- arts ... the most
extraordinary compound of talent, wit, buffoonery,
obstinacy, and good feeling—in
short a
medley of the most
opposite qualities, with...
-
surprising animal. That a
hybrid should possess more reason, memory,
obstinacy,
social affection,
powers of
muscular endurance, and
length of life, than...
- dumb and
ungrateful as
under Charles X," and
referring to Pope Pius X's
obstinacy as foolish.
Proust always rejected the
bigoted and
illiberal views harbored...
- anal
eroticism could turn in
later life into
character traits such as
obstinacy,
orderliness and meanness.[non-primary
source needed] The psychoanalyst...
-
comforting the
extremist press by
saying that, "a
review means war". The
obstinacy of the government, who
voted to
revert to the
Supreme Court on 26 September...
-
reported back to London: Her
Majesty has a
masculine force of mind,
obstinacy in
adhering to a plan, and
intrepidity in the
execution of it; but she...
-
Fraser described the Post Office's
approach to the case as "institutional
obstinacy".
Vennells subsequently issued a statement, saying: "It was and remains...
- with the
Treaty of
Vereeniging signed on 31 May 1902.
After a
period of
obstinacy, the
British reneged and
offered the
Boers generous terms of conditional...
- Patel's
inability to deal with the
Muslim League and, lastly, Jinnah's
obstinacy, all
Indian party leaders (except Gandhi)
acquiesced to Jinnah's plan...
- wife Jane
later noted: "Some
people would call it determination, some
obstinacy. I've
called it both at one time or another." He
required much persuasion...
