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If I still persevere in my old opinions, it is no small comfort to me that it is not with regard to doctrines properly yours that I discover my indocility.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

He manifested an independent spirit from his youth, and was expelled from a Jesuit school on the double charge of indocility and patriotism.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" 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

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

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