Upon this history, therefore, mechanical and illiberal as it may seem (all fineness and daintiness set aside), the greatest diligence must be bestowed. 李贝.西洋科学史.
Their tendency is gross and illiberal; and if their construction could ever be deemed clever, time has long ago destroyed all its ingenuity. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
Those who can barely live, and who live perforce in a very small, and generally very inferior, society, may well be illiberal and cross. 简·奥斯汀.爱玛.