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"text": "[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]",
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"ref": "1991, Gene M. Burnett, “Black Star out of Jacksonville: Native Son Achiever James Weldon Johnson was Lawyer, Educator, Composer, Author, Diplomat, and National Black Leader”, in Florida’s Past: People and Events that Shaped the State, volume 3, Sarasota, Fla.: Pineapple Press, →OCLC, section I (Achievers and Pioneers), pages 62–63",
"text": "In fact, this educator, lawyer, editor, composer, author, poet, and diplomat [James Weldon Johnson] would become a sturdy fulcrum for black America's transition in 1916 from the softspoken conformity and accommodation of the Booker T. Washington era to a vigorous militant idealism that targeted no less than full equality.",
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"ref": "2017 March, Jennifer S. Holland, “For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival”, in National Geographic, archived from the original on 2017-05-03",
"text": "We were driving to the Tasikoki Wildlife Rescue Centre, south of Bitung, to meet with Harry Hilser, program manager for the nonprofit Selamatkan Yaki—which works to save Sulawesi's crested black macaques—and the rescue center's manager, Simon Purser, a soft-spoken Brit who seems to carry the weight of the world on his slim frame.",
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"text": "[S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […]",
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"text": "In fact, this educator, lawyer, editor, composer, author, poet, and diplomat [James Weldon Johnson] would become a sturdy fulcrum for black America's transition in 1916 from the softspoken conformity and accommodation of the Booker T. Washington era to a vigorous militant idealism that targeted no less than full equality.",
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},
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"code": "de",
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"note": "mit sanfter und leiser Stimme (postpositioned)",
"sense": "having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly"
},
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"note": "der leisen Töne (postpositioned)",
"sense": "having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly"
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"sense": "having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly",
"word": "ruhig sprechend"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly",
"word": "leise sprechend"
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"sense": "having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly",
"word": "halk szavú"
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"sense": "having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly",
"word": "suppressus"
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"sense": "having a pleasant, gentle, mild manner of speech; speaking gently or quietly",
"word": "kiune-vreearagh"
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