amiableness

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When it was dark, she came thickly veiled, and after she had responded to his demonstrations of affection for some time, with more patience than amiableness, she began.

From The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 by Maupassant, Guy de

But from the amiableness of his heart, when carnage ceased, his humanity spread over the field like the refreshing zephyrs of a summer's evening.

From "Old Put" The Patriot by Ober, Frederick Albion

Nevertheless there was nothing of the coxcomb about Queeker—no self-assertion; nothing but amiableness, self-satisfaction, and enthusiasm.

From The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

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

But his amiableness could be traced to the fact of his being conceited of the swinish selfishness of which he had been guilty.

From Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone by Beach, Charles A.