desirableness
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Adams was at first very courteously received by George III., and presently set to work to convince Lord Carmarthen, the foreign secretary, of the desirableness of unrestricted intercourse between the two countries.
From The Critical Period of American History by Fiske, John
The desirableness, per se, of maintaining a surplus for this purpose does not, I think, admit of a doubt.
From Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by Mill, John Stuart
I have stated, therefore, the only ways in which that end is attainable, without venturing even to express an opinion as to its real desirableness.
From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by Ruskin, John
The passions of men are not in proportion only to their sensibility, or to the desirableness of the object, but to the violence and irritability of their tempers, and the obstacles to their success.
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William
The object was to urge the desirableness of allowing books to be borrowed from the Library, after the example of Cambridge.
From Annals of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, A.D. 1598-A.D. 1867 With a Preliminary Notice of the earlier Library founded in the Fourteenth Century by Macray, William Dunn
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