ampleness

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It tells you that by its goodly old-time ampleness, its high panelled walls with their dimming portraits, its great chimneypiece flanked by tall cupboards, and its massive overshadowing stairway.

From Virginia: the Old Dominion by Hutchins, Frank W.

This has always been a daring procedure, but in this case it has been carried out with success, and gives the desired effect,—that of ampleness and height.

From The Cathedrals and Churches of the Rhine by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

S: And if they separate, Allah will render them both free from want out of His ampleness, and Allah is Ample-giving, Wise.

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf

Her conscious eye fell upon the ampleness of the feast—amazing, since it purported to have been put up for one alone; and her face lit up with mischievous delight.

From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove

She did not know how I looked upon it, nor how I would have her take it; was she to laugh or to be solemn, to ridicule or to pretend with handsome ampleness?

From The King's Mirror by Hope, Anthony