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Had this pacificatory principle been discovered earlier, "The Letters of Phalaris" would never have fluttered Europe, and Swift would have had no need to write "The Battle of the Books."

From Without Prejudice by Zangwill, Israel

"Ruth, wouldn't you like to take a good long drive over to Norridgewock, after the grain is in?" he asked in pacificatory tones.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)

The letters which the poet had written, in order to conciliate those two republics, had proved as useless as the pacificatory efforts of Clement VI. and his successor, Innocent.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

“That is quite true,” observed Raleigh, with a pacificatory nod at Noah. 

From A House-Boat on the Styx by Bangs, John Kendrick

His appointment was part of the pacificatory system promoted by Agricola.

From Early Britain—Roman Britain by Conybeare, Edward