10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEMPTINGNESS»
Discover the use of
temptingness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
temptingness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
For an individual the temptingness of different degrees of in- tensity-of
experience is readily computed. However, the temptingness of different durations
is equally necessary for an estimate of the probability of a given person
performing a ...
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Stories from Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers
She said ; and from her balmy bosom loosed The girdle that contained all
temptingness — > Love, and desire, and sweet and secret talk Lavish, which robs
the wisest of their wits. " great cruelfe Such birdes for to put in such 288 RINALDO
...
Leigh Hunt, Dante Alighieri, Luigi Pulci, 1846
3
God Speaks the Pastafarian Quatrains
Gory if halt temptingness. Snortingly if the past gem. Snortingly if the apt gems.
Snortingly if the pat gems. Snortingly tap ifthe gems. Stingy if top gem enthrals. If
lengthy pig torments as. Stealthy if sporting gem n. Rashly if so tempting gent.
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A New General English Dictionary; Peculiarly Calculated for ...
ALLU'RlNGN ESS or ALLU'REMENT temptingness, decny7ng, striving by some
artisice to work upon a person, in order to deceive or bring him over to do a
particular thine. ALLU'SlON (S.) when any thing is spoken or written with
reference to ...
Thomas Dyche, William Pardon, 1740
That she should pickhim upwiththeintention atfirst of stopping his crying, and
should yield tothe temptingness of himjust as Bud had yielded, would have
seemed to Alpine still more unlikely; because no Indian had ever kidnapped a
white child ...
6
Miscellaneous Remains from the Commonplace Book of Richard ...
I conceive it would be a good discipline to put to one's self, frequently, imaginary
cases of this kind; reflecting on the temptingness of the opportunity and the
anticipation of regret, and resolving to stand firm if any such case should occur.
Richard Whately, Elizabeh Jane Whately, 1865
7
Mediation and Love: A Study of the Medieval Go-Between in ...
persuade (person) into abandonment of principles, esp. chastity and allegiance;
persuade by temptingness or attractiveness."18 Jean Bau- drillard states: "
Seduction has nothing to do with a natural order, but rather with the order of
artifice ...
8
Cruelty, Violence and Murder
Differentiation isnecessarybetween anoriginal learningprocessand a reclaiming
of ground lost during the process we call brutalization. The latter is a reaction to
circumstances that are persecutory,perhaps through their seductive temptingness
, ...
Arthur Hyatt Williams, Paul Williams, 1998
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A Dictionary of the English and Russian Languages:
Прелёстно, ad.charmingly, captivatingly, temptingly. Прелёстность,
charmingness, captivation, temptingness. Hpefièc'rnblů, a. charming, captivatlng,
tempting. Прёлесть, charm, captivation, temptation; attraction. l'IpeJiiiin, sl. s.
Hepeflnsá'rb.
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The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
But the very facility of production lessened the tableau's temptingness. The
triumph was complete without the vulgar actuality. "I can't," she said, withdrawing
her hand. "But you are a good fellow. Good-by." She moved towards the garden
steps ...
