selfwilled

Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

Fëanor was the greatest of the Eldar in arts and lore, but also the proudest and most selfwilled.

The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

Never was there man more obstinate or more selfwilled than the Marquis.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.

New Etext of Bible [King James Version]

Having to exert himself to-day loomed as large to his selfwilled mind as the fact that he was doomed to death if he were caught again.

Flying Colours Forester, C. S. 1938

Mère Angélique, being selfwilled to the point of falling ill when opposed, wished to have it built according to her ideas and to impose her will on those around her.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

But if Master Tommy was headstrong Master Jacky was selfwilled too and, true to the maxim that every little Irishman's house is his castle, he fell upon his hated rival and to such purpose that the wouldbe assailant came to grief and (alas to relate!) the coveted castle too.

Ulysses James Joyce 1911

The princes were all proud, headstrong, and selfwilled, and hence little disposed to obey their imperious father; and Henry, though in some ways weakly indulgent to his sons, was most autocratic in disposition.

With Spurs of Gold Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds Frances Nimmo Greene 1885

Godolphin had bought them after Volktman's death, and put them by as relics of his singular friend, and as samples of the laborious and selfwilled aberration of the human intellect.

Godolphin, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838