ampleness
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Upon Penrod they visibly surpassed mere ampleness; but they were long, and it required only a rather loose imagination to assume that they were tights.
From Penrod by Booth Tarkington
This has always been a daring procedure, but in this case it has been carried out with success, and gives the desired effect,—that of ampleness and height.
From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
Another long silence ensued; the tranquillity of the universe had such an August ampleness that the sounds remained on the lips as if checked by the fear of profanation.
From The Rescue A Romance of the Shallows by Joseph Conrad
Her conscious eye fell upon the ampleness of the feast—amazing, since it purported to have been put up for one alone; and her face lit up with mischievous delight.
From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
Such music must remain in our soul, where, in reality, the genius of those Florentine architects has contrived the satisfying ampleness of their buildings.
From Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life by Vernon Lee
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