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Prepossessing in appearance, manly in bearing, musical in speech, fragrant in character, Angus might well wake the echoes of even our
St. Cuthbert's Robert E. Knowles
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Prepossessing though her appearance and address were, yet I hesitated.
A Queen's Error Henry Curties
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Prepossessing in appearance, with a singularly mild and gentle manner, he made friends on all sides, and in a short time came to be in great favor with Governor Dudley, whose daughter Mercy was then nearly the marriagable age of the time, sixteen.
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890
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Prepossessing in appearance, with a singularly mild and gentle manner, he made friends on all sides, and in a short time came to be in great favor with Governor
Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878
stuartmathergibson commented on the word Prepossessing
attractive , appealing in appearance
August 28, 2021