1643. Milton, Divorce, 11. When he shall find himselfe bound fast to an uncomplying discord of nature.
a. 1661. Fuller, Worthies, Carmarthen., IV. (1662), 27. A man not unlearned, but somewhat indiscreet, or rather uncomplying, which procured him much trouble.
1724. Swift, Verses Whitshed’s Motto on Coach, 14. To shew my Fury Against an uncomplying Jury.
1777. Robertson, Hist. Amer., VI. (1778), II. 234. He was endowed only with integrity and courage; the former harsh and uncomplying.
1834. De Quincey, in Tait’s Mag., I. 21/2. His sturdy and uncomplying morality.
1862. S. Lucas, Secularia, 197. Others of the company … incurred the Protector’s displeasure by too uncomplying principles.
