desirableness
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The moral condition of man, his seeing no desirableness in the object presented to him by the Gospel, Mr. Erskine shews, at great length, to be the grand obstacle to his enjoying it.
From Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 by Scott, A. J. (Alexander John)
The desirableness of Tom as a husband first forced itself upon her attention, and the undesirableness of Ayala as a wife for Tom.
From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony
Mr. Pellew was bound, in consideration of his company, to dwell upon the desirableness of keeping an even mind.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
We have dwelt on one point—the desirableness, if not necessity, of shortness in them—as specially valuable at the time.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George
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)
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