ampleness
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Within, as well as from the outside, the effect is one of an ampleness which is not borne out by the actual dimensions, which fact, of course, shows most able design and execution.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Upon Penrod they visibly surpassed mere ampleness; but they were long, and it required only a rather loose imagination to assume that they were tights.
From Penrod by Booth Tarkington
It tells you that by its goodly old-time ampleness, its high panelled walls with their dimming portraits, its great chimneypiece flanked by tall cupboards, and its massive overshadowing stairway.
From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Frank W. Hutchins
The parterre, extending before the main building, is of an ampleness scarcely conceivable until once viewed.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by Blanche McManus
His descriptions have the magistral ampleness of a gesture indicating the sweep of a vast horizon.
From Notes on Life and Letters by Joseph Conrad
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