Meaning of amable | Babel Free

Definitions

Friendly, pleasant.

obsolete

Examples

“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.”

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