sternness

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Sternness and resolve were strangely blended with an infinite compassion and a look of almost divine tenderness; his words were few, and carried little of their meaning home to the hearts of the boys.

From The Secret Chamber at Chad by Everett-Green, Evelyn

Sternness did not become him, but dignity did.

From Talents, Incorporated by Leinster, Murray

Sternness of the Mosaic Dispensation explained from its Preparatory Character—9.

From Companion to the Bible by Barrows, E. P. (Elijah Porter)