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• In other cases, bad symptoms at first may gradually abate which is due to the blood clot having been absorbed 304 MOTHERS' REMEDIES Recovery depends upon the extent of the injury and the constitution of the patient. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
• A right buxom wight was he, comfortable and round, who, though hurried along in the archer's lusty grip, smiled placidly, and spake him sweetly thus: "Hug me not so lovingly, good youth; abate-- abate thy hold upon my tender nape lest, sweet lad, the holy Saint Amphibalus strike thee deaf, dumb, blind, and latterly, dead. —  Beltane the Smith
• She seemed, of a sudden, nearer to him than any one else--a last barrier between himself and the mystery that awaited him outside Come, you poor sparrow," she said, dragging him across the threshold of the chapel, "the abate is here asking for you;" and she crossed herself, as though she had named a saint Odo pulled away from her with a last wistful glance at Saint Francis, who looked back at him in an ecstasy of commiseration Come, come," Filomena repeated, dropping to her ordinary key as she felt the resistance of the little boy's hand. —  The Valley of Decision
• His impatience of making a tour to England began to abate, and he showed no earnestness in hastening his equipage. —  The Princess of Cleves
• These symptoms did not abate, and he continued: —  Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale

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