dearness

Some of the epitaphs were beautiful, showing that tenderness for the friends who had died, that longing to do them justice, to fully acknowledge their virtues and dearness, which is so touching, and so unmistakable even under the stiff, quaint expressions and formal words which were thought suitable to be chiselled on the stones, so soon to be looked at carelessly by the tearless eyes of strangers.

Deephaven and Selected Stories & Sketches Sarah Orne Jewett 1879

Exemption from taxes will do little or nothing, the lower orders [end of page #249] are nearly all exempt, but that general dearness, that is the consequence of a general weight of taxes, is severely felt by them, and from that they cannot be exempted.

An Inquiry into the Permanent Causes of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations. Designed To Shew How The Prosperity Of The British Empire May Be Prolonged William Playfair 1791

But then, proceeding in this way, shall we not arrive at some first principle of friendship or dearness which is not capable of being referred to any other, for the sake of which, as we maintain, all other things are dear, and, having there arrived, we shall stop?

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

For the highest Self pleased with the works of his devotees imparts to different things such dearness, i.e. joy-giving quality as corresponds to those works, that 'dearness' being bound in each case to

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881

But then, proceeding in this way, shall we not arrive at some first principle of friendship or dearness which is not capable of being referred to any other, for the sake of which, as we maintain, all other things are dear, and, having there arrived, we shall stop?

Lysis 427? BC-347? BC Plato 1855

So, dear world, whose dearness I have never truly known, I bid you adieu.

Suicide Draft Nathaniel Tower 2011

He thought his dearness and devotion to his wife and daughter would be enough.

SaraKay Smullens: Are You In Love Or In Need? SaraKay Smullens 2011

He thought his dearness and devotion to his wife and daughter would be enough.

SaraKay Smullens: Are You In Love Or In Need? SaraKay Smullens 2011

“No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage.”

Why do some food writers equate wine and pot? | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

That relatively low-yield process explains, in part, the dearness of the result.

Sometimes You Feel Like A Nut Oil Sara Dickerman 2011