"It is not to be called amiability, it is her duty; a slave does not dictate to a master.". From Wordnik.com. [The Count of Monte Cristo] Reference
Love is a terrible thing -- quite different from amiability, which is sometimes confused with it. From Wordnik.com. [The Next of Kin Those who Wait and Wonder] Reference
I can’t be put off with amiability, which is always the excuse people are making for the existence of plain people. From Wordnik.com. [Adam Bede] Reference
"Jack's" amiability, too, was a permanent condition. From Wordnik.com. [Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method] Reference
"All right, I will," said Sarah with surprising amiability. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
"Not in my powers, Madam, but in the princess 'amiability.". From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Behind this persistent amiability whirred a relentless machine. From Wordnik.com. [Pumping Iron, Digging Gold, Pressing Flesh] Reference
Clemence's, he turned toward Aline and redoubled his amiability. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
There is no longer amiability between us, so let's forget about it. From Wordnik.com. [Adaptation] Reference
When he had a good cause, he sustained it with grace and amiability. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
He was amiability itself, but he would not and could not be made to talk. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
Clemence, on the contrary, seemed to increase in amiability and liveliness. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His face had grown black; he had thrown aside all traces of amiability now. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
"Never mind the falls, large or small," she said, with unruffled amiability. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
The minister relaxed to a smile at John's amiability, and John smiled on me. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
To environmentalists, Norton's amiability makes her that much more dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Waters] Reference
Quick as thought, and all smiles and amiability, he responded to the minister. From Wordnik.com. [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference
His amiability is undercut by contrariness, his sensitivity dulled by self-absorption. From Wordnik.com. [Politics: The Water Walker] Reference
The princess was amiability itself; she was very black, very fat and very good-natured. From Wordnik.com. [A Sailor of King George] Reference
Her amiability of disposition made her the favorite guest at the homes of her neighbors. From Wordnik.com. [The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes] Reference
The fierce expression of the bloodshot eyes changed to one of somewhat forced amiability. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
His choicest attentions and most particular efforts at amiability were bestowed upon Aline. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The answering sigh of laughter gave him a distinct chill despite its suggestion of amiability. From Wordnik.com. [The Talkative Tree] Reference
"You are right, -- as you always are," says Luttrell, with suspicious amiability, being piqued. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
That he served out the president's term is a tribute to Shultz's tenacity and Reagan's amiability. From Wordnik.com. [Squabbles And Delusions] Reference
Also, that he was a great favourite with his brother officers on account of his intelligence and amiability. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
But the dangerous adventurer was betrayed by the glance which Hafner could not succeed in veiling with indifferent amiability. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
We will be about ten guns, and I count on the amiability of my partridges and my hares to make you pass a beautiful and good day. From Wordnik.com. [A Village of Vagabonds] Reference
But it was not confidence in her abilities that was lacking so much as confidence in her amiability and discretion, she soon found. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
But with all his natural amiability, such was the effect of custom and education, that he seemed perfectly insensible on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
The twins were so small as to seem insignificant; but their meek amiability was an efficient set off against their physical deficiencies. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn] Reference
Véra pulled out a little cap and put it on her silky black locks, smiling sweetly, and greatly impressing us by her amiability and tact. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
One of these riders, Rovero, was melancholy, so that even the French amiability of the Marquis could not divert him from gloomy meditations. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
His course and graduation at Harvard College are remembered by his friends as marked chiefly by amiability, meditation, and faultless conduct. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
At parting, the Bishop took the Curate most kindly by the hand, and recommended him by all means to cultivate the amiability of versification. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
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