pliableness

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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

This trait of the young poet speaks sufficiently for itself;—the sensibility, the temper, the ingenuous pliableness which it exhibits, show a disposition capable, by nature, of every thing we most respect and love.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 1 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

It is certain this pliableness and facility are very liable to abuse.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William

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

Friedland, battle of, iii. 30-33; the campaign reviewed, 32-37; Alexander's pliableness after, 351; battle of, compares with that at Beresina, iv.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan