Yet though at first she was silent, inclined to listen to Alfred, to hope that something in his tones would soothe her enemy fears, soon she could not help following Julien's mood.
I wouldn't climb by windows or invent a wild tale to soothe them, but open the door and shut the door, and be gone.
I burst into tears as Dick said this, when Motakee, coming up, tried, in a gentle way, to soothe me.
Mr. Temple was standing beside her trying to soothe her, telling her it was all over.
Then one night, when he had sent his heart and hope and longing out upon the wings of music through the night, I asked him to help me soothe the wakefulness of Leon Coventry.
Yet, for all his pity, he had now resolved never to soothe her with the knowledge of what he knew, nor to deliver the message sent by her false lover.
In a moment Sylvia had sprung up from her seat, and was running in to soothe and comfort her mother's troubled fancies.
The cow was dancing about at the roar, and dazzle, and heat of the fire; but Daniel knew how to soothe her, and in a few minutes he had a rope round her neck, and led her gently out from the scene of her alarm.
They generally ended their formal letters with as formal a summary of Monkshaven news; but there was never a mention of the Robsons, and that of itself was well, but it did not soothe Philip's impatient curiosity.
No reports are more readily believed than those which disparage genius and soothe envy of conscious mediocrity.
Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, / Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
When lovely woman stoops to folly / And finds, too late, that men betray, / What charm can soothe her melancholy?
She set out at once towards the village, her mind filled now with the effort to soothe the little dark creature, and with wondering how she should win some woman to be good to it.
It was the well-remembered voice again, and the mere sound was half enough to soothe Tessa.
Romola's experience in the haunts of death and disease made thought and action prompt: she lifted the little living child, and in trying to soothe it on her bosom, still bent to look at the bodies and see if they were really dead.
Much alarmed, Violet caressed her, and tried to soothe her with gentle words, and at last they unlocked her lips.
She was perfectly conscious, but so much fluttered and agitated by Theodora's own proceedings, that it was with great difficulty that Arthur could soothe and tranquillize her on her baby's account.
Weeping was so unusual with her that Lady Martindale was much terrified, sent Theodora away and did her utmost to soothe and caress her; but her strength and spirits were broken, and that night she had another stroke.
But can her fairest form, her sweetest song, Soothe thee, assailed by calumny and wrong!
Still let us gaze, And image every form of heartfelt joy Which scenes like these bestow, that charm the sight, Yet soothe the spirit.
Airs of delight, that soothethe aching sense; 12 Waters of health, that through yon caverns glide; Oh!
Yet many a look back on thy hills I cast, And many a softened image of the past Sadly combine, and bid remembrance keep, To soothe me with fair scenes, and fancies rude, When I pursue my path in solitude.
If he might only take her in his arms, and draw her head to his shoulder, and hold her there, and soothe her!
Know I can soothe thee, please and marry thee To my illusions.
How we are taught all our lives that we should live so as not to fear death; how we have priests and sacraments to soothe the dying man, and give him hope and courage, and how the crown and summit of our creed is that we should die easily.
The last four of these are good, but the last is the best, and these are some of her qualities: 'She should fan and soothe her master to sleep, and sit by him near the bed on which he lies.
Mademoiselle saw my displeasure, and hastened at once to soothe and dissipate it.
I placed my arm around her, remonstrated with her for this ill-advised proceeding, and was trying to soothe her, when she hastily gave me a letter.
Captain Hayward took the boy up in his arms and strove to soothe him, and gain some information from him.
Everything meanwhile was done to soothe the wounded pride of the conquered.
I should not be surprised if Roosevelt's rejection of the treaty was resolved upon chiefly to soothe his dear friend John Hay in his illness.
Her heart was so full she could not restrain her tears, and the more I tried to make light of it or to soothe her, the more she was overcome.
She did not care for a brilliant marriage; she was eminently a woman calculated to soothe and sweeten the life of any man; decidedly pretty, if not absolutely handsome.
You are bound, it is your DUTY to 'raise' her; you must go off somewhere again to soothe and pacify her.
No sooner did she catch sight of him than she burst into tears; but when he tried to soothe her she began to laugh.
I tried tosoothe her by reading the Apocalypse aloud.
He felt instinctively that some such well-sounding humbug, brought out at the proper moment, would soothe the old man's feelings, and would be specially acceptable to such a man in such a position.
But whittling had always been a favorite occupation with Tubby; somehow it seemed to soothe him and cause his thoughts to flow more smoothly.
For some time she listened and tried to soothe the princess; but when she saw that she would not be comforted, she said to her: 'Your father loves you very dearly, as you know.
This annoyed the merchant very much, so, to soothe him, Bobino said: 'Would you like me to explain to you what the sparrows are saying to each other?
What hath brought thee so far from the exercises and so nigh the gates, Mistress Faith, now that there is no oversea gallant to soothe thy ears with lying speech and light declarations.
Calm me, my God, and keep me calm, Soft resting on Thy breast; Soothe me with holy hymn and psalm, And bid my spirit rest.
But they said she found words to cheer and soothe him.
Again he saw her as she leaned over to soothe the child, and, raising it in her arms, hushed it upon her breast.
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