tractableness

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What is the secret of her tractableness in Scene v?

From Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies by Porter, Charlotte Endymion

Her gayety of temper was very attractive when it was kept within due bounds, and she had a most sweet docility of tractableness when approached with caution.

From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Lee, Holme, [pseud.]

Franconia had observed Harry's tractableness, and heard him wish for a Bible, that he might learn to read from it,—and she had secretly supplied him with one.

From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)