Why, till now, has she seemed to regard me with that sweet amenity which was so flattering to hope?
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
He saluted me, however, with a smile of benevolence and the greatest amenity.
"The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Volume VI. Being the Historic Memoirs of the Court of Louis XIV."
Madame La Marquise De Montespan
Referring to one of the ports that he entered he wrote to the Spanish Sovereigns thus: The amenity of this river, and the clearness of the water, through which the sand at the bottom may be seen; the multitude of palm trees of various forms, the highest and most beautiful that I have met with, and an infinity of other great and green trees; the birds in rich plumage and the verdure of the fields, render this country of such marvellous beauty that it surpasses all others in charms and graces, as the day doth the night in lustre.
"Cuba, Old and New"
Albert Gardner Robinson