...A set of curious chances led him to take service with the Dutch, then at war with France; and a predilection for the sea made him elect that this service should be upon that element... 
Rafael Sabatini 「Captain Blood」
...But the devil, as we haveobserved, also has a predilection to embody himself in aram, a lamb, or a he-goat...
Angelo de Gubernatis 「Zoological Mythology, Volume I (of 2)」
...Insettled districts they are always more abundant than in the woods, andthey have a special predilection for poplar groves, and always prefer apoplar to build in...
P. L. Sclater 「Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)」
...The Kestrel appears to be generally distributed over the country,showing no marked predilection for upland or lowland, heath ormarsh...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...Indeed, it struggled sohard to regain its seat, that one would imagine its fondness for itsmaster had entirely overcome the natural predilection for its nativeelement...
Percy J. Billinghurst 「A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals」
...The kind of thing he loved, the phase of nature hechose, unquestionably bore evidence of his personaltemperament or predilection...
John W. Beatty 「The Relation of Art to Nature」
...He was of noble birth, and followed the artthrough predilection, and painted both in fresco and oils...
Luigi Antonio Lanzi Thomas Roscoe 「The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 2 (of 6)」
...Thefictile art is the offshoot and has within itself no predilection fordecoration...
William H. Holmes 「A Study Of The Textile Art In Its Relation To The Development Of Form And Ornament」
...Their predilection for thedecorative element is held in leash by the classic tradition, with itsreserve, its measure, its inculcation of sobriety and its sense ofsecurity...
W. C. Brownell 「French Art」
...They have an invincible predilection for poultry, which the severest beatings could never repress...
David Collins 「An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 1」
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