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To pose a worthy senator as Saint Paul, and a dashing lady of the Court as the Holy Virgin, was most gratifying to the phrenological development of approbativeness of the said senator and lady.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Hubbard, Elbert

Then, to tickle the approbativeness of the slave, it was declared a virtue not to work on Sunday, a most pleasing bit of Tom Sawyer diplomacy.

From Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others by Hubbard, Elbert

The only long word I brought away from childhood was approbativeness.

From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John

The printer's lad was plainly not lacking in the bump of approbativeness, or the quality of self-assertiveness.

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

I was greatly impressed when he remarked that I had a large bump of approbativeness and would sometime be an editor.

From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John