No eloquence or ingenuity of argument could have availed to stem the strong current of growling prepossession.
"Daniel Defoe"
William Minto
The Marchioness, imagining the declaration to proceed from a prepossession as easily eradicated as raised, answered-"That Louise is deserving of your highest admiration, I acknowledge; but her station in life is beneath what you may with justice aspire to.
"The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I"
Sophia Reeve
Jesus knew from experience how extremely difficult it is to change any man's point of view, or to dislodge a prepossession from his mind, hence He preferred to allow His character to produce its own impression, and from this new standing ground to raise men's ideas of the functions of Messiah.
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell