mercifulness

Example Sentences

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I swear that, should they once take those arms, that clemency and mercifulness of yours will be changed into wo and wailing.

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2 by Herbert, Henry William

He will rule the world by mercifulness when we forgive each other, but not before.

From Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) by Velimirović, Nikolai

Some birds sang melodies and harmonies, and some nightingales began to warble on the branches of the rose-tree of mercifulness.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

The brutality with which he spoke was so unnatural that it betrayed the mercifulness of his intention.

From The Explorer by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Nothing can exceed the mercifulness of this language!

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles