loathness

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Here be also Mr. Mansel and Mr. Owen Shelley, by the names of Mr. Griffin and Mr. Titchborn: both expect, the first with some loathness to stay long, the second is wholly resigned.

From The Condition of Catholics Under James I. by Gerard, John

Should we be taking leave As long a term as yet we have to live, The loathness to depart would grow.

From Cymbeline by Shakespeare, William

When the family had retired after supper, and left us to talk on our particular affairs, I found the same indecision, the same loathness to bring our courtship to a period, as formerly.

From The Coquette The History of Eliza Wharton by Foster, Hannah Webster

You were kneel’d to, and importuned otherwise, By all of us; and the fair soul herself Weigh’d between loathness and obedience, at II.

From The Tempest The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge

I will remain The loyal'st husband that did e'er plight troth *    *    *    * Should we be taking leave As long a term as yet we have to live, The loathness to depart would grow—Adieu!

From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)