venerableness

Example Sentences

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Of a Gothic venerableness, it fell upon his breast like a continual iron-gray storm.

From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman

Carlyle was, of course, the more prodigious personality, and had the advantage in the richness and venerableness of the Old World setting.

From The Last Harvest by Burroughs, John

Those who belong to them have all the upstart pride and pettifogging spirit of their present character ingrafted on the venerableness and superstitious sanctity of ancient institutions.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William

Such was her character and reputation, that the belief in her supernatural powers had only heightened the notion of her venerableness.

From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George

I am afraid that the old commended itself by its venerableness, the solidity of its traditions, and the authority of its great names, while the new was still vague and formless.

From Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks