nobleness

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Whose Nobleness dare feel no want, but Enemies?

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant by Beaumont, Francis

Nobleness should be the qualification of a nobleman, and strange as it may seem, it was among the uncivilised Celts of Ireland and Scotland that such a character was properly appreciated.

From The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad by Various

Nobleness of heart is essential to all true renown; and perhaps it is not less essential to all real security.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various

How much beyond whole Libraries of orthodox Theology is, sometimes, the mute action, the unconscious look of a father, of a mother, who HAD in them "Devoutness, pious Nobleness"!

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Carlyle, Thomas

For if such a thing can be found, it may afford no small Assistance to the Curious in the Investigation of Light, besides the Nobleness and Rarity of the thing it selfe.

From Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) by Boyle, Robert