"Soothingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... in loverly vein, and Cally was able to answer soothingly. She mentioned that she would probably withdraw from the dinner, too; so that even mamma's table would not be upset at all. He would be much missed, of course. The suggestion emerged, or perhaps it was ...
— V. V.'s Eyes • Henry Sydnor Harrison
... she began, soothingly; "you do not realize what you are saying. Of course, I know it is all very wrong to deceive a girl in any such way, be she high or low, rich or poor. But just consider how you are situated. You say that your hus—that Sir William has your marriage certificate, and you have nothing to prove ...
— Virgie's Inheritance • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
... love-match; they liked a household which combined the advantages of royalty and virtue, and in which they seemed to see, reflected as in some resplendent looking-glass, the ideal image of the very lives they led themselves. Their own existences, less exalted, but oh! so soothingly similar, acquired an added excellence, an added succulence, from the early hours, the regularity, the plain tuckers, the round games, the roast beef and Yorkshire pudding oft Osborne. It was indeed ...
— Queen Victoria • Lytton Strachey
... Mrs. Willoughby, soothingly, in the tone of a nurse appeasing a fretful child. "You ...
— The American Baron • James De Mille
... hand respectfully over the Angel's mouth. "Oh, sir!" he said soothingly, "do not spoil this charming moment. Hark! He is giving her a decree nisi, with costs. To-morrow it will be in all the papers, for it helps to sell them. See! She is withdrawing; we can now go." And he disengaged the ...
— Another Sheaf • John Galsworthy
... side, and, placing her arm about the little girl's waist, said soothingly, "Don't cry, and don't tell us anything you don't wish to tell. I am so glad you came at all. The early part of the year I thought we were going to be friends. I am sorry I hurt your feelings on the night of the sophomore reception. I told you so ...
— Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College • Jessie Graham Flower
... a fool could find it in his heart to make fun of boys who display as much earnestness as you youngsters showed to-day," Spencer replied soothingly. ...
— The Grammar School Boys of Gridley - or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving • H. Irving Hancock
... said Caliste, soothingly, "weep not for me, dear Victorine. Alas! if you but knew the feelings of my heart only a moment back, you would loath me, and cast me from you. Ah! shall I ...
— The Young Lord and Other Tales - to which is added Victorine Durocher • Camilla Toulmin
... soothingly. "Do not take on like this! God's ways are inscrutable; perchance He has broken the match ...
— Tales of Bengal • S. B. Banerjea
... part, and anon he began to whimper, and cry about his Mamma, who, he shrewdly enough remarked, might cause his Estate to be sequestrated under the Act against Alienation of Lands by Popish Recusants, and so rob the Monks of their prey. And then, being soothingly addressed by Mr. Hodge, he admitted that the Friars were for the greater part Beggars and Thieves; and before supper-time we obtained an easy permission from him to drive those Pestilent Gentry from the doors, and deny him on every occasion when they ...
— The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 • George Augustus Sala
... said the masked man, soothingly; "no harm is meant you. My mask won't hurt you. I merely don't want you to recognize me to-morrow, should we chance to meet. My bride will be masked, too, and you will marry us by our Christian names alone. Hers is Mary; mine ...
— The Unseen Bridgegroom - or, Wedded For a Week • May Agnes Fleming
... which this remark was given led Ringfield to say soothingly, "I am sure you are—it is, I mean. I am ...
— Ringfield - A Novel • Susie Frances Harrison
... all right," said the station-master soothingly. "You keep your eye open," he said to Mrs. Bagley. "Iff'n you see anything out of line, you come right back and me and the missus will give you a lift. But he's all right. Nothin' goin' on up there that I know of. Fred Riordan—he's ...
— The Fourth R • George Oliver Smith
... they'll be along soon," the captain said soothingly, to Charley, who was nervously pacing back and forth, his face ...
— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely
... riots are generated by Fourth of July Seymourite speeches and by the long uninterrupted series of incendiary articles in New York papers, like World, etc., and in Boston, where emasculated parasites as Hilliard, a Cain Curtis etc., soothingly tried their hands to disgrace their city and to mislead the people. All the Lincoln-Seward-Halleck actions cannot excuse these riots ...
— Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 • Adam Gurowski
... is safe under nubbins in the garret, unless the house burns down, and now that you are up here, you had better stay," she added soothingly, as she hastened by him to ...
— Twilight Stories • Various
... servant, soothingly, "I'm sorry for it, and for you too, Miss! But, oh! do please to remember it was you left the cage on the table, ...
— Basil • Wilkie Collins
... actually laid his head on the cabin table, and remained in that crushed attitude while Heyst talked to him soothingly with the utmost courtesy. The Swede was as much distressed as Morrison; for he understood the other's feelings perfectly. No decent feeling was ever scorned by Heyst. But he was incapable of outward cordiality of manner, and he felt acutely his defect. Consummate politeness is not the right ...
— Victory • Joseph Conrad
... soothingly, his cheek against her fair hair. "Well, what is it, kiddie? Let's hear! One of the youngsters in trouble, what? ...
— The Bars of Iron • Ethel May Dell
... the clinging arms, and kissed them, and set the half-weeping child back in her place. "There, there, there!" he said, soothingly. "What a little tempest ...
— Captain January • Laura E. Richards
... Mr Shank; I have long, long pitied you," said Mary, soothingly. "You are not what you were; you mourn your past life, and you know the way by which you can be reconciled ...
— Ned Garth - Made Prisoner in Africa. A Tale of the Slave Trade • W. H. G. Kingston
... soothingly; "you will feel better in a moment. Remember there is nothing to be afraid of. There is nobody here who will ...
— Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories • Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
... young man soothingly, taking her withered hands between his own, "I did but the duty of ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 • Various
... kind in Rollo to speak soothingly and pleasantly to Nathan; though, if he had reflected how much goodness depends upon the state of the heart, he would not have supposed that Nathan was yet a good boy. In fact, when he saw that Rollo was coming back again, and was ...
— Rollo's Experiments • Jacob Abbott
... said. "Well, of all things! Where have you been all this while? Yes, I know," she added soothingly, as the stranger made a sign to speak. "Never mind; we'll talk about it to-morrow. Go to sleep now and get ...
— Children of the Tenements • Jacob A. Riis
... her cheek, and the sound of the air, as it rustled the leaves, and the breath of the flower-scented meadows fell soothingly upon her senses; and as she looked up into the starry sky, with its myriads of gleaming lights, and recalled the story, she felt within herself that indeed she was a little princess as well as Alice, and that far above all the glory of the heavens her ...
— Little Alice's Palace - or, The Sunny Heart • Anonymous
... the goad waves, and the voice grows more distinct and sharper still, "Back, sir! Back, I say! Further back!"—and back he goes to the position of December, 1847, at which the goad is still, and the voice soothingly ...
— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln
... soothingly, "no doubt you will soon have food—this can't go on forever, this barrenness of the woods; I'm sorry for you, for once I had nothing to eat for days and days. That was ten seasons of the Calf-gathering ...
— The Outcasts • W. A. Fraser
... said Ingleborough soothingly to the two steeds. "Don't you know that we've got a couple of patent foreign rifles, and that they would be more than a match for ...
— A Dash from Diamond City • George Manville Fenn
... for, poor fellow, he did not grasp a word. He knew that the man by his side had been with him a great deal, and nursed and helped him, speaking soothingly when he was at his worst—every one else seemed strange; and without a word he smiled sadly in Pete's face and took ...
— Nic Revel - A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land • George Manville Fenn
... yielded, and lay looking at his new attendant, till he dozed off into unconsciousness. Waking then after a while, hot and restless, his nurse brought water and a sponge and began sponging his face and neck and hands; gently and soothingly; and kept up the exercise until restlessness abated, breaths of satisfied content came at easy intervals; and finally Mr. Copley slumbered off peacefully, and knew no more. When he awoke the sun was shining on the oaks of Brierley Park. ...
— The End of a Coil • Susan Warner
... not," I answered soothingly, "though a girl as beautiful as you are is sure to attract men, and is quite as sure to have little affairs. But they are of no more importance than a laugh and ...
— The Touchstone of Fortune • Charles Major
... Ross, was now warmly human. "Hardy, man!" The major's hands were on the bandaged body, lifting it, easing the head and shoulders back against his arm. "It's all right, Hardy. You're back—safe. This is the base, Hardy." He spoke slowly, soothingly, with the steadiness one would use to ...
— The Time Traders • Andre Norton
... over the falls; he now rested in such a cove. He had battled furiously with fury itself; now he was soothingly touched by the tide of gentler emotions. He did not think; rather he dreamed. He had looked for the light the other day and had found it everywhere. Now, most of all did it seem to be within himself. We see the outside world as we carry it ...
— Wolf Breed • Jackson Gregory
... with a comforting touch, patted her withered cheek soothingly, lifted her tenderly to her place by his side, and put ...
— The House Behind the Cedars • Charles W. Chesnutt
... of you to come," said Jean soothingly. "But, Mhor, don't worry Mr. Reid. Everybody hasn't ...
— Penny Plain • Anna Buchan (writing as O. Douglas)
... nurse, came softly and lightly down the stairs and found Frank Merriwell pacing the library floor, while Bart Hodge and Elsie Bellwood talked to him soothingly. ...
— Frank Merriwell's Son - A Chip Off the Old Block • Burt L. Standish
... well! But is it good taste, is it good taste? That's the Question.' Mr Rugg was so soothingly persuasive as to be quite pathetic. 'I was almost going to say, is it good feeling? This is an extensive affair of yours; and your remaining here where a man can come for a pound or two, is remarked upon ...
— Little Dorrit • Charles Dickens
... aimlessly hastened up the line, and who seemed now verging on hysterics—the major's wife. It was Mrs. Graham who rebukefully sent her own braw young brood scurrying homeward through the gathering dusk, and then possessed herself of Mrs. Plume. "The shock has unnerved you," she charitably, soothingly whispered: "Come away with me," but the major's wife refused to go. Hart, the big post trader, had just reached the spot, driving up in his light buckboard. His usually jovial face was full of sympathy and trouble. He could not believe the news, he said. Mr. ...
— An Apache Princess - A Tale of the Indian Frontier • Charles King
... muffled sob behind her, turned to see the tears running down Georgina's face. The next instant she was up, and with her arms around the child, was gently pushing her ahead of her out of the room, into the hall. With the door shut behind her she said soothingly: ...
— Georgina of the Rainbows • Annie Fellows Johnston
... an instant in alarm at the sudden and unexpected vehemence of his manner, "Go slow, old man; go slow," he said, soothingly. "Of course, you'll do with your own as you like." Then, as if changing the subject, he went on cheerfully: "Perhaps you'll wonder why I picked out that spot on the hillside. Well, first, because I reserved it after my strike in case the lead should run that way, but it didn't. Next, because ...
— A Millionaire of Rough-and-Ready • Bret Harte
... some of the girls standing near; "you are cruel, Ada." But at that moment a slim hand touched Nellie's arm, and a merry voice said soothingly, "Never mind her, Nellie; we all know she is not responsible for her statements at times. Her brain is a little defective on one point," and Winnie's great eyes shot a mischievous glance at ...
— Aunt Judith - The Story of a Loving Life • Grace Beaumont
... enough," Mrs. Bateson said soothingly: "a truer word than that never was spoken. But I wish you could borrow some of Master Christopher's roses—I do, indeed. For my part, I like to see little girls with a bit of colour in their cheeks; it looks more cheerful-like, ...
— The Farringdons • Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler
... said, soothingly; "play pretty and don't kick and scream. Burleson was going with us to see the old year out at the Cafe Gigolette, but he's got laryngitis or some similar species ...
— The Common Law • Robert W. Chambers
... says in confession of his perplexity," I called out, soothingly. "He writes: 'It took me twenty years to arrive at my present conviction—nay! to make one last confession. I am not yet absolutely and irremediably convinced. In spite of the astounding phenomena which I have witnessed during my sixty experiments with Eusapia, I have ...
— The Shadow World • Hamlin Garland
... Thomasin soothingly. "It is only that he loves her too well. Look at it quietly—do. It is not so very bad of him. Do you know, I thought it not the worst match he could have made. Miss Vye's family is a good one on her mother's side; and her father ...
— The Return of the Native • Thomas Hardy
... Beware of the wandering horse that he shall not take fright as you pass him. Do not explode the exhaust box at him. Go soothingly by, or stop by the roadside till he gently ...
— Flash-lights from the Seven Seas • William L. Stidger
... the physician, half coldly, half soothingly. "What should ail me to harm this misbegotten and miserable babe? The medicine is potent for good, and were it my child—yea, mine own, as well as thine! I could do no better ...
— The Scarlet Letter • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... Just go to sleep again, my dear fellow," said Sir Evered, soothingly, placing his hand upon his patient's brow. "Don't try and think. ...
— The White Lie • William Le Queux
... you were, and it was of more importance than looking after a brat like me," replied I, soothingly, for I really never had the idea that my father could have showed ...
— Poor Jack • Frederick Marryat
... at the schools,' he returned, soothingly, 'I left her with Mrs. Grey—they will be here directly; but, Crystal, my darling, before they come in I want to have a little talk with you. You are better now, are you not? I want to tell you what I have decided ...
— Wee Wifie • Rosa Nouchette Carey
... soothingly to a seat, and took a chair by her side. Not a word had yet been spoken by either of them; only a murmur of sympathy on the part of Endymion. Lady ...
— Endymion • Benjamin Disraeli
... said soothingly. "It's decided—tomorrow. And we'll have a perfectly lovely wedding trip," he planned cheerfully, to draw her mind from her mood. "On the car going North I'll get a whole drawing-room. I've always wanted a drawing-room, ...
— Birthright - A Novel • T.S. Stribling
... think she'll stay long," Micky said soothingly. "It won't do her any harm to see how she likes it. ...
— The Phantom Lover • Ruby M. Ayres
... old fellow," said Dick soothingly. "Remember it's their game, not ours, and as it makes them feel good, it's all the better for us. Since they've beaten us, they're apt to like us ...
— The Last of the Chiefs - A Story of the Great Sioux War • Joseph Altsheler
... soothingly, he followed the animal, which, after its first flight, seemed gentle enough, and secured the end of the twenty-foot lariat that dragged after him in the grass. It required him but a few moments to contrive the rope into an ingenious nose-bridle, after the style of ...
— Roads of Destiny • O. Henry
... I don't know how far you were justified," he began, soothingly. "And the general himself may not be exactly informed. Those people have been deafening ...
— A Set of Six • Joseph Conrad
... Everard became conscious of a domestic atmosphere that told soothingly upon his nerves. The little servant who opened to him exhibited a gentle, noiseless demeanour which was no doubt the result of careful discipline. Micklethwaite himself, who at once came out into the passage, gave ...
— The Odd Women • George Gissing
... Jose for so interpreting the race, or for the anger that blazed in his eyes for the pursuer, even while his lips parted in a smile at the coming of the girl. He reined in protectingly between her and the approaching Jack, and spoke soothingly because of ...
— The Gringos • B. M. Bower
... "No," returned John, soothingly, "he isn't a curmudgeon. But he's a very peculiar man. He's a Spartan, and he lacks imagination. It has simply never entered his head that I could need an allowance. And, if you come to that, I can't say that I positively do. I have a tiny patrimony—threepence a week, or so—enough ...
— My Friend Prospero • Henry Harland
... him soothingly, "Lo, the people love me, and I will see that thou art saved; for verily thou hast been friendly to me, and done me ...
— The Pilgrims Of The Rhine • Edward Bulwer-Lytton
... take from you the life you know not how to use." And then, as though in answer to this, another voice, low, soft, sweet, that his heart knew well—another voice filling the interspaces of the others with unseen music, whispered to him soothingly—"It shall be given you again, use it better; awake, use it better, it ...
— St. Winifred's - The World of School • Frederic W. Farrar
... Dave, soothingly. "Whoa, Jerry! Whoa, Bill!" And thus he continued to talk to the team while the sleigh bumped along through the deep snow ...
— Dave Porter and His Double - The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune • Edward Stratemeyer
... soothingly. And to me he added in a murmured whisper, "He's afraid. He was blown up in a mine in No Man's Land between the trenches at Christmas-time in 1914. It broke ...
— Frenzied Fiction • Stephen Leacock
... is, the air is so pretty, the women sang so softly and sleepily, the music sounded so soothingly as we glided along the water, that I felt in a pleasant half-dreamy state of perfect contentment, and was sorry when, arriving at the landing-place, we had to return to a carriage and civilized life, with nothing ...
— Life in Mexico • Frances Calderon de la Barca
... not fear," said he soothingly, bending forward and patting her forearm. "We shall soon set matters right, I have no doubt. You have come in by ...
— The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
... exclaimed Mollie, as the driver drew in the rearing horses and spoke to them soothingly. "Come on, girls," she added, making ready to jump out. "I'm going to remove myself from this buckboard before one of those horses decides to sit ...
— The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle - Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run • Laura Lee Hope
... bent her head lower over the sofa, and he went on speaking earnestly and soothingly, ...
— Garman and Worse - A Norwegian Novel • Alexander Lange Kielland
... never got more than a third of them right and the teacher has marked him away down; but one cannot keep resolutions without some inconvenience. Peter has never played tit-tat-x in church or got drunk and says it wasn't as bad as he expected. (PETER, INDIGNANTLY: "I never said it." CECILY, SOOTHINGLY: "Now, Peter, Bev only meant that as a joke.") Sara Ray has never talked any mean gossip, but does not find conversation as interesting as it used to be. (SARA RAY, WONDERINGLY: "I don't remember of ...
— The Golden Road • Lucy Maud Montgomery
... Northumberland and Durham,' said Jane soothingly. It was almost impossible to believe that it could really hurt people much to be scalped so far away ...
— Five Children and It • E. Nesbit
... I know," said Mrs. Farquharson soothingly. "Your mother knew what he thought. Often and often she told me she wished she could find a way to make Sir Peter not think so hard of her. 'Oh, Farquharson,' says she, 'he thinks I snared Robert. If ...
— Old Valentines - A Love Story • Munson Aldrich Havens
... available, pleasant, or useful: his ideas respecting all landscape being not uncharacteristially summed, finally, by Pallas herself; when, meeting Ulysses, who after his long wandering does not recognize his own country, and meaning to describe it as politely and soothingly as possible, she says:[108]—"This Ithaca of ours is, indeed, a rough country enough, and not good for driving in; but, still, things might be worse: it has plenty of corn, and good wine, and always rain, and soft nourishing ...
— Selections From the Works of John Ruskin • John Ruskin
... could not help relaxing the grip of outraged law, and patting the young man's shoulder soothingly as it rose and fell. He had no fit weapons of roughness and oppression with which to oppose this child-like grief; he could only fight tears ...
— The Ghost Ship • Richard Middleton
... dear; it will soon be better," said the housekeeper soothingly. "But you must do exactly what I tell you, and be very patient ...
— Glyn Severn's Schooldays • George Manville Fenn
... curse. "Why can't we see them?" they muttered through their teeth. The sergeant was still frigid. He answered soothingly as if he were directly reprehensible for this behavior of the enemy. "Wait a moment. You will soon be able to see them. There! Give it to them!" A little skirt of black figures had appeared in a field. It was really like shooting at an upright needle from ...
— Men, Women, and Boats • Stephen Crane
... forlorn waif of humanity, kissing its pale small face, and pressing it soothingly to her warm, full breast. She looked quite beautiful in that Madonna-like attitude of protection and love,— her gold hair drooping against the slim whiteness of her throat,—her deep blue eyes full of ...
— Temporal Power • Marie Corelli
... go to the house," Godfrey suggested, soothingly. "We all need a bracer. Then we can talk. Don't ...
— The Gloved Hand • Burton E. Stevenson
... soothingly, "you must not excite yourself about a mere trifle. You know it is no uncommon thing, and the public don't resent it; they would be most unreasonable if they did. Singers are but mortal like themselves. No, no, you must put that ...
— Prince Fortunatus • William Black
... the mayor, soothingly. "I was finding things out, anyway. It would have been just the same ...
— A Woman for Mayor - A Novel of To-day • Helen M. Winslow
... put out, and no wonder!" returned Mr. Trinder, soothingly; and he stood quite still on the gravel path, and fixed his keen little eyes on the two young creatures before him,—Nan, with her pale cheeks and sad eyes, and Phillis, alert, irritated, full of repressed energy. "Dear, dear! what a pity!" groaned ...
— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey
... done him any harm?" the doctor asked, soothingly. "Who would have harmed the poor ...
— A Sheaf of Corn • Mary E. Mann
... its home 'neath an ever calm sky, Near streams wherein crown-jewels sleep,— And there it reposeth: while soothingly nigh, Some loved one, perchance, doth most wooingly sigh, As ...
— Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) • Various
... her first-born, her only child, was dead. Next day they buried him, as is frequently the custom in Kentucky, beneath a large shade tree in the garden. Many words of sympathy were spoken to the bereaved mother, but none fell so soothingly on her ear as did those of Dr. Lacey, who was present at the funeral, and led the weeping ...
— Tempest and Sunshine • Mary J. Holmes
... to the child-wife's eyes as she clasped her arms about us soothingly, assuring us that she was still our sister, and would care for us. Nevertheless, she and her husband slipped away soon on horseback, and we were told that we were to stay at our neighbor's until they returned ...
— The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate • Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
... don't you see it? I have it here," answered Mr. Bee, soothingly, pointing to two little yellow bundles ...
— Harper's Young People, April 20, 1880 - An Illustrated Weekly • Various
... de Chatillard," said Father Drouillard soothingly. "You speak of old, old times and old, ...
— The Sun Of Quebec - A Story of a Great Crisis • Joseph A. Altsheler
... means for a fool," said the emperor, soothingly; "but if you show the men that golden ducat they will wait patiently until you cook them another dinner. Your husband can buy himself a fine holiday suit ...
— Joseph II. and His Court • L. Muhlbach
... brushed her hand soothingly across his brow. "Don't you understand? It is I, Frona. ...
— A Daughter of the Snows • Jack London
... doctor who carried the baby, after all, for she cried at sight of Jeff. She was ready to cry at sight of any strange face, poor little frightened child! But Doctor Churchill held her so tenderly and spoke so soothingly that ...
— The Second Violin • Grace S. Richmond
... man, laying his hand soothingly on Lynde's arm, and looking at him steadily. "Everything will be satisfactorily explained by ...
— The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel • Thomas Bailey Aldrich
... a week since I had the greatest gratification of its kind I ever, I think, experienced:—so kind a thought, so sweet a surprise as was my dearest father's visit! How softly and soothingly it has rested ...
— Highways and Byways in Surrey • Eric Parker
... other, soothingly. "You ask me to relieve you of the embarrassment of this matter. I quite agree with Mrs. Abbott that there is too much ignorance about these things, but she must recognise, I am sure, that this is not the proper moment for enlightening Mrs. ...
— Sylvia's Marriage • Upton Sinclair
... the trainer soothingly. "Here you are, Tim. Take his feet. And you get your arm under his middle, Martin. So! Careful of the shoulder, boys. He's got a ...
— Left Guard Gilbert • Ralph Henry Barbour
... I didn't mean to hurt you," soothingly. "But you make me feel, somehow, as if I had been doing something wrong to you, and you know I wouldn't, Dan. We were all ...
— Joyce's Investments - A Story for Girls • Fannie E. Newberry
... pleading stung even through his selfishness and loathing. He thought of his wife's indifference! Yes, he might be driven to this, and at least he must secure the only witness against his previous misconduct. "We will see," he said soothingly, gently loosening her hands. "We must talk it over." He stopped as his old suspiciousness returned. "But you must have some friends," he said searchingly, "some one ...
— Openings in the Old Trail • Bret Harte
... now," Mr. Reardon replied soothingly. He stepped round to the back of the mate and permitted his trusty monkey wrench to slip down into his hand. "But if ye continue to look in that direction, Misther Schultz, ye'll see not wan ...
— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne
... right," said Inspector Chippenfield soothingly. "I understand your scruples. They do you credit. But an honest man like you doesn't want to shield a criminal from justice—least ...
— The Hampstead Mystery • John R. Watson
... afraid," said her husband, soothingly, "It is as George says. Nothing but justice and kindness is needed to render these wild people firm ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 11, No. 65, March, 1863 • Various
... Raymond," answered his companion, soothingly; "believe me, neither Molineux, nor Middlemore, nor St. Clair, meant anything beyond a jest. I can assure you they did not, for when you quitted us they asked me to go in search of you, but the assembly then commencing to beat, I was compelled to hasten to my company, nor have I had an ...
— The Canadian Brothers - or The Prophecy Fulfilled • John Richardson
... herself and she took the little creature in her arms and rocked and hushed it, at the same time fighting with her own sobs, brushing away her tears with a fold of the baby's dress and trying to speak to it soothingly. But she was utterly unnerved, and the tears and sobs kept coming back even while she spoke those ...
— A Beautiful Alien • Julia Magruder |
