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His features were plain, his turn of mind caustic, his feelings ambitious and avaricious, his temper uncomplying, and his whole appearance singular and unprepossessing.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de

The temper and habits of the young are not become so stiff and uncomplying as when more advanced in life; they form more easily to each other, and hence many occasions of disgust are removed.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

Others of the company, as Vane and Adams, incurred the Protector's displeasure by too uncomplying principles.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 by Johnson, Rossiter

Age and wealth are uncomplying task-masters—habit and power endure restraint with an ill grace.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James

But Súdáveh still kept in view her own design, and still laboring for its success, sedulously read her own incantations to prevent disappointment, at any rate to punish the uncomplying youth if she failed.

From The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 1 by Gottheil, Richard James Horatio