great-heartedness

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Himself again—that is to say, in the goodness and great-heartedness which more than all he has ever done for France merited for him the name of the great Frenchman.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various

By this sketch hangs a tale of Mr. Sargent's great-heartedness.

From The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections by Terry, Ellen

Constance rose and held out both hands to the woman whose great-heartedness had changed the current of her whole life.

From Marjorie Dean, College Senior by Lester, Pauline

Deeply moved by the great-heartedness of the Tsar, Pkerose accepted Christianity and was baptized with his whole nation, but Bakarr occupied himself with thoroughly settling the widow and children of his brother Revv.

From Caucasian Legends by Goulbat, Abraam Abraamovich

Courageous, but with more than the delicacy of her sex, strong only in innocence and great-heartedness, mature in character and feeling, but with fresh and tender sensibility, she appeals to all manly and womanly sympathy.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 by Various