illiberality

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Garlic to Mr. Porter, the man, for his astounding, frenetic hedonism and illiberality .

From Time Magazine Archive

Forgive me, if you can, for a touch of illiberality about your paper, and believe me yours very sincerely, CH.

From Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 by Marchant, James

They have none of the Canton illiberality or prejudices about them, and are most willing to teach their art to the natives.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

It is hard to imagine any meanness or illiberality being generated in such a house.

From Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 by Various

Of the extremes, prodigality is more curable than illiberality.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander