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Long tenure of estates and little change in the people had given Richmond the venerableness we associate with age.

From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)

Of a Gothic venerableness, it fell upon his breast like a continual iron-gray storm.

From White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War by Melville, Herman

Those who belong to them have all the upstart pride and pettifogging spirit of their present character ingrafted on the venerableness and superstitious sanctity of ancient institutions.

From Table Talk Essays on Men and Manners by Hazlitt, William

Such was her character and reputation, that the belief in her supernatural powers had only heightened the notion of her venerableness.

From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George

Hence the importance, the venerableness of all those mediæval hymns.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Lee, Vernon