We must understand its native divinity, earthly frailty, malleability, expansions, contractions and its original propensities.
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
Such is the malleability of Au that it has been hammered into sheets not over one-millionth of an inch thick; it is then as transparent as glass.
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams
Both workmen attempting to convert each other into tools, by first trying their respective malleability on the anvil, are liable to be disconcerted by even a slight accident, whenever that proves, to perfect conviction, how little they can depend on each other, and that each party comes to cheat, and not to be cheated!
"Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)"
Isaac Disraeli