insubmissive

Would this insubmissive spirit have passed out of her writings, as it passed, for instance, out of those of George Sand?

Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888

It was hard for her to find words that would not seem too positive, too insubmissive.

A Life's Morning George Gissing 1880

Lamennais, no less devout in spirit than they, died insubmissive, and above his grave, among the poor of Père-Lachaise, no cross was erected.

A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. Edward Dowden 1878

We find people with feverish spirits -- unhappy, discontented, fretted, worried, perhaps insubmissive and rebellious.

Making the Most of Life 1876

"It is the most simple thing, for your entire character is described in these four words: venal, ferocious, frivolous and insubmissive!"

The Son of Clemenceau Alexandre Dumas fils 1859

The consul knew the character of Nero, and the feelings which the tyrant entertained toward him too well, and saw too clearly the advantage which the discovery of the conspiracy gave to Nero, not to perceive at once that his fate was sealed; and the action which he took in this frightful emergency comported well with his insubmissive and intractable character.

Nero Makers of History Series Jacob Abbott 1841

This view of the native constitution of the human character, which it is obvious, on very slight reflection, must be true, is not at all opposed, as it might at first appear to be, by the doctrine of the theological writers in the Christian Church in respect to the native depravity of man; for the depravity here referred to is a religious depravity, an alienation of the heart from God, and a rebellious and insubmissive spirit in respect to his law.

Darius the Great Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841