On this head, therefore, I wish to forestall the censoriousness of the reader; and I entreat he will not think the worse of me for the many injudicious things that may have been said in my commendation.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
If he takes advantage of his position to exercise his censoriousness upon us we speedily vote him a bore, and take measures to get rid of him.
"Practical Ethics"
William DeWitt Hyde
But the grand manner carries a certain, if not altogether convincing, plausibility with it, and disarms rude censoriousness.
"A Poached Peerage"
William Magnay