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Smith's songs have a quality of their own, an appeal that is bewitching: "Entreaty," a perfect melody, and "The Dimple in Her
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The central panel displays an image of the Deesis ‘Entreaty’ or ‘Petition’, in which the enthroned Christ is flanked by full-length figures of the Mother of God and St John the Baptist, their hands outstretched towards him in supplication.
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The central panel displays an image of the Deesis ‘Entreaty’ or ‘Petition’, in which the enthroned Christ is flanked by full-length figures of the Mother of God and St John the Baptist, their hands outstretched towards him in supplication.
A Byzantine Mystery 2009
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This could be a new form of political action — I call it “Direct Poetical Entreaty.”
New York World 2006
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"The Instantaneous Kid Reviver" is a baby's feeding bottle; and the "Earnest Entreaty" is the request of the exhibitor that the visitors will recommend the collection to their friends.
Entertainments for Home, Church and School Frederica Seeger
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She was a Daughter of Iniquity, all right, but maybe she might listen to an Entreaty if it came from one who was Pure, and who could point out to her in Fatherly Kindness that she was leading her Family on a Short Cut to the Weeping and Wailing and
More Fables George Ade 1905
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Entreaty was all the argument life had given Milly.
One Woman's Life Robert Herrick 1903
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Entreaty of the daughters of Jerusalem to her, in her chariot-like flight from them (compare 2Ki 2: 12; 2Sa 19: 14).
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Entreaty, remonstrance, the assumption of hurt and injured tones, were alike unavailing.
From Jest to Earnest Edward Payson Roe 1863
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Entreaty, he felt, would be idle, and might waste time and end in his own defeat and death.
The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Mayne Reid 1850
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