But there was an Inveteracy in the gale which had driven us down to this part that bore heavily upon our spirits.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
Her Inveteracy discouraged him.
"Brand Blotters"
William MacLeod Raine
"From my earliest remembrance the unhappy disagreement between my uncle and father has existed: and to such excess did my father carry his Inveteracy, he would not permit even the name of his brother to be mentioned in his presence: and, except by name, I scarcely knew such a person existed.
"The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I"
Sophia Reeve