mildness

Mr. Finch is the most sedate young man I have ever seen; -- but his sedateness is temper'd with a _sweetness_ inexpressible; -- a certain mildness in the features; -- _a mildness_ which, in the countenance of that great commander I saw at Brandon Lodge, appears like _mercy_ sent out from the heart to discover the dwelling of _true courage_.

Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning

_Gloomy_, Sir! casting at him a look of disdain; do you call mildness, complacency, and evenness of temper, _gloomy?

Barford Abbey Susannah Minific Gunning

Christianity is now mild and rationalistic, ignoring the fact that all its so-called mildness and rationalism is due to the teaching of men who in their own day were persecuted by all orthodox Christians.

The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks

I do not deny that there may be something in this: I have often wondered whether mildness, which is by no means the same thing as humility, would ever have gained such prestige as a Christian virtue if the hymn-writers had not been at their wits 'end for a rhyme to "child."

Try Anything Twice 1938

He seemed to be about forty-six years of age; his countenance was open, and conveyed the idea of mildness and benevolence.

Life and Travels of Mungo Park in Central Africa Mungo Park 1788

Accordingly, the weeping-willow, the weeping-birch, and other trees of early and pendulous shoots, flourish in these favoured recesses in a degree unknown in our eastern districts; and the air is also said to possess that mildness which is favourable to consumptive cases.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

But this kindheartedness, no doubt, is relative in degree, as was often the case with ourselves in the middle ages; a mildness which is not over-sensitive in the face of shedding blood when there is a necessity for it, nor in face of an array of human heads set up in a row over the fine gateway at the entrance to the palace.

Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools Emilie Kip Baker

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.

India, Its Life and Thought 1881

It was an act of the highest insolence towards government, such as mildness itself cannot overlook or forgive.

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) Various 1856

Accordingly, the weeping-willow, the weeping-birch, and other trees of early and pendulous shoots, flourish in these favoured recesses in a degree unknown in our eastern districts; and the air is also said to possess that mildness which is favourable to consumptive cases.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822