Thus the abhorrer of traitors has now become their tool. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
At last, the vigor and courage of one Stowel of Exeter, an abhorrer, put an end to the practice. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.] Reference
Himself a staunch follower of Mr. Disraeli, and an abhorrer of Whiggery in all its forms, he yet found in America's struggle that which appealed both to his brain and his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Path of the King] Reference
"Whig" was the name given to the extreme Covenanters of the west of Scotland, and in applying it to the members of the Country party the "abhorrer" meant to stigmatize them as rebels and fanatics. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683] Reference
For besides petitioner and abhorrer, appellations which were soon forgotten, this year is remarkable for being the epoch of the well-known epithets of "whig" and "tory", by which, and sometimes without any material difference, this island has been so long divided. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F. From Charles II. to James II.] Reference
A little earlier than this date, President Lincoln invited him to take the supreme command of the Federal army in the war for the Union, and he declined the offer, attractive though it must have been to him, both as a soldier and an abhorrer of slavery, because he did not think that Italy could spare him. From Wordnik.com. [The Liberation of Italy] Reference
"Natura abhorrer vacuum.". From Wordnik.com. [The Social Cancer] Reference
But I am informed by those who are Persons of undoubted Reputation, and had the happiness to see the same Letter which gave his Majesty an account of his death, that there was no such thing therein mentioned: he was certainly a Person indued with great natural parts, which notwithstanding his juvenile extravagances he had adorned with many elaborate acquisitions, and by the help of learning and study knew how to manage them to a Miracle, it being the general vogue of all that knew him, that he usually spoke as much sense in as few words, and delivered that sense as opportunely as any they ever kept company withal: Wherefore as I am my self a Lover of Ingenuity, though an abhorrer of disturbance or Rebellion, I think fit since Providence was pleased to let him dye a Natural death in his Bed, not to asperse him with saying he kill'd himself with drinking. From Wordnik.com. [Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733] Reference
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