illiberally

Example Sentences

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But, as such, I am a Christian; so, and most piously, yet not illiberally, is the Bishop.'

From The Wanderer (Volume 4 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny

It would not do to act illiberally towards a man who combined a knowledge of seafaring with Italian literature, and who had evidently arrived, however unacademically, at certain original judgments and criteria of life.

From Aliens by McFee, William

Considering the popular excesses in the colonies, Franklin's view was anything but illiberally radical.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

The practice was even extended, most illiberally and unjustly, to the graves of old maids, who certainly needed no such insult added to their injury.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt

I don't want to be unjustly accused of dealing illiberally or unfairly with an adversary, either in court or in a political canvass or anywhere else.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates by Lincoln, Abraham