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Then he would put it off and talk softlier, as if he had not know it, and begin to acknowledge he was wrong; and then, as if he had forgot himself, he would speak aloud again, and I, that was so well pleased to hear it, was sure to listen for it upon all occasions.

Moll Flanders 2003

The nurses who came softly in to congratulate him slipped away softlier still, without speaking.

Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Cynthia Stockley

_Critic_, and send you in return my thanks and New Year's greeting on the wings of this east-wind, which, I trust, is blowing softlier and warmlier on your good gray head than here, where it is rocking the elms and ilexes of my Isle of

How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence Mary Owens Crowther

Then he would put it off and talk softlier, as if he had not know it, and begin to acknowledge he was wrong; and then, as if he had forgot himself, he would speak aloud again, and I, that was so well pleased to hear it, was sure to listen for it upon all occasions.

The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1923

They went home again, the six of them, and Esther, who, all her days, "would go the softlier, sadlier" because of the price that had been paid for the life of her little sweet son.

Seven Little Australians Ethel Sybil Turner 1915

He turned even softlier yet, to confront, rapt, still, and hovering betwixt astonishment and dread, the blue calm eyes of his daughter, looking in at the door.

The Return Walter De la Mare 1914

If in going out, thou canst not rest in saying thy prayers, go the softlier.

The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises Richard Rolle 1901

Said the old man still softlier: "Had I deemed that true I had tried the adventure, whatever might lie beyond the mountains, but (and he sighed withal) I deem it untrue."

The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865

As for Ralph, he also spake but little, and strayed somewhat in his answers; for he could not but deem that she spake softlier and kinder to him than to the others; and he was dreamy with love and desire, and scarce knew what he was saying.

The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865

Garnet then made his own confession, "very much more softlier than he used to whisper in their interloqucions."

It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot Emily Sarah Holt 1864