"Good nature" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... not the offspring of mere good nature, nay, it was the reverse; for no sooner did he perceive that the Marchioness looked with an eye of favour upon him, than this conquest, appearing to him to be more easy than the other, he thought it was prudent to take advantage of it, for fear of losing the opportunity, and that he might not have ...
— The Memoirs of Count Grammont, Complete • Anthony Hamilton
... too, and thought himself a paragon of patience and easy good nature for so doing. A Roman Catholic clergyman, in a long black frock, with a low standing collar, and a little white muslin fillet round his neck—tall, sallow, with blue chin, and dark steady eyes—used to glide up and down the stairs, and through ...
— J.S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 • J.S. Le Fanu
... long as you please, of course. But it seems such an absurd abuse of your good nature that I ...
— An Unsocial Socialist • George Bernard Shaw
... not be called a promising pupil. Her intentions were excellent. Her patience and her good nature were unbounded. She was always punctual at her lessons. Neither cold nor storm could keep her away. While she was in the schoolroom, she would resolutely deny herself the pleasure of indulging in more than a dozen episodes on the fashions ...
— Round the Block • John Bell Bouton
... as was to be expected, but he soon regained good nature while Katharine related to him all that her father had once told her of the famous Don Quixote for whom he had nicknamed her. Then, in turn, he pointed out to her the old meeting-house and graveyard, long since disused, where the Marsdenites ...
— The Brass Bound Box • Evelyn Raymond
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