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Solicitous Jewish parents will find themselves making choices that reduce the risk that their boys will feel self-consciousness and bullied.
Feminism and Brit Milah: Reconciling Faith and Personal Politics « Gender Across Borders 2009
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MY DEAR FRIEND: Solicitous and anxious as I have ever been to form your heart, your mind, and your manners, and to bring you as near perfection as the imperfection of our natures will allow, I have exhausted, in the course of our correspondence, all that my own mind could suggest, and have borrowed from others whatever I thought could be useful to you; but this has necessarily been interruptedly and by snatches.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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When I asked Lily the usual Solicitous Mother questions—Is the cot comfortable?
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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When I asked Lily the usual Solicitous Mother questions—Is the cot comfortable?
THE BLESSING OF A SKINNED KNEE Ph.D. Wendy Mogel 2001
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Solicitous members of the crew crowded close, wanting to help, until an angry Simna ordered them to stand back and give the fallen herdsman some air.
Carnivores of Light and Darkness Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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Solicitous for his abode, the novice had drawn nearer during the pilgrim's inspection.
A Canticle for Leibowitz Miller, Walter M. 1959
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Solicitous for their temporal, as for their eternal welfare, she interceded for them with her brother-in-law when they had incurred his displeasure, and attended them in sickness with truly maternal devotedness.
The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation A Religious of the Ursuline Community
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Solicitous of preserving my life, I desire, with the full exercise of my understanding, to eat this unclean food.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Solicitous of victory, the kings fought on because they fought that fight they should.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Solicitous to maintain and enhance that reputation for gallantry towards his fair readers which it has ever been his pride to have merited, has much pleasure, not unmixed with self-congratulation, in thus announcing to the loveliest portion of the creation the immediate appearance of
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 11, 1841 Various
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