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Those who complain of unhandsomeness themselves laid on him the disagreeable necessity.

From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 by Hunt, Henry

Bating the unhandsomeness of the practice, however, I would ask in what manner does the public suffer by it?

From Life of Adam Smith by Rae, John

There was a choice of risks: the risk of behaving with extraordinary incivility and unhandsomeness to a lady, and the risk of going on a fool’s errand.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis