were perverse, obstinate and stiff-necked was assumed to be a fact. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen They were a stern and stiff-necked people, of indomitable pride and resolution, with, for the most part, force of character sufficient to enable them to breast difficulties and dangers that would have overwhelmed ordinary individuals. Rookwood It was impossible that our hero could follow his inclination, and nod with his stiff-necked iron head-piece at parting. Under the Waves Diving in Deep Waters Abe was stiff-necked as hell, whether it was cards or cattle, you know that. Laramie Holds the Range For years Clay had been a bitter opponent of Adams; yet after all was said, he was bound to admit that his interests would be best served by an alliance with this stiff-necked New Englander. Union and Democracy It is about equally divided between the Jews and the M'zabites, who, like the Kabyles, are a remnant of the stiff-necked old Berber tribe. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 You flattered yourself you were going to get riches, but your daughters were too stiff-necked. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Alas, stiff-necked in our generation, we had insisted on straight lines and a square stern. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell They treated them stiff-necked food-slingers like they was a lot of wooden Indians. Shorty McCabe There is in every one of us a proud, stiff-necked "I." The Calvary Road But he, though he had too what he wanted, became gradually aware that he had been cruel, stiff-necked, and obdurate. Kept in the Dark I know your kind, I foresaw your stiff-necked stubbornness. A Son Of The Sun And she caught herself murmuring over and over to herself, "Stiff-necked and rebellious—stiff-necked and rebellious!" Patsy He was one of these stiff-necked, cold-blooded flunkies, that don't seem much more human than wooden Indians. Shorty McCabe Before we can enter the Highway, God must bend and break that stiff-necked self, so that Christ reigns in its stead. The Calvary Road "You would have no such stiff-necked folk to deal with, my love, as have I." Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia "Perfectly good string——" Then I catches the eye of the stiff-necked dame with the straight nose and the gun-metal hair. The House of Torchy I saw a horse against the bit stiff-necked, Like lightning go, his struggling mouth being checked: When he perceived the reins let slack, he stayed, And on his loose mane the loose bridle laid. The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) "A man can be too stubborn an' stiff-necked for his own good—" "A man has to do what he has to," Drew snapped. Rebel Spurs It takes time to be willing to bend "the proud stiff-necked I." The Calvary Road She keeps people so stiff-necked, with their sight so intent on lofty things, that it is a pleasure to see them, by staring and reaching into the air, falling plump into the abysses of Hell. The Sleeping Bard or, Visions of the World, Death, and Hell Not at all like me,—eminently respectable, a bit solemn, and tremendously stiff-necked on occasion. Torchy, Private Sec. If he hadn't been a fool, a prejudiced, over-conscientious, stiff-necked fool, I should have lost her within the last twenty-four hours. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo But she is a most stiff-necked young person. Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College The peasants in our district and in many parts of Germany have become, through their riches, stiff-necked and ease-loving. German Culture Past and Present So these two young girls, each stiff-necked and implacable, dressed, studied and slept in the same room in stony silence, passing in and out like two offended shadows. Grace Harlowe's Problem Look at her then, sailin' off to go up against a stiff-necked, cold-eyed Aunty, who's a believer in checkbook charity, and mighty little of that! Torchy, Private Sec. I tell this tale to show the hopelessness of arguing with this stiff-necked generation of pianists. Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques The old Alroy blood flows in his veins, a stiff-necked race. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity Even I, whom you consider an epitome of all that is stiff-necked and strait-laced, can see no harm in that. The Farringdons The most stiff-necked of them tried to intrench themselves in the bar, but one after the other was cast out, roaring and cursing the while. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Pondering these things, I remembered how, four thousand years ago, a stiff-necked generation were brought to their senses and on their knees. Border and Bastille Indubitably Vesta Lorimer was right to term her a stiff-necked, selfish fool. North of Fifty-Three The Hebrews, a proud and stiff-necked race, ever prone to rebellion, received the announcement of their favourite prince with transport. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity It was a stiff-necked and obdurate bell, which for several years Mr. Alwynn had determined to see about. The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers Even to his sister he maintained a stiff-necked silence; nor could all her attempts lead him to speak of Anton, who, on his side, felt his heart revolt against this coldness. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag "Will Henry Schnitzler be stiff-necked about his monument there by the gate?" asks the little Scotchman. A Certain Rich Man Now, you'd be awful foolish to act like a mean and stiff-necked female person. North of Fifty-Three Mr. Slide had striven more than once to make a friend of Phineas Finn; but Phineas Finn had been conceited and stiff-necked. Phineas Redux But he was hard-mouthed, and stiff-necked and hell-bent on having his own way about things. I Married a Ranger When I think on my former resistance and stiff-necked behaviour in the work of conversion, I could strike myself. The Moravians in Labrador There'll be rejoicing when the tax is paid, and the stiff-necked Yankees bring the tea to land. Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People Bland was stiff-necked, vain, the sort to be brutal in retaliation for any fancied invasion of his rights. The Hidden Places She came of a stiff-necked family on one side at least, and sometimes stiff-neckedness is more pronounced in a child than in an adult, in whom it may be tempered by experience and policy. The Portion of Labor Then she made efforts to lead her husband, and found that he was as stiff-necked as an ox. Phineas Finn The Irish Member If she were herself a witch she could be no more stiff-necked. Giles Corey, Yeoman A Play It may, however, be said that, because they were a carnal-minded and stiff-necked people, it was necessary for them to be stirred by these sensible things to the observance of the Law. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition And yet, for all those Fathers had such malicious and stiff-necked enemies, yet if they had come they should have had free speech at least in the councils. The Apology of the Church of England The stiff-necked Romans were not content with stopping away, but insisted on going elsewhere. Rome in 1860 The people were rebellious and stiff-necked, and surrounded by polytheism and idolatry. Companion to the Bible He has been terribly pecked up by a stiff-necked, rebellious wife. A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy My mother was part Mohave and she used to say that only the Pueblo in her kept her from being as stiff-necked as yucca. The Heart of the Desert Kut-Le of the Desert I don't mind telling you that if he had fallen in love with me instead of the stiff-necked woman he married, I'd have tumbled over myself to get him. The Climbers A Play in Four Acts And as the fathers are usually influential in secular affairs, they obtain what they see to be important for their good management, all of which is needed to induce these stiff-necked people to accept salvation. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 23 of 55 1629-30 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. The boy is as stiff-necked as a pig; but even a pig can be led if you ring his snout. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India This was his name among a stiff-necked people, an idolatrous, ungrateful people; this is his name to me alike in character. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Yet it is often done, and the result is a stiff-necked generation of bulbs that refuse to ripen, or there may be complete failure of the crop through disease or plethora. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Subjects are stiff-necked animals; they soon Feel slackened reins, and pitch their rider down. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 "I have seldom seen," he said, "a more stiff-necked and perverse offender, and one more deserving of many stripes." The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance Sure, my lad, I am no friend to the Company, a set of stiff-necked, ignorant, grasping, paunchy peddlers who fatten at home on the toil of better men. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Now," he proceeded, "this is a stiff-necked scoundrel, who refuses to vote for us; but it will go hard, or I shall work him to some purpose. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two But, good heavens! if such a report should have gone abroad concerning that stiff-necked and obstinate girl, her reputation and prospects in life are ruined forever. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One In his efforts to curb the stiff-necked Jews by all manner of fiendish persecution, Nicholas did not neglect to try the efficacy of some of the plans advocated by Lewis Way. The Haskalah Movement in Russia Mary Virginia was uncompromising and stiff-necked enough then, and she bored most of her cousin's friends unconsciously. Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man Now that we are on neutral ground, I want to say that you Americans are a stiff-necked lot of people. In the Days of Poor Richard Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the holy spirit. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 But I smile to myself that one person got ahead of that stiff-necked old portrait—I did, and once she even seemed to smile down on me. Phyllis The Jews showed that the traditional description applied to them, "stiff-necked," was not undeserved. The Haskalah Movement in Russia Once a week, at least, ye are invited to feast with Joseph in the house of Pharaoh, and yet, stiff-necked generation that ye are, ye stay from the banquet and then complain of hunger! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 9, 1841 The landlord suffered from an intermitting affection, characteristic of the “stiff-necked generation;”—he bowed to others—galvanism could not have procured the tithe of a salaam for me. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 2, 1841 So he departed by degrees from their customs, changed his Kibla to Mecca, and at last denounced the Jews as stiff-necked unbelievers. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology He could use her position as a hostage to force her stiff-necked father to come to terms. Mavericks He was a peculiar and in some respects a stiff-necked man. The Lion's Share What a rigorous, saucy, stiff-necked rascal it is! The Man of the World (1792) From a psychology so bred and nourished sprang a political temper which, as it hardened with the passing years, appeared to English Home Rulers to be "stiff-necked," "bigoted," and "intractable." Ulster's Stand For Union This proud servant, stiff-necked, full of contumely, and puffed up with conceit, sought an excuse for his transgression, and retorted the whole fault on his Lord. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) "We'll have to see about that," said I; "I'm stiff-necked when I like." David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona Also it was obvious that Smith was sitting very stiff-necked and straight. The Mysterious Rider He heard several voices muttering angrily, but his wrath was ever of the stiff-necked variety so that he would not look around to see what was the matter. The Happy Family But no, you will not; you whistle lightly over my prophecies, and go your own stiff-necked road. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. And Ezekiel's stiff-necked, rebellious crew were no better. The Personal Life of David Livingstone Antonyms: limber, flaccid, limp, flexible, lithe. stiff joint. anchylosis. stiff neck. obstinacy, contumacy, intractability, incompliance, stubbornness. stiff-necked, a. obstinate, intractable, perverse, contumacious, stubborn, obdurate. stiffness, n. inflexibility, rigidity, firmness; prudery, constraint, precision, formality; tension. Putnam's Word Book On the other hand, a stiff-necked Englishman traveling from Seville to Xeres sent his driver to dine in the kitchen of an inn on the road. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 He loves the mysterious for the beauty of it, the wildness and the glory of it, and not always to compel stiff-necked people to do right. The Art of the Moving Picture Truly the Smiths are a stiff-necked generation, and yet they have all got rich but I. Courtenay, they say, has £150,000, and he keeps only a cat! Sydney Smith In a community of stiff-necked employers, Julian already held a high place for the quality of being stiff-necked. The Price of Love Together we can break this stiff-necked spirit and bring her to time. The Air Trust That chap, Huerta, will be stiff-necked about yielding a gun salute after it has been refused, and Mexican pride will back him up in it. Dave Darrin at Vera Cruz I have been taught to consider it as such; and——" "Pshaw! nonsense! these are some of your stiff-necked Presbyterian notions. Marriage He should have taken warning from the stiff-necked, stiff-backed gait of Bently Brown on the short walk to the office. The Phantom Herd Decorated with silver before, and with lace streaming behind, it towers on the head of the stiff-necked complacent wearer, whose locks appear beneath, arrayed with statuary precision. Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1 What about popular discontent, and stiff-necked legislators, and cranky editors? The Air Trust Truly, she is one of a stiff-necked generation. Miriam Monfort A Novel I gave thee what thou wouldst, because not otherwise could I teach the stiff-necked his folly. Paul Faber, Surgeon The residuum in the nuns' hands was one stiff-necked little heretic, named, in part, Clotilde. The Grandissimes "And as for you, my dear," she said, turning to Florence, "if you would only contrive to be a little less stiff-necked, I think the world would go easier with you." Mr. Scarborough's Family Men have starved for stiff-necked opposition's sake, and still may do so—but with my hand at the throat of the world, with the world's very life-breath in my grip, what then? The Air Trust If people are stubborn and rebellious, stiff-necked and uncircumcised, in heart and ears, the fewer of them the better. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 66, April, 1863 Man is a hard-hearted and stiff-necked sinner; loving darkness rather than light, because his deeds are evil; eating sin like bread, and drinking iniquity like water; holding fast deceit, and refusing to let it go. The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears," cried the martyr Stephen to his judges, "ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." The Teaching of Jesus "By George! she must be a stiff-necked one if she'll do that." Mr. Scarborough's Family These sour men of the conventicles have ever been stiff-necked and rebellious," he said, "and have enforced their will upon our monarchs. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War The citizens are accustomed to organize themselves for action of all sorts; and no stiff-necked classes stand in the way of good management. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 50, December, 1861 Simpson, stung sharply in his stiff-necked pride, sprang up and took one step forward, his fist raised. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 And at the end of things you walk off to make your fortune without committing yourself; without knowing, or apparently caring, what your stiff-necked poverty-pride may cost her in years of uncertainty. The Grafters My merits are grossly undervalued by a stiff-necked and obtuse generation. The Red Thumb Mark The Parliament is stiff-necked and bent upon acquiring power beyond what is fair and right. Friends, though divided A Tale of the Civil War Swift retribution sometimes fell upon such stiff-necked listeners. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent Truly, those of the cloth do not love me overmuch, and when it comes to doing as I desire in such a matter, they are as like as not to prove stiff-necked. The Adventures of Robin Hood Rogers, military, obdurate, stiff-necked, immovable, replies not, but leads away; all falling back before him. Reprinted Pieces If Heaven bore with the whole nation of stiff-necked unbelievers for more years than a layman can number, we may endure the presence of one Jew for a few hours. Ivanhoe Mr. Fang was a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no great quantity of hair, and what he had, growing on the back and sides of his head. Oliver Twist But according to others, he was driven away by his stiff-necked and unwilling auditors, who had become tired of his advice. American Hero-Myths A Study in the Native Religions of the Western Continent But still the king was stiff-necked and would promise nothing. The Violet Fairy Book Should she still be stiff-necked, he writes—see where the pen digged the innocent paper!—-that he hath both the means and the intention to be revenged on her. Rewards and Fairies "We are rather a stiff-necked lot—in the country—when we allow ourselves to be taken possession of by an idea," Westholt commented. The Shuttle She was like the stiff-necked unbelievers of Scripture, who must be annihilated to be convinced. House of Mirth The very existence of Denmark demanded the suppression and conversion of these stiff-necked pagan freebooters, and to this double task Absalon devoted the best part of his life. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 There was, and remains, endless trouble over the Martin Luther King holiday, the sort of stiff-necked, foot-shooting incident for which Arizona politics seem famous. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier His own stiff-necked blood kneels to serve him. Rewards and Fairies Had she been manned by a stiff-necked crew she would not have been abandoned at all. In the Sargasso Sea A Novel By reason of our stiff-necked Hardness, God must be both harsh and good too. Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther Rachel saw her entrance in imagination, stiff-necked and proud, defying the criticisms of youth and the suggestions of age. The Best British Short Stories of 1922 Many hours of the night I used to lie awake, thinking what plan I had best adopt to get a reliable hold on these mutineers, to bring this stiff-necked tribe under permanent influence. Villette It was not till he came to the words your friend, that Jacob recollected to bow to Lord Mowbray, and even then it was a stiff-necked bow. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Then those stiff-necked sons of the Devil fell upon the man of God, scourged him sore, and threatened him with death, if he would not instantly loose those spirits he had bound. Robert Elsmere Poor stiff-necked, lonely, "hankering" Sam! to be so harshly reproved for his harmlessly sociable intents. Sabbath in Puritan New England I wish to be understood, more particularly as I know I am writing for a stiff-necked generation. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale Moses warns the Israelites: "Thou art a stiff-necked people." The Iroquois Book of Rites You are of a stubborn and a stiff-necked generation, but I am your lord and master, and my wrath shall be visited on you. The Sign at Six But this man's facile yielding and his stiff-necked obstinacy were both misplaced. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! The World English Bible (WEB): Acts I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people. The World English Bible (WEB): Exodus And woe to the stiff-necked and stout-hearted man who, like the wicked king Jehoiakim, sets his face like a flint against God’s warnings. Sermons on National Subjects I, who would have saved you, now must bring about your death as a stubborn and a stiff-necked generation. The Sign at Six The well-meaning woman was in fact possessed by two devils—the one the stiff-necked devil of pride, the other the condescending devil of benevolence. Mary Marston Such fierce hatred, joined with stiff-necked obstinacy, has characterised the Jew ever since Jerusalem fell. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. The World English Bible (WEB): Exodus That is the summing up of the whole history of that stiff-necked and marvellous people. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. John Chapters I to XIV You are a stubborn and a stiff-necked generation. The Sign at Six The pig-headed opposition of one of those stiff-necked, bard races who refuse to understand any new thought were much better. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Julian did not love the Jews, but his hatred of Christianity was so great that he preferred to help the stiff-necked race in Palestine, in order to rouse them against Christ. Historical Miniatures I think Mr. Watson is rather stiff-necked and obstinate, like an honest, hearty country squire, in his sturdy following of tradition. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century The message puts the response which it sought in a variety of ways; namely, turning to Jehovah, not being stiff-necked, yielding selves to Jehovah, entering into His sanctuary. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes She acknowledged my salutation with a stiff-necked nod, ignored my extended hand. The Deluge "They are a stiff-necked people," Mr. Harvey said. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire In the old days he had been a stiff-necked fellow, obstinate as could be; now he was easy-going and stupid. Wanderers Against such stiff-necked perversity he could hold out no longer. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) Lord Fawn became more than ever convinced that the member for Bobsborough was his determined enemy, and Frank was more convinced than ever that Lord Fawn was an empty, stiff-necked, self-sufficient prig. The Eustace Diamonds You, too: son of Vespasian, may be commissioned for the punishment of a stiff-necked and rebellious people. The American Union Speaker They belong to the stiff-necked generation, who resist the processes, whereunto the Oriental yields himself body and soul. The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain To such a spirit this bold cunning man had come, stiff-necked and heaven-defiant, a "brand plucked from the burning:" and yet equally unconscious of his danger, and thankless for his respite. Two Years Ago, Volume I On this unconditional surrender, Nebuchadrezzar determined never again to be troubled by stiff-necked, rebellious Judah. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) All this to avenge the Saviour of mankind, or else to compel these stiff-necked people to acknowledge a Master whose servants showed such beneficent effects of His teaching. Impressions of Theophrastus Such I could only think of three rhymes, 'wrecked,' 'flecked' and 'stiff-necked.' Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 22, 1917 And their stiff-necked prisoners refused to receive the conciliatory amelioration of their lot that would be offered one day, to be, for no apparent reason, withdrawn the next. Sketches of the East Africa Campaign The doctor is apt to be here any minute, and he's a stiff-necked tyrant. The Everlasting Whisper No; I am told that he is a very good man, but stiff-necked and disdainful. Mary Anerley : a Yorkshire Tale The Legislature was still stiff-necked and perverse in regard to the system. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 But the stiff-necked schismatics are still jealous of him, and hold aloof.' Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face With all your meek face you've been a hard, stiff-necked man, a tyrant too, and as much an aristocrat to such as me as any lord in the land. The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete "All Englishmen are fools—most of them stiff-necked fools," he asserted. King of the Khyber Rifles "Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it, for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people." Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 Barbara sat stiff-necked throughout the lengthy prayer because she felt so rebellious at everything and with everything, that she wouldn't pay heed to the usual courtesy at prayer-time. Polly of Pebbly Pit He must advance, hat in hand, and ask to be taken in as a favour, as many a stiff-necked wanderer, accustomed to the obsequious attentions of "mine host," has learnt to his cost. Jess I was hardly ever in a situation more embarrassing - I dared not return what I was not certain I had received, yet considered myself as appearing quite a monster, to stand stiff-necked, if really meant. The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 1 Perhaps he was stiff-necked, but he was a man who must judge of the right or wrong of a condition himself. Youth Challenges “A stiff-necked child thou art,” said her mother, sternly. Janice Meredith And when at last they had conquered the churlish old man's hardness of heart and stiff-necked malice, they drove him to a strange bargain. Margery — Complete Possessing all the sinews of war, this stiff-necked tribe has consistently refused to ``part'': even for the provision of those luxuries so much more necessary than necessities. Pagan Papers "Even about the houses there is an air of stiff-necked propriety which frightens me." The Way We Live Now How much less, then, would a stiff-necked member of a race of conquerors care to stand by while a woman of his own race became the wife of a native prince? Rung Ho! The matter had become so serious, that Mrs. Trevelyan, haughty and stiff-necked as she was, did not dare to abstain from showing the letter to her sister. He Knew He Was Right I did that to the Comtesse de Tournai and her daughter, as stiff-necked a pair of French aristocrats as ever deserved the guillotine for their insane prejudices. I Will Repay Of him who would propose to accompany an hypothetical acceptance with certain stipulations, he would say to himself that he was a stiff-necked wrestler against grace, whose condition was worse than that of the reprobate. The Belton Estate Then, quick as a flash of lightning, another idea occurred to Melmotte, who feared that he already began to see that this child of his might be stiff-necked. The Way We Live Now In his stiff-necked pride, Mr. Burroughs runs a hazard more humiliating to that pride than any amount of kinship with the other animals. Revolution, and Other Essays Should he be deterred from saying that which he conceived it would be right that he should say, because she was stiff-necked? He Knew He Was Right She's so stiff-necked, that there's no making any arrangement with her. The Kellys and the O'Kellys It was, as he felt, a stubborn, stiff-necked, disobedient, almost rebellious letter. The Belton Estate If he had not added that, it is possible that Alwin would have obeyed; but to yield in the face of a threat, that was too low for his stiff-necked pride to stoop. The Thrall of Leif the Lucky A Story of Viking Days For four years he had laboured in this mission; and, though his flock had been a stiff-necked one, his work had brought its reward. The Jesuit Missions : A chronicle of the cross in the wilderness She is stiff-necked, and will not submit herself. He Knew He Was Right And even when I saw that love was burning in your eyes, you remained stiff-necked and tried to run away from me. The Malady of the Century That softening of his heart which had followed upon the receipt of the telegraphic message departed from him as he dwelt upon the stubborn, stiff-necked, unfeminine obstinacy of the letter. The Belton Estate Nay, if I clutch him once, let me alone to drag him if he be stiff-necked. The Puritaine Widdow But these stiff-necked unbelievers, these heartless skeptics, were at last convinced. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends "The lofty shall be laid low, and the stiff-necked shall be humbled," he thought, as with a vicious switch of his stick he struck off a fragrant head of purple clover. Thelma Either that stiff-necked girl must sign a release, or she must profess, for otherwise, while she lives, some lawyer or relative might upset the sale. The Lady of Blossholme Nay, be not you amazed, signior Whiffe, whatever that stiff-necked gentleman says. Every Man out of His Humour The Duke fixed his attention with some interest on a black swan that was swimming with haughty, stiff-necked aloofness amid the crowd of lesser water-fowl that dotted the ornamental water. The Chronicles of Clovis "Understand, therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people;" Deut. ix. The Pharisee and Publican I warrant you the stiff-necked brutes repent To-day if ne'er before. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations This generation of unregenerated vipers was still perverse, stiff-necked, and hardened in their iniquity. Barchester Towers Such," says the pious Fray Antonio Agapida, "was the diabolical hatred and stiff-necked opposition of this infidel to our holy cause. Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada Then came the shopkeepers, who might also be regarded as a stiff-necked generation, impervious to electioneering eloquence. Doctor Thorne But her dear son Henry, her best beloved, was obstinate and stiff-necked, and would take no advice. The Last Chronicle of Barset Perhaps it is because he will not change the policy of his father, Rameses; perhaps because he is stiff-necked to those who cross his will. Moon of Israel Now,' says I, 'you frog-hearted, language-shy, stiff-necked cross between a Spitzbergen sea cook and a muzzled oyster, you resume where you left off in your discourse on the weather.' Sixes and Sevens As in former cases of boundary disputes, the inaccuracies of map makers, the ambiguities of diplomats, the clash of local interests, and stiff-necked national pride made a settlement difficult. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor Oh, they weary me, those princes and those nobles, and those stiff-necked pompous Romans. Cleopatra "Dr. Tempest," said the bishop, "what are we to do about this poor stiff-necked gentleman?" The Last Chronicle of Barset They are stiff-necked as bulls, these De Repentignys, and will bear no yoke but what they put on of themselves! The Golden Dog My dear girl, that stiff-necked martinet knows nothing of forgiveness for a military offence. The Snare Thus the Seigneur Davie was become the most powerful man in Scotland, and it is not to be dreamt that a dour, stiff-necked nobility would suffer it without demur. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series A froward daughter of Baal, and, if I mistake not, even now concocting mischief for this foolish, indulgent, stiff-necked father. Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama You will perhaps see a stiff-necked youth lounging sluggishly in his study . Oxford If people are stubborn and rebellious, stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, the fewer of them the better. Gala-days But they were a stiff-necked generation all these Apses; they wouldn't admit there could be anything wrong with the Apse Family. A Set of Six But she is one of those stiff-necked creatures who are set up with pride though they have nothing to be proud of. The Prime Minister They can none of them, not even she, who are born to a certain tradition imagine that there are other traditions quite as stiff-necked. Michael Some brothers would have ripped up the eternal foundations afore they'd have let their sister break up their home and desert 'em for a stiff-necked, bald-headed old shoe peddler like—" "Hush! hush! Keziah Coffin As the claim had never been admitted, even our stiff-necked brother practitioner consented for once to do as he was asked. Armadale "For shame, men!" cries Yeo; "you're no better than a set of stiff-necked Hebrew Jews, murmuring against Moses the very minute after the Lord has delivered you from the Egyptians." Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth "What else could you expect from a stiff-necked, prejudiced set of provincial ignoramuses?" The Prime Minister There was a stiff-necked strain in the Hempstead family, and apologies and retractions were bitterer cuds for them to chew than for most. The Copy-Cat and Other Stories You do not know Vienna; you do not know the iron strength of caste, and custom and stiff-necked pride. Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed The town was sorry for David and still fond of him, but it resented his stiff-necked attitude. The Breaking Point Nay but, my recalcitrant Jack, my stiff-necked Jack, is it the part of a man to howl like a pig in a gate, because he thinks that is there which is not there? Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth This monster of self-righteousness, this stiff-necked beast, needs a big axe. Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians Gracious as God is, He did not pronounce the doom upon Adam and Eve until they showed themselves stiff-necked. The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 Down on his knees he sinks, the stiff-necked King, Stoops and kneels and grovels, chin to the mud. Country Sentiment So unpleasant, indeed, was the task of ruling those sturdy, stiff-necked burghers, that some princes refused to undertake it, and others, having tried it for a time, voluntarily laid down their authority and departed. Russia I murmured some words which might have been anything, and curtsied in a stiff-necked self-respecting sort of way. Penelope's English Experiences It was a day under an east wind, when a steely-blue sky full of colourless light filled a stiff-necked world with whitish high lights and inky shadows. Soul of a Bishop I, in my stiff-necked rebellion, almost cursed the dispensation: instead of bending to the decree, I defied it. Jane Eyre His back to that end of the room, Cash sat stiff-necked and stubbornly speechless, and ate and drank as though he were alone in the cabin. Cabin Fever Roger remained stiff-necked under the Primate’s censure, and presently committed an act of direct disobedience. William the Conqueror They are people answering to the "hard-hearted," to the "stiff-necked generation" of the Hebrew prophets. God the Invisible King That young, stiff-necked, reviling town Beholds your fancies on her walls, And paints them out or tears them down, Or bars them from her feasting-halls. The Congo and Other Poems |
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