insolency
Example Sentences
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One day a man or theirs was forwearned for his insolency, for not referring to the Governor, doing all out of his owne head.
From Voyages of Peter Esprit Radisson by Pierre Esprit Radisson
There will appear at the last day strange and unexpected examples, both of His justice and His mercy; and therefore to define either is folly in man, and insolency even in the devils.
From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Alexander Whyte
Indeed, I was already not a little disturbed in my mind, foreseeing that if the fellow would put on this insolency of bearing so soon, we should go through rough water presently.
From Palm Tree Island by Herbert Strang
My greatest joy is to have ben so happie as to have bin a small instrument in this last encounter, to chastise so high an insolency as that of the Dutch.
From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott
There will appear, at the last day, strange and unexpected examples, both of his justice and his mercy; and, therefore, to define either is folly in man, and insolency even in the devils.
From Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend by Sir Thomas Browne
