prepossession

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It was some time before his prepossession allowed him to discover that she was weak and ill-informed, selfish and bad-tempered.

From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah

For its central ideas relate to the remotest ultimates, and its dominant prepossession, the Overman, is, in the final reckoning, the creature of a Utopian fancy.

From Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Heller, Otto

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

Among the methods of conciliation and prepossession, humour and drollery are particularly mentioned.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

This prepossession dominated all professional naval minds in all countries, until the outbreak of the Great War.

From The Victory At Sea by Hendrick, Burton J.