Meaning of kind-hearted | Babel Free

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Alternative spelling of kindhearted.

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“"My dear Lavinia," exclaimed he, earnestly, "you wrong yourself; you are far too kind-hearted to have⟳ any satisfaction in the shame and misery to which keeping back those letters will inevitably expose Lady Marchmont!"”

“A tall, thin, fair-haired man Parkinson, with blonde whiskers and light⟳ blue eyes, of a benevolent expression, like⟳ a weak-minded fox; held in thraldom by a stout, over-dressed wife; churchwarden of his parish, and firmly believed by his vicar to be one of the most conscientious and kindest-hearted of men.”

“She came down the grand staircase with four of her maids behind her—for a notice⟳ had been sent half an hour before of his coming—prepared, no doubt⟳, to meet⟳ a stiff and haughty king; but though Frederick can be every inch a king when he chooses, there is, as you know⟳, no kinder-hearted man alive.”

“The pater is the kindest-hearted old soul, but there are times when he hates me.”

“But the middle one, my good, dear Constanze, is the martyr of the [Weber] family and, probably for that very reason⟳, is the kindest-hearted, the cleverest and, in short, the best of them all.”

“‘You are very different from Madame de Pompadour. She would never have⟳ allowed the Duchesse de Gramont to come⟳ back to Court.’ / ‘Oh . . . the Pompadour. I could never be like⟳ her, so what’s the use⟳ of trying? I can only be what I am.’ / ‘The kindest-hearted lady in the world,’ said Louis.”

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