dissimilitude

Example Sentences

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It was inevitable that he should exercise this freedom, since, as Johnson has pointed out, there will always be an irreconcilable dissimilitude between Roman images and English manners.

From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by Dennis, John

X. There are also several external causes of cold; the first of which is dissimilitude of minds and manners.

From The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love by Swedenborg, Emanuel

And in this working by resemblance in a kinde of dissimilitude betweene a father and a master.

From The Arte of English Poesie by Puttenham, George

This image bears no great dissimilitude to you.

From The Works of Horace by Horace

Notwithstanding this difference of disposition, the two officers are fast friends; a fact perhaps due to the dissimilitude of their natures.

From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Reid, Mayne