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"I have been over-persuaded to forgive you," he announced aggressively, seeming thereby to imply that he consented to this merely so as to put an end to tiresome importunities. Andre-Louis was not misled. He detected a pretence adopted by the Seigneur so as to enable him to retreat in good order. "My blessings on the persuaders, whoever they may have been.
They were "persuaders," by which native Chinese policemen secretly extract confessions from unwilling criminals light cuts with a sharp knife on the surface of the skin, and after He looked around for the "torture bottle," but it was not in sight. "Who is this?" he asked, and lifted the cloth from the man's face. It was Milburgh. Much had happened to Mr.
It begins from naming the baby with an appropriate name to securing a suitable place for interment. I would like to call the reader's attention to a fascinating book dealing with the unconscious reasons why we do many of the things that we do. You will be intrigued with every page of the book. It is called The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard.
The brigands looked mischievous for a moment. So did the rifles. So did the revolver. These two weapons were great persuaders. With slow, unwilling steps the five men marched onward into captivity. "I'll see to the wounded," said the detective. Four of the brigands had been killed outright. Others were writhing on the ground and using bad language. "Two and four make six," muttered Mr.
"She takes his Lordship's acceptance of the, government most haynously," said Sir Francis, "and has resolved to send Sir Thomas Heneage at once, with orders for him to resign the office. She has been threatening you and Sir Philip Sidney, whom she considers the chief actors and persuaders in the matter, according to information received from some persons about my Lord of Leicester."
By way of overcoming this difficulty, Christian ordered the enclosures to be torn down, and the planks with which they had been formed were used as persuaders to urge the refractory creatures on. As each poke or slap produced a series of horrible yells, it may be understood that the operation was accompanied with noise.
Our chief persuaders to the guards to do us this favor were rings, pencils, knives, combs, and such trifles as we might have in our pockets, and, more especially, the brass buttons on our uniforms. Rebel soldiers, like Indians, negros and other imperfectly civilized people, were passionately fond of bright and gaudy things.
'Then you can buy them on your way to my stables, said Tom; and sure enough, sir, the youth laid out his money on a very costly pair of persuaders, and then proceeded homewards with Tom. 'Now, with all your spurs, said Tom, 'I don't think you'll be able to make him go. 'Is he so very vicious, then? inquired the youth, who began to think of his neck.
I am learning to row here, for, circumscribed as my walks necessarily are, impossible as it is to resort to my favourite exercise on horseback upon these narrow dykes, I must do something to prevent my blood from stagnating; and this broad brimming river, and the beautiful light canoes which lie moored, at the steps, are very inviting persuaders to this species of exercise.
They are not things which we particularly want, but that's the point. Anyone can sell things that people want. But these men are professional persuaders of men against their will whose mission it is to make people want what they don't want. That's Art. The horoscope seller must have taken his degree from some college of venders, his call has such finesse.
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