actualness

Example Sentences

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There is a freshness, grace, sprightliness, purity, and actualness about them, which charms and invigorates; and we are glad to find them collected and published in a form both elegant and convenient.

From True Stories of History and Biography by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

All heroism is mild, and quiet, and gentle, for it is life and possession; and combativeness and firmness show a want of actualness.

From Woman in the Ninteenth Century and Kindred Papers Relating to the Sphere, Condition and Duties, of Woman. by Fuller, Margaret