Refractory in example sentence
Fangs!" he ejaculated at the top of his voice to a ragged wolfish-looking dog, a sort of lurcher, half mastiff, half greyhound, which ran limping about as if with the purpose of seconding his master in collecting the refractory grunters; but which, in fact, from misapprehension of the swine-herd's signals, ignorance of his own duty, or malice prepense, only drove them hither and thither, and increased the evil which he seemed to design to remedy.
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'Well, young townskip,' said Sam, 'how's mother?''She's pretty well,' replied Master Bardell, 'so am I.''Well, that's a mercy,' said Sam; 'tell her I want to speak to her, will you, my hinfant fernomenon?'Master Bardell, thus adjured, placed the refractory flat candle on the bottom stair, and vanished into the front parlour with his message. All example sentences