Bar Comas eyed the defiant and
insubordinate chieftain for an instant, his expression one of haughty, fearless contempt and hate, and then without drawing a weapon and without uttering a word he hurled himself at the throat of his defamer.
When the higher officers are angry and
insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or no he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.
I remembered with confusion my
insubordinate and stealthy conduct, and when I saw where it had brought me--among what companions and surrounded by what dangers--I felt ashamed to look him in the face.
In pursuance of this resolution, they suspended all trade with the natives, except for provisions, having already more peltries than they could carry away, and having need of all the goods for the clothing and subsistence of their people, during the remainder of their sojourn, and on their journey across the mountains, This intention of abandoning Astoria was, however, kept secret from the men, lest they should at once give up all labor, and become restless and
insubordinate.
What if he told them that two
insubordinate seamen had been roughly handled by their officers?
If she had been mischievously inclined, she might, by application to a magistrate, have had me flogged or set to work in chains on the roads, whenever I became idle or
insubordinate, which happened occasionally.
There he had half killed an
insubordinate young elephant who was shirking his fair share of work.
Once, when business took him across the Atlantic, he had served in an English regiment, and being
insubordinate had suffered extremely.
If wicked and designing persons tell them otherwise, and they become impatient and discontented, and are guilty of
insubordinate conduct and black-hearted ingratitude; which is undoubtedly the case; I am their Friend and Father still.
Unless you are trying to be
insubordinate," Waweru said.
A person can be eighty (80) years old and still be an all-round self-willed and
insubordinate individual.
Insubordinate Spaces: Improvisation and Accompaniment for Social Justice