pliableness

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They are endowed with a pliableness and versatility of mind, that with a little attention and management may easily be turned to any pursuit.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William

But who does not feel in the son the serious charm of a power of adaptation and pliableness which we can never associate with the hardy and more rigorous nature of the other?

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography by Morley, John

I wish his words might hold true in a sense of pliableness and yielding to government.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

His good nature, his benevolence, and the pliableness of his disposition may surely be allowed to compensate for many defects.

From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by Godwin, William

The very versatility and pliableness, so loudly condemned in his former situation, is now an additional recommendation.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William