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Attention


ATTEN'TION, noun

1. The act of attending or heeding; the due application of the ear to sounds, or of the mind to objects presented to its contemplation. [Literally, a stretching towards.

They say the tongues of dying men

Enforce attention like deep harmony.

2. Act of civility, or courtesy; as attention to a stranger.