" The expression of Caleb's face was visibly softening while Fred spoke.
It is true that an observer, under that softening influence of the fine arts which makes other people's hardships picturesque, might have been delighted with this homestead called Freeman's End: the old house had dormer-windows in the dark red roof, two of the chimneys were choked with ivy, the large porch was blocked up with bundles of sticks, and half the windows were closed with gray worm-eaten shutters about which the jasmine-boughs grew in wild luxuriance; the mouldering garden wall with ho
" She took a candle into another large parlor, where there was no fire, and setting down the feeble light on the dark mahogany table, turned round to her father, and putting her arms round his neck kissed him with childish kisses which he delighted in,—the expression of his large brows softening as the expression of a great beautiful dog softens when it is caressed.
" Then forming his features into a set smile, and affectedly softening his voice, he added, with a simpering air, "Have you been long in Bath, madam?
Bush, said the flurry of diplomatic activity had already led South Korea, Russia and China to either propose, consider or undertake a softening of sanctions.
When you do deliver negative feedback, do you find yourself softening it?
Stretching regularly will also help you avoid pulling a muscle or quell an existing back pain by softening the muscles around your spine.
I'm sorry but I can't help you," the pharmacist said, softening a little.
Facebook has won a Chinese trademark case against a company that registered the brand name "face book", in a sign that Beijing attitudes are softening towards the world's largest social networking site, which is blocked to China's 700m internet users.
Now that slumping commodity prices and weakening Chinese demand are softening export markets, Asian countries would not be able to fall back on the external sector if their domestic economies underperform.
Eating it regularly prevents tooth loss and the softening of bones.
Recent opinion polls also show that a majority of French people oppose any softening of asylum rules, and a British majority back the Cameron government's determination not to accept EU-mandated quotas.
" Instead, doctors recommend softening impacted earwax with a few drops of mineral oil, baby oil, commercial ear drops or hydrogen peroxide.
They create a more attractive landscape by softening the impact of the built environment and providing links between other green spaces.
If Your Face Is Square "For square shapes, it's all about softening the edges," says Charles Worthington of Charles Worthington Salons in London and New York City.
" I caught eagerly at these words, as giving me a faint hope of softening his wrath.
It is said that rain-drops can make a hollow in the hardest stone, and the waves of the sea can smooth and round the rough edges of the rocks; so did the dew of mercy fall upon Helga, softening what was hard, and smoothing what was rough in her character.
I'm sorry but I can't help you," the pharmacist said, softening a little.
" he sighed, "I must have a tendency to softening of the brain, and here it is so exceedingly hot that the blood is rushing to my head.
