Dislikes

Examples

• She dislikes him particularly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I am not responsible for her likes and dislikes, retorted Justinian coldly, although he heard this remark with much inward satisfaction. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• And must not an animal be a lover of learning who determines what he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance? Plato. The Republic.
• But how can I open the door to her, when she dislikes me--wishes to see not me, but her son? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• I supposed that Mr. Casaubon was here, and I know he dislikes interruption at this hour. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Peace, my worthy guests, said Cedric; my hospitality must not be bounded by your dislikes. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Two are better than one, and nobody dislikes Mr. Yorke--at least, poor people do not dislike him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I had promised him her hand, sir, and regardless of our personal likes or dislikes, sir, that promise must be kept. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Mama dislikes being disturbed in an evening, remarked Eliza. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I should like to know what well-constituted mind, merely because it is transitory, dislikes roast beef? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It's a great misfortune to have such strong likes and dislikes, isn't it? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Jane, you are mistaken: probably not one in the school either despises or dislikes you: many, I am sure, pity you much. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I suppose we never quite understand why another dislikes what we like, mother, said Mary, rather curtly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I may not be good for much, but he dislikes me because I disagree with him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Good is what pleases him, evil what he dislikes; truth and beauty are determined only by the taste of the brute. Plato. The Republic.
• Her fears of the place were rational, her dislikes of its worst moods reasonable. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She is severe: she dislikes my faults. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• When a woman once dislikes another she is merciless! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all, and worship none. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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