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He often said to me, " I will do these French all the mischief I can;" and when I tried to pacify him he would say, " But you do not ridicule me; you like me." - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
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This gentleman who gave up the deer, he is our son- in- law; because, our daughter, when she does wrong, when we come to pacify him, he will listen to us. - "Primitive Love and Love-Stories", Henry Theophilus Finck.
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I hope Congress has been able to pacify the discontented, and that as they have hitherto done, they will still overcome all obstacles to the freedom, tranquillity, and importance, of the United States. - "The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX", Various.