Word: resistive
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...beauty, poverty and discretion, she made her a member of her household and launched her upon her desperate enterprise. She met many men who made proposals to her but not of the kind she wanted to hear. For, although Serena was so beautiful that no man could resist her, such was her docility that she could not resist any man. Many seduced, but only the butler befriended her. When, at last, she drove to church on her wedding day, the Countess Flor di Folio sat at the head of the aisle on the left. At the head of the aisle...
...abolish their financial veto or should reject it and cause King George to create a batch of peers sufficient to carry the bill. Even such confirmed Tories as the late Lord Minto frowned on the latter alternative, but Lord Milner stuck to his guns and advised the House to resist to the end. It did not, and he was beaten...
...resist a fellow creature...
...gossip of ladies at afternoon bridge. The authors who have contributed these sketches write with assurance. They preserve an air of tried narrative skill; they expound both masculine and feminine character unabashed, as if experience sat lightly upon their shoulders, and no recess of human nature could resist the tolerant ease of their perceptions. Nor do they permit themselves any unduly meretricious display of mastery: restraint and directness of style mark each story in turn. I cannot think any of the work, however, able as it is, distinguished by an authentic and native gift...
...encounters of the trip. Georgetown, on Friday, got, away to a fast start and overwhelmed the Crimson by 15 to 3. The pitching situation in this game was difficult as neither Spalding nor Toulmin could work and the responsibility was given to Andrews and Cordingley, who seemed unable to resist the Georgetown onslaught. The last game with Columbia was probably the best of the trip although the Blue eked out a 7 to 6 win in the final inning by overcoming a two run Harvard lead...