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Entreated by Louise to abandon the plains and pursue a vocation along more peaceful paths, Will conceived the idea of taking up the business in which mother had won financial success -- that of landlord.
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Entreated by Louise to abandon the plains and pursue a vocation along more peaceful paths, Will conceived the idea of taking up the business in which mother had won financial success -- that of landlord.
Last of the Great Scouts The Life Story of William F Cody Wetmore, Helen C 1899
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Entreated to call on Baal-Zeboub, each time he opened his mouth his eye fell into it; however, he continued the invocation, but no Baal-Zeboub manifested.
Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899
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Entreated to do so, however, and that, too, by my dear grandmother, I went to the back part of the house to play with them and the other children.
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Entreated to do it again, this prudent rifleman modestly declined, for he remembered Sam Slick's lucky shot at the floating bottle; it was manifestly his wisdom not to risk fame won by a fluke.
My Life as an Author Tupper, Martin F 1886
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Entreated not to leave them before she was thoroughly re-established, and to consent to be looked on as one of the family, she sighed, and said it was the utmost she could hope.
Evan Harrington — Volume 7 George Meredith 1868
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Entreated not to leave them before she was thoroughly re-established, and to consent to be looked on as one of the family, she sighed, and said it was the utmost she could hope.
Evan Harrington — Complete George Meredith 1868
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Entreated not to leave them before she was thoroughly re-established, and to consent to be looked on as one of the family, she sighed, and said it was the utmost she could hope.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Entreated by Frank, however, he asked David to go and stay at his house, till his mother returned home.
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Entreated to do so, however, and that, too, by my dear grandmother, I went to the back part of the house, to play with them and the other children.
My Bondage and My Freedom Frederick Douglass 1856
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