entreaty

This accident was the arrival of a coach and four; upon which my landlord and landlady immediately desisted from fighting, and at their entreaty obtained the same favour of their antagonists: but Susan was not so kind to Partridge; for that Amazonian fair having overthrown and bestrid her enemy, was now cuffing him lustily with both her hands, without any regard to his request of a cessation of arms, or to those loud exclamations of murder which he roared forth.

The fierce looks of the irritated savages admonished me that I could gain nothing by force, and that it was by entreaty alone that I could hope to compass my object.

From the time he received this news to the end of the campaign all Kutuzov's activity was directed toward restraining his troops, by authority, by guile, and by entreaty, from useless attacks, maneuvers, or encounters with the perishing enemy.

He had returned when he did, on the pressing and written entreaty of a French citizen, who represented that his life was endangered by his absence.

No entreaty, no proposition of increased wages, could induce them to remain; to every argument they replied, "We must go, for death is in this house." They all left, in spite of prayers and entreaties, testifying their regret at leaving so good a master and mistress, and especially Mademoiselle Valentine, so good, so kind, and so gentle.

Sir Walter, however, would choose his own means, and at last wrote a very fine letter of ample explanation, regret, and entreaty, to his right honourable cousin.

"Edna, dear, are you not coming in soon?" he asked again, this time fondly, with a note of entreaty.

The first lines contained an urgent entreaty to keep the circumstances connected with the loss of the five hundred pounds the strictest secret from everyone in general, and from Hardyman in particular.

Tim Linkinwater condescended, after much entreaty and brow-beating, to accept a share in the house; but he could never be prevailed upon to suffer the publication of his name as a partner, and always persisted in the punctual and regular discharge of his clerkly duties.

My old friend was the bearer of my letter of entreaty; he gave it to her without her parents' knowledge, humbling his white hair to implore Evelina to read and to reply to my appeal.

by motor the worst and this entreaty nothing to that Clr Richard Murgatroyd (Lab, Golcar) championed the policy, and Kirklees Climate Emergency Campaign offers to help, saying "We have lots of ideas." You bet they have.

YESTERDAY'S SOLUTIONS WEE THINKER ACROSS: 7 Awesome 9 Never 10 Hague 11 Avignon 12 Nut 13 Gridlock 16 Entreaty 17 Tit 19 Israeli 21 Locum 22 Ennui 23 Netball.