All 5 Uses of
obstinate
in
The Last of the Mohicans
- The old man made a gesture of resignation, though his rigid features still betrayed his obstinate adherence to a distrust, which he derived from a sort of hereditary contempt of his enemy, rather than from any present signs which might warrant so uncharitable a feeling.
Chpt 16 *obstinate = stubborn
- The French general smiled, as Duncan gave him the purport of this reply, and observed: "What is now so freely accorded to approved courage, may be refused to useless obstinacy.†
Chpt 16
- Every few yards as he proceeded he was challenged by the sentinels; but he stalked sullenly onward, utterly disregarding the summons of the soldiers, who only spared his life because they knew the air and tread no less than the obstinate daring of an Indian.†
Chpt 17
- The combat endured only for an instant, hand to hand, and then the assailed yielded ground rapidly, until they reached the opposite margin of the thicket, where they clung to the cover, with the sort of obstinacy that is so often witnessed in hunted brutes.†
Chpt 32
- These were soon joined by others, until a long line of swarthy figures was to be seen clinging to the cover with the obstinacy of desperation.†
Chpt 32
Definition:
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(obstinate) stubbornly not doing what others want