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Show SO SO 6. Mild ; gentle Woul kind ; not fevere my heart were flint, like Edward's; Or Edward's foft and pitiful, like mine Shakefp Our torments may become as Joft as now feycrc Milton Vet foft his nature, though fevere his lay Pope His anger moral, and his wifdom gay ». Meek ; civil ; complaifant Thou art their foldier, and, being bred in broils Faft not the f5ft way, which thou doft confef Were fit for thee to ufe, as they to claim Shakefpeare's Coriolanus In afking their good loves 8. Placid full ; eafy On her foft axle while fhe paces even She bears thee foft with the fmooth air along Milton There, [oft extended to the murmuring foun Pope Of the high porch, Ulyffes fleeps profound 9. Effeminate; vitioufly nice {e is alfo miftrefs of an ar ) Joft people fweet perfumes doth fell h this dear art doth little good impart Since they fmell beft that do of nothing fmell Dawies idle-and foft courfe of life is the fource of crilealures q icate ; elegantly tender 1 Fe form more [oft and feminine Broome Milton Milton Lefs winning [oft, lefs amiably mild 11. Weak ; fimple The deceiver foon found this /of2 placeof Adam's and innocency itfelf did not fecure him. Glanwille 12 Gentle Her voice was ever [oft Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in women Shakefpeare The Dorian mood of flutes and fof¢ recorders Milton When fome great and gracious monarch dies Soft whifpers firft, and mournful murmurs, rif Among the fad attendants; then the foun Soon gathers voice Dryden Soft whifpering thus to Neftor's fon Pope His head reclin'd, young Ithacus begun 13. Smooth; flowing; not vehement; no rapid Milton Soft were my numbers§ who could take offence When fmooth defcription held the place of fenfe Pope Hark! the numbers fof7 and clea Gently fteal upon the ear Ph];(' 14. Not forcible; not violent The fun fhining upon the upper part of th clouds, made them appear like fine down or wool and made the fofteff fweeteft lights imaginable Brown's Trawels Sorr. Znterj Hold ftop ;5 not fo faft But foft, T pray you; did king Richard the Proclaim my brother Shakefpeare's Henry IV Oh! come in, Amilia Soft, by and by, let me the curtains draw Shak But foft, my mufe; the world is wide And all at once was not defcried Suckling o So'rTEN. w. a. [from foft. Bodies, into which the water will enter, lon feething will rather foffen than indurate Bacon's Natural Hiffory Their arrow's point they foften in the flame And founding hammers break its barbed frame Gay 2. To intenerate; to make lefs fierce o obftinate ; to mollify Milton Our friends‘fee not ouf faults, or conceal them or foften them by their reprefentation Addifon 1 would correét the harfh expreffions of one party by foftening and reconciling micthods Mufick the fierceft griefs can charm Mufick can foften pain to eafe And make defpair and madnefs pleafe. ~ Pope 4. To make lefs harfh, lefs vehement, lef violent He bore his great commiffion in his look But fweetly temper'd awe, and foffen'd all he fpoke Dryden Watts nefs5 for he was valiant and agive, fffll'orfifi Bacon' Hop - Savinga man's felf, or fuffering, if"v‘;{f{""'fl 6. Quality contrafy to harfhnef Softnefs of founds is difin@ from the eql < founds. G .g ".'g‘Dt'aconi 7. Facility; gentlenefs ; candour; ea to be affetted Such was the ancient fimplicit an foin fpirit which fometimes prevailed i;ythe w'ffi':lm :ho 6. To make tender ; to enervate any thing publickly received in the church of God men, feemed evermore loth to give fentenc Bacon's Natural Hiftory nate He may foften at the fight of the child The filence often of pure innocenc Shake[peare Perfuades, when fpeaking fails SOo'FTLY. adv. [from foft. 1. Without hardnefs bodies, if very foftl giv percufled n a man treadeth very foft/y upo Bacon 3. Not loudly Ahab rent his clothes, and went foftly 1 Kings, xxi. 27 In this dark filence fof?ly leave the town And to the general's tent direct your fteps Dryd 4. Gently ; placidly Death will difmifs me And lay me foftly in my native duft To pay the forfeit of illkmanag'd truft Who but thyfelf the mind and ear can pleafe With firength and foftrefs, energy and eafe? Hop 9. Mildnefs ; meeknefs For contemplation he and valour form'd For foftnefs the and fweet attrative gracee Milum Her ftubborn loo This foftnefs from thy finger tooke - Hlly Sowo. interj. A form of calling fromz diftant place r 7o So1L. w. a. [yihan, Saxon ; fuekn,o 2. Not violently; not forcibly found; as whe Dryden Germa And foftly lays him on a flow'ry beds Dryd. Zueid 5. Mildly ; tenderly Though pity foftly plead within my foul Yet he muft die, that I may make you great Dryden So'rrNER. 2 fi [from fof2. 1. That which makes foft 2. One who palliates So'rrwEss. £ /. [from fif?. 1. The quality of being {oft ; quality contrary to hardnefs Softnefs cometh by the greater quantity of fpirits which ever induce yielding and ceffion ; and by th more equal {preading of the tangible parts, whic thereby are more {liding and following; as in gold Bacon's Natural Hiftory 2. Mildnefs ; kindnefs A wife man, when there is a neceflity of exfhould do it by a wor a word that carries in it rebuke and feverity b Watts's Logick 3. Civility ; gentlenefs They turn the [oftnefs of the tongue into th Improve thefe virtues, with afi;fim:/ ners, and a fweetnefs of converfation 4. Effeminacy; vitious delicacy gi ) [fro A filly man in fimple weeds forlorn And foil'd with duft of the long dried way Fairy Queen Although fome hereticks have abufed this tést yet the fun is not foiled in paffage. Bac, HolyWar IF 1 fi Myfelf with fin, I then but vainly toil. Sfli'flyfl I would not foi/ thefe pure ambrofial weed With the rank vapours of this fin-worn mould M_I{M Bad fruit of knowledge, if this be to know Which leaves us naked thus, of honour void Of innocence, of faith, of putity Our wonted ornaments now foi'd and ftain'd Milon One, who could not for a tafte o' th' flefh comeiny Licks the foil'd earth While reeking with a mangled Ombit's blood- If the eye-glafs be tinted faintly with the fmok heads fo ftrongly, that we can hear their pocket jingle Swift hardnefs of the tecth ; fouzller, French. 1. To foul ; to dirt; to pollute; to flain to fully She with a wreath of myrtle crowns his head prefiing any evil aions Huker 8. Contrariety to energetick vehemen? 2. To grow lefs obdurate, cruel, or obfti Soli din Many bodies, that will hardly melt, wi'l fofren as iron in the forge is virtue; if without it, isfiflmfi St Obfthm 5. To make lefs glaring 70 SO'FTEN. @w. 7 1. To grow lefs hard ¥ they, whofe words were even as oracles an:on' that has a fecondary idea of kindnefs or foftrefs; o 1. To make {oft ; to make lefs hard 1 will foften ftony hearts Bid her be all that cheers or foftens life The tender fifter, daughter, friend, and wife, Pope Thofe foftners and expedient-mongers thake thei Milton This virtye could Nt not proceed out o Call round her tomb each objeét of defire The king muft die The folemn nightingale tun'd her fof? lays 15. Mild; not glaring leviate boards not loud; not rough Sleep falls with [of7 flumb'rous weight 3. To make eafy ; to compofe; to mak placid ; to mitigate ; to palliate; to al SO 5. Timoroufel ; pufillanimty Holyday of manDryden of the far of a lamp or torch, to obfcure the ligh the fainter light in the circumferenceof the ceafes to be vifible ; and the ftar, if the glafsbefufciently foiled with fmoke, appears fomethingmor Newt like a mathematical point An abfent hero's bed they fought tofoi An abfent hero's wealth they made their mei;‘? 2. To dun ; to manure Men noxg prefent, juft as they foil their B"'""&d not that they love the dirt, but that they est:mb Crop b hi g pu t f ho fe 3. T F in fp th i f gr h in Sb; er ul fa t gl t a p Shake 4 The foiled horfe rb _v th r [ Sorr. #. / fs ln fo io lu po 1. Dirt; fpot By indireé way w. kn fe m an w cr T met thi hea m up fat i How troublefom qui e bet wi To thee it {hall defcen go e e e h a th o fui th al Fo Sha53ke[pear ¢'s Hery o With me infto the earth t i i J be a iR :‘W.;" That woiaulged © i f Which give fom COUTt Which, nice as crmines, Will 0ot beA7 8 2 Clarendon So long as idlencfs is quite fhut out from ou li\{es, all the fins of wantonnefs, [oftnefs, and effeminacy, are prevented; and there is but littl room for temptation Taylor He was not delighted with the foftneffes of th ‘ mam‘ A lady's honour muft be toUC A& b Ch'd By pysd \ g |