l'amiable

The hint was not lost upon me, and I speedily began to faire l'amiable to my charge; and before we reached the supper room, learned certain particulars of her history, which I have not yet forgot.

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 5 Charles James Lever 1839

The hint was not lost upon me, and I speedily began to faire l'amiable to my charge; and before we reached the supper room, learned certain particulars of her history, which I have not yet forgot.

The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete Charles James Lever 1839

Yesterday morning I met Lord FitzGerald, when we walked together, and I begged him to find some expedient for settling _à l'amiable_ the question of Precedence, so as to pacify the Queen if possible, who was much excited about it.

The Greville Memoirs (Second Part) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 (Volume 1 of 3) Charles Greville 1829

After more than one congress, in which all the cosmographical science of the day was put in requisition, the affair was terminated _à l'amiable_ by the Spanish government's relinquishing its pretensions, in consideration of 350,000 ducats, paid by the court of Lisbon.

The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2 William Hickling Prescott 1827