This proposal has its origin in a public meeting, held in Sydney on the 11th instant, at which resolutions were passed invoking the assistance of the Government, and it is recommended to favourable consideration at the present moment by the circumstance that Mr. Gregory, who recently returned from a successful exploration in the same direction, has intimated his willingness to undertake the conduct of the proposed Expedition.

But her apparent willingness to think well of a spirit so inventive, and so machinating, is a happy prognostic for me.

Sweet are the joys that come with willingness.

But the first conflict over, whether the following may not be weaker and weaker, till willingness ensue, is the point to be tried.

One hand stuck in my side, the other extended to encourage her bashful approachKiss me, love!sweet, as Jack Belford says, are the joys that come with willingness.

What rendered this display of the master-passion somewhat remarkable, was the fact that our hero had, on several occasions, conversed with the invalid, concealing no material feature of his case, and the latter had expressed his expectation of a fatal termination, if not an absolute willingness to die.

" Miss Lavinia having, by a solemn movement of the head, indicated her willingness to languish without her hostess' society for a short period, Miss Sallianna rose, and made her exit from the apartment, with upraised eyes and gently smiling lips.

Mr. Ralph Ashley several times stated his willingness to subscribe to any views, opinions or conclusions which Miss Fanny desired him to, and finally placed his fingers in his ears.

In him I found much sympathy, and a willingness to co-operate with me.

He expressed also his willingness to afford me any assistance in his power in the prosecution of my pursuits.

The friendship of individuals, their unselfish devotion to each other, their willingness to die in each other's stead, are the most tender and touching of human records; they are the inspiration of youth and the solace of age; but nothing human is so beautiful and sublime as two great peoples of alien race and language.

But with advancing light and the experience of depreciated currency from the multiplication of State banks, Clay had changed his views, exposing himself to the charge of inconsistency; which, however, he met with engaging candor, claiming rather credit for his ability and willingness to see the change of public needs.

Come, you are wantons both: If I were absent, You would with as much willingness traduce

docility &c (willingness) 602; aptitude &c 698.

Willingness N. willingness, voluntariness &c adj.^; willing mind, heart.

Willingness N. willingness, voluntariness &c adj.^; willing mind, heart.

At first the commissioners expressed a willingness to [Footnote 1: Claren.

If upon seeing it he is willing to assume the responsibility of paying it when due, he signifies his willingness by writing across the face of the draft the word "accepted," with the date of presentation and his name.

Such flexibility was naturally much helped by his amiable feeling towards woman, whose nervous system, he was convinced, would not bear the continuous strain of difficult topics; and also by his willingness to contribute a song whenever the same desultory charmer proposed music.

They might have played the part of an Isidor of Seville or a Vincent of Beauvais brilliantly, and the willingness to write everything themselves would have been strictly in place.

Mr. Colquhoun came up expressly to London, and after an interview with Mr. Murray, who again expressed his willingness to mediate with the Edinburgh publishers, Mr. Colquhoun repeated his final decision, and

She dutifully expressed her willingness to do whatever her father wished, so the king granted the request of Pusong, who was immediately married to Isabel.

So true it is that amusement and instruction are always at hand for those who have skill and willingness to find them; and, so just is the observation of Juvenal, that a single house will shew whatever is done or suffered in the world.

It was my first encounter with the Establishment's view of the Press, and of the willingness of that part of the state's press to permit such a relationship.

"We should all be very grateful for your willingness to go.