prepossession

Example Sentences

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This was a literary hallucination, and a remarkable evidence of a favourite position maintained merely by the force of prepossession.

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

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

They were soon quite at home on the subject of education, and Dr. Halford added no little to the prepossession he had created by listening to her anxieties respecting Freddy's health with courteous interest.

From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.

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

I cannot take it upon myself to say—I cannot possibly answer—but I do not know of any prepossession in her case, and I am sure she can have no objection to listen to you.

From Pride and Predjudice, a play by Mackaye, Mary Keith Medbery