venerableness
Example Sentences
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This here venerableness, he declares a whole lot, is solely and absolutely due to the ondisputable fact that he ain’t never bathed in forty-two years.
From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by William West Winter
I am afraid that the old commended itself by its venerableness, the solidity of its traditions, and the authority of its great names, while the new was still vague and formless.
From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Long tenure of estates and little change in the people had given Richmond the venerableness we associate with age.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Henry F. (Henry Francis) Keenan
Those who belong to them have all the upstart pride and pettifogging spirit of their present character ingrafted on the venerableness and superstitious sanctity of ancient institutions.
From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlitt
The tenderness of youth and the venerableness of age were no protection.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
