moderateness

Example Sentences

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I am the Tsar—not you, And I am only piqued in moderateness.

From The Dynasts by Hardy, Thomas

That moderateness of temper and that attitude of toleration which characterized the leading men in England had shown themselves at Cambridge, and with a strength that could not be overcome.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis

With thanks for the moderateness of the estimate, one-third of that number would have been more satisfactory.

From Houses and House-Life of the American Aborigines by Morgan, Lewis H.

The moderateness of Rupert's words, the coolness of his manner, here brought Tanty rapidly down from her pinnacle of passion.

From The Light of Scarthey by Castle, Egerton

The moderateness of Robinson's position, and the brotherly kindness of his temper, could not save him and his people from the prevailing odium that rested upon the Separatist.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey