amable

Example Sentences

• "What vtilite is ther, in the carnall bewtye of man? Is not man as drye as hay? And dothe * not his goodly beutye vanyshe awaye, as dothe the shadowe? And when death cōmeth, I pray you tell me, what goodlynesse shall remayne in the bodie? whē ye shall se his body swollē, and turned into all fylthy stynche, and sauer, shall ye not then stop your noose from such vnsauery sauer? And from suche a styn∣kynge bodye? Tell me I praye you where shall his goodly and his amable face be then?"
• "But I muſt ſay, that however amable theſe Men, or any of them, may, poſſibly, appear, in their private Capacities, yet, as Aldermen, they are profeſſed Slaves, to the Miniſtry, and Tyrants, to the CITIZENS."
• "“That shows that parson’s heart be in the right place,” nodded the farmer. “He gives us all to understand at a glance that he reads the words ’cause they are set down for him in the solemn Prayer-book, and hopes that there’s none among his hearers who will hold him responsible as a man for their ungentility.” / “True, sir, true; parson’s an amable gentleman, always ’cepting when the cock he has hatched from the noblest game strain fails him in the first main,” said the blacksmith."
• "Bimeby they chucked me in here where I learns from this poor gang o’ red pals that the amable intention is to let me rot on quarter rations."