Even in the pulpit there are moments when mildness of manner is not enough. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He seemed to be about forty-six years of age; his countenance was open, and conveyed the idea of mildness and benevolence. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa] Reference
It was an act of the highest insolence towards government, such as mildness itself cannot overlook or forgive. From Wordnik.com. [Tea Leaves Being a Collection of Letters and Documents relating to the shipment of Tea to the American Colonies in the year 1773, by the East India Tea Company. (With an introduction, notes, and biographical notices of the Boston Tea Party)] Reference
At least it must be left an open question as to whether the impulsive and domineering vigour of the West is preferable to the "mildness" of the East. From Wordnik.com. [India, Its Life and Thought] Reference
For mildness is come upon us: and we shall be corrected. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 21: Psalms The Challoner Revision] Reference
Now I Paul, myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 54: 2 Corinthians The Challoner Revision] Reference
The mildness of it brought the tenement dwellers to windows and doors. From Wordnik.com. [Old Valentines A Love Story] Reference
The grim ungirlish compression of her lips softened into angelic mildness. From Wordnik.com. [Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale] Reference
With all humility and mildness, with patience, supporting one another in charity. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 56: Ephesians The Challoner Revision] Reference
Thou hast given me the shield of my salvation: and thy mildness hath multiplied me. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 10: 2 Kings The Challoner Revision] Reference
The superior mildness of the climate of Virginia makes this power available there for. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3, No. 1 January 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The judges were not prepared for this mildness, and looked at each other with surprise. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The next day dawned cloudy and grey, with a faint mildness in the air, indicating a thaw. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
To speak evil of no man, not to be litigious but gentle: shewing all mildness towards all men. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference
The most evocative mystery concerns the relative mildness of the virus in Turkey compared to Asia. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Bird Flu] Reference
She understood his mildness as thoughtfulness and his kindness as a man who had great impulse control. From Wordnik.com. [The Marriott Hotel, Downtown Brooklyn] Reference
The mildness of her brow was touched with melancholy — her childhood had left its traces on her youth. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
"Don't you speak to me in that manner, Arethusa," Miss Eliza was surprised almost into a mildness of reproof. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
Bow down thy ear cheerfully to the poor, and pay what thou owest, and answer him peaceable words with mildness. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference
This gardening implement foretells good weather conditions; seen in the winter, it indicates unusual mildness. From Wordnik.com. [Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves] Reference
There was a mildness in his manner that startled him, accustomed as he had been to his eccentricities when a boy. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
The little lady, for all her mildness of manner and appearance, proved to be as wide awake as any one of the three. From Wordnik.com. [White Ashes] Reference
The conqueror treated the Gauls with mildness, and endeavored in every way to make them adopt Roman habits and customs. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic] Reference
Wolfish rapacity, leonine ferocity, leopardish treachery, gave way before the meekness and mildness of the calf or kid. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Worth Rereading] Reference
The culture of the vine increases, and the wines, which are characterized by a mildness of flavour, are in good demand. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
Her Majesty alludes in terms of comparative mildness to the Wiseman affair, commending the question to the attention of Parliament. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
A gentle mildness beams from every face, for beyond the veil of outward appearances we learn to discern the pure, perfect holiness of. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
The feeding of a suitable ration, and the good care that is usually given young hogs, are responsible for the mildness of the disease. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
This seasoned its shining warmth with a crisp, exhilarating quality, making the sunshine and summer mildness like iced sherry or Madeira. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
Its mildness could enable it to spread more easily in people who have no symptoms, while the virus evolves the ability to pass to other humans. From Wordnik.com. [Hunting Bird Flu] Reference
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