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But she were a thoroughly unprincipled woman, and hated Jane almost as soon as she had set eyes on her. Now she were far too deep to do anything as would get herself into trouble. She might have robbed her ladyship in many ways; and so she did, but not by taking her jewels or anything of that sort. She would wheedle things out of her mistress in the slyest way.
It may take me that time to wheedle her. But I shall do it. 'Then listen, I said eagerly, seizing the opportunity and her sleeve and drawing her farther from the door. 'If you can persuade her to that, you can persuade to all I wish. Listen, my friend, I continued, sinking my voice still lower. 'If she will see the king for only ten minutes, and tell him what she knows, I will give you
The India trade was a sore subject, Henry having throughout the negotiations sought to force or wheedle the States into renouncing that commerce at the command of Spain, because he wished to help himself to it afterwards, and being now in the habit of secretly receiving Isaac Le Maire and other Dutch leaders in that lucrative monopoly, who lay disguised in Paris and in the house of Zamet but not concealed from Aerssens, who pledged himself to break, the neck of their enterprise and were planning with the King a French East India Company in opposition to that of the Netherlands.
"There's lots and lots of old truck," continued the implacable Miss Colishaw. "It all belonged to my mother and my grandmother and her mother before her. It's all up there; and there it's going to stay, if all the rich ladies in Newport come down to try to wheedle me out of it. Not a soul of them shall set foot in my attic." "Well, I must say that I think you very foolish," said Mrs.
All the same it was unendurable, and it was a relief to see Joe Braggs tiptoeing carefully across the yard dairywards. The rascal should have been patching a gap in the hedge of Ten-acres, and here he was, foraging for a jug of ale. He could wheedle Jane as easily as he could snare a rabbit, but I would scarify him out of his five senses, the hulk.
So I set off and came down the hill; but the brute kept pace with me to this very door, trying to wheedle me, I believe. And now what's to be done? I would go off at once, and let Uncle Clem come into his rights, only I don't want to be the death of him and Cherie." "No," said Lance, "my dear fellow! You have stood it wisely and bravely so far, go on to do so.
They'll pretend they're dying in agony just to wheedle a drop of rum or a fig of tobacco out of a white man; and they'll take it quite as a matter of course when one of their men bashes their head in with a NULLA-NULLA. 'I suppose you'll allow that a spear wound may hurt a little, said Bridget. 'I believe that you yourself suffered from the effect of one at least, you once told me so.
The cat fled, but promptly returned to rub against her ankles. "Oh! yes, you can wheedle, you old hypocrite!" she said. "Sylvie! Sylvie!" "Yes, madame; what is it?" "Just see what the cat has done!" "It is all that stupid Christophe's fault. I told him to stop and lay the table. What has become of him? Don't you worry, madame; Father Goriot shall have it.
Her mood changed. She began to wheedle. "Come, ma petite, you will help me recover my little box, n'est-ce pas? You will find me generous. And I am rich, I have great savings. I can..." Barbara put up her hands and pushed the dancer away from her. "After what you have said to me to-night," she said, "I wouldn't give you back your box even if I had it." She turned to the man.
No man or woman can ever do good work, in the world, whatever be the task, until he has stricken from his hands and head and his heart the chains of Fear. The very first lesson to teach a baby is to be unafraid. Instead of that, fear is constantly resorted to in the family and in the school-room. We bribe, we threaten, we wheedle, we bull-doze.
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