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prepossessed



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The boy's features have no resemblance to those of his mother," said Culpepper; "still there is something in his look that at once prepossessed me in his favour.

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Eliza Leslie

His hair, and the wispy scraps of beard stuck about his parchment-coloured visage, were of a neutral tint; and a snub nose, and projecting lower jaw, in no wise prepossessed one towards the individual.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford

He was smartly dressed and had an alert look, but while there was nothing particular in his appearance that she could object to, she was not prepossessed in his favor.

From Harding of Allenwood by Harold Bindloss

Edward Barry saw and admired his brother’s choice, for until then he had never been prepossessed in her favour.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Richard Cobbold

Then she let drop that Delia was a recent convert, which at once prepossessed the inquirer in her favour, as she intended it should.

From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford


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