This conviction was intensified for a while by his successful tactics in threatening to resign, when thwarted, and thus bringing the Assembly to terms.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
Even Kingsnorth's evident determination to be accepted as an intimate, did not imply a desire to establish any sentimental relation to herself, nor could she explain to her whole satisfaction just why she so vigorously thwarted him.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
Henceforward he meant to adopt an aggressive policy, and the farmer who had thwarted him must stand upon his guard.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss