pliableness

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But who does not feel in the son the serious charm of a power of adaptation and pliableness which we can never associate with the hardy and more rigorous nature of the other?

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography by Morley, John

They are endowed with a pliableness and versatility of mind, that with a little attention and management may easily be turned to any pursuit.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William

The goodliest minds are those that have most variety and pliableness in them....

From Montaigne and Shakspere by Robertson, J. M. (John Mackinnon)

I wish his words might hold true in a sense of pliableness and yielding to government.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

But he was prejudiced by filial duty, dazzled by her charms, and led on insensibly by the mildness and pliableness of his character.

From Damon and Delia A Tale by Godwin, William