Entreaty

Examples

• But Mr. Peggotty made no such retort, only answering with another entreaty to Mrs. Gummidge to cheer up. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The reasons for this alteration were at the same time related, and they were such as to make further entreaty on his side impossible. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She shall wring them all out of me slowly and separately--only by confession, penitence, entreaty. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He needed no second entreaty; and she prepared her father's bed, and begged him to lie down. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• A most earnest, pressing, and emphatic entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you, that you well remember. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• But she would not be put off; secure of his unaltered love, she was willing to undertake any labour, use any entreaty, to dispel his anger. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Again she yielded to the entreaty, and again they came back to the same place, and again he worked at the stone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You have only to _read_ the part, said Henry Crawford, with renewed entreaty. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Jane instantly gave a look at Elizabeth which spoke her distress at such premeditation, and her entreaty that _she_ would not give in to it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Therefore I make the entreaty I have now preferred, and I hope you will have sufficient consideration for me to accede to it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The venerable Isaac is subjected to an alembic, which will distil from him all he holds dear, without any assistance from my requests or thy entreaty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• He had returned when he did, on the pressing and written entreaty of a French citizen, who represented that his life was endangered by his absence. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The old girl promptly makes a sign of entreaty to him to say nothing; assenting with a nod, he suffers them to enter as he shuts the door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But let me, it is my last entreaty, let me in the praises of his countrymen and the prosperity of England, find the choice of my youth justified. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I regretted it exceedingly, for she was very grateful, and I felt sure would have resisted no entreaty of mine. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In one circumstance only even the entreaties of Rebecca were unable to secure sufficient attention to the accommodation of the wounded knight. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• They thanked her; but were obliged to resist all her entreaties. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Mrs. Jennings and Mrs. Palmer joined their entreaties, all seemed equally anxious to avoid a family party; and the young ladies were obliged to yield. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• I will not go to-night, said I, in answer to Julia's pressing entreaties, and I kept my word. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He replied to her fervid entreaties, that he would never be able to get up the narrow stairs without Bob; where was Bob, would nobody fetch Bob? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Poor Isaac was hurried off accordingly, and expelled from the preceptory; all his entreaties, and even his offers, unheard and disregarded. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• I told him all about it and how her first entreaties had referred to his forgiveness. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The entreaties to remain were pressing, but Mr. Pickwick was inflexible. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• No entreaties will move the obdurate Hassan. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Of late the Misses Dobbin more than once repeated their entreaties to Amelia, to allow George to visit them. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Perhaps the villain was softened by the woman's entreaties. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Will no entreaties cause thee to turn a favourable eye upon thy creature, who implores thy goodness and compassion? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• No entreaties on the part of the good old housekeeper will induce Mrs. Bagnet to retain the coach for her own conveyance home. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He yielded to it in that light only, when he submitted to her entreaties, backed by those of his uncle and sister. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The letter ended with many tender professions and entreaties that I would go to him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

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