prepossessions

If one approaches it with prepossessions in favor of its tenets, one naturally rejoices in the force and cleverness of Mr. Kipling's argument ....

Who Was Kipling? 2007

To early man the “lower animals,” which are born, live and die like himself, showing all the same affects and disaffects, loves and hates, passions, prepossessions and prejudices, must have seemed quite human enough and on an equal level to become his substitutes.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

These various prepossessions, joined to the less warlike habits of the Lowlanders, and their imperfect knowledge of the new and complicated system of discipline for which they had exchanged their natural mode of fighting, placed them at great disadvantage when opposed to the Highlander in the field of battle.

A Legend of Montrose 2008

All eyes being bent on them, several of this band seemed so much disconcerted as to excite among the spectators strong prepossessions of their guilt.

The Fair Maid of Perth 2008

But notwithstanding this repulsive circumstance, the priest had lately rendered Philipson a considerable service, by detecting the treachery of his hypocritical guide, and the merchant was not a man to be startled from his course by any imaginary prepossessions against the looks or manners of any one, or apprehension of machinations against himself.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

This confusion, however, is largely due to prepossessions.

Mary Queen of Scots de Brantigny........................ 2007

This confusion, however, is largely due to prepossessions.

Archive 2007-12-02 de Brantigny........................ 2007

I observe with unusual interest and gratification, that a body of gentlemen are going for a time to lay aside their individual prepossessions on other subjects, and, as good citizens, are to be engaged in a design as patriotic as well can be.

Speeches: Literary and Social 2007

Republicans, or of the Papists, according as their prepossessions ran in favour of loyalty or of Puritanism.

Essays 2007

Such frequent occasion, indeed, have we, in common life, to pronounce all kinds of moral determinations, that no object of this kind can be new or unusual to us; nor could any false views or prepossessions maintain their ground against an experience, so common and familiar.

An Enquiry into the Principles of Morals 2006