prepossessed

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Laud was greatly prepossessed in Margaret’s favour; he had heard much of her at Ipswich, and had been long anxious to see her.

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

Mary’s first interview with the envoys from Elizabeth, prepossessed them both in her favour.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume II (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

Tho’ I am extremely prepossessed in Favour of England and Englishmen; yet I cannot help agreeing with many others, that they are more amiable, and more sociable Abroad, than they are at Home.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

We are prepossessed in his favour by his laborious diary.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

"I was prepossessed in favor of the Young Lady the moment I saw her," he said.

From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)