Desirous of conciliating Mac-Mahon and his clique, he adopted a policy somewhat at variance with his former liberal religious views.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
He tried to make his voice pleasant, conciliating-and he actually succeeded.
"Jane Oglander"
Marie Belloc Lowndes
He returned with a more conciliating manner to the charge.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee