amiableness

Example Sentences

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But the imaginative man cannot be content to regard the sea with this ignorant amiableness.

From The Book of This and That by Lynd, Robert

But his amiableness could be traced to the fact of his being conceited of the swinish selfishness of which he had been guilty.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.

He was a man of blameless morals, deep erudition, and sincere piety; and he was greatly beloved for the amiableness of his manners. 

From A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation by Williams, Robert

Young women of strong sensibility may be carried by the very amiableness of this temper into the most alarming extremes.

From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by More, Hannah

The amiableness and dignity of Madame La Fayette forced respect from the bloodthirsty Jacobins who ultimately released her.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll