animadversion
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Mr. Spectator, My Employment, which is that of a Broker, leading me often into Taverns about the Exchange, has given me occasion to observe a certain Enormity, which I shall here submit to your Animadversion.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Your Animadversion upon this Insolence would be a great favour to, Sir, Your most humble servant,
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
These things fall under a Province you have partly pursued already, and therefore demand your Animadversion, for the regulating so Noble an Entertainment as that of the Stage.
From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph
Animadversion is censure of a high, authoritative, and somewhat formal kind.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
From the "Animadversion" it seems that Urquhart "contryved, blocked, and digested these eleven hundred epigrams in a thirteen weeks tyme."
From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John
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