amorousness

Example Sentences

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What the gods give they possibly conceal, for the average reader will not notice a superfluity of either amorousness or strength in Tony's character.

From Time Magazine Archive

He planned to have park-users sign a pledge, reading: "I will refrain from any action, posture or public display of amorousness that might be offensive to others or could set a bad example to children."

From Time Magazine Archive

But we hear of no amorousness, and the husband Le Hardouey's jealousy, though prompted by his wife's apparent self-destruction, is definitely stated to have no foundation in actual guilt with the priest.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

Accordingly Lauretta led a dance, while Emilia with passion sang the following song: So fain I am of my own loveliness,     I hope, nor think not e'er   The weight to feel of other amorousness.

From The Decameron, Volume I by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)

He pictured all the passions of the earth since the Fall, from the devouring amorousness of Time's Revenges to the despotic fantasy of Instans Tyrannus; but he remained himself an Englishman of the middle class.

From Robert Browning by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)