melancholiness

“COX: You know, in your music, there is a certain - and to my mind - I'm going to create this word, I don't know that it exists - a certain "melancholiness" about some of your approaches to music.”

NPR: Andy Bey's 'American Song'

“The days came and went, and after a few months of melancholiness he grew a little bit better.”

The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story

“Not long ago, there were verses in each of three fresh monthlies, from leading authors, and in every one the whole central motif (perfectly serious) was the melancholiness of a marriageable young woman who didn’t get a rich husband, but a poor one!”

Poetry To-Day in America—Shakspere—The Future. Collect

“Formerly two pontifical _gente d'armi_ in full uniform had always stood there amidst a stream of lackeys; and the single servant now on duty seemed by his phantom-like appearance to increase the melancholiness of the vast and gloomy hall.”

The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris

“Formerly two pontifical/gente d'armi/in full uniform had always stood there amidst a stream of lackeys; and the single servant now on duty seemed by his phantom-like appearance to increase the melancholiness of the vast and gloomy hall.”

The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1

“Not long ago, there were verses in each of three fresh monthlies, from leading authors, and in every one the whole central motif (perfectly serious) was the melancholiness of a marriageable young woman who didn't get a rich husband, but a poor one!”

Collect ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose

“Not long ago, there were verses in each of three fresh monthlies, from leading authors, and in every one the whole central _motif_ (perfectly serious) was the melancholiness of a marriageable young woman who didn't get a rich husband, but a poor one!”

Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy