I seem to know the very deeps of her lovingness—and understand her.
But to have bound him with his own lovingness, to have slain him with his own sweetness, this was a cruel thought.
It is pleasant to turn back to Bernards lovingness and mercy.
This is a good sign of the humility and lovingness of your spirit: how is the test borne?
I have no wisdom of my own, no strength of mind of my own, no goodness of my own, no lovingness of my own.
It was the Gospel—the Gospel in its infinite breadth of lovingness—the Gospel no less in its restrictions and penalties.
He would have over-tasked himself in his weakness much more, if it had not been for his lovingness to Alfred.
For it is not a poetic fiction when we are told that a wayward spirit, is subdued by nature's loveliness and lovingness.
Except for having no lovingness in it, it looked a good deal like my Mother's hand.
Except for having no lovingness in them, her hands looked very much like my Mother's.
Old English lufenda (see love (v.)). Loving cup is attested from 1808. Lovingkindness was Coverdale's word.
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