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  • "I say, 'Oh, Lord, deal wi' yon old blackguard, saften his heart, and damp his powther. '"

    Best Short Stories Thomas L. Masson 1900

  • -- Jist gang ye intil the closet there, gien ye wull, and ye'll see what'll maybe saften yer hert a bit, and lat ye unerstan 'what mak o' a thing's come to the twa auld fowk ye never cared muckle aboot! "

    Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864

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