illiberality

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Garlic to Mr. Porter, the man, for his astounding, frenetic hedonism and illiberality .

From Time Magazine Archive

My dear uncle," I cried, "now I can appreciate the depth of your wisdom, and I thank you most sincerely for your judicious illiberality.

From The Man-Wolf and Other Tales by Erckmann-Chatrian

Still, he was far from the illiberality of denying that philosophy duly bounded was not permissible.

From The Confidence-Man by Melville, Herman

But liberal and enlightened as was the general course of Walpole, he still made blunders, and showed occasional illiberality.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

That this was a solitary instance of illiberality, you will presently see.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.