10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREPOSSESSION»
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prepossession in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
prepossession and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dayspring in Darkness: Sacrament in Hopkins
In 1868, the Oxonian Hopkins wrote that any word had "prepossession of feeling"
that extended beyond its dictionary definitions." He therefore surmised that "every
word may be considered as the contraction or coinciding-point of its [general] ...
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Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous ...
See Hurt and Prepossession. Prejudicial. See Noxious. Preliminary. See
Introductory. Prelude. See Preface. Premeditation. See Fore- bight. Preparatory.
See Introductory. Preponderate. See Outweigh. Prepossession. Prejudice. The
common ...
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
Latin inclination from inclino, Greek tcXlvto, signifies a leaning towards ;
prepossession, compounded of pre and possession, signifies the taking
possession of the mind previously, or beforehand. All tliesc terms denote a
preponderating ...
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English synonymes, with copious illustrations and ...
All ¡líese terms denote a preponderating influence on the mind, lient is applied lo
the will, alii-cllon, nnd power in general ; bias solely to ttie judgement ; inclination
and prepossession to the stale of the teclings. The bcnl ¡nclud'-a the general ...
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Essays Upon Several Subjects of Literature and Morality ...: ...
O F PREPOSSESSION. E may distinguish four sorts of persons upon the subject
of prepossession. The one are scarce ever prepossessed but in the right ; and yet
their prepossession, well sounded as it is, never determines their judgments.
Nicolas Charles Joseph Trublet, 1744
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A New System of Logic and Development of the Principles of ...
Prepossession. Prepossession, which is only another word for prejudice, is the
entertaining of an opinion before examination, or upon insufficient inquiry, or for
reasons which have been forgotten. This is not properly a division or class
among ...
Samuel Richard Bosanquet, 1839
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
Inclination is a faint kind of bent; prepossession is a weak species of bias ,' an
inclination is a state of something. namely, a state of the feelings; prepossession
is an actual something, namely, the thing that prepossesses. We may discover
the ...
Prepossession. Prepossession, which is only another word for prejudice, is the
entertaining of an opinion before examination, or upon insufficient inquiry, or for
reasons which have been forgotten. This is not properly a division or class
among ...
Samuel Richard Bosanquet, 1839
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English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
BENT, BIAS, INCLINATION, PREPOSSESSION. Bias, in French biais, signifies a
weight fixed on one side of a bowl in order to turn its course that wa towards
which the bias leans, from the Greek Ba force; inclination, in French inclination,
Latin ...
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
Scorn, Preventing fate directs the lance awry. Which glancing only marh'd
Achates' thigh. Daron. BENT, BIAS, INCLINATION, PREPOSSESSION. BENT, ':1.
Bend, bent. BIAS, in French biair, si nifies a weight fixed on one 'side of a wl in
order ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREPOSSESSION»
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prepossession is used in the context of the following news items.
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... sleeve cuffs, collared shirts with pastel square patterns, and a cream pair of gaucho overalls all held a certain androgynous prepossession. «Vogue.com, Jun 15»
Time for change at the Malaysian Bar — Faidhur Rahman Abdul Hadi
Their tendency is to reduce the Court which has to try that case to impotence, so far as the effectual elimination of prejudice and prepossession ... «Malay Mail Online, Feb 15»
Carnival's 'holy grail' vs unholy wining
Those briefest of lines threw back to the swaggering Manning prepossession of the executive presidency, which in 2010 flamed out to a chorus ... «Trinidad & Tobago Express, Feb 15»
Thomas Paine: The original publishing viral superstar
... to choose or judge of a wife, so any prepossession in favour of a rotten constitution of government will disable us from discerning a good one. «Constitution Daily, Jan 15»
Court clarifies rules on 'reasonable' lenders' fees
The loans provided for the payment of default fees, including a prepossession fee of $50 charged by MTF to the borrowers in arrears for 12 ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 14»
Lenders warned over credit fees
The loans also provided for the payment of a number of default fees including a prepossession fee of $50 charged by MTF to the borrowers in ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 14»
The Spectator at war: How to talk to a pacifist
It is apparently a sincere prepossession. He is merely a misguided patriot. He will tell you even now that Germany would never have violated ... «Spectator.co.uk, Aug 14»
Collecting Rare Books and First Editions - Charles Dickens and the …
... service, acquired a good character and have done so well every since to establish a strong prepossession in favor of others sent out from the same quarter.”. «ILAB, Jul 14»
The Ukraine Imbroglio and the Decline of the American Empire
With this American-orchestrated charade the remaining G 7 only further pointed up the prepossession of their exclusive club from which they ... «CounterPunch, Apr 14»
Lender's fees 'unreasonable'
The commission argued that MTF and Sportzone were charging unreasonable establishment, maintenance, prepossession and repossession ... «Manawatu Standard, Oct 13»
