Entreaties

Examples

• 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.
• It is you, Arthur, who bring here doubts and suspicions and entreaties for explanations, and it is you, Arthur, who bring secrets here. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She was about to renew her entreaties when a door slammed overhead, and the sound of several footsteps was heard upon the stairs. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• By dint of entreaties expressed in energetic whispers, I reduced the half-dozen to two: these however, he vowed he would select himself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Elinor was again obliged to decline her invitation; and by changing the subject, put a stop to her entreaties. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Many timid remonstrances had she uttered to George in behalf of her brother, but the former in his trenchant way cut these entreaties short. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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