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A smile played across her lips; the smile of deep maternal tenderness.
2
And now, on what soil had the seed of maternal tenderness fallen?
3
His overstrained nerves relaxed under the soothing influence of maternal tenderness and devotion.
4
How was she to promise maternal tenderness to a vixen and a liar?
5
Do you, for instance, like portraying maternal tenderness on the stage?
6
So innocent, so lovely, such a divine expression of maternal tenderness!
7
The sight was too much for maternal tenderness to endure.
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The maternal tenderness ought to be too strong to impose upon this sacred feeling.
9
His face softened to an almost maternal tenderness as he listened to that voice.
10
Then there was also her maternal tenderness; it was through that that Markovitch won her.
11
The maternal tenderness, under this aspect of the secularisation, had been more weak than wise.
12
Mrs. Raleigh never left her, caring for her with a maternal tenderness that never flagged.
13
Gentle encouragement, and a curious tone of almost maternal tenderness, pervade the rest of the letter.
14
The parting between Leah and her hopeful son had been a wild access of maternal tenderness.
15
There was an almost maternal tenderness about it.
16
Her heart swelled and shook with maternal tenderness.
