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Caressed by golden hues in the sunny flashbacks, appearing wan and frail in some of Emily’s darker moments, Mara proves worthy of Soderbergh’s closeup attention.
From Time • Feb. 8, 2013
Caressed by peers and millionnaires, the editor of the "Times" could hardly fail to express the feelings of peers and millionnaires towards a Republic in distress.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various
Now of thy sweetheart dream; To-day the sunset, with a lingering beam, Caressed the dusky-foliaged linden-grove.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
My name is Rover; yonder house Was once my home for many a year; My master loved me; every hand Caressed young Rover, far and near.
From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham
He looked affectionately, when her child440 Caressed his bird, and then he stood and smiled.
From The Poetical Works of William Lisle Bowles Vol. 2 by Gilfillan, George
