prepossession

Example Sentences

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This gave real pleasure to Ellen, who thought so well of Sir Edward, as to wish he might succeed in rendering the prepossession mutual.

From Mystery and Confidence, Vol. 2 A Tale by Pinchard, Elizabeth

He should feel inspired with a strong and awful prepossession in its favor.

From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various

That opinion was then, as now, the avowed result of a theoretical prepossession; and this prepossession, as the above quotations sufficiently show, was expressly repudiated by Darwin.

From Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility by Romanes, George John

Should you, therefore, behold another with the eye of prepossession, at least, regard Eliza as a sister, and give her a portion accordingly.

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia

And his strong and awful prepossession in favor of the Bible led him, first of all, to go to the book.

From Prisoners of Conscience by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston