Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)/Abhorrence

ABHORRENCE

1

The self-same thing they will abhor
One way, and long another for.

Butler—Hudibras. Pt. I. Canto I. L. 219.

2

⁠Boils and plagues
Plaster you o'er, that you may be abhorr'd
Further than seen.

Coriolanus. Act I. Sc. 4. L. 37.

3

How abhorred in my imagination it is!

Hamlet. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 206.

4

*⁠*⁠*⁠few things loves better
Than to abhor himself.

Timon of Athens. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 60.

5

*⁠*⁠*⁠more abhorr'd
Than spotted livers in the sacrifice.

Troilus and Cressida. Act V. Sc. 3. L. 18.

6

*⁠*⁠*⁠make the abhorrent eye
Roll back and close.

Southey—Curse of Kehama. VIII. 9.