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This was the first temptation, the ordeal of thy flesh -- nay, not the first -- the second, for Atene and her lurings were the first.
Ayesha, the Return of She Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Let the world not seduce thee with lurings, but behold
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Alas! that purity, that innocence so common formerly among children, is every day disappearing from their midst, many among them have become the victims of sin ere the passions of the heart manifested their presence; and their hearts have quivered from the sting of remorse ere they felt the perfidious lurings of pleasure.
Serious Hours of a Young Lady Charles Sainte-Foi 1833
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Puyallup schools inform parents about attempted lurings
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Tao Vang lives in Frogtown near one of the first attempted lurings and said that she's still scared.
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Puyallup schools inform parents about attempted lurings
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Tao Vang lives in Frogtown near one of the first attempted lurings and said that she's still scared.
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Puyallup schools inform parents about attempted lurings
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The Olympia Police Department announced Thursday that, based on the resident's description of the trespasser, it does not appear that the Nov. 13 trespassing incident is related to an unknown suspect or suspects in two other suspected lurings that were reported in the Dec. 4 edition of The Olympian.
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Let the world not seduce thee with lurings, but behold * What measure to thy family and neighbours it hath doled. "
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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