plea,

The effect of this further instability is to let the key point about just how the noisy years are made to seem thus hover between a statement and a plea,

The 'Power of Sound' and the Great Scheme of Things: Wordsworth Listens to Wordsworth 2008

Hemans shared a passionate temperament with Byron and, needing the same surcease, adopted his plea,

'A darkling plain': Hemans, Byron and _The Sceptic; A Poem_ 2001

"A word," I said, raising my hand, and while he half turned, startled, believing I was indeed about to compromise my dignity by a further plea,

The Door Through Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964

There was the sound of movement within, and then came the stricken plea,

The Seventh Noon Frederick Orin Bartlett

Do you remember when the Greeks came to Philip with their great plea,

Quiet Talks on Following the Christ 1897

At this she stamped in mutiny, and then she urged her plea,

The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch R. C. Lehmann 1892

It would indeed be a tough, tough man who could ignore thy gentle plea,

Remarks Bill Nye 1873

Cigarette had been too successful in her rebellion against all weakness, and was far too fiery a young warrior to find refuge or consolation in the poet's plea,

Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

After reciting the promise, substantially from 2Sa 7: 12-16 (compare Ac 2: 30, &c.), an additional plea,

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

From Vassili's movements, I could see that he had now got his purse open, and that the poor outcast was still bowing and making the sign of the cross as he ran beside the wheels of the vehicle, at the imminent risk of being run over, and reiterated from time to time his plea,

Boyhood Leo Tolstoy 1869