The effect of this bodily grace is to prepossess the beholder. From Wordnik.com. [Etiquette] Reference
The aspect about was not calculated to prepossess one in favor of the country. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
For the first two or three miles the country through which I passed did not at all prepossess me in favour of. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
He was a powerful fellow, and tall, but his features were of a low, brutal type, which did not prepossess anyone in his favor. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
We have thus far presented Montaigne in words of his own such as may fairly be supposed likely to prepossess the reader in his favor. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
And reflect, on the other hand, how much the opposites of all these things prepossess you, at first sight, in favor of those who enjoy them. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman] Reference
The flashes of nobility I have discovered in him did once prepossess me greatly in his favor, and, therefore, if for nought else, would I be indulgent. From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
M. Krempe was a little squat man, with a gruff voice and repulsive countenance; the teacher, therefore, did not prepossess me in favour of his doctrine. From Wordnik.com. [Krempe] Reference
M. Krempe was a little squat man, with a gruff voice and a repulsive countenance; the teacher, therefore, did not prepossess me in favour of his pursuits. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
This letter was not likely to prepossess Lady Kynaston, who was a masterful little lady herself, in her daughter-in-law's favour; it did more harm than good. From Wordnik.com. [Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance] Reference
The ingenuous expression of countenance, noble form, and graceful attitude of the young man, failed not to prepossess in his favor the churchmen in whose presence he stood. From Wordnik.com. [The Monastery] Reference
Cleander, to prepossess him therewith; seeing he is naturally endowed with a brisk, piercing, and daring wit, and therefore more prone to be inveigled by that sort of study. From Wordnik.com. [Essays and Miscellanies] Reference
But again I ask, do not strive to prepossess me against him. From Wordnik.com. [My Novel — Complete] Reference
If a passion once prepossess and seize me, it carries me away. From Wordnik.com. [Images from the Essays of Montaigne] Reference
But I had an ulterior motive in trying to prepossess him in my favour. From Wordnik.com. [My Life — Volume 2] Reference
If you prepossess your mind with a theme, you do not give him an even chance. From Wordnik.com. [Gala-days] Reference
In fact, my appearance was by no means calculated to prepossess people in my favour. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible in Spain; or, the journeys, adventures, and imprisonments of an Englishman, in an attempt to circulate the Scriptures in the Peninsula] Reference
I am not going to prepossess you against even our village scold, by telling her name. From Wordnik.com. [Deerbrook] Reference
This was so contrived, that he might gain time to prepossess the Bishop for his purposes. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Madame Guyon] Reference
Their thin and pallid faces did not prepossess me in favour of the life they were leading. From Wordnik.com. [Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures] Reference
It will prepossess him in your favor, and this, I need hardly say, will be a great point gained. From Wordnik.com. [Walter Sherwood's Probation] Reference
He saw two young women in black; -- but there was nothing to prepossess him about either of them. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph the Heir] Reference
We expect the Daguerreotype by next Steamer; but you take good care not to prepossess us on its behalf!. From Wordnik.com. [The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.] Reference
"But still there have been great acts of cruelty committed; quite enough to prepossess us against you as a body.". From Wordnik.com. [Newton Forster The Merchant Service] Reference
His countenance wore a reckless look that did not serve to prepossess him with the people at whose mercy he stood. From Wordnik.com. [That Affair Next Door] Reference
His stay was not very long; not one of us divined the object of his visit, and he did not prepossess us favourably. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh] Reference
And thus much may be safely inferred, viz. that the desire is, at any rate, to prepossess favourably the person approached. From Wordnik.com. [The Idea of God in Early Religions] Reference
I have never seen M. de Guichen, but the reports I have heard of his worth and modesty prepossess me strongly in his favour. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette] Reference
Good-breeding alone can prepossess people in our favour at first sight; more time being necessary to discover greater talents. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant] Reference
The effect of it steals into his manner, and gait, and gives him an air of presenting himself, that is sure to prepossess in his favor. From Wordnik.com. [A Treatise on the Art of Dancing] Reference
He was dressed with certain tawdry attempts at ostentatious embellishments, which did not prepossess one at first glance in his favour. From Wordnik.com. [Scaramouche] Reference
This was regarded as a threat, and did not help to prepossess the members favorably in regard to the feeling with which the king was to meet them. From Wordnik.com. [Charles I Makers of History] Reference
"Miss Woodley is severe upon me, Madam," continued he, "she judges me unkindly; and I am afraid she will prepossess you with the same unfavourable sentiments.". From Wordnik.com. [A Simple Story] Reference
He knew that a man is usually judged by his company, and it was clear that nothing that she might have noticed was likely to prepossess Miss Stirling in his favor. From Wordnik.com. [The Gold Trail] Reference
Light-colored hair cropped close, the smallest of light moustaches, clear and penetrating blue eyes, and a few freckles completed a picture that did not prepossess her. From Wordnik.com. [The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales] Reference
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