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“Wha tell’t ye that, mannie?” had been the unconciliating answer.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I have heard the venerable Caleb Cope say that he had prophesied Despard's fate, from his impetuous and unconciliating temper and disposition.

From American Historical and Literary Antiquities, Part 14. Second Series by Smith, John Jay

It must not be litigious, petulant, unconciliating; but the importance of those principles which occasion the difference, must be apparent in the temper of mind they produce.

From Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I by Cox, Francis Augustus

Now, considering that we have as yet had no discussion whatever on the general state of things, I think this is, to say the best, unconciliating conduct.

From Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) From the Original Family Documents by Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of

It was certainly off-hand and unconciliating, and some readers would have regarded it as defiant.

From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael