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pleasingness



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When Sylvester had finished his reading, the friends were unanimous in their opinion that the tale was worthy of the Serapion Club, and they particularly admired the pleasingness of the general tone which characterised it.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann

Consonance, however, is not identical with pleasingness, for different combinations are sometimes pleasing, sometimes displeasing.

From The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Dench Puffer Howes

Doubtless the painter had noticed the pleasingness of such reflections, as repeating the human form, the supreme object of interest; but the interest stopped there.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 by Various

In outward appearance she was not remarkable, though extremely pleasing, and it was a pleasingness that grew upon acquaintance.

From The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson

She had always liked the physical presentment of Joe, but it was a presentment of clothes, and she had thought the pleasingness of it due to the neatness and taste with which he dressed. 

From The Game by Jack London




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