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“Seidel would have given us the makers of Auden’s tigerish blazer and dovelike shoe,” he writes, “but he was never impressed enough that Auden didn’t.”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2015

He interviewed Dictator Benito Mussolini month ago and that modern Caesar, instead of growling fresh warning to the world, suggested dovelike that President Roosevelt should arrange an arms limitation conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Henry James, an American girl abroad was a dovelike creature, all too easily undone by the serpentine charms of Old World society.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reason for these amenities was that British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had sent Il Duce a dovelike message on the Spanish question.

From Time Magazine Archive

It floated through the dim atmosphere into our consciousness, holding us as in a dream, dovelike and soothing.

From Where the Sabots Clatter Again by Shortall, Katherine