Both Uses of
implacable
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- Good-humoured looking on the whole, but implacable-looking, too; evidently a man of a strong resolution and a set purpose; a man not desirable to be met, rushing down a narrow pass with a gulf on either side, for nothing would turn the man.†
Chpt 1.5 *
- "As to thee," pursued madame, implacably, addressing her husband, "if it depended on thee—which, happily, it does not—thou wouldst rescue this man even now."†
Chpt 3.12
Definition:
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(implacable) not capable of being placated (appeased)