Still, he finds much to appreciate in the history plays: here, it is the weak, vacillating, sometimes contemptible character of King John; the "comic" but forthright, noble character of Philip the Bastard; the desperation and excess of maternal tenderness in Constance; and many beautiful and affecting passages.
Those sleepy newborn days afforded me the opportunity to explore my new found tenderness, and with the excess time the early months offered, I started to write again with my baby camped out at my side.
I delighted in the tenderness of a local lamb topped in excess with truffled bernaise sauce.
Excess cleansing can irritate baby's gums and result in sensitivity or tenderness of the gums.
By palpation the physician may detect enlargement of an organ, excess fluid in the tissues, a tumour mass, a bone fracture, or, by revealing tenderness, the presence of inflammation (as in appendicitis).
These include noting the presence or absence of pallor or, the opposite, an excess of colour; jaundice, red tongue, and enlargement of the heart, liver, spleen, or lymph nodes; small purple spots or larger bruises on the skin; and tenderness of the bones.
Despite its occasional excesses, "Goats" is a hard-edged, clear-eyed coming-of-age novel shot through with unexpected flashes of tenderness.
With tenderness, and love.
