Meaning of sweet-heartedness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being sweet-hearted.

uncountable

Examples

“What ails it them though I be soft or hard? / Soft hearts would weep⟳ and weep⟳ and let⟳ men die⟳ / For very mercy and sweet-heartedness; / I that weep⟳ little for my pity’s sake, / I have⟳ the grace to save⟳ men.”

“Thou sayest, too, that a crime breeds evil, but therein thou dost lack experience⟳; for out of crimes come⟳ many good things, and out of good grows much evil. The cruel rage of the tyrant may prove⟳ a blessing to thousands who come⟳ after him, and the sweet-heartedness of a holy man may make⟳ a nation slaves.”

“Her letter lay⟳ on the table beside him, and with it a faded, old-fashioned card photograph of Aunt Eliza, which would have⟳ signified nothing to a stranger, but in seeing which Stephen could call⟳ up vividly the arch smile⟳, the unconscious grace, the pure sweet-heartedness which had made the little old lady so dear to him.”

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