| 单词 | wheedle |
| 例句 | “You know how it is,” Doc Daneeka had wheedled, with a sly, conspiratorial wink. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Oh, come now, you know perfectly well you only tagged along to wheedle information out of me,” said Ripred. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He also didn’t argue or wheedle or cajole or ratchet the charm way up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Over the family’s meager supper, he and his father talked about the Durham Bulls’ latest victory and C.P. managed to wheedle a promise from his father to take him to the next ball game. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Grace wheedled, winding a rubber band around the end of the braid. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The Americans were wheedled and teased over to those three stacks, which weren’t hay after all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z If she tried, he’d argue and wheedle and sulk and bully and plain wear her down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But like all parents—all adults—they didn’t fight and wheedle for their turn. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Waterside, merchants wheedled and cajoled customers, hoping to lure them into their shops. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Come on,” wheedled his father with a smile, “there must be something.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “I know everything, you see,” the old voice wheedled. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a proud and independent man who was opposed to unemployment insurance and never hesitated to whine, whimper, wheedle, and extort for as much as he could get from whomever he could. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Please, Mummy,” the girl wheedled, like she hadn’t heard me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z So Voldemort had managed to wheedle the location of the lost diadem out of the Gray Lady. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z So Nok's mother wheedled and cut deals with her society friends, and by a sheer miracle, she landed Nok's father an even better gig: Chief Law Commissioner. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He, Harry, had had too much experience of trying to wheedle information out of reluctant people not to recognize a master at work. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z On the other hand, some of them seemed to be on good terms with the guards, called them by nicknames, and tried to wheedle cigarettes through the spy-hole in the door. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But once in a while, Prim wheedles one out of me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She could send him to the refrigerator, which was decorated with the blank couple on the bicycle built for two—or, as now, she could wheedle, “Tell me a story, Billy boy.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Their voices wheedled and they smiled in counterfeit. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Already he’d borrowed heavily to redo their house, to buy into the west side subdivision and golf course, and to wheedle a position on the proposed ski valley’s board of directors. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "She wasn't hungry," Sansa said, knowing full well that her sister had probably stolen down to the kitchen hours ago and wheedled a breakfast out of some cook's boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Everyone says you’re too stupid, but I don’t believe it. Please, Matt,” she wheedled. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When the agent continued to wheedle her, Mama hung up on her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Wave your hands over and around two aerials emanating from a black box and hear all pitches of electronic wheedles. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Parker, meanwhile, had wheedled $50,000 from investors, and the pair moved to California. Napster: the day the music was set free 2013-02-24T00:05:22Z My wife finds traditional Southern food to be soft and starchy, and will not cook it, especially after I am no longer around to wheedle and cajole. Recipes for a Tidy and Tasty Death 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z As someone who wheedled his grandmother into taking him to see Hitchcock’s “Frenzy” at age 13, I can both relate, and think I have him beat in the awkwardness department. ‘The After Party’ and ‘Baahubali’: Hip-hop Dreams and Indian Fantasy From Netflix 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The dominant man wheedles the other, an unfortunate street person, into putting his head in the oven. Mike Kelley: the nonconformist's whole life is here 2012-12-18T18:00:31Z Taught they were put on Earth to cheer men on, most women in these parts learn early to wheedle and endure. Review | Elizabeth Wetmore’s ‘Valentine’ is a thrilling debut that deserves your attention 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Teresa finally wheedles a confession from her son. Freakonomics: The Dismal Science Brightens Up on Screen 2010-10-02T06:30:00Z I coaxed, I wheedled, I joked, I jabbed ... and finally, I yelled! Book Talk: Making Soapies in Kabul 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Rather, with few exceptions, such as a scene in which Jack tries to wheedle Valium out of a pharmacist, the play remains trite even as it approaches seriousness. Review: In Matthew Perry’s First Play, a Chandler Gone to Seed 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z And while she manages to wheedle a little information from him about his personal life — Thomas’s fiancée, Stacy, keeps calling on his cellphone — Vanda seems to know more about him than she reasonably should. | 'Venus in Fur': ?Venus in Fur,? by David Ives, With Nina Arianda - Review 2011-11-09T03:01:30Z Mrs. Phillips said her husband had either commissioned or inspired more than 200 solo and chamber music pieces, many wheedled out of composers by persistence or other methods. Harvey Phillips, a Titan of the Tuba, Dies at 80 2010-10-24T04:19:00Z At first, I tried to wheedle him into going for only three weeks; his brother, aghast, protested: “But I have 31 days of activities planned!” 'Sick and asphyxiating' – why we live in an age of anxiety 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z He makes you feel–as Underwood must everyone he wheedles and lobbies–like the only person in the room not beneath his contempt. Review: House of Cards Sinks Its Sharp Teeth into Washington 2013-01-31T15:00:10Z The statuette was included in the 1881 exhibition of the Impressionists — a group that Gauguin wheedled his way into as a collector. Gauguin: It’s Not Just Genius vs. Monster 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z As Raymond’s family nags and wheedles and bickers, his desire to escape the lot of them is the most urgent and understandable emotion onscreen. Review: ‘Youth in Oregon’ Takes a Family on a Contentious Ride 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z “Because of your big career that’s so much bigger than mine?” wheedles her petulant husband. Perspective | American history seems way more feminist on shows like ‘The First Lady’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z If you sat next to him on an airplane, you would have to wheedle his story out of him. Opening the door to a place of plants and privilege 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The best moments feature Johnson the master legislator, strategizing how to wheedle support from Republicans like Everett Dirksen and Southern Democrats alike. Theater Review: In ‘The Great Society,’ a Conflicted Lyndon B. Johnson 2013-08-13T21:45:35Z Add quickly that you understand their decision and aren’t trying to wheedle a gift out of them. Where Was This Money When I Made My Down Payment? 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The abiding mystery is why Dale Carnegie didn’t wheedle himself a higher spot than No. 8. Analysis | New York Public Library’s most checked-out books say a lot about what we read and why 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Ask any nerd who wheedled her parents for a little more cash to buy books: What you get from Scholastic is what your parents are willing to buy you. Hey, right wing ghouls! Hands off the Scholastic book fair! 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z He wheedled money from the city for more cops, more police stations, more equipment, and he made nice with community organizations. They weren't caped crusaders, but these Angelenos fought corruption and won 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Then he had the woman hand her phone to a visiting technician and wheedled the phone number of the department head out him. Cutting through customer service doom-loops by calling in a ‘Karen’ 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z The arsonists wheedle their way into his house with a combination of servile pleading, subtle bullying and appeals to Biedermann’s moral vanity. Handing the matches to the arsonists within 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z To do so, he said, “I’ve had to shove, push, cajole, persuade, wheedle, exaggerate, manipulate, flatter, be obnoxious, occasionally lie, and always sell.” George Lois, ad man and creator of iconic Esquire covers, dies at 91 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z And by clicking on that link, you’ll either download malware onto your device or be taken to a site that tries to wheedle sensitive personal information out of you. Don’t get scammed this holiday season. Here’s what to watch out for 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The news business of today is much more diverse and publicly self-critical than the old boy’s network she and I had to wheedle our way into back in the day. Review | Journalists are failing our fragile democracy, a media insider says 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z For one thing, “very” is a fraud, masquerading as a strengthener when it merely wheedles and pleads. Opinion | Writers, be wary of Throat-Clearers and Wan Intensifiers. Very, very wary. 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z Leibovich is, more subtly, a brilliant interviewer able to wheedle not-quite-admissions from his subjects, who give him all the access in the world. Review | This primal scream over Trump’s enablers provides only a partial catharsis 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z “At least we tried to make a movie. They can’t judge us for that,” wheedles director Darren at the end of the film, incorrectly. Review: How in the world did Judd Apatow's 'The Bubble' go so horribly wrong? 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Over three gripping seasons, HBO’s “Succession” has followed ruthless members of the Roy family as they wheedle and extort their way to a place atop the media empire they feel entitled to. Inside the 'element of geometry' that made this 'Succession' scene a work of art 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The part of Orlean who, as a child, wheedled her pet-averse mother into adopting a dog is never too distant from the scrutinizing reporter. Susan Orlean's new book explores our intense love of animals, especially donkeys 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Once a relationship is established via a false identity, romance scammers wheedle money from their online lovers. Hushpuppi - the Instagram influencer and international fraudster 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z "Using children to wheedle money from generous Georgians to finance gang activity is unforgivable," Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement. Georgia prosecutors bust fake children’s charity set up to ‘fund criminal gang activity’ 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z A Los Angeles Times columnist supposedly wheedled the songwriters who wrote “Que Sera, Sera” and the “Bonanza” theme into composing it. Do you love L.A.? Learn these other songs too 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z It might seem mystifying that so many Americans need to be wheedled, cajoled and bribed into getting a vaccine that’s so clearly in their interest. Are rewards for getting COVID-19 vaccinations really such a great idea? 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z As written by Murphy, it nails Russian operatives trying to wheedle their way into elections and highly organized right-wing white supremacy groups as fomenting domestic troubles. Another day, another Trump administration scandal 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Ultimately three Republicans voted for the bill, and only after Mr. Biden helped wheedle a yes from his close friend Arlen Specter, a moderate from Pennsylvania. Biden Camp Finds Selling Point in Ailing Economy: His Work on 2009 Recovery 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z A scrawny old-time Village-hipster type was driving the nurses crazy about something, likely trying to wheedle drugs. The Art of Dying 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z She also wheedled her way into my sibling’s good graces and began turning my sibling against my husband. Should I Tell the Children Why My Marriage Broke Up? 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z Joel wheedles the money from his in-laws, but, unsurprisingly, the startup is hiding a sinister secret. Empathy, Inc. is a virtual reality thriller for an age of tech cynicism 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z On occasion, reporters who weren’t a party to off-the-record interviews with the president manage to wheedle some headlines out of those who were. Trump's press pass: Reporters fail America when they allow the president to go "off the record" 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z He jokes and wheedles and begs and tells stories and pledges his troth. Terrence McNally in the Age of #MeToo 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Trump may hope to wheedle one more summit meeting with Kim in this election season, so he can get another of those glossy photo opportunities with the flags and bunting. Opinion | How to make sense of the clown show that is Trump’s foreign policy 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z In the end, she struck deals and wheedled support to handily reclaim the gavel. Derek Kilmer, moderate Democrats challenge media narrative of party gallop to the left 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z It’s a fascinating vignette, but we never learn her real name, or what happened to her, or how she wheedled those secrets from Nazi submariners, or how useful her intel proved to Alliance and MI6. Review | The young mother who took on the Nazis as head of France’s biggest spy network 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z The president has bluffed, bullied and wheedled his way into a very consequential moment. There are no corners in an oval office 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z At 16, he wheedled his way onto the staff of a local newspaper. How a British music publicist ended up in the middle of the Russia storm 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z In one exchange caught on tape by the New York Police Department, Mr. Weinstein tries to wheedle an actress into his room and explains that he is “used to” groping women. Opinion | The culture of complicity protecting Harvey Weinsteins everywhere 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z THE young woman with the microphone cajoles, hectors and wheedles customers with the breathless enthusiasm of a livestock auctioneer at a county fair. South-East Asia’s future looks prosperous but illiberal 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Jordan begged and wheedled and cajoled to get his grandmother to part with the recipe. At JuneBaby, star chef Edouardo Jordan returns to his Southern roots 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z She wheedled Lakshman’s mother, pressing her to visit, even though there was no wedding coming up. “You Are Happy?” 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z It turned out that the accounts were used for something known as “romance fraud,” in which scammers wheedle money from women who have contacted them on dating sites. Looking for Holiday Cheer? Look Elsewhere 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z The refreshing, subtle flavor comes from 15 spices, the recipe for which she had to wheedle out of the family with whom she studied cooking. Cheap Eats: Some of Seattle’s greatest food isn’t found at the priciest places 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z You wheedle, cajole, bribe, and threaten him into practicing every day. When to Let Children Quit 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z All were Democratic presidents who knew how to wheedle, bargain, glad-hand, joke, rib and horse-trade. The Private President 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z From there, he wheedles his way into a position in New York, trading credit-default swaps, one of the newfangled financial instruments that will later crash the world economy. Can an Addiction Memoir Help Us Understand Wall Street? 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z There will come a point, though, especially if you’ve had one too many Lime-A-Ritas, when a Nasty Idea will arrive at the party, wheedle its way into your nose and onto your frontal lobe. How not to use fireworks: a YouTube video collection 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z The New Caledonian crow is the only species, besides humans, to make hook tools: sticks with little hooks at the end, which they use to wheedle out grubs from holes in a tree. Here's Why 'Birdbrain' Should Be a Compliment As the convention approached, the Ford and Reagan camps wheedled and pressured for support from Mississippi’s 30 unpledged delegates. '76 a window into ugliness of a GOP contested convention 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z On national security and fighting terrorism, the dialogue has been dominated by broad and practically suspect Trump proposals to wheedle Mexico into paying for a border wall and banning Muslims entry into the U.S. The Shallow Election 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump can use the megaphone of social media without having to wheedle gossip writers first. Donald Trump and New York Tabloids Pick Their Elaborate Dance Back Up 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z In Rattigan’s own plays, the words tend to be barked out like a curse or wheedled out of people, as in this exchange from French Without Tears: “I love you.” I love you, I love you, I love you … why we can’t stop using those three little words 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z The implication was that Mr. Poirier might have sold that second engine, for fun and profit — or at least profit — then wheedled a third from SWEngines. Once, Twice, Three Times a Lemon 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z The show’s wonkiest policy debates are also its liveliest scenes, as the white men who run the city wheedle to get that mysterious force worshipped by Donald Trump: leverage. The Rise of Do-Gooder TV 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z But the more I was wheedled, cajoled and even bribed to try the many wholesome foods I rejected outright, the less likely I was to succumb. Another Approach to Raising Healthy Eaters 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Some coaches enabled the worst teenage habits of sloth and procrastination by trying to wheedle last-minute reprieves from teachers when terrible grades threatened students’ sports eligibility. Dreams of sports stardom lead disadvantaged students astray 2015-05-24T04:00:00Z A more lucrative form of upselling involves impersonating American government officials who wheedle or bully customers into buying State Department authentication certificates signed by Secretary Kerry. Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Even as just the chief critic, you’d have to wheedle sometimes. Stop Being So Squeamish About Sex, and Other Wisdom From Robert Christgau 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z He wheedled a Maryland number out of the woman, and began calling it. With Phone Calls and Persistence, Tracking Travelers at Risk for Ebola 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z “They will cajole and wheedle and bring the whole group photo to a screeching halt until you finally, shamefully, admit that you can’t, that you don’t want a picture of you like this to exist.” Poorsplaining: What It's Really Like to Be Poor in America 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Today’s Paleo diet proponents and slow foodies criticize government subsidies and food companies for promoting over-reliance on corn, which feeds our livestock and also wheedles its way into much of our processed food. Computer Models Help Unravel Mystery of Puebloans’ Disappearance 2014-02-26T15:59:06Z Earlier in the day Jonathan gave a speech in which he called on tribal elders to wheedle out the Islamists in their midst. Blasts rock northeast Nigeria after president's visit 2013-03-08T19:28:16Z Mr. Hazan, 41, used his expired Rockland County emergency medical technician’s card to wheedle his way past police lines to ground zero on Sept. Ground Zero Volunteers Face Obstacles to Compensation 2013-01-02T01:43:06Z Then Sir Henry would ask my advice, smile, wheedle... and I was falling over myself to help him again. Tottenham and Arsenal now battling mediocrity as well as each other 2012-11-16T16:51:34Z He raised funds for the department, bought armor, wheedled it from collectors and donated to the museum most of his own acquisitions. Exhibition Review: Met Show Recalls Bashford Dean, Armor Curator 2012-10-04T22:57:31Z Finally he'd wheedled an invitation to one of the Garrets' dinners, a parade of wonders. Ways to enjoy Nutrient Blend 14 2012-08-08T17:21:14.937Z He wheedled lessons out of a local pastor, who later recommended him to the University of North Carolina, where he won a music degree and married Barbara Edwards. Andy Griffith, Actor, Dies at 86 2012-07-03T16:49:53Z Though it is a truism that he who has not learned obedience can never be master of himself, the child of to-day must not be made to obey but be wheedled into changing his mind. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z “O these Scaramouches,” interrupts Eubulus, “how they know how to wheedle the poor people!” Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z A Frenchman styling himself Count, and who had accompanied him in his last voyage from England, wheedled him into the purchase of large estates held by the former in France. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z First, however, she had wheedled the captain into hiring tutors and music masters for her, and she profited vastly by their teachings. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z I am not to be browbeat or wheedled out of any of my settled convictions. Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There 2012-03-27T02:00:25.647Z To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z They can fawn, wheedle, cringe, or, if occasion requires, leap backward and forward over a stick, to the great emolument of their master, and entertainment of those that behold them. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z He humbled himself, he wheedled, he cajoled; and when he had by this means got on the right side of his mother he spoke of Ovington's success. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z But we'll wheedle a few aristocrats like your honour, whose blue blood shall mingle with our muddy stuff. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z She condescended to coax and wheedle Shane, and put forth all her blandishments to obtain more positive information. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z I met Shane upon the road, and we went together; but I could not wheedle him into coming to the ball, though I did my best. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z These people could not be wheedled or cajoled like those selected by the abb�. The Maid of Honour (Vol. 3 of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-14T03:00:29.027Z This point reached, she would summon all her skill and tact, wheedle and cajole and flatter, so as to achieve the desired prize. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z I suppose he's some Wall Street chum that Glure has wheedled into giving a Specialty. Lad: A Dog 2012-02-08T03:00:19.720Z My parents wheedle me into another private school. Lives: Dazed and Confused 2012-02-03T22:35:43Z I guessed that she had run away into the country until she could wheedle enough money to pay me out of the dotard husband. Parson Kelly 2012-01-28T03:00:30.303Z For she knew it would be far easier to wheedle the story from her old friend Hans Sachs. Great Opera Stories Taken from Original Sources in Old German 2012-01-25T03:00:33.660Z So soon as my lord should learn her secret, he would, if skilfully wheedled, take to his arms, as his first wife, the mother of his child. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z Cardinal214 Alberoni wheedled him with the Hopes of it one while, just to get some Services of him that he then stood in need of. The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. 2012-01-09T03:00:26.543Z He thinks I shall wheedle money out of Aunt Sophy like he does himself. A Drake by George! 2012-01-09T03:00:22.163Z I wheedled with them for a while, not wanting to get tough. Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 2012-01-04T03:00:28.750Z The confessional and the system of penance are finely constructed to wheedle or frighten more money out of the ignorant and susceptible. Exempting the Churches An Argument for the Abolition of This Unjust and Unconstitutional Practice 2011-12-24T03:08:02.973Z She had wheedled him out of his honor, and now she mocked him where she had left him. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z She had multitudes of admirers; and the cozening tricks she used to wheedle and entice a pack of simpletons, made her no better than any other cheap and venal beauty. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z Lisa then wheedled him into carrying up the second chest that had in it the second sister. Mighty Mikko A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales 2011-11-25T03:00:15.030Z But he plausibly wheedled the Frenchmen into assenting to his propositions by putting the terrible perils that would accrue to them in the event of a death in very strong light. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z You are angry with me, but I was only playing with him so as to wheedle the dollar out of him. Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-11-12T03:00:36.860Z Those that carry balances are better off paying in cash, or calling up their credit card issuer to wheedle a lower rate on their cards. Credit card issuers raise rewards for holiday shopping season 2011-11-11T18:18:54Z "So our good brother is wheedled," thought I, indignantly at first, and then smiling in a superior manner at the impossibility of such a thing as my being wheedled. A Tale of the Kloster A Romance of the German Mystics at the Cocalico 2011-11-11T03:00:32.153Z Very clever you were to wheedle it out of Harry, but it didn't do you much good. Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z Sure you think to wheedle me; would you have me imagine you do not love her? Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love 2011-10-08T02:00:22.420Z No, go to see them if you have to, but don't let them wheedle your justly earned money out of you. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z She had wheedled out of Billy that perfect sketch that had stood on his easel that evening I had walked, unannounced, into his room opposite the Cobden Statue. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z And as I am one of the corporation, I wheedled the cutter into giving me his first output. Polly in New York 2011-09-18T02:00:27.103Z It is clear that Pan Gideon wheedled her out of it, because they inhabited perilous places, and no man could know when the Tartars might howl out his requiem. On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z Norman had not only a body of fearful physical strength, but a winning and persuasive tongue, and he wheedled over no less than three Englishmen, or rather Scotsmen, to join his forces. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z One by one he ferreted them out, wheedled, threatened, adjured, but found himself resisted in every attempt to break them down or to turn them to him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z But when it came to the point, we felt scruples about bolting from men we had bribed and wheedled so often. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z Young! why, you jade, as the saying is, can any woman wheedle that is not young? The Beaux-Stratagem A comedy in five acts 2011-08-26T02:00:26.760Z Let us not be wheedled with we know not what, out of our good old principles, into the espousing the interest, or embarking into the same bottom with men of such principles and practices. A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods 2011-08-21T02:00:31.760Z Laurie came every day, and wheedled Aunt March, till Amy was allowed to go out with him, when they walked and rode, and had capital times. Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy 2011-08-18T02:00:21.810Z How firm and strong he treads! he steps like a castle! but I scorn to wheedle any man—Come, honest lad! will you take share of a pot? The Recruiting Officer 2011-08-10T02:00:18.323Z I wheedled an advance copy from Künigel to bring to you, or, rather, to both of us. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z We moved back a pace or two and began to coax and wheedle her; but it was no good; she never moved or made a sound, and the unblinking look remained. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z “It is ice cream we will be after buying you at the nice Italian man’s, if you will stop roaring,” wheedled Leila, adopting a decided brogue. Marjorie Dean, College Senior 2011-08-01T02:00:12.720Z These handsome women can wheedle a man out of anything. The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z When the consent was at last wheedled out of him, Throckmorton felt sore at heart and humiliated. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z The cots she had wheedled out or her uncle. Molly Brown's College Friends 2011-07-16T02:00:15.700Z Then he changed his tactics, and tried to wheedle me into saying that the men had compelled me to write, and begged me to tell him whose composition it was. The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life 2011-07-09T02:00:13.057Z My Wows would beat a hundred such, Diddle, daddle, deedle, Whose upper lip pouts twice as much, O, pretty double wheedle! Inkle and Yarico An opera, in three acts 2011-07-06T02:00:44.873Z I’ve lost five hundred over Lister, and I don’t want to be wheedled out of any more.” The Story of Antony Grace 2011-07-27T02:00:35.717Z It is strange that such fellows can always wheedle you women. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z "You found out that it's no use to wheedle me, so you've had your gun-man come to drive me off as he brought me!" The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z I wheedled him into your compound by sheer trickery. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z But he did wish she had not wheedled him into this visit, that she might have another opportunity to play the fool herself, and force a like part upon him. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z Nevertheless, she had fully made up her mind as to the course she intended to take, and she was no longer a child to be wheedled into anything. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Then he wheedles his father out of more money than I would give ten sons, and then boards a ship for England! The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z Agnes had learned by this time to wheedle the good-natured chaperone into agreeing to almost anything the girls desired; and of course she had no objection to Agnes’ going anywhere with Neale. The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found 2011-05-31T02:00:33.267Z "Well, sometimes you appear to admire him, to be in ecstasies about him; and then sometimes you coax and wheedle him in the most absurd way, as you did yesterday." Bijou 2011-05-25T02:00:22.743Z "Better have a seltzer first," he wheedled, taking him by the arm and drawing him toward the barroom. Bat Wing Bowles 2011-05-20T02:00:33.310Z She was no longer a schoolgirl to be wheedled and influenced by the promise of pretty things. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Ah, you coaxing young baggage! what plot can you have to wheedle a fellow of sixty-three? The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z It whined and wheedled and gave him a cowardly assurance, made him lie in his own thoughts; made him cautious in his sneaking determination, for he knew any question Jed might ask would bring frenzy. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z Those who ought to obey are lording it over the others; and he who ought to reign, must wheedle and flatter, instead of commanding. Ekkehard. Vol. I (of II) A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:55.273Z He can at best cheat or bribe; while a woman can do all three, and in addition can wheedle and weep and, at need, even faint. By Wit of Woman 2011-04-13T02:00:13.247Z He hopes to wheedle enough support from the national and prefecture governments to show progress rebuilding before leading citizens move away. For Japanese Mayor, Fateful Choice on Day of Disaster 2011-04-09T02:48:40Z The devil's in his impudence! now he wheedles, she smiles—he flatters, she simpers—he swears, she believes—he's a rogue, and she's a w—— in a moment. The Inconstant 2011-04-27T02:00:21.193Z The voice that wheedled was such a twister of words and terms, and its ally, the thirst, raged with such virility that he was forced to do something with his body. I Conquered 2011-04-15T02:00:19.800Z She was supposed to be an heiress, of course, and was wheedled into accepting the proffers of undying adoration from a scheming fortune-hunter! Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z For this change no reason is assigned, but it is doubtless meant to be understood that he had meanwhile been soothed and wheedled by the arts of some courtezan. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z What is more, Strauss and a lawyer man wheedled them into signing all sorts of papers, including a marriage settlement. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Coriolanus himself had not a more supreme contempt for "the insinuating nod" whereby the elector is wheedled out of his vote. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z I’m sure if you beg hard, your mother would let you,” wheedled Annie Lee. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z Isn’t it more self-respecting to charge for real services than to wheedle friends? Miss Manners: Why use a napkin on your lap? 2011-03-15T15:08:58Z They've got my child, set you on to wheedle her out of me. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z He could not tell, oh, sympathetic little sister of the Rigsworth postmistress, that you wheedled the grocer’s assistant into writing that most important telegram. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z As a tame beast writhes and wheedles, He fawns to be fed with wiles; You carve him a cross of needles, And whet them sharp as your smiles. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z Then I go to the kitchen and wheedle Osan into giving me a bit of boiled rice, which I make into paste on a piece of board with a bamboo spatula. A Japanese Boy 2011-02-14T03:00:37.363Z He often described the cleverness with which they wheedled and coerced him into undue generosity, and though he laughed about it, it was with an undercurrent of chagrin and vexation. In the Onyx Lobby 2011-02-14T03:00:31.897Z Nor did she ever wheedle, when a decision went against her, though she could wheedle beautifully. Abington Abbey A Novel 2011-01-30T03:00:14.557Z How to wheedle a holiday; to hint, if she dared, at her lack of clothes, a suit-case, shoes. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z His brothers wheedled them into giving them up, saying they will be safer with us. Santal Folk Tales 2011-01-26T03:00:24.700Z With fine words he wheedles me, and coaxes me, not to know some secret thing. Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The result of this provision is that tenants have been wheedled or cajoled into agreeing to bargains which they will find it difficult or impossible to keep. Irish History and the Irish Question 2011-01-16T03:00:22.640Z In vain I talked, wheedled, and protested; the crafty little man saw that I meant to have that watch, and was firm. Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story 2011-01-13T03:01:02.190Z "Still, they might think that you were wheedled——" "How could they think so ill of you?" The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z "You don't want to go to jail now, do you, Bill?" wheedled Tip. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z It will not be very difficult for the reader, if he have any knowledge of the sailor-character, to imagine how these falsehoods had been wheedled out of them. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z "It is provided, in Chapter 6. of the Articles, that the prisoner shall not be wheedled into a confession," said Zatonyi, with an expression of profound wisdom. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z When Russian officials rejected the “From Russia With Love” concept, Mr. Wainwright wheedled in vain. Advertising: Selling the World on Russia (Leaving Out the Spies) 2010-12-28T23:50:05Z All this jockeying intensifies in the last few weeks of the year, when banks wheedle, cajole and bludgeon their clients and the research services to gain credit. M&A King Is... Not Yet Decided 2010-12-28T15:51:12Z Thus Jerez was dependent on what ammunition he could bully or steal or wheedle from passing travellers or raw new-comers. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z They were forced to rely upon the grain crop of the great Northwest; the “political rascals” having been cunning enough to wheedle these natural allies of ours into this New England war. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Over years of lunches and dinners, I wheedled his life story out of him. He Was Mr. Universe, but He Was Really in Love With the Stars 2010-11-22T20:48:00Z On one level, I expected incessant flattery in attempts to wheedle equipment or even money from American forces. Where's My Generator, Spy? 2010-08-16T15:25:00Z They continue to babble about the tariff and other inconsequential matters to obscure the real issue and wheedle the workers into voting them into power once more. Labor and Freedom He sent every hour to entertain and wheedle the treacherous constable, and prevent him from doing any harm. The Boke of Noblesse He'd kill'd enough to live upon Some few Days; but when that was gone, He kept his Word, and wheedled 'em With quite another Stratagem. Aesop Dress'd Or a collection of Fables I must really go and eat my soup," said the turnkey, turning towards the door; "this devil of a Pique-Vinaigre would wheedle a bird down from a tree to hear him! The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 "No, no; you want to wheedle me over with your smooth, canting words; but it won't do,—you sha'n't have it, I tell you." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 3 of 6 But I do say, it seems to me that we might wait a little while, and our most noble friend Don Franco here might be able to wheedle and persuade.... The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico "I mean the next time you wheedle such inside information out, just remember you've got a daddy." Making Money He wheedled his landlady, instead, into a better humour, paying her reluctantly a little more. The Guarded Heights He comes here uninvited, wheedles himself into our daughter's affections, and then his love is found wanting at the proof. Tales of the Wonder Club Volume I Of course she has wheedled him into making a new will, and the lion's share will go to herself. Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir "Listen here," said Sammy Durgan, with a firm hold on the overalls' strap of, it might be, the bridge foreman he was trying to wheedle a time check out of. The Night Operator Sometimes he shouted at them as if in fury, sometimes he wheedled or jested with them. Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery Elsie presumed on her enormous experience of three months on the reservation, and gave Parker many valuable hints of how to wheedle the Tetongs in personal contact. The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop I have no wish To play the knave, to wheedle and persuade, To worm out secrets, and to thrust my hand Into my neighbour's business. The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise The hotel objected to Togo, but I descended to hitherto untried depths of feminine wheedle—and justified them by getting my way. The Book of Susan A Novel She made a struggle at first to keep them apart, but Alison had been spoilt too long not to know how to wheedle her mother and get her own way. A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days And when they wheedled the answer to the riddle out of Samson's wife he retorted upon them in coarse fashion, "If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye would not have guessed my riddle." Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day And, Hansei, don't let the innkeeper wheedle you out of your money. On the Heights A Novel I do not condescend to wheedle journalists and reviewers into imposing on the credulity of the public by calling bad things good and good things bad in my behoof. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The day when you could wheedle him by your hypocrisy and fine words is at an end. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, Checked the sledge upon the instant, 90 And began a conversation, And began to talk and wheedle: "Come into my sledge, O maiden, Rest upon the furs within it." Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two And sometimes wheedled from officers, as we know to our sorrow. A Daughter of the Union It wasn't a pretty thing to do, Nell, but I saw he had some deviltry afoot, and I got it from him—I half choked and half wheedled it from him. Ewing\\'s Lady She placated the management; she wheedled Miss Maxwell into a good humor; she even coaxed Doctor Fuller into giving away the bride. Leerie Ahter dat he’s mighty sure to open out an’ wheedle an’ coax to get it out o’ you where you got dat honey. Old Hendrik's Tales Kullervo, Kalervo's offspring, With the very bluest stockings, 180 Thereupon the maiden flattered, And he wheedled and caressed her, With one hand the horse controlling, On the maiden's breast the other. Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two Mind you do not let her allure you into the woods, nor wheedle you or frighten you into giving her any of those fairies.” Mopsa the Fairy "Not the least injury they do us," remarked Teevan of women, somewhat snappishly, "is to wheedle us into taking our failures lightly." Ewing\\'s Lady With my pin money, and my bridge money and all the other kinds of money that I could wheedle out of my dear old daddy. International Short Stories American Then the teacher wheedles him through the physical examination and seeks further speech with the mother. Little Aliens History does not say how, but she wheedled the surgeon-major into giving her a distinct promise to do his best for her dear son. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections Here they were drugged till their last cent was wheedled or bullied out of them. A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade They were encouraged by the lenient and apparently submissive attitude of the Americans whom they had begun to look upon as arrant cowards, who could be wheedled and whipped about as they chose. The Utah Batteries: A History A complete account of the muster-in, sea voyage, battles, skirmishes and barrack life of the Utah batteries, together with biographies of officers and muster-out rolls. This was his little friend, this oleaginous vampire who received a percentage of the price of the drinks ordered and all she could wheedle out of drunken customers. Command Regina apparently knew how to wheedle her mother, for next day she brought a note to school. Loyal to the School Sometimes he screams, sometimes he wheedles, threatens, begs, cajoles ... but his voice goes on and on through one June 15th after another. The Tunnel Under The World Why did not the Church restore to their former owners the vast domains that they find it so easy to wheedle from the credulity of the Frankish Kings and seigneurs? The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres The numbing thunder rumbled back, repeating the pain and the threat—but underneath something crooned and wheedled obscenely. The Record of Currupira First of all he began setting matters by the ears because England and Ward had been wheedled into giving you—asking your pardon, sir—a good sound vessel and all them bales of cloth stuff. The Rose of Paradise Being a detailed account of certain adventures that happened to captain John Mackra, in connection with the famous pirate, Edward England, in the year 1720, off the Island of Juanna in the Mozambique Channel; writ by himself, and now for the first time published The grocer proceeded to wheedle more news out of the village information bureau. A Canadian Bankclerk You may have wheedled my poor uncle to make the will in your favour; if so, depend upon it, I shall expect nothing from your hands. Olla Podrida One man marries a rich heiress: another quacks: another opens a tabernacle, and wheedles himself into old women's wills. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. She frightened, amused, wheedled her judges, drawing them after her like fools. La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages "Say something nice, my Beauty Boy," she wheedled. Banked Fires She not only persisted in her cream-and-sugar attentions, but wheedled the "hired man" into taking her places, and finally began to speak of him as her "friend." A Canadian Bankclerk Some clergymen in the Churches of Commerce were coaxed, wheedled, or bought over, and they declared kidnapping would be imputed unto men for "righteousness." The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence He wheedles thee, Tom; and to serve him thou leavest thy old mother. Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. You've no idea how he can talk and wheedle and explain everything to suit his own ends. Aliens “You have shown diplomacy in your choice of a dish, if I am the one you wish to wheedle.” The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted They alternately wheedled and bullied, but they could not persuade the little boys, who were really suffering dreadful humiliation rather than submit to another onslaught of soldiers. The Monster and Other Stories Then the judge goes further—talks solemnly, yet familiar; to wheedle jurors the better, he mixes himself with them, his "We" embracing85 both judge and jury. The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence Think you, men who for four years have withstood every possible temptation and torture to induce them to fight for the slave oligarchy, can now be wheedled into voting for it? The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years It is usually the last place that those of his craft seek, and I cannot yet comprehend how he wheedled you.” Stories by American Authors, Volume 2 May he keep at it till he wheedles not only the pence but the dollars out the pockets o’ them that hears! A Sunny Little Lass I cannot tell how often I have seen a private soldier escape the horse, or a beggar wheedle out a good alms, by a touch of the brogue. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) Young man, with a nerve like yours, you could wheedle the price of a battleship from Carnegie. Seven Keys to Baldpate She had done that same every Saturday night for a year; but we had always wheedled her out of it. Gold Once before you have stood in the dock, on the charge of being connected with certain enterprises designed to wheedle their pocket-money from over-credulous ladies. The Moving Finger As these were hawked about the metropolis to spur curiosity, often languid from over-exercise, or to wheedle an idle spectator into a reader, every paper bore on its front the inviting heads of its intelligence. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors They wheedle commissions out of male editors by appealing to their sex, and write sprightly articles on Bachelor Girls and their Ideals, and the Economic Independence of the Married Woman. An Ocean Tramp This corpulent padre, Madame, would wheedle the sulky pope himself into a good humor with us. The Missourian "I see what you are after; but you'll not wheedle me—I am no cat's-paw." Shirley It’s no place out here for a girl—Oh, you needn’t try to wheedle me, my dear, I know what I’m saying,” he interpolated in answer to an imploring look from his niece. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune He had need to, for Sam borrowed what he could and stole what he could not wheedle. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards She would not, she often said to herself, be wheedled against her principles. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 And indeed it is by such wheedles that the common people are best gulled, and imposed upon. In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts I wheedled him, demanding that he tell me. Little Brother I understand how to wheedle facts out of these old fellows.” In the Shadow of the Hills The rich invented schemes to wheedle the poor to their own salvation. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards They are encouraged to plot and scheme, and deceive, and wheedle, and coax for things. In Times Like These She knew better than to try to wheedle me into going. The Gorgeous Girl Had she not always wheedled the mater into her schemes, even when Uncle Job opposed her? Melomaniacs I will never leave you lest you should wheedle it from them. The Hound From The North But his wife caressed and wheedled him again, and said, “Nay, but tell me, wherein doth thy strength lie?”––“My strength, darling,” said he, “lies in my boots.” Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales June," she wheedled, "that handsome Maurice Voisin will be here, and I happen to know that he admires you very much. Against Odds A Detective Story He pleaded, wheedled, kissed her hand, mumbled it like a dog, reasoned with her insanely, while she trembled all over, a shivering leaf on a blown twig. In a Little Town Of course, she'll lie to you again, and wheedle round you. People of Position The American, too, who is loud-lunged about democracy and shirt-sleeve diplomacy, wheedles and truckles as good as the wiliest of our pashas. The Book of Khalid Then his wife wheedled and caressed him the third time. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales But perhaps the balmy breezes, the warming sun, the coaxing sensualism of Nature herself would have wheedled them away from their stern principles and turned them into a nation of dreamers. The Web of the Golden Spider Not until Prissy made her appearance—and in clamorous baby fashion wheedled her way into her father's affections—did his sore heart cease to regret the young brother. Lover or Friend A babe's smile in answer to that of its mother is spontaneous; the smile of a pouting child wheedled into good humor is involuntary. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Jig it with tweedledum, Let frolic wheedle 'em, Making Anxiety laugh as she views. Harper's Young People, May 18, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly How Gipsy managed to wheedle the cook nobody ever discovered, but she returned in a short time triumphantly carrying a tray. The Leader of the Lower School A Tale of School Life You first tried to wheedle me into laying down—and when I wouldn’t be fooled, you turned to threats!” Counsel for the Defense Professor Hodgson, the Chinese language professor, is an expert shot with a revolver, and I've wheedled him into giving me lessons. Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China I vow I did my best to wheedle the old aunt yonder to let you come in our train, but she is as hard as a rock when she chooses. Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney Given time enough, I believed the pretty little lady would wheedle his lordship to consent to her marriage with Mr. Sarand. The Man Who Drove the Car I’ve wheedled that girl, and kow-towed to her, and made her think I was fond of her—which I am in a way—you may not believe it, but I am—and what’s the result? The Dust Flower The squire found himself wheedled and dragged into the south parlor. Frances Kane's Fortune It is evident that the Gipsies had wheedled themselves into the graces and favours of some portion of the aristocracy by their crafts and deception. Gipsy Life being an account of our Gipsies and their children, with suggestions for their improvement When they had driven their bargain, Eleanor guided and wheedled him to the office. The Readjustment To those who are citizens, we say, vote your principles, whatever they may be—never desert them—do not be wheedled or terrified—but vote quietly, and unobtrusively. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors Now, what do you want to wheedle out of me this morning? The End of the Rainbow The young lady, in the mean time, had wheedled herself into the affections of the amorous tars, particularly of King, he being a linguist. A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition They are compounds of tears, hysterics, frettings, scoldings, complainings; made up of craftiness and imbecilities, to be wheedled, and coaxed, and coerced like unmanageable children. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I In two years he added several industries to Montgomery's scant list, and wheedled a new passenger station out of one of the lordly railroads that had long held the town in scorn. Otherwise Phyllis He would have been dead ere this if she had not wheedled the King out of his wits. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel He had thought that he came to wheedle and beg, and Mr. Carter detested having favors asked of him. Paul and the Printing Press All the same, before the day was over she had wheedled a promise from Anthony that, master and mistress permitting, he would go to the dance. Anthony Lyveden She's wheedled the heart right out of me with her bright, unflinching, honest eyes. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life It is pathetic to read the earnest phrases in which he tries to wheedle out of the cold Minister permission to set out westward once more across the ocean that he loved so much. Raleigh "Come along," wheedled Hamilton, dropping his hand on the other's shoulder. Bones in London Meg kept silence a while, then she said coaxingly, 'Si is a pretty name eneuch; 'tis short an' sweet; gie me a kiss, Si,' she wheedled, with a gentle clasp about his waist. Border Ghost Stories It was clear that Spain could neither be wheedled, cajoled, nor threatened into even passive acquiescence in the new conquest. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) 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. A Little Country Girl It dont signify talking, but I verily believe, that he could wheedle the birds off the trees with that sweet voice of his, and his good-natured look. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 I see by your dancing eyes that you have wheedled old Mitchell into allowing you to do a foolish thing.” Chasing an Iron Horse Or, A Boy's Adventures in the Civil War Yet no sooner did he thus begin to wheedle me, than I found my just anger and hatred against him insensibly desert me. Athelstane Ford It began to appear as if he had been wheedled. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) But you are greatly mistaken if you think you can ever wheedle me into such a sunrise attic. The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance “I got to have a horse, girl,” he wheedled. The Fighting Edge Then why should the Suitors injure the son because they have been wheedled by the mother? Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The daughter’s consent had been wheedled from her through her love for her mother. Her Mother's Secret He became afraid of her; and she, following up her advantage, wheedled him out of money for clothes, which, though he could not see the need of them, he cheerfully gave her. The Grain Ship He was used to them, and hitherto he had been able to wheedle her into resumed motion. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol That a boy who had so injured him should try to wheedle money and a treat out of him struck him as so atrocious, that he felt action to be imperative. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It In this version the magic gifts are wheedled out of the soldiers by the princess, but they get them back and go back to their "girls." Europa's Fairy Book Winning enough when he wants to get round you and wheedle cash out of you. As We Sweep Through The Deep He had wheedled the cook on board the Constance Colfax to put up the two lunches for him; but he washed his own down with water from the tank at the end of the car. The Mission of Janice Day But, somehow or other, I wheedled them into it, and at last they said Jenny might come. Patty's Social Season But Tom wheedled Mrs. Hartley into allowing one more extra, after the last dance, and he claimed Patty for that. Patty's Friends Mr. Stamps had wheedled or forced his way into the great man’s apartment and had persisted in remaining to press his claim until he was figuratively turned out by the shoulders. In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim "Look here, dear old Ham," wheedled Bones "can't you pretend you asked me what a Vertical Interval was?" The Keepers of the King's Peace She complained discreetly that she also had to bear a great deal because of Janina, sighed deeply, and wheedled him at every opportunity. The Comedienne You think that I've come to wheedle Terry's address out of you. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel He wheedled and coaxed, and at length, very reluctantly, she relented. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea I dare say Edie will be silly enough to let you wheedle her into matrimony some day—a goose.” Witness to the Deed The Government had tried for years to wheedle the N'gombi into depositing their wealth in some State store, for riches mean war sooner or later. The Keepers of the King's Peace It was almost impossible not to forgive anything in a man who was suffering agonies, but could still wheedle a voter. Ralph the Heir They preferred to wheedle her, to try to buy her, bribe her, corrupt her, body and soul. The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days Scenes In The Great War Oh, Nelly is only a girl!" cried Folly, tossing her frizzled head, "and there never yet was a girl that could not be wheedled by Folly into doing the silliest thing in the world. The Crown of Success If the father protested that Beach was squandering too much money, the mother shielded her son and wheedled Jim Hargis into giving him more. Blue Ridge Country Horace knew exactly the right way to wheedle his mother, and very soon persuaded her to allow them to start on their expedition. The Nicest Girl in the School A Story of School Life And do not think that you can wheedle either of them away from Black Bart. The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive But you must wheedle the yarn out of him. The Call Of The South 1908 Here and there a lone missionary attempted to wheedle the simple natives into a belief in his monkish religion, or when able to do so forced it upon them, by fire and sword! The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon All the time the old peddler was trying to wheedle and coax her into buying something, a quart cup, a milk bucket, a dishpan, a washpan. Blue Ridge Country "But you'll tell Jack o' Judgment?" wheedled the figure, "you'll tell poor old Jack where you are going to find your beautiful daughter?" Jack O' Judgment This philosophy evolved, it took another cigarette to decide just how the balance could be struck, and then Pellams went downstairs to wheedle a remnant of breakfast from the indulgent Foo. Stanford Stories Tales of a Young University But the girls coaxed and wheedled, as girls will, and the parents finally yielded, as parents will. Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves Miss Todd coaxed, wheedled, stormed, and finally pulled the clothes away by force and displayed the rash to the dark, lustreless eyes of Dr. Jinaradasa. A harum-scarum schoolgirl If it had been their mother now, they might have protested and wheedled and got out of it in some way. In the Mist of the Mountains Probably her rival intended to wheedle Miss Phillips into giving her the first-class test privately, so that she might be the first in the troop to receive that honor! The Girl Scouts' Good Turn He could deny them nothing when they wheedled him, and they were nearly always humorously and brazenly trying to "work him," as he called it. The Tyranny of the Dark Is that the way you wheedled the poor lassie out of the kiss? The Northern Iron First comes you to wheedle her away, and then come your companions to search the house for her. A Little Union Scout "And you won't take this darling room away from us this time, will you?" wheedled Peace, her equilibrium restored at sight of this unusual display of emotion. The Lilac Lady He liked Stephen very much, and Dolly could almost have wheedled the moon out of him if she had tried. A Little Girl in Old New York The infantry sergeant in command of the little party tried to wheedle Case out of his whim, but it was useless. Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War Now and then, when he could wheedle some fractional currency out of Margaret, he spent it like a crown-prince at The Wee Drop around the corner. A Rivermouth Romance She can wheedle, and no one can say her nay. A Little Union Scout The Polly-parrot coaxed and wheedled and was rewarded with her morning biscuit. Mistress Anne You may have wheedled my poor uncle to make up the will in your favour; if so, depend upon it, I shall expect nothing from your hands. Olla Podrida —And how far from the sea?—I half believe She likes my villa, and would wheedle me To give it her.—Her final questions were, If I ne’er lost a little sister thence? The Comedies of Terence He can bully, lie, despair, wheedle and take you into his confidence in one breath. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 She had banished him, threatened him, wheedled him out of victory. The Devil's Asteroid Had I reigned all these years as mistress not of England but of Europe—had nations wheedled me in the place of barons—young Riczi had been avenged, no less. Chivalry "Well, not wheedle, exactly, but what would be wheedling in some other girl—in me," said Charmian, offering herself up. The Coast of Bohemia And can you be so inconsiderate, And so unconscionable, Phædria, To think that you can talk me to your purpose, And wheedle me to give the girl for nothing? The Comedies of Terence Thus they had ridiculed, cajoled, and wheedled Steve until his conscience had been overpowered and, yielding to their arguments, he had set forth for the adjoining village with the triumphant throng of tempters. Steve and the Steam Engine Alexius finally got all to the other side of the Bosporus, but failed to wheedle all who came near his throne. Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm Coax! beg! cheat! wheedle! lie!" he barked like a teased dog, "till you achieve in part the task which is denied me. Chivalry He remembered, the mood coming back to him as concretely as an action, what he had thought while the old woman had wheedled him with her voice like butter. The Wind Bloweth When the men can't rob us, or force us to back England in her selfish schemes, they set girls on us to wheedle us out of money we have honestly earned. Mary Louise and the Liberty Girls But it is hardly so; most men are more likely to be wheedled into taking slightly inferior goods at a slightly greater price. Monopolies and the People She would either wheedle, reason, bully, or shame him into doing what she said "was right and proper for a snug man like him." Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Not always, I repeat, because free nations, being surrounded by savage, barbarous, and semi-free, are sometimes wheedled, dragged, or forced into war in spite of themselves. In the Track of the Troops He tried to wheedle it, but failed: he became abusive, and used bad language to the ox, but without success. The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood “Well,” said the waterman, laughing, “you’re not the only one; she can wheedle man or woman, or, as they say, the devil to boot, if she would try.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook But I was not in this instance to be wheedled by my aunt. Percival Keene “I see who you are,” she exclaimed, “a party of vagabond stage-players running away from Cork, where you haven’t paid your bills, and going to wheedle the people at Limerick out of their money.” Paddy Finn After an hour's journey he ventured to ask the direction of an embryo ploughman, and wheedled out of him a small, a very small, portion of his breakfast. The Skipper's Wooing, and The Brown Man's Servant Young! why, you jade, as the saying is, can any woman wheedle that is not young? your mother was useless at five-and-twenty. The Beaux-Stratagem “Now, I didn’t come down to wheedle you out of anything, Mrs Chopper, but merely to talk to you, and look at this pretty boy.” The Poacher Joseph Rushbrook "Shall Fom make you look awful pretty, Frank?" she asked, in the form which children suppose wheedles babies most successfully. The Madigans But Rosa knew well how to manage her father and wheedle him, and also how to hide her own doings from his knowledge. A Voice in the Wilderness She would wheedle things out of her mistress in the slyest way. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best I’ll wheedle and wheedle until one cover comes off after another, and never feel that I have done credit to Old Ireland until I get down to the foundation.” More about Pixie She held out the kettle at the length of a bare white arm, and raised her clear voice in delightful imitation of the professional wheedle. A College Girl Divining him darkly, she went to work with such arts as she had to wheedle the worst out of him. Little Novels of Italy By her will she had ruled every nurse and servant about the place, and wheedled her father into letting her do anything the whim prompted. A Voice in the Wilderness The way in which he wheedled me into bringing him home with me was a most astonishing proceeding. Three People Several of the visitors pleaded to be allowed to join the party, and tried to wheedle invitations from the children during the luncheon-hour, to their own humiliation and defeat. More about Pixie Shann found the wolverines and patiently coaxed and wheedled them into coming with him over a circuitous route which kept them away from both ships. Storm Over Warlock "I suppose you wheedled Aunt Trudy into letting you buy them," commented her brother presently. Rosemary We ought to be able to wheedle that gal out of a few stacks. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story "Then give us a different kind," wheedled Irene, in her most persuasive tones. Tabitha's Vacation So Jim very gently wheedled the image of the late Sir Brian inch by inch towards the library and finally got it inside. Frontier Boys in Frisco They have threatened and entreated, bullied and wheedled, until their more simple adversaries have been half coaxed, half frightened into a surrender of their principles for a bauble of insignificant promises. Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. There is where the money goes he wheedles out of me every week; but I'll fix the young rapscallion. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems Why doesn't some diplomat wheedle old Hulls off? David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story "And that will mean he will take us away from here," wheedled Toady. Tabitha's Vacation You know I can just wheedle father round my wee finger, can't I? The Drone A Play in Three Acts I know Miss Rodgers rather frowned on them last term, but perhaps if we wheedled Miss Morley she'd say 'yes.' The Jolliest School of All You know, wife," said the deacon, "what sad reports we heard of her hypocrisy; how she assumed an appearance of extreme poverty to create sympathy and wheedle people into deeds of false benevolence. Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems "Let me try it on," wheedled Marjorie, coaxing down his arm. Four Days The Story of a War Marriage "You know we had to stay at home yesterday when the rest of you went," wheedled Inez. Tabitha's Vacation Yet the last words that Miss Quisanté said were, "I expect Sandro wanted to wheedle something out of that woman, and has been playing one of his tricks to get a bit of sympathy." Quisanté Nor did she like to wheedle a woman. One Woman's Life She didn't appear to be a woman easily wheedled out of her money. Frank and Fearless or The Fortunes of Jasper Kent I knew it of old, for Terry's own brother is the only person I ever met who could resist him if he stooped to wheedle. My Friend the Chauffeur "We'll have to have some water to wash off this stuff before she'll let us in to—to apologize," wheedled Billiard. Tabitha's Vacation Three more of the crew were laid by the heels at Jamaica, and one of these was "wheedled into an open confession," and condemned, and hanged. On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. It is very uncomplimentary in you to intimate that when once I am married to Mr. Jonas I shall not wheedle from him all the money I want. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont If so his cast-iron lordship might yet be browbeaten, or wheedled, into inaction. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi Since then he's wheedled most of the jewellery out of me, but the wedding veil I mean to keep always, and a Point d'Alençon scarf and some handkerchiefs he has probably forgotten. Secret History Revealed By Lady Peggy O'Malley Knowing how corruptible he was, I got access to him and paid him out of your funds to wheedle out of Podge all that Lady Agnes told her. Bohemian Days Three American Tales The public would appear to believe that anything 26it can coax, wheedle, or extort from the newspaper is fair salvage from the necessary expenditures of life. The Arena Volume 4, No. 19, June, 1891 Has he again wheedled you into the belief that he is going to pay you? An Arkansas Planter I've met this sort of fellow often enough—the sort of fellow who wheedles money out of girls by telling them he can make stones disappear. Magic A Fantastic Comedy Says you wheedled him into comin' over to the Lazy Y an' then beat him up. The Boss of the Lazy Y But what stung the major most of all was that he had been fairly victimized, hoodwinked, cajoled, wheedled, flattered into this wretched predicament, all through the wiles and graces of a woman. A Daughter of the Sioux A Tale of the Indian frontier They have so little faith in God, they think they must wheedle Satan over on His side, or the truth and the right will fail. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864 A fellow might wheedle until he fell over, and you'd still be as hard as adamant. The Chums of Scranton High Hugh Morgan's Uphill Fight Next morning I wheedled two more bottles of the stuff out of old Sebillot—which leaves him two for the wedding. News from the Duchy She wheedles you, I know; but she has ideas about dress which I am not going to encourage; she makes herself far too noticeable as it is. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties "And let us make taffy after supper?" wheedled Carol. Prudence of the Parsonage He does not need to be wheedled back into good nature by costly offerings, perhaps even sometimes with the costliest offerings of all, one's own darling children. Hebrew Life and Times Quietness reigned for a few minutes, when they would stealthily return and whisper all sorts of yarns concerning the reasons for their imprisonment in order to wheedle further cigarettes from us. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Now that she was found, she was in the best of spirits, all sprightliness and wheedle. Autumn Well, I set myself to wheedle this hen into being on better terms; taking crumbs to her, and persuading her by degrees to feed from my hand, like the rest. Kindness to Animals Or, The Sin of Cruelty Exposed and Rebuked You know you can wheedle him out of anything, if you want to. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland I still sleep in a Hepplewhite four-poster that he wheedled out of an old Pennsylvania Dutch woman for a mere song. The Smiling Hill-Top And Other California Sketches You'll be obliged to have some managing man, who will either cheat you out of your money or wheedle you into marrying him.' Scenes of Clerical Life The legislator may be subjected by the advocates of women's suffrage or liquor prohibition to a pressure irresistible by ordinary mortals; but the citizens are too numerous to be all wheedled or threatened. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum Now, tell me," wheedled Mr. Straker, "the whole story just exactly as it happened to you, please. The Stolen Singer A cabman wheedled out of the reluctant violinist permission to print on his cab, Cabriolet de Paganini. Great Violinists And Pianists And so he was kind, and used to wheedle her, and by degrees enveloped her in the meshes of a net, which continually hemmed her in closer and closer. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 I wheedled and begged and demanded, and he just laughed. Home Again, Home Again I will not join in council nor in act With him: he has deceived and wronged me once, And now he cannot wheedle me with words. The Story of Troy They seem to consider you a race of pedlars, who come down upon them in small bodies for their sins, to wheedle away all their little hoardings. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is True, I never say disagreeable things; and it is so natural to me to wheedle. Mike Fletcher A Novel They were yet unwilling to go without him, and made repeated attempts to win him over to their way of thinking, but he was entirely too honest to be wheedled into such bad company. Eveline Mandeville The Horse Thief Rival She never wheedled nor begged them for time; she never compromised nor parleyed, nor condescended to yield an inch to their claims for decent human treatment. Poison Island It did not take many years for her to wheedle most of his money away; but there was no cessation to the demand, no apparent limit to the supply. The Deserter She wheedled and coaxed and all but commanded, while he sat and watched her sadly, realizing how well fitted she was for the things she was describing and how she loved them all! The Witness "Well," wheedled Nan, "wouldn't it please you—really?" The Moon out of Reach I must wheedle her, and whet my courage first on her; as a good musician always preludes before a tune. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 Miss Louise, who knew that her little niece was terribly in earnest, now tried to divert her with pictures; but Dotty was not to be wheedled by any such arts. Little Prudy's Dotty Dimple We are here told by what acts Abimelech got into the saddle.—None would have dreamed of making such a fellow as he king.—See how he has wheedled them into the choice. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 I think Mr. Farron Saftleigh probably was made to pay about three thousand dollars of the sum he had wheedled Mrs. Argenter out of. The Other Girls Some of 'em—the artful kind—begged and wheedled and cried; said they were so tired—wanted their sweethearts again. The Bread-winners A Social Study But, hark, I hear the door unlock; the lovers are coming out: I'll stay here, to wheedle him abroad; but you must vanish. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 His skin became alive again, and remembered the few responding kisses that he had wheedled from her, contacts so shy that they might have been the poisings of a moth. The Judge I did not interrupt him, but sat patiently, while he was endeavoring to wheedle me out of my speculation. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia Always then Adam appealed to his habits of pity and treacherously on the strength of it wheedled him into other tales of folk lore merely to refute them. Kenny Your agent is to wheedle, and your bailiff to bully him; the one must promise, and the other threaten; but if both fail, you must try him yourself. Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two Perhaps you may wheedle him away: it is but drawing a trope or two upon him. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 I never can forgive her the art with which she wheedled that jotter-headed old sinner, your uncle, out of twelve hundred a year. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I'll have them dressed up and presented to Latrobe; he is an old courtier, and can wheedle the devil with his tongue. The Gold Hunters' Adventures Or, Life in Australia The stranger, after Fenton had gone, began to feel that it was impossible either to wheedle or extort any information whatsoever, whether of importance or otherwise, from that extraordinary and not very sane individual. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One I will at once seek an interview and endeavour to wheedle him out of a promise to make a codicil in my favor. Vellenaux A Novel Do not neglect to wheedle the majority, my dear minister, but don't forget your wife. His Excellency the Minister Wherefore he wheedled and cajoled when the priest came to visit him until the thongs were unfastened and his somewhat prescribed liberty restored. Leonie of the Jungle "Poor man, he was trying to wheedle her heart out of her!" remarked the gratified mother. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town You wheedled this out of him on your own account, remember. The Gay Lord Quex A Comedy in Four Acts Eugenia coaxed and wheedled and sneered by turns, and finally Lloyd yielded, and they all started in. The Little Colonel's House Party I do confess, without reserve or wheedle, I view that grovelling idea as one Worthy some parish clerk's ambitious son, A charity-boy, who longs to be a beadle. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood "Yes, but when you know that why do you allow yourselves to be wheedled?" The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner I canna speak t' ye in phrases: I'm jest a plain, unscholarly man: I canna wheedle ye, wi' cunnin' after t' fashion o' toon folks. Victorian Short Stories: Stories of Courtship His most æsthetic, Very magnetic Fancy took this turn— "If I can wheedle A knife or needle, Why not a Silver Churn?" Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs Beauty draws money to the Romans, and wheedles the Gorgios to part with red gold. Red Money Love sings, 'Twas worth a bushel of "Plain Gold Rings" With which the Romantic wheedles. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood She has wheedled me out of my Sunday nap, so I suppose I may as well get up. Gladys, the Reaper The underground one, however, who, in the shape of an old woman, had wheedled him out of his bell, had not deceived him. Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian Besides, Alf,"—she began to appeal to him, in an attempt to wheedle—"Em's a real good sort…. Nocturne Marian undoubtedly wheedled her father a good deal in the manner of handsome and willful daughters. A Hoosier Chronicle He returned presently to say that vain must be all attempts to wheedle his secret from him, and yet again to ask irritably why Tommy was not coming out to hear all about it. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood "I am afraid that not even Iris could wheedle any one into buying it." The Wings of the Morning He could wheedle you and Aunt Betsy out of any thing he wanted. That Old-Time Child, Roberta He was trying to charm her, teasingly to wheedle her back into kindness, altogether misunderstanding her mood. Nocturne Then pin-wheels, some of which, not to belie their nature, balked obstinately, refusing to be coerced or wheedled into doing their duty. Martha By-the-Day "The house is in a terrible state for want o' you," Tommy would say, trying to wheedle her. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood Other men, describing similar complexities, would have given particulars of their adventures, how this thing had been done, and that person wheedled into confidences. The Stowmarket Mystery Or, A Legacy of Hate He could wheedle out rock-fish by the dozen while envious miners sat about him tugging hopefully at empty lines. A Maid of the Silver Sea He coaxed, he wheedled, he bantered, he abused,—he even threatened. The Redemption of David Corson When I think of that time, Samson is my only comfort—Samson and a few hundred million other fools, who like Samson and me have been wheedled, kissed, and duped into misery and ruin. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall Captain Hibbert she would admit no more, and the girl was in turn to be wheedled and coerced. Muslin Did the people realize that this bill to combine gas companies, which looked so innocent on its face, was a gigantic scheme to wheedle them out of a valuable franchise for nothing? Unleavened Bread He had been wheedled into joining it by Foster and Boyd, who utterly deceived him in regard to its objects. Elsie's Motherhood I noticed a side saddle hanging in the stable," he wheedled, "and I'll gamble I can rustle something to put it on. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories You have wheedled him into giving his consent when he was in his cups. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall "If you come not and get it," he wheedled, "I will throw it in the water." Audrey It was some of them Englishmen wheedled it out of him, you may be sure, sir.” Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (2 of 2) (1888) She wheedled Bedelia, the cook, into letting her keep the veal roast hot in the oven of the gasoline range. The Thunder Bird He never doubted, never flagged, never was intimidated by obstacles nor wheedled by persons. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference To PHRASE, FRAISE, v. n. to boast; to wheedle. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. He made that journey to France—and cracked me up to the Marquise—and wheedled her round—when all the while he must have known that he was hammering nails into his own coffin. The Street Called Straight I am neither the tyrant who will persecute you to exact your attention, nor yet the slave who will follow and coax and whine and wheedle for your favor. The Missing Bride I own to you that when I asked you here this afternoon I intended to wheedle from you all of Oregon north to fifty-four degrees, forty minutes. 54-40 or Fight The 'clearly recognizable lines of nationality' which Italy was to obtain has been wheedled into annexations which have moved Viscount Bryce to denounce them. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference When a Nationalist member met a Tory member of the Recess Committee he laughed over the success with which they had wheedled a measure of industrial Home Rule out of a Unionist Government. Ireland In The New Century He once attempted to wheedle Lucas into painting at least all of the front of the house, but Lucas was not to be moved. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 I knew you would be able to wheedle him. The Touchstone of Fortune I have known some who wouldn't have had to be wheedled so long. Abbe Mouret's Transgression The mare was wheedled round again to her former position; against her will, but somehow as the natural result of her dancing. If Winter Comes And now here was Lady Kitty—whom, by-the-way, it was not at all easy to take in—trying to "manage" him, to pin him to details, to wheedle him out of a pledge! The Marriage of William Ashe And he went to the kitchen of the eating hall where he and his chums dined, to wheedle the chef into serving generous portions after the cross-country run. Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck He calls me by twenty Names in a Day's Time: When he has a Mind to wheedle me, then I'm call'd Galatea, Euterpe, Calliope, Callirhoe, Melissa, Venus, Minerva, and what not? Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. To wheedle Aunt Freddy into forgiveness was the first outlet that presented itself for the excitement that was consuming him. Mount Music Not upon this side, Mademoiselle Haidée, if you please, for I have been wheedled into promising that station this night to another. The Mississippi Bubble They would fain wheedle them into something that shall blunt their hostility. Political Pamphlets The wife who knows when to give way with hypocritical obedience, and when to coax or wheedle her yielding lord, runs the best chance in the end for her life. The Great Taboo O these Scaramouches, how they know to wheedle the poor People! Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. "I have no shop now out of which you can wheedle me," continued the old man; "and surely you are not such a fool as to come to me for money." International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 It is the province of my Lord Chancellor to wheedle it out of those coffers where it is concealed and place it before the uses of the king. The Mississippi Bubble |
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