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Whosoever, therefore, would have a city defend itself stubbornly, or an army fight resolutely in the field, must before all things endeavour to impress the minds of those whom he commands with the belief that no other course is open to them.
How many there were who stubbornly set their minds on carving out their lives for themselves, on choosing the man who might please them, and securing him despite the opposition of the entire world!
Not only had they been at last compelled to confess these negotiations, which for several months had been concealed and stubbornly denied, but the still graver plots of the Earl to regain his much-coveted authority had been, in a startling manner, revealed.
I beg of you to wait, won't you? There are many things to be attended to before she can leave her mother and me. We've only just found her." "I must see her, though," replied Horace stubbornly. "You shall, if you will promise me " "I won't promise anything," said Horace, slowly raising his eyes. "After I have spoken to her, we'll decide." Vandecar sighed and touched the bell.
"For months I've thought so but since something fused here in my heart, something linked to tears and stars and moonlight and the crackle of a fire, I know I did it all for you." "For me, Brian!" "For you!" In the cloud of purple Joan's eyes grew round and unbelieving. "Your face, all tears and sorrow and sweetness," said Brian stubbornly, "etched itself on my memory the night Don ran away."
"I I don't believe he ever said it," she said stubbornly. "Well, you're right," he admitted, after a moment's hesitation. "Not in so many words. But he did say to me that he had told you he saw no reason why you shouldn't marry me if you wanted to. Did he ever tell you that?" She remembered only too well the aggravating encounter in the thicket path.
I put all of the Schmicks on the grill, but they stubbornly disclaimed all interest in or knowledge of the extraordinary occupant of the east wing. "We can smoke her out, sir," said Britton. I could scarcely believe my ears. "Britton," said I severely, "you are a brute. I am surprised. You forget there is an innocent babe maybe a collection of them over there. And a dog.
No, no explanation now; on the twenty-seventh of May we'll come again, and the drain itself shall furnish a solution to the puzzle." Governor Obstinate being stubbornly and openly for gold, party opinion, disliking concealment and skulking mystery, began to burn the grass of imperious inquiry about the feet of Senator Hanway.
Yet within the circle of danger bounding this green isle the love of home and country is stubbornly, almost pathetically, strong.
"You didn't say anything about that when you offered twelve hundred for this place." "Well," said the man, stubbornly, "that was a good offer." Hiram turned to Mrs. Atterson. "Do you want to sell for that price?" "No, I don't, Hi," she said. "Then that settles it, doesn't it? Mrs. Atterson is the owner, and she knows her own mind." "I made Uncle Jeptha a better offer," said Mr.
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