desirableness
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The calamities of the war then in progress on the Continent gave him arguments enough for the desirableness of peace.
From William Penn by Hodges, George
The desirableness of education is manifest, view it in what light we may, and whether as affecting individuals or communities.
From Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes by Mayhew, Ira
A penitentiary may be described as a place of punishment and reward; and under the system proposed the difference in desirableness between a sentence and an appointment would be virtually effaced.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)
This is cited by the Chancery Barrister as showing the advantage of an early acquaintance with foreign languages, and the desirableness of a pure accent.
From Faces and Places by Lucy, Henry W. (Henry William), Sir
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
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