indocile

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A feeling of sudden, proud self-confidence, an indocile wish to walk unmoved in spite of grim environments, plainly possessed him, and when he reached the wicket-gate he turned in without apparent effort. 

From Wessex Tales by Hardy, Thomas

When Arguelles was her governor, she was indocile and refractory; under the care of Olózaga she only remained three months.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

Corneille, as has been said above, was one of Richelieu's five poets, but he was indocile to the Cardinal's caprices; and either this indocility or jealousy set Richelieu against Le Cid.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

The chambers are indocile for the same reason; encourage every body, and every body will be on your side.

From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron

But it was an indocile, a scornful, and a sarcastic face—the face of a man difficult to lead, and impossible to drive.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte