indocility
Example Sentences
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But the extreme illiterateness and indocility of this maid are surprising, considering that she wants not inquisitiveness, appears willing to learn, and, in other respects, has quick parts.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Richardson, Samuel
He had to lament his daughter's capricious indocility and ironical shrewdness too often to persevere in a task so difficult as that of correcting an ill-disposed nature.
From The Ball at Sceaux by Balzac, Honoré de
Many of us who were remarkable for our indocility in boyhood, and remarkable for nothing else, have found much consolation in this passage.
From The Intellectual Life by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
Hence a certain indocility and rigidness of mind which they only escape who live out of the fashion or have strength to lead it or to live above it.
From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by Tyrrell, George
Wouldst thou have the innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood?
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
