Part of the "commodiousness" of a building should be how it serves people who may never enter it. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The chief hotel at Sherton – Abbas was an old stone-fronted inn with a yawning arch, under which vehicles were driven by stooping coachmen to back premises of wonderful commodiousness. ❋ Unknown (2006)
We had a pleasing conviction of the commodiousness of civilization, and heartily laughed at the ravings of those absurd visionaries who have attempted to persuade us of the superior advantages of a state of nature. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Having said this in his First Book of Good Deeds, he says again, that both commodiousness and grace pertain to mean or indifferent things, none of which according to them, is profitable. ❋ Unknown (2004)
So in the wood and the hollows he hid a number of archers and spearmen, confident that the commodiousness of the place would allure the Romans. ❋ Plutarch (2003)
The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego. ❋ Unknown (2003)
“The boundless extent of territory we possess, the wholesome temperament of our climate, the luxuriance and fertility of our soil, the variety of our products, the rapidity of the growth of our population, the industry of our countrymen, and the commodiousness of our ports” had caused “a jealousy of our dawning splendor.” ❋ Richard Brookhiser (1999)
The harbors are very marvels of commodiousness, that of Port Jackson, the entrance to Sydney, being fifteen miles long. ❋ Various (N/A)
Agricola by men of experience, that never had any captain more sagely chosen his stations for commodiousness and situation; for that no place of strength founded by him, was ever taken by violence, or abandoned upon articles or despair. ❋ Caius Cornelius Tacitus (N/A)
Catalina, nor did the buildings seem of as great size and commodiousness. ❋ Annie T. Colcock (N/A)
It is all that can be desired for commodiousness and as a station for ships making the voyage from the Philippines, sailing whence they make a landfall on this coast. ❋ Helen Elliott Bandini (N/A)
In the succeeding year, he rebuilt the warehouse and factory on a greatly enlarged scale, and has since still further enlarged and improved the buildings, until, in size and commodiousness, they are not excelled in the city. ❋ Maurice [Unknown Role] Joblin (N/A)
The discovery of Port Lincoln was in itself an event of consequence, since it is a harbour of singular commodiousness and beauty, and would, did it but possess a more prolific territory at its back, be a maritime station of no small importance. ❋ Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 (1914)
For beauty of situation, commodiousness of buildings, and completeness of outfit for the work, this institution is unsurpassed by any school for the colored people west of the Mississippi. ❋ G. F. Richings (1902)
Talking of commodiousness, it's quite large enough, too. ❋ Unknown (1897)
It is a beautiful ship; like a fine yacht in its spacious commodiousness. ❋ Unknown (1891)
For my part, I never saw in England any appurtenance of civilization, calculated to add to the convenience and commodiousness of existence, that did not seem to me to surpass anything of the kind that we have in this country. ❋ Julian Hawthorne (1890)
We had a pleasing conviction of the commodiousness of civilization, and heartily laughed at the ravings of those absurd visionaries who have attempted to persuade us of the superior advantages of a state of nature [982]. ❋ Boswell, James, 1740-1795 (1887)
