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The word aimable is not known in their language, or the thing in their manners.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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The word aimable is not known in their language, or the thing in their manners.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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The word aimable is not known in their language, or the thing in their manners.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1750 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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English -- I mean that smoothness of manner and guardedness of expression which they call "aimable," and which they have the faculty of attaining and preserving distinctly from a correspondent temper of the mind.
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English -- I mean that smoothness of manner and guardedness of expression which they call "aimable," and which they have the faculty of attaining and preserving distinctly from a correspondent temper of the mind.
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"aimable," have very good manners, and be very agreeable; but he can have no English delicacy towards the feelings of other people -- nothing really amiable about him. '
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
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He may be very "" aimable, "" have very good manners, and be very agreeable; but he can have no English delicacy towards the feelings of other people: nothing really amiable about him. "
Emma 1815
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Elle nous peint un tableau aimable de sa vie -- toujours avec humeur.
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Merci de votre aimable cooperation. thank you to panjianlien for the text.
john, i've been bad and they're coming after me. scalzi 2008
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But an “aimable cluster” with superior ballistics, usually containing thirty-eight M69s in a finned casing, provided reasonable accuracy.
Whirlwind Barrett Tillman 2010
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