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"Unbowed" Quotes from Famous Books

... the last bell the janitor brought in a prisoner for her custody. Willie Downey's head was bloody but unbowed; three seventh-graders he had vanquished in one round. "They guyed me," said he. "They called ...

— O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921 • Various

... Immediately he was upon his knee, That all the court admir'd him for submission; But meet him now, and be it in the morn When every one will give the time of day, He knits his brow, and shows an angry eye, And passeth by with stiff unbowed knee, Disdaining duty that to us belongs. Small curs are not regarded when they grin, But great men tremble when the lion roars; And Humphrey is no little man in England. First note that he is near you in descent, And should you fall, ...

— King Henry VI, Second Part • William Shakespeare [Rolfe edition]

... million bunch that we sell to every day, and suppose they saw that lovely thing last night—don't you know they'd all be back to-night to see a real mopping mother with a real son falsely accused of crime—sure they'd be back, their heads bloody but unbowed. Don't worry; that reliable field marshal, old General Hokum, leads ...

— Merton of the Movies • Harry Leon Wilson

... of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud: Beneath the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody but unbowed." ...

— The Story of My Life - Recollections and Reflections • Ellen Terry

Words linked to "Unbowed" : erect, upright, unbent, straight, undefeated, vertical