Nay, Ned, that mollifies something; and I scorn it should be said of Nich.
"The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. I (of 6)"
Aphra Behn
To have a man so simple and so honourable to represent us in the darkness of primeval history, binds all the intervening centuries together, and mollifies all their monstrosities.
"Varied Types"
G. K. Chesterton
Beauty in distress mollifies the court, does it?
"Bred in the Bone"
James Payn