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In many cases the colonists might have to change—or as we would parochially say, terraform—a world to make it adequately clement. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Squire Julian Gingivere merely nodded, and addressed them in a regal but distant manner: “Good afternoon. Very clement weather for the time of year, don’t you think?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
On a hot day, the river kept the park cool and clement, and there were gentle breezes with a whiff of salt in the air. Review | An artificial island with a real upside 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z
A hot day bequeathed the kind of clement, warm evening that the Bowl advertises but can’t always deliver. It's an old-school night at the Hollywood Bowl with Stravinsky and Joshua Bell 2017-08-30T04:00:00Z
With movie theaters shut down across the globe, studios have pulled their big-ticket releases en masse with an eye on a more clement climate by late summer or fall. Exposure therapy: why we're obsessed with watching virus movies 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z
In February 1888, he left, heading south to Provence with hopes of finding peace of mind, clement weather, and, through some magical thinking, an art-friendly utopia resembling his cherished fantasy of a nature-intensive Japan. Review: ‘Van Gogh and Nature,’ Exploring the Outside World in High Relief 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z
On a clement summer night, trek to the rooftop, where the full menu is offered beneath strings of lights and with a pigeon’s-eye view of Union Market and the top of the Capitol. Review | Big and beautiful, D.C.’s newest Japanese restaurant masters the grill 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z
Sounds for rolling down windows while winding through Southern California streets are crucial in the land of clement weather, and some artists execute road tracks better than others. Essential tracks: Deerhoof, an Elliott Smith tribute and Moon Duo 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z
But the sweet singing sound and sustained lyrical phrasing he produced in the Adagio offered hints of what he might be capable of under more clement circumstances. Review: American Classical Orchestra Takes on Friedrich Witt 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z
And organizers were rewarded by clement weather and massive crowds — including 65,000 people on Saturday alone. Folklife Festival 2012 comes to a close 2012-05-28T03:43:12Z
O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary… I longed to be at Allegra’s bedside. Fiction: The Autobiography of Allegra Byron 2012-07-21T16:00:00Z
Such worlds might resemble the large moons of our outer solar system and harbor potentially clement conditions beneath an icy crust. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z
A planet’s atmosphere plays an even bigger role; if it’s loaded with greenhouse gases, then it needs to be farther out from the star to be clement. We Need to Widen the ‘Habitable Zones’ Seen around Alien Stars 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z
For those of us hoping to find more clement Earth-like worlds, that wasn’t very satisfying. Most Planets in the Galaxy Orbit Stars You Can’t Even See 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z
The Hampden pitch bore the scars of Saturday's semi-final being played in horrible weather but Sunday's more clement conditions made for an engrossing tie. Rangers edge 10-man Aberdeen in epic semi-final 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z
Billions of years ago, before it became a freeze-dried desert, the Red Planet was much more Earth-like, with liquid water and clement temperatures at its surface. New Instrument Could Spy Signs of Alien Life in Glowing Rocks 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z
Los Angeles bills itself as the home of endlessly clement weather. High, steady temperatures set to hit Southern California this weekend 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z
It was already here, in the enticements of broad, flat fields, a clement climate, and the human urge to surge, on horseback or in the driver’s seat. Horses, motorcycles and fast cars: Angelenos have long loved racing and racetracks 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z
For many Brazilians, accustomed to more clement weather in the tropical South American country, such events are considered extreme. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo hit by cold wave 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z
It just may be that the clement world they found owes much to the inner iron planet we’ll never see, 5000 kilometers below. Scientists are probing the secrets of Earth’s inner core—and how it saved life on our planet 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z
In those years, in clement Miami, the unsheltered population declined 50 percent. Opinion | Progressives ruined San Francisco, but at least ‘advocacy’ is thriving 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z
This relatively clement region is precisely the place where the phosphine has been found. Venus Might Host Life, New Discovery Suggests 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z
“It is curious to think of an asteroid impact shifting the Earth’s atmosphere to something more clement for life than a ‘snowball’ scenario,” Erickson added. Did asteroid that hit Australia help thaw ancient 'snowball Earth'? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z
Conditions: After the stifling heat and humidity of earlier rounds conditions are clement under the canopy of Ken Rosewall Arena. ATP Cup semi-final: Australia v Spain – live! 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z
If confirmed, the newfound world would join Proxima b, a roughly Earth-mass planet discovered in 2016 in a more clement orbit around Proxima Centauri. A Second Planet May Orbit Earth's Nearest Neighboring Star 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z
That plan’s sponsor, President Donald Trump, offered an unusually clement observation on the election, telling his Republican Jewish supporters on Saturday: “I think it’s going to be close ... Two good people.” Israelis go to polls in referendum on Netanyahu's record reign 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z
Despite surface temperatures and pressures that would melt metal and crush heavy machinery, conditions are far more clement—hospitable, even—higher in the planet’s atmosphere. Will NASA's Next Mission to Venus Be a Blimp? 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z
Turnout, at 72.5%, was at its highest level for almost 40 years, thanks in part to the clement weather, in part to the historic nature of the vote. Bavaria election: Merkel's conservative allies humiliated 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z
The Democrats have a recent history of mistaking clement electoral circumstances for a compelling candidate. Doug Jones against the darkness 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z
Not all animals are suffering in the clement conditions, though. How have crops and animals coped with the mild winter? - BBC News 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z
In part it’s seasonal; the migrants are trying to take advantage of more clement summer weather. Humanitarian Horror Show as Migrant Crisis Overwhelms European Unity 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z
Had he played them in more clement conditions, who knows how things might have turned out. Open weathers storm for magical end 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z
Squint eastward, into the clement spring sunshine, and see a procession of small craft ferrying engineers to the sandbanks where the world’s biggest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, is rising from the seabed. The view from Grimsby 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z
In clement weather, settle on a summer rooftop -- we like J. Parker overlooking leafy Lincoln Park, or Drumbar on the Gold Coast for a swanky downtown panorama. Trip Tips: LUXE City Guides - Windy Chicago beckons 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z
Smith thought this would be popular from October to May, when temperatures would be at their most pleasant and a little less clement around the Mediterranean. Strange predictions for the future from 1930 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z
Chevigny is an insightful analyst of police tactics, cool and clement when another might be self-righteous and histrionic. It's Bad Cop, Worse Cop in 'Police Power: Police Abuses in New York City'
A red sky at sunset means high pressure is moving from the west, and the next day is more likely be dry and clement. An apple a day and five more fact-checked proverbs 2013-12-18T14:42:56Z
At almost 1000 kms in diameter, icy Ceres is thought to be still warm enough inside to provide clement conditions for at least some sort of bacterial life. Dwarf Planet Ceres May Harbor Life; NASA Spacecraft Enroute 2013-10-20T06:45:00Z
Photograph: Tom Shaw/Getty Images The general consensus is that county cricket has been lucky in recent years as the increasingly early starts to the season have coincided with a series of comparatively clement springs. County teams chase the sun as cold snap bites Championship season 2013-03-30T13:57:34Z
Our concern is that markets, distracted by the Olympics and unusually clement weather, may be complacent. Peeking out from the bunkers 2012-08-13T05:39:57Z
The rover carries an analytic laboratory to test that hypothesis and find out what happened to the early clement environment we believe the planet had. Curiosity Rover Zeroes in on Traces of Past Habitats on Mars (preview) 2012-07-05T11:45:00.233Z
Illustrious and most clement of potentates, I, your lowest of slaves, rejoice at the thought that your coming will throw a light upon our darkness. March to Magdala 2012-04-19T02:00:32.620Z
By your feet that I kiss, by the hem of your robe which I touch as a suppliant, be clement! One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z
Where, in all history, can an instance be found of a single reformation from guilt, by any other than gentle and clement means? Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z
That explains the clement Earth, according to Som—high levels of stronger greenhouse gases, such as methane. Primeval Precipitation: What Fossil Imprints of Rain Reveal about Early Earth 2012-03-28T19:45:00.237Z
To show that, although clement, he was not to be intimidated, No-Kami resolved to make of the prospective execution a wholesome precedent, and to that end journeyed to Tsu in person. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
Perhaps with another man she would have shown herself more clement. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z
It was monstrous, preposterous! and none but the most gentle and clement of queens could have refrained from crucifying that miserable Phrehipephbour. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z
Of any clement of peril he purposely said nothing, knowing full well that to do so would be simply to rivet her opposition the closer. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z
She had guessed the peril of continuing monotonously clement. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z
The smell of the blood would never fade, its stain might never be effaced; and she was doomed to endure its constant presence for long years, unless the gods were clement. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
Granada became a more thriving city, and under the sultan's clement administration, it was the resort of traders of all nations and the centre of culture in the south. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z
“Harvests unfolded in better conditions at the end of the period, helped by clement weather,” the ministry said. French Wine Output to Rise to Five-Year High 2011-11-07T15:59:58Z
Three or four pigs in a stye grunted shrilly as the human clement suggested morning aliment. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z
Before the week was out, a brougham and a well-conditioned pair of grays stood daily before the Fort, when the weather was clement. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z
So will you seem clement, as well as stern and strong. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z
In this our gracious day—this clement mediatorial hour—let us invoke the Holy Spirit to aid us in bringing forth fruit meet for repentance. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z
Moreover, these more clement ecclesiastics consider that, weak and ailing as Joan is, the girl may expire under the torture. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z
Against this more clement view, there certainly were the depositions of the Countess, and Victorine's attempts to conceal her condition. The Chief Justice A Novel 2011-07-27T02:00:28.873Z
But Watson, despite the creases in his face and the fault lines in his putting stroke, did the upstaging on this remarkably clement Friday at Royal St. George’s. In the Arena: Tom Watson: For the Memories, and for Today 2011-07-15T19:18:53Z
The Brigadier is brave, resolute, amorous, loyal, chivalrous; never was a foe more ardent in battle, more clement in victory, or more ready at need.... Yekl A tale of the New York ghetto 2011-07-13T02:00:17.480Z
All sins except great ones are easily forgiven, as God is merciful and clement. Riches of Grace A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life 2011-06-21T02:00:23.800Z
Afterward the governor of the province granted her reprieve; and yet he soon revoked his own clement act. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z
We did our own cooking and slept in our wagon when the weather was clement; at hotels and farm houses when it was inclement. Memoirs of Orange Jacobs 2011-05-01T02:00:10.143Z
They have called upon the rich to be clement and merciful to the poor. Leigh Hunt's Relations with Byron, Shelley and Keats 2011-04-02T02:00:11.477Z
One day this pious and clement prince, who loved money to distraction, proposed laying a very heavy tax upon the city of Antioch, then the finest of Asia Minor. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z
The clement man, on the contrary, keeps his poise and uses his authority with moderation. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z
Therefore she must be hanged—though jury first acquitted, and then, under rebuke, called her guilty; and though governor pardoned, and then revoked his clement act. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z
Although being a woman is less of a rarity in the more gender clement United States, Namba stands out for other reasons. Special Report: Seven Samurai of new Japan Inc 2010-12-16T12:37:05Z
Outside, the north wind was still blowing, and consequently we were drifting south towards more clement regions. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
If the skies had shown a little bit more clement we should have been very happy. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster
He was always the clement, just man whose unsuspecting goodness of heart had been abused by others, and who tried to find distraction and to forget the evil done him. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History
The Spaniards were not clement towards foreigners who interposed in their domestic quarrel. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II)
Perhaps Uncle Contarine continued clement merely because in the nature of things his responsibilities for the vagrancies of his kinsman were inevitably less intimate. Oliver Goldsmith
The British provincial government was located at Annapolis, and though its laws were mild and clement, it could not command respect on account of its physical weakness. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13
Most clement emperor and lord," King Ferdinand interrupted with, "Ah, so he is your emperor now? Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster
The weather, however, is unusually clement for this season of the year. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry
The weather recently has been the reverse of clement. War Letters of a Public-School Boy
All but these abnormal masses were attached to the wise and clement rule of their Pontiff Sovereigns. Pius IX. And His Time
I supply and solicit considerably Your kind humane clement mercy to answer me as soon as possible quick according to Your very gracious mercy. Ghetto Comedies
If by clemency he meant that state of mind in which it is an evil to sacrifice the life of men to a spirit of revenge, Cæsar was clement. The Life of Cicero Volume II.
It is not needful for you, Zeus, to punish or to be clement. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy
The State is clement 144 To vanquished foes, and doubtless will find means To send them hence in safety. Gycia A Tragedy in Five Acts
At first the number of reindeer seen was considerable; no less than 2000 were once sighted in a single day, but this was only a proof that they were migrating to more clement latitudes. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century
Poverty has very seldom a few clement humane good people and little friends. Ghetto Comedies
Pompey, therefore, got it all, though we are told that it was not enough to pay him his interest; but Pompey, getting it all, was graciously pleased to be satisfied "Cnæus noster clementer id fert." The Life of Cicero Volume II.
In the name of God the merciful, the clement. The Arts of Persia & Other Countries of Islam
The rebels, having nothing more to hope, sued for pardon, and their prayer was granted by the happy and clement king. Laboulaye's Fairy Book
He was haughty, like all the Moguls; he was outwardly clement and affable. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09
Tell me if the Queen of France is fair, and how the king appears in your eyes—whether he is cruel or clement, inclined to walk in the paths of virtue or of vice. Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497
It was the clement purpose of the governor to send the old chief to England as a royal captive, there to be held in honorable custody until death should close his career. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality
They told us that they had heard much of Yankee inhumanity, and death was the most clement act they had expected—thus wagged the world with them. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service
The creature is shy; and, having the advantage of the watery clement, is often enabled to dive beyond the reach of pursuit, and thus escape by concealing itself. The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire
That clement of the theatrical which has always hung about the Stuart cause, and which has in so large a degree given it its abiding charm, was here amply present. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
Neither the King nor the mistress could afford to part with any slight clement of romance wherewithal even legend has chosen to invest them. A History of the Four Georges, Volume I
What but that wonderful clement of genius, intuitive perception, could have produced such a book? Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses
In the scramble, I either lost or destroyed part of my bank notes; yet, being conqueror at last, I became clement, and taking up my turtles, once more insisted upon the departure of my annoyers. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver
The clement skies and light atmosphere stimulate and confirm the health. The History of Tasmania , Volume II
Several of the chiefs assumed such a defiant attitude that but for the clement nature of Aguinaldo, Paterno might never have returned to tell the tale. The Philippine Islands
He is asking quarter," he ultimately pronounced; "clemency is asked of the victor: well, I will be clement. The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
The wind was contrary, and blew in furious gusts; nor were the aspects of nature any more clement than the doings of the sky. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25)
Only, the clement rain, the mothering dew, Daytide and night, all things that make the rose,    Are you, dear—you! Hawthorn and Lavender with Other Verses
Caesar and Alexander are uniformly clement: Themistocles died by a draught of bull’s blood: Portia by swallowing red-hot pieces of charcoal. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
In that case they would suffer no harm; for the Romans are clement, when not opposed. For the Temple A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem
It was the policy of the Emperor to be merciful; it was his wish to be clement. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo
"The edicts of the most clement emperors ordain that all sacrifice to the gods, or suffer according to law." The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
Stunted brown and grey, the heather from which these rolling steppes take their name is stranger to the more clement tinge of green, which is the sign of a soil less sapless. On the Heels of De Wet
After the January frost and snow had gone, a period of fine, clement weather set in. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
On the contrary, if gossip be but a trifle, here were a case for clement judgment. Journeys to Bagdad
The Mahometan adores “the clement and merciful Lord of the Daybreak,” whose star is in the east, who rides on the storm, and whose breath is the wind. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America
"You shall quickly know that there is an edict of the most clement emperors, commanding all to sacrifice to the gods, or be put to death." The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March
God has shone forth upon the phenomena of being through His effulgence of mercy, and He is clement and kind to all His creation. The Promulgation of Universal Peace
Verily, Thou art the clement, the powerful, the mighty, and the most merciful of the merciful! Bahá’í World Faith
God has shone forth upon the phenomena of being through His effulgence of mercy and He is clement and kind to all His creation. Foundations of World Unity
You wish to reign by gentleness and clemency, I will be clement and gentle. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
Rendering you therefore the salutation of august reverence, I hope that our ambassadors, whom we have directed to the most clement and most glorious Emperor, will bring me news of your welfare. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
He is our Teacher and Adviser; He is our Seer and the One clement toward us. The Promulgation of Universal Peace
On the Sword of Boabdil are many inscriptions, among them, "God is clement and merciful," and "God is gifted with the best memory." Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance
The Emperor was clement, his anger might cool, patience for a year or two might bring a remission of the sentence. Roads from Rome
Obtain from Madame—from Madame, who is so clement and so generous—obtain her pardon for you whom she has just surprised also. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
We therefore beseech you, most clement Emperor, and from the bosom of the Curia we stretch forth our two hands to you in prayer, that you will grant a most enduring peace to our King. The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
Balmy and clement," says Euripides, "is our atmosphere. History Of Ancient Civilization
As she had been patient and steadfast in her time of distress, Venice was clement in her hour of triumph, and granted far more favourable terms to Padua than that city deserved. The Lion of Saint Mark A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Century
Before him the orchestras had consisted largely of strings, but Rossini added an equally imposing clement of the brasses and reeds. Great Italian and French Composers
That time of snow was really beautiful and clement. Letters of a Soldier 1914-1915
Thin, twisting paths led up to it, and before, on the more clement slopes, some fields of grain were tilled as our Aryan forefathers tilled the soil on the plains of Turkestan. The Half-Hearted
His wish was to close the Reign of Terror and allow the new moral world to begin; for his late access of devotional feeling had, in reality, disposed him to adopt benign and clement measures. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852
With the angels, he only "rejoiced, and was exceeding glad," giving thanks to God for this new manifestation of His clement love. May Brooke
He was a roughly dressed, fearless-looking man of the hills, youthful, tall, and as carelessly graceful in the saddle as a fish in its natural clement. The Furnace of Gold
The weather had been unwontedly clement, melting the earlier snows, letting the brown earth forth again for one look about her. Foes
When it was built the weather was unfavorable for laying cement, and I did not wish to wait for a more clement season. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm
Turner was naturally clement and good-natured, but wine often deprived him of his wits, and his soldiery behaved brutally.  A Short History of Scotland
Exceptions are 'clement' and 'present', perhaps under French influence. Society for Pure English Tract 4 The Pronunciation of English Words Derived from the Latin
My brother is my lord, a clement prince—' 'Pish!' said King Philip, and gave him his back. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
Almost it were as if A psychic monitor warned the conqueror to be clement, and the captive to be kind. Hints for Lovers
But Knox had learned that the “dew of the heavenly grace” had quenched her displeasure, and he hoped that the Regent would be as clement to others in his case as to him.  John Knox and the Reformation
There had been an amputation at the shoulder-joint, a foot had been taken off, a humerus resected; but would gangrene or purulent contagion be clement and spare the patient? The Downfall
I am willing to say of him what a celebrated writer said of Cæsar, that he was so clement as to be compelled to repent it. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5
While informing His servant, that He is gracious and clement towards a penitent transgressor, He at the same time teaches him that He is under no obligation, or necessity, to shew mercy. Sermons to the Natural Man
Descending chains of rocks mingled with flint and lime, we attain a more clement landscape. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873
See sexual organs. gentle, a. well-born, genteel, high-born; docile, tractable, tame, subdued; mild, quiet, peaceable, meek, unobtrusive; bland, soothing, pacific, clement, tender, humane; courteous, cultivated, deferential. Putnam's Word Book
Here, however, one must not forget that in all matters human the incalculable clement of human nature enters to complicate all results, and that emotion and feeling are always irrational. The Making of Arguments
To the French, who fell into the King's hands, he was equally clement. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3
When man is outside of Revelation, it is by no means a matter of course that God is clement, and that sin shall be forgiven. Sermons to the Natural Man
And for her he was, too, the protected of the very clement Virgin. The Pretty Lady
Emperor of Japan. mild, a. gentle, indulgent, tender, merciful, clement, lenient, bland, demulcent, lenitive, emollient, mitigative. Putnam's Word Book
Do thou render us worthy of the glory of thy Son, O Virgin and Mother, most sweet and clement. Our Lady Saint Mary
Matthew of Westminster mentions that the "Saxon law, very clement and kind," did not punish criminals by death; and adds that "it limited itself to cutting off the nose and scooping out the eyes." The Man Who Laughs
Suspicion of this cheerless truth was borne in upon Carteret as—bare-headed, his overcoat upon his arm, the night being singularly mild and clement—he walked with Damaris through the streets of the silent town. Deadham Hard
French gratitude of the English fighter, and a mystic, fearful allegiance to the very clement Virgin—these things inspired her. The Pretty Lady
Pilate was evidently of a merciful and clement disposition; probably an Epicurean. Venetia
San Francisco is essentially an out-of-door city, with three hundred odd days of clement weather, made for the display of light raiment, whether it be organdie dresses, sports togs or afternoon frocks. Fascinating San Francisco
Douglas now felt at his ease and in his clement. The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
He watched all his steps, and always spoke to him with an angry countenance; punishing him for what he called his dreadful rebellion against such a clement prince as the Stadtholder. The Black Tulip
She knew herself with holy dread to be the chosen of the very clement Virgin, and the channel of a miraculous intervention. The Pretty Lady
It grew attached to them when they were clement and just, and it submitted without resistance or servility to their exactions, as to the inevitable visitations of the arm of God. Democracy in America — Volume 1
And this I take to be a fair testimony of the excellency of my clement of water. The Compleat Angler
I find that the fear clement of forethought is not stimulating to those more civilized persons to whom duty and attraction are the natural motives, but is weakening and deterrent. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature
Even amongst magistrates we may find the harsh and the clement; but in the main they judge according to legal argument, and one can always more or less foresee the issue of a trial. Criminal Sociology
She could feel the very clement Virgin smiling approval of her fib; it was exactly such a fib as the Virgin herself would have told in a quandary of charity. The Pretty Lady
Crows and hawks hovered over the flames, apparently intent on depriving the devouring clement of whatever prey more properly belonged to them. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
The earth hearkened to man's wants and answered; the clement sun and summer rains hastened the fruition. The Gentleman from Indiana
But this party would have been more clement, had it not had to ruin the Gironde at the same time with Louis XVI. History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814
She knows what a dangerous clement it may become, if the individual rills of it run together, and, with united forces, take for a time a single direction. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860
And, moreover, if this man fell into misfortune through her, she would eternally lose the grace of the most clement Virgin who had confided him to her and who was capable of terrible revenges. The Pretty Lady
But the Emperor was not disposed to be clement to one who pretended to inherit the sacred Julian blood, and he ordered Sabinus to be led to the block. Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
And the scales were held, not by the hand of Justice, blind and clement, but by Seymour Michael, very open-eyed, with a keen watchfulness for his own purpose; biassed; unscrupulous. From One Generation to Another
It grew attached to them when they were clement and just, but it submitted without resistance or servility to their exactions, as to the inevitable visitations of the arm of God. American Institutions and Their Influence
Can they refuse a like credit to their dusky predecessors and exemplars, or deny them the praise of being, as has been already said, the most clement of conquerors? The Iroquois Book of Rites
She had been neglecting the very clement Virgin Mary in favour of the Miraculous Infant Jesus of Prague. The Pretty Lady
On this occasion, termed by Reichardt "a peaceful and merciful entry of the clement victor," eighteen thousand of the inhabitants of every age and sex were cruelly put to the sword. Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4
May it show itself more clement to our country. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series
My soul is in the hands of Mary, so that if the Judge wishes to condemn me the sentence must pass through this clement Queen, and she knows how to prevent its execution. Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America
Under that clement sky the elements do not waste the works of man as elsewhere, and many of the houses of Seville are said to be such as the Moors built there. Familiar Spanish Travels
She was relieved to find that she could so easily reconcile her desire to please Gilbert with her pleasurable duty towards the protégé of the very clement Virgin. The Pretty Lady
It is this difference of character—due to the individual soul being the distinguishing clement and the highest Self being the substance distinguished thereby—to which all those texts refer which declare difference. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
If the mornings demanded a fire in the grate, the evenings were so clement that the lamp was sufficient, and the noons were very well with neither. Seven English Cities
As for my principles, I am a Frenchman, clement by nature, still more so by judgment. The Companions of Jehu
His enormous rigid bulk, a little bowed now by years of service, seemed softened, as his face was, to the graciousness of clement power. Under the Prophet in Utah; the National Menace of a Political Priestcraft
She looked at him, and, recognising her acquaintance of the previous night, wondered what the very clement Virgin could be about. The Pretty Lady
Hence those analysing a thing of that kind discriminate between the distinguishing clement or part of it, and the distinguished element or part. The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
He is a fine fellow, certainly -- handsome and brave and courteous, and assuredly clement. Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
The younger children--Esther and Dot and Mat used sometimes to say to each other--would grow up in a more clement atmosphere of home than had been Henry's and theirs. Young Lives
So many acts of clemency secured for the General the title of clement and merciful, which Ben-Zayb hastened to add to his long list of adjectives. The Reign of Greed
Augustus was no such religious or clement prince as the trumpet of Virgil has proclaimed him. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2
The clement winters make the plan feasible, and it ought not to be an expensive experiment. American Big Game in Its Haunts
In them the blood vessels are very small, and the lymphatic clement is greatly in excess. The Glands Regulating Personality
He thought of clement weather as being smooth and even, but of inclement, severe, stormy, tempestuous, or violent weather as being full of projections to rend and harass one. The Century Vocabulary Builder
The Prince of Orange, as all men know, is one of the most clement and gentle of rulers. By Pike and Dyke: a Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic
The gay, kind, brave, loyal, and clement Prince Charlie became the fierce, shabby, battered exile, homeless, and all but friendless.  Pickle the Spy; Or, the Incognito of Prince Charles
But, behold, most clement Emperor Charles behold, ye princes, behold, all ye ranks, how great is the impudence of the adversaries! Apology of the Augsburg Confession
Source of justice and truth, clement and kind God! in my trust in Thee the supreme wish of my heart is that Thy will may be done. The Eve of the French Revolution
The eminent Italian geologist, Stoppani, goes further than I had ventured to do, and treats the action of man as a new physical clement altogether sui generis. The Earth as Modified by Human Action
The Grand Duke," he said, "is clement, the Holy Office very patient, but there are bounds. The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca
The just and clement Kadi, himself the loving father of daughters, felt a pang at his heart as he noted the delusive confidence which so evidently filled the soul of this noble maiden. The Bride of the Nile — Complete
The just and clement Kadi, himself the loving father of daughters, felt a pang at his heart as be noted the delusive confidence which so evidently filled the soul of this noble maiden. The Bride of the Nile — Volume 11
Indeed, they always had been: but the fall of Napoleon, which almost broke his heart, had set them in full cry, and they were not clement in their triumph. Characters of Shakespeare's Plays
You are rather a disturbing clement, dear Howard! Watersprings
A jester at the court of his master, indulged and disesteemed, winning a clement master's praise. Ulysses
Would you seriously ask of me to be less clement to the priesthood than a Protestant prince? Joseph II. and His Court
He was learned, wise, brave, prudent, and pious; devoted to his people, clement to his conquered enemies. The Dragon and the Raven
Lady Macbeth is a pattern to her sex, and her lord is a clement and sagacious ruler. Alfred Tennyson
Such are the murderous plans my loving subjects form for my undoing—I who rule them with a rod of gold, the most clement, just and generous prince in Italy. Love-at-Arms
Frederick has been patient, And too long clement, duped by fleece-cloaked wolves. The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations
"Try to reconcile them to their fate—do not return their ill-will; swear to me that you will be clement to my countrymen?" Joseph II. and His Court
My answer was, 'I am content to submit to whatso pleaseth thee: if I have failed in respect to thee, thou art of the clement.' The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 12 [Supplement]
With that apology we must leave the fame of Tennyson as a politician to the clement consideration of an enlightened posterity. Alfred Tennyson
"But I am a very clement prince, fool." Love-at-Arms
O thou clement one, speak not with the tongue of enemies nor look with their eyes; but fulfil the covenant of fellowship with me, ere the time of applying remedy cease to be. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 03
"Nay," said the father, smiling, "the wife may be severe, though the empress be clement." Joseph II. and His Court
Elsewhere, under a less clement sky, she prefers the support of a wall, which protects the nest against the prolonged snows. Bramble-Bees and Others
I am more clement than you think," said he, "in having done so much. The Shame of Motley: being the memoir of certain transactions in the life of Lazzaro Biancomonte, of Biancomonte, sometime fool of the court of Pesaro
"Proverbially clement," the jester protested, but he did not succeed this time in excluding the sarcasm from his voice. Love-at-Arms
And yet no doubt it is sometimes the best thing for a city to be conquered when the conqueror is clement and generous. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable
In Lower Canada the new Governor General, Lord Durham, proved more clement, merely banishing to Bermuda eight of the captured leaders. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor
Caesar's characteristics are these: a disposition naturally placable and clement—as delineated in your brilliant book of "Grievances"—and a great liking also for superior talent, such as your own. Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Obtain from Madame—from Madame, who is so clement and so generous,—obtain her pardon for you whom she has just surprised also. The Man in the Iron Mask
To thwart Guidobaldo might prove a dangerous thing, and his life might pay the forfeit if his schemes miscarried—clement and merciful though Guidobaldo was. Love-at-Arms
You wish to reign by gentleness and clemency?—I will be clement and gentle. Louise de la Valliere
And if his bearing was not altogether cordial, it was, at least, a clement imitation of cordiality. The Lion's Skin
"Since your majesty is so clement," replied the leech, "you will not refuse to aid me a little in building my house, Rue Saint-Andr�-des-Arcs." Notre-Dame De Paris
The Prophet broke the silence by saying, in a voice that cracked with agitation,— "I trust—I sincerely trust that we shall have a clement spring this year." The Prophet of Berkeley Square
But Augustus, who was certainly not clement by nature, chose to profess himself deeply aggrieved by the preference which they had shown for his rival, and, when he personally visited the East in B.C. History of Phoenicia
The king is now angry, now clement—inviting Mary to dinner! The Valet's tragedy, and other studies
But rumour has it that he is a clement and beneficent prince, terrible in battle, but a lover of peace and all good men. The Path of the King
Because of that, monsieur, I am disposed to be clement. Scaramouche
But he was a wise and clement monarch withal. Historic Girls
Asshur-bani-pal, who was far from being of a clement disposition, suffered himself to be appeased by the submission made, restored Baal to his favour, and allowed him to retain possession of his sovereignty. History of Phoenicia
I know you are more clement than vile men, Who of their broken debtors take a third, A sixth, a tenth, letting them thrive again On their abatement. Cymbeline
"Were His Grace not the most foolishly clement prince in Christendom, a halter would be your reward for the fine things you have done in London." Mistress Wilding
The more clement the count showed himself in the affair at Conches the more determined he was to enforce the laws about gleaning, which had now degenerated into theft. Sons of the Soil
Sir," cried she, "be kind, be clement, listen to my prayer! The Three Musketeers
Coming now to the other qualities mentioned above, I say that every prince ought to desire to be considered clement and not cruel. The Prince
The one thing to do was to run for more clement climate, which we accordingly did, setting our small sail and steering quartering before the fresh wind to the north-east. The Jacket (Star-Rover)
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