amiableness

Example Sentences

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Mr. Selden, who possessed in a remarkable degree the amiableness that he had ascribed to another, swallowed the wine and approved the toast.

From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)

No one can be more sensible than I am of the esteem of Charles Feilding, nor more disposed to do justice to the amiableness of his character.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose

In her personal appearance Elizabeth was stately and majestic, but by no means remarkable for her beauty, or amiableness of temper.

From Nature and Culture by Rice, Harvey

Young women of strong sensibility may be carried by the very amiableness of this temper into the most alarming extremes.

From Essays on Various Subjects Principally Designed for Young Ladies by More, Hannah

I understand better his generosity, candor, amiableness, playfulness.

From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth