abhorrences

In addition to these major abhorrences, the rules decreed, perhaps optimistically, that no wager of any description be made in the public rooms of the club, nor any loud or boisterous noise on the premises.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

He could not, or did not, give any reasons for his literary abhorrences, and perhaps he really had none.

Literary Friends and Acquaintance; a Personal Retrospect of American Authorship William Dean Howells 1878

He could not, or did not, give any reasons for his literary abhorrences, and perhaps he really had none.

My Mark Twain (from Literary Friends and Acquaintance) William Dean Howells 1878

All doubt on this point ought to be forever ended, by simply asking what kind of figure, as regards efficiency, any government of the world would make, dropping off its punishments and substituting abhorrences?

The Vicarious Sacrifice, Grounded in Principles of Universal Obligation. 1802-1876 1871

Nor had she leisure for the abhorrences, in a heart all flowing to give aid, and uplift and restore.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Nor had she leisure for the abhorrences, in a heart all flowing to give aid, and uplift and restore.

One of Our Conquerors — Volume 4 George Meredith 1868

Nor had she leisure for the abhorrences, in a heart all flowing to give aid, and uplift and restore.

One of Our Conquerors — Complete George Meredith 1868

And, indeed, I had previously determined, when I. changed my state, to set aside all my innate and original abhorrences, and to regard and use as resources, myself, what had always been considered as such by others.

The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Fanny Burney 1796