desirability
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The Master of Ananias, the most celebrated of Oxford colleges, was in every way, except perhaps that of age, desirable; but what was age when it came to all the other desirabilities?
From The Pastor's Wife by Arnim, Elizabeth von
It is pleasant to the sitter, because of these desirabilities, and that the light is not distressing.
I think possibilities are generally so much behind desirabilities that there is no harm in any degree of incitement in the right direction; and that is assuredly mental activity of all kinds.
From Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti by Caine, Hall, Sir