misgiven

Had not my heart misgiven me, and had I not, just in time, recollected that she was not so much in my power, but that she might abandon me at her pleasure, having more friends in that house than I had, I should at that moment have made offers, that would have decided all, one way or other. —

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

And yet it would have misgiven him more had he allowed himself to be entrapped by Miss Dawkins.

Tales of all countries 2004

London had always sounded bleak and distant and terrible to her; and her heart had misgiven her at the idea of leaving her aunt.

He Knew He Was Right 2004

And Sohrab, too, in his camp lauded the might of Rustem, and he said how the battle had been sore, and how his mind had misgiven him of the issue.

The Epic of Kings Firdausi 2002

We confess that our heart had at times misgiven us concerning the written and printed poetry of our recent war; but until Mr. White gave us the present volume, we did not know how strong a case could be made against it.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 Various

But I remembered the proverbial impetuosity of Scotsmen in pushing their fortunes, and his personal appearance may have helped to conciliate me, since my mind had misgiven me that I had done wiser to insist on an interview, instead of buying a pig in a poke; for looks no less than knowledge are a physician's _passepartout_ among the ladies who bring their ailments to our provincial spas.

Two Sides of the Face Midwinter Tales Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

My heart, which had misgiven me at first, gave a groan of agony as I divined her appalling meaning.

The Story of a Slave. A Realistic Revelation of a Social Relation of Slave Times--Hitherto Unwritten--From the Pen of One Who Has Felt Both the Lash and the Caress of a Mistress No Author 1894

Perhaps, for all he knew, it had misgiven her often, but she did not say so now.

What Necessity Knows Lily Dougall 1890

It was indeed a hash of ill-cooked cram set off with as much flourish as the author was master of, and swelled into bulk by many quotations; but those so wretchedly misgiven, misapplied, or perverted, that to a judicious and impartial reader I durst oppose my “Foundation of Tithes Shaken” to the utmost force that book has in it.

The History of Thomas Ellwood Written by Himself Ellwood, Thomas, 1639-1713 1885

And Sohrab, too, in his camp lauded the might of Rustem, and he said how the battle had been sore, and how his mind had misgiven him of the issue.

Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People Hamilton Wright Mabie 1880