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They resorted to entreaty, and besought her merely to make the sign of submission, telling her that she need not in her heart change her belief.— History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II.
The girl clasped her hands in entreaty, and the older woman evidently tried most earnestly to dissuade her visitor from a proceeding fraught with utmost danger Being quite certain that they meant to be friendly, Iris sat down again.— The Stowaway Girl
The State Committee was deaf to argument or entreaty, and the Demijohn seemed drained.— The Henchman
This look was a timid entreaty, and implored secrecy far more effectually than her expressed words had done a few minutes before.— The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
His ear is ever attentive to entreaty, and within his faithful breast are concealed the disclosures of the suffering.— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand

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