numerousness
Americannoun
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Yet another source of corruption in legislation is to be found in the mere numerousness of the States themselves.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Robinson, Harry Perry
FOURTH, A discovery of its inhabitants, their quality and numerousness.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John
I say, then, that small sins, by reason of their numerousness, have a terrible accumulative power.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes by Maclaren, Alexander
Finally, the revelation of the seven thousand—a round number, which expresses the sacredness as well as the numerousness of the elect, hidden ones—rebukes the hasty assumption of his being left alone, 'faithful among the faithless.'
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, and First Book of Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, and Second Kings chapters I to VII by Maclaren, Alexander
And this shortness comes of the numerousness of vowels.
From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)
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