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Garlic to Mr. Porter, the man, for his astounding, frenetic hedonism and illiberality .

From Time Magazine Archive

But liberal and enlightened as was the general course of Walpole, he still made blunders, and showed occasional illiberality.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

The honourable gentleman has taxed me with illiberality.

From Sydney Smith by Russell, George William Erskine

That this was a solitary instance of illiberality, you will presently see.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

He consequently had but an imperfect education, which may in part account for his excessive illiberality, and for many of his stupendous follies.

From The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)