obligingness

Example Sentences

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And first, that it was with such condescension and obligingness to the meanest of his Clergy, as to know and be known to them.

From Lives of John Donne, Henry Wotton, Rich'd Hooker, George Herbert, &C, Volume 2 by Walton, Izaak

Our young traveller became, by the next morning, very sociable with her cousins, and complied with their customs with that cheerful obligingness which has always so much distinguished her character.

From Jemima Placid or, The Advantage of Good-Nature by Kilner, Mary Ann (n?e Maze)

I can testify both to his honesty and obligingness.

From Cape Cod Folks by Greene, Sarah P. McLean

Indeed, the fitter subject for ridicule with thee; who canst no more taste the beauty and delicacy of modest obligingness than of modest love.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel

Therefore, if this work has any merit, no small part of it is due to Signor Foucard's obligingness.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand