The fear of the borderers being thus before the eyes of the contumacious citizens of Edinburgh, James obtained a quiet hearing for one of his favourite orisones, or harangues, and was finally enabled to prescribe terms to his fanatic metropolis.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
He saw no future life except in the commingling of his substance with the elements; and for this contumacious belief, and his timidly bold expression of it, he had been waylaid and apprehended in the gloomy star-lit street of Lisbon.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
He stared threateningly at Diocletian, at the multitude cynically anticipating the punishment of the contumacious Christians.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker