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"I don't know I suppose," stammered Sam, "it is their way, with them fellows." "But you will not allow it? You cannot allow it!" excitedly. "I couldn't prevent them," said Sam, quite humbly. "Mr. Rice," and her voice was at once a command and an entreaty, "you can and must prevent it. You are not afraid? I will go with you this very night and will help you.
No entreaty of the generous diamond-dealer dissuaded her; no apology of the detective turned her from the one fixed purpose. The star of the Alcasar rose, culminated, and disappeared in two weeks. O woman! I have seen you in the brilliant whirl of society, where all was gayety, gallantry, and splendor.
Mary clasped her hands together with passionate force, but spoke no word of entreaty to that wooden face that sharp, determined voice; but, as she turned away, she prayed for strength to bear the coming trial, and strength to forgive Mrs. Jenkins. Mrs. Jenkins watched her go away meekly, as one who has no hope, and then she turned upon herself as sharply as she ever did on any one else.
Finally I persuaded her to abandon all claims on the portion she had given them and to give them good hopes of one day coming into the rest of the property. All these concessions I extorted from Pudentilla with difficulty and against her will I have her leave to tell the whole story as it happened I wrung them from her by my urgent entreaty, though she was angry and reluctant.
"Nay, sire! I pray you " "For pity's sake, Henrietta; it is the first time I entreated any one, and I have no hope in any one but in you." "Oh, sire! you are weeping." "From rage, from humiliation. That I, the king, should have been obliged to descend to entreaty. I shall hate this moment during my whole life.
"Now don't speak till you've thought, and don't think till I finish. As you yourself said, Washington's no place for us at present. Anyhow, the way to get there right is to be sent there from the people by the people. You are the wife of a public man, but you've had no training." "I " she began. "Hear me first," he said, between entreaty and command.
Can you tell me?” asked Lise with timid entreaty. “I’ll tell you later, Lise—afterwards,” said Alyosha, confused. “Now you wouldn’t understand it perhaps—and perhaps I couldn’t explain it.” “I know your brothers and your father are worrying you, too.” “Yes, my brothers too,” murmured Alyosha, pondering. “I don’t like your brother Ivan, Alyosha,” said Lise suddenly.
Getting up upon the top of that, he made an oration to the people, calling upon them to maintain and defend their liberty; who, with great expressions of joy and acknowledgment, created Dion and Megacles generals, with plenary powers, joining in commission with them, at their desire and entreaty, twenty colleagues, of whom half were of those that had returned with them out of banishment.
"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. If the "showman" be possessed of a good fund of talk and a dash of dry humor, the fun of the collection may be still further enhanced by his explanations and criticisms of the various objects.
Gratian was at the helm, ready to give a turn to wheel, whilst his comrades with their hands on the cleats were preparing to ease off the sheets. Dirk Peters remained immovable, leaning against the fore-mast, his head down, his body bent, and his mouth set firm. Not a word passed his lips. But now he turned towards me, and what a look of mingled wrath and entreaty he gave me!
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