Word: tendering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...went very quietly, in order to avoid the pain of separation from his old friends, for, as he often remarked, he was a sensitive man. Even his creditors were grieved at his sudden departure. One of them, a very rough, profane man, whom you would never have suspected of tender sensibilities, is reported to have said that he would just like to get hold of old Sprucewell, Paradise receive him! Only he said something entirely different from Paradise: it was his bluff, honest way. But I wander a little from the purpose of this simple tale...
...voice comes through with tender accent: "Fanny, can I never induce you to treat me fairly? Is it possible that you are utterly impervious to others, that you can go on day after day making hearts ache, and still...
...that he had been a member of the Freshman class here. The chief interest in this case centred around the heart, which the surgeons took especial care to dissect. On cutting away the pericardium, the aorta was found to wear a greenish hue, attributable, I was told, to the tender age of the subject. One lobe was slightly toughened, and I noticed that this hardness was gradually spreading over the whole organ. This symptom, the doctors said, always appears after doses of beer at Carl's and theatre-parties, the heart of the young being very impressionable. On cutting further...
...When you see pianissimo above a bar, does it mean to come to the bar-tender...
Whose sighs are tender, whose eyes are kind...