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- 1598, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 2, act 2, sc. 2,
- Thou thinkest me as far in the devil's
- book as thou and Falstaff for obduracy and
- persistency.
- 1713, Nehemiah Walter, A discourse concerning the wonderfulness of Christ, Eleazer Phillips (Boston), p. 156,
- It might also serve to condemn the obduracy and hard-heartedness of the Jews, who relented not, when even the earth trembled and the rocks rent.
- 1812, Percy Bysshe Shelley, "On Leaving London for Wales," ln 5-6,
- True mountain Liberty alone may heal
- The pain which Custom's obduracies bring.
- 1876, Anthony Trollope, The Prime Minister, ch. 53,
- He did not even yet know the obduracy and cleverness and the impregnability of his son-in-law.
- 1884, Edward Payson Roe, A Young Girl's Wooing, ch. 15,
- The moment she jeopardized his prestige before the world, or interfered with his scheme of success, she would meet rock-like obduracy.
- 1953, "The World: Stalemate on Austria," New York Times, 2 Aug, p. E2,
- Negotiations long ago reached the point where only Russian obduracy barred agreement.
- 2007, Simon Hughes, "Chanderpaul finally outwitted by master" Telegraph.co.uk, 20 June,
- Chanderpaul's obduracy might have broken lesser men, but Panesar more than matched him for relentlessness.
