Englishman, with the placability of his country; "shake hands, and we will be better friends than ever.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 280, October 27, 1827] Reference
“Come, come, never grudge so much at it, man,” said the brave-spirited Englishman, with the placability of his country. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of the Canongate] Reference
It was some pleasure to me, to observe the placability of these ladies of my own family, had they, any or either of them, met with. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Little Benjie seemed somewhat dismayed at my appearance; but, calculating on my placability, and remembering, perhaps, that the ill-used. From Wordnik.com. [Redgauntlet] Reference
But he over-rated the placability of that remarkable lady. From Wordnik.com. [Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times] Reference
So, upon the first symptoms of placability, I answered cordially. From Wordnik.com. [Gala-days] Reference
I was soon to learn, however, that placability was not entirely his nature. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Light and Shadow] Reference
What a picture of divine patience and placability that truth points for us!. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah] Reference
Was it ever he that endangered the peace and placability of social gatherings!. From Wordnik.com. [Celt and Saxon — Complete] Reference
"Haw! haw! haw!" roared the crowd, but with a horrible laughter, no placability in it. From Wordnik.com. [It Is Never Too Late to Mend] Reference
More than natural sweetness and placability must have gone to the making of such a temper of forgiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture] Reference
It is hard for hearts conscious of their own slowness to pardon, to realise undoubtingly God's infinite placability. From Wordnik.com. [Expositions of Holy Scripture] Reference
But, for all his swift change to placability, there was a sinister undertone to his voice that the girl seemed to recognize. From Wordnik.com. [A Man to His Mate] Reference
He honoured his memory for having kept this country in peace many years, as also for the goodness and placability of his temper. '. From Wordnik.com. [Life Of Johnson]
His placability and his friendship, indeed, were solid virtues; but courtesy and good humour are often found with little real worth. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Poets, Volume 1] Reference
Declaimers, conscious of their own powers, would seek distinction rather by acuteness and fastidiousness than by candour and placability. From Wordnik.com. [The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel] Reference
For tokens, mark their meek and kindly natures, the softness and the constancy of their affections, and (whenever tried) their placability. From Wordnik.com. [The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance] Reference
But be that as it may; as to their other cardinal sentiments, -- the nature of my relations to this Being, -- his placability; if offended. From Wordnik.com. [The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic] Reference
This was matter of notoriety: one may hope that Milton had equal reason for his praise of Bradshaw's affability, munificence, and placability. From Wordnik.com. [Life of John Milton] Reference
It was some pleasure to me, to observe the placability of these ladies of my own family, had they, any or either of them, met with a LOVELACE. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7] Reference
I thought I was once more by the side of the Sphere, whose lustrous hue betokened that he had exchanged his wrath against me for perfect placability. From Wordnik.com. [Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)] Reference
The second, in the instances of passive courage or endurance of sufferings, patience under affronts and injuries, humility, irresistance, placability. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence of Christianity] Reference
But real gentleness, meekness, and placability were certainly not the attributes of a people who were so fierce in their wars and so cruel in their punishments. From Wordnik.com. [The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.] Reference
Cis had a rare power over both her comrades, and her piteous appeal actually disarmed them, since there was no one present to make them ashamed of their own placability. From Wordnik.com. [Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland] Reference
The incident might serve to illustrate Shakespeare's characteristic placability, but his son-in-law Hall, who avowed sympathy with puritanism, was probably in the main responsible for the civility. From Wordnik.com. [A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles] Reference
There is an extraordinary charm in his bluntness, which is that only of a nobleman arising from a contempt of overstrained courtesy; and combined with easy placability where goodness of heart is apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Literary Remains, Volume 2] Reference
There is an extraordinary charm, in his bluntness, which is that only of a nobleman, arising from a contempt of overstrained courtesy, and combined with easy placability where goodness of heart is apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher] Reference
A man who lived till fifty, remarkable for a singular gentleness and placability, ought not to be believed sanguinary from that time forward on the strength of the unsupported charges of his disappointed enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography and Autobiography] Reference
A man who lived till fifty, remarkable for a singular gentleness and placability, ought not to be believed sanguinary from that time forward, on the strength of the unsupported charges of his disappointed enemies. From Wordnik.com. [The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance] Reference
But he had reckoned without his host in his calculation of the Count’s placability; for, when he put on his capitulating face, and, after. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom] Reference
Be not deceived by her placability. From Wordnik.com. [Gala-days] Reference
13.) placability, (Luke xvii. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence of Christianity] Reference
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