seasonableness

Example Sentences

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And here is neither Hellenic seasonableness and proportion, nor Hebraic fervour, nor truth as it is understood by either Hebrew or Hellene.

From Platform Monologues by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

This is one of those fugitive and casual precautions, which, by intense seasonableness, takes its rank amongst the permanent means of pacification.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various

He cannot repeat too often, that upon the quantity and seasonableness of these succors, the fate of his Majesty's allies must necessarily depend.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX by Sparks, Jared

As to the seasonableness of such a publication, there can be but one opinion among Churchmen.

From Guy Fawkes or A Complete History Of The Gunpowder Treason, A.D. 1605 by Lathbury, Thomas

Helene sat a long time plunged in the stupor which the information, supplied by this woman with such fortuitous seasonableness, had brought upon her.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile