Sometimes it is a very dangerous act to palliate symptoms. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
"Oh, make no attempt to palliate it," Gnecco interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [A Girl Among the Anarchists] Reference
'The guilt of an Order cannot palliate the massacre of its. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Englishman must shudder, and which no one will venture to palliate. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
Mrs. Norton, although they unduly palliate his faults, are the best. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction] Reference
I pretend not to justify or even to palliate my clandestine elopement. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees] Reference
That he tries to palliate the offence is, sufficient proof of his guilt. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 5, May, 1884] Reference
We have no wish to palliate any act of Calvin's which is manifestly wrong. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
His assigned object in making the motion was to palliate the conduct of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Such will ever be the result of the attempt to palliate instead of cure evil. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
Frequent changes of clothing will palliate the annoyance of fleas and pediculi. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference
This horrible accusation the writer can attempt neither to palliate nor to deny. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in Music] Reference
There was no attempt to palliate a single inconsistency or to deny one dubious act. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
If this account be true, it may somewhat palliate, but certainly not justify the action. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Daniel Boone, the Great Western Hunter and Pioneer] Reference
She flinched from the recognition of the fact, seeking miserably to palliate and excuse it. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
You will, I trust, assume I had enough interest in her father to palliate my conduct in a measure. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
Yet, admitting the principle, we cannot justify or palliate the excess to which it has been carried. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876] Reference
William took no pains to palliate this reproach, or to disguise his sadness with a veil of politeness. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
I fear that you can do little more than palliate her condition, but even that would be very much for us. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference
I am not seeking to minimize or palliate or excuse whatever crime may have been committed in this case, but. From Wordnik.com. [An American Suffragette] Reference
It may be said to Elsie's credit that she did not spare herself or even attempt to palliate her own offenses. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Allen: Right Guard] Reference
Here about me my people know me, and may palliate the mistake of a day by the recollection of a lifetime's honour. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
To avert the tendency to death, we must endeavour to palliate the symptoms and neutralize the effects of the poison. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
She required that trumpet to celebrate her exploits, and palliate the crimes committed in the pursuit of her ambition. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
There were doubtless considerations to palliate this procedure on the part of the Protector, but we would not see them. From Wordnik.com. [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference
With sharpened steel a neurosurgeon slices and splices and pares physical matter to palliate injuries to minds -- to consciousness. From Wordnik.com. [THE POPE AND THE SURGEON] Reference
No life is ever commonplace when that lamp burns beside it, and no wealth, or genius, or greatness can palliate its relentless gleam. From Wordnik.com. [St. Cuthbert's] Reference
If the feet are cold, as is often the case, putting them into hot water will palliate the symptoms, and not interfere with the medicines. From Wordnik.com. [An Epitome of the Homeopathic Healing Art Containing the New Discoveries and Improvements to the Present Time] Reference
And, after some Compliments on Spirit, and Genius, and so forth, in order to palliate, as I suppose, what you purpose to administer, you charge me, by. From Wordnik.com. [An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland] Reference
I believe rather, that this report was spread to palliate and excuse the murders they themselves committed in cold blood after the battle of Culloden. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
The reverence for Shakspeare, which is an inwrought element in the character of the author, may palliate, if it does not excuse the presumption of her enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
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