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I was beginning to relent towards my wretched partner; to pity his forlorn, comfortless condition, unalleviated as it is by the consolations of intellectual resources and the answer of a good conscience towards God; and to think I ought to sacrifice my pride, and renew my efforts once again to make his home agreeable and lead him back to the path of virtue; not by false professions of love, and not by pretended remorse, but by mitigating my habitual coldness of manner, and commuting my frigid civility into kindness wherever an opportunity occurred; and not only was I beginning to think so, but I had already begun to act upon the thought - and what was the result?

When the whole earth is vibrant with life, does it not seem to you, Octavie, that heaven might for once relent and give us back our dead?" He spoke very low, advisedly, and impressively.

For you too have a boy, Captain Ahab --though but a child, and nestling safely at home now --a child of your old age too -- Yes, yes, you relent; I see it --run, run, men, now, and stand by to square in the yards.

"Thou shalt die," said Rhadamanthus in a loud voice; "relent, thou tiger; humble thyself, proud Nimrod; suffer and he silent, for no impossibilities are asked of thee; it is not for thee to inquire into the difficulties in this matter; smacked thou must be, pricked thou shalt see thyself, and with pinches thou must be made to howl.

So poor Uncle Andrew had to go ruefully home, hoping that she would relent later on, because he was really very much in love with her."

'Here he is, master,' said he, 'I have got the better of him': and when the farmer saw his old servant, his heart relented, and he said.

Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home.

That was because for once in your life you had relented so far as to obey my wishes.

At last, whether it was that Fortune relented, or whether it was no longer in her power to disappoint him, he came into the very street which was honoured by his lordship's residence; and, being directed to the house, he gave one gentle rap at the door.

Security agencies should not relent or listen to any sympathiser of any criminal member until Mombasa is free from any homegrown terror group.

Pinromise natin sa Filipino people 'yan, that na we will not relax, we will not relent against illegal drugs dahil 'yan ang pinangako ng Pangulo.'

When Tajuddin refused to relent, however, Nga increased the penalty.