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flattering

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Mrs. Kaye's expressive eyes, which had dwelt on Isabel with flattering attention, fell to the tip of her cigarette.

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Naturally, the picture was not perfect, but it well merited the flattering reception which it received.

I was flattering myself that the puppy was choosing my company to the hunt, for I always value the approval of a dog.

She, of course, was received with the most flattering attention, and great deference was paid to her opinions.

This was very flattering to those ladies, especially the Diplomast, considering the great odds they had to contend with.

He corresponded on flattering terms with Charlemagne, and fixed a seal to his charters.

Honoured Madam,—I thank you most cordially for the kind and flattering things you have written to me.

It had, indeed, been framed for the express purpose of flattering and of inflaming them.

Impious people, you say, deprived of the flattering hopes of another life, desire to be annihilated.

I supplied, further, the best of references; the most flattering recommendations from the gentlemen of the college.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985