tameness

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Never, Sir; Nor can you bend my Temper to that Tameness.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague

Tameness and monotony naturally result from a slavish adherence to all arbitrary rules and every branch of literature felt this blighting influence.

From Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl by Richards, Caroline Cowles

Had I suggested an Idea of the Vanity of the Ape the Tameness of the Ox or the stupid Servility of the Ass I might have been lyable to Censure.

From The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3 by Cushing, Harry Alonzo

And with my Patience, aid the amorous Sin— No, I shall scarce have so much Tameness left, To mind me of my Duty to my King.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague

Tameness is not the only good quality, whether of land or of human nature.

From A Rambler's lease by Torrey, Bradford