tenderness

• I do not know why it should have been affecting, but it was so Walk with him in the dusk—his kindness, his tenderness are the joy of my life. —  Lady John Russell
• Gelina drew in a ragged breath, struggling to remember that his tenderness was a gift more easily snatched away than given. —  LADY OF CONQUEST - TERESA MEDEIROS
• Do not forget that I am there Did Maurice ever forget her, for a single moment As soon as Madeleine's carriage could be brought to the door she followed her cousin It was perhaps surprising that she was moved with so much sympathy for one whom she not only had good reason to dislike, but toward whom she had formerly experienced an unconquerable repugnance; but, with spirits chastened and purified, as hers had been, a tenderness is always kindled toward those whom they are permitted to serve_. —  Fairy Fingers A Novel
• There was no ministry of love which James Melville failed to render to his uncle; and very touching in their tenderness are the letters which passed between the two. —  Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series
• The ocean of his tenderness is as deep as the mountain of his holiness is high. —  Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.

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