Goodnaturedness

Goodnaturedness

See also Cheerfulness.

Goodness (See KINDNESS.)

Booth, Amelia

good-natured heroine. [Br. Lit.: Amelia]

Boythorn, Laurence

amiable, pleasant character. [Br. Lit.: Bleak House]

Cadwallader, Rev. Mr.

pleasant and cheery rector. [Br. Lit.: Middlemarch]

Cheshire Cat

imperturbable cat with perpetual grin. [Br. Lit.: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland]

Coverley, Sir Roger de

soul of amiability. [Br. Lit.: The Spectator, Walsh Modern, 108]

Good Joe

personification for a good-hearted, obliging person. [Pop. Culture: Payton, 278]

Herf, Jimmy

newspaper reporter as everybody’s friend. [Am. Lit.: The Manhattan Transfer]

jasmine

traditional representation of a pleasant nature. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 175]

white mullein

indicates amiability. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 178]

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