| 单词 | cajolery |
| 例句 | At this uncomfortable juncture, I perceived with no little confusion that Bono watched us, grinning a wide, jackanapes smile; which cajolery threw me into more distress. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “He’s been a source of conniving and cajolery in this community long enough,” Mrs. Larkin continued. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Bribery, cajolery, legislation, executions: he did his all to satisfy Henry’s will and whims. Henry’s hooray 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z “The right conductor flicks a finger and the orchestra explodes; the same orchestra greets a lesser conductor’s wind-milling cajolery with a popgun.” Ronald Broun, lawyer and Washington Post classical music critic, dies at 75 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Throughout the rehearsal, Mr. Halsey, the choral director of the London Symphony Orchestra, peppered his remarks with friendly cajolery and encouragement, repeatedly telling the occasionally bemused-looking singers that “it does work — I promise.” Massaging 1,000 Voices Into Lincoln Center’s Choral Miracle 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He sees each member of his choir in the round and provides each one with exactly the right amount of praise, cajolery or castigation. Kerry and Me 2010-06-25T05:45:00Z But the state shouldn’t force the nearly three-fourths who are getting vaccinated to sit and wait while we hope a lottery or some other cajolery motivates the recalcitrant. The stopped clocks of the pandemic are now showing the right time — time to open up 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z If the new rules fail to produce a majority, an unholy spectacle of threats, cajolery and attempted deals will surely fill the weeks before the convention. Opinion | The coming Democratic train wreck 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Unlike other foreign policy issues, where Mr. Trump seems neither informed nor particularly interested, he has wrestled with the balance between threats and cajolery with North Korea. No Need to Prepare to Meet Kim Jong-un? Trump Has a Point 2018-06-09T04:00:00Z Flattery and cajolery are eternal parts of the diplomatic tool kit. Opinion | Trump is right. America needs to talk to bad guys — but carefully. 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Trump has sent a few tweets touting the plan, including cajolery to Paul to fall in line and some pushback on Thursday against the notion that the bill is faltering. He might not call it 'Trumpcare,' but the president will likely own any Obamacare replacement 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z He then picks off his Democrats with a combination of cajolery, patronage and threats, dispensed by an amusing team of political fixers. Lincoln, the movie: How to be president 2012-11-15T16:05:22Z He tried cajolery, it failed; the bravery of his Irish soldiers, it was unavailing. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-04-23T02:00:31.657Z For eighteen months Lord Lytton had attempted, by alternate threats and cajolery, to prevail upon the Ameer Shere Ali to make a surrender of his independence, and become a vassal of the Indian Empire. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 2012-04-18T02:00:17.060Z That I might not raise a jarring note there, they had cajoled me, and when cajolery failed, had insulted me. The Red Cockade 2012-03-30T02:00:19.603Z He strove, both by cajolery and by stating objections, to make her withdraw from them. The Man in Black 2012-03-30T02:00:14.473Z The act of blandishing; a word or act expressive of affection or kindness, and tending to win the heart; soft words and artful caresses; cajolery; allurement. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z And henceforth his charms and cajoleries, his sweet words and lying looks were not for her. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z But how to grapple with it, by cajolery or threats? The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Since cajolery and threats had not availed to win her, did he think to bend her to his will by force? The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:34.990Z By various means of cajolery and trickery, Kelly contrived to accomplish his design. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z No amount of feminine cajolery could bring about any further compliance, but surely the first step had been taken. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z "But you are really jealous now, are you not?" she asked in tones of mingled cajolery and endearment. The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 2011-12-25T03:00:12.817Z In a report obtained by The Associated Press, it cited his “sustained courage” and gallantry despite “cajolery, trickery, insults and threats of death.” Air Force to award Silver Star to Francis Gary Powers, spy plane pilot shot down over USSR 2011-12-16T22:43:40Z He was altogether bewildered by the cajoleries which she lavished upon him; his hope that his flame was at last shared awoke to new life; indeed, Madame Baldimer's conduct fully justified that hope. San-Cravate; or, The Messengers; Little Streams 2011-11-14T03:00:22.247Z In what did this little Lauzun show special merit? and what attracted women who pursued and sought his favour through cajoleries and gifts? Louis XIV and La Grande Mademoiselle 1652-1693 2011-09-14T02:00:48.383Z Even impeccable youngsters are susceptible to this harmless form of cajolery. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z Then he had used persuasion and cajolery, until at last the boy had slipt into the pool, and in a week was swimming with the best of them. Masterman and Son 2011-08-23T02:00:35.033Z Earlier in the day, Boehner’s leadership team was expressing confidence that days of cajolery on behalf of Boehner’s measure would pay off. Debt-Increase Dispute Tests Boehner’s Power to Lead U.S. House 2011-07-29T04:38:01Z You have sent in one of your best terriers; he has tried by cajolery and caresses, by cries, by straining at his chain to be allowed the honourable distinction of first blood. The Badger A Monograph 2011-07-25T02:00:12.053Z The children then began a breaking down process, made up of threats and cajolery, which they had cunningly developed from experience over a period of time. The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People 2011-07-17T02:00:38.770Z For some moments the Jew tried entreaty, cajolery, even bribery—in vain. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z She gave him a quick look and knew that he was not going to be swayed this time by her little cajoleries. The Best Policy 2011-06-13T02:00:32.860Z Yet for a fortnight they had continued their fruitless exchange of letters, cajolery, threats—neither side willing to relent. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z Behind her locked door Poppy was vaguely thankful for safety from Abinger's fury and tyrannical questioning; and not all Kykie's cajoleries and threats could make her emerge. Poppy The Story of a South African Girl 2011-05-20T02:00:25.147Z The latter bait, aided by the thoughtlessness of recruits, and by the cajolery of recruiting sergeants, caused the engagement to be almost invariably for life. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z He used every means of persuasion and cajolery which his ingenuity could devise to persuade Abdul to release him. King of the Air Or, To Morocco on an Aeroplane 2011-06-17T02:00:22.043Z Her final undoing came from a different quarter, and I am afraid that drugs, not Biblical cajoleries, were the instruments used. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z Her little cajoleries—those small nothings of voice and look and touch—are such subtle tempters for one admired even to homage itself. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. II 2011-03-03T03:00:54.950Z "Resist the incumbent cajolery, ignore the veiled threats and protestations of doom, and move forward to allocate the 700 MHz resource to the feisty upstarts," Seaboard said. Canada's telecoms fight over spectrum auction rules 2011-03-01T20:52:01Z By a good deal of argument and a modicum of cajolery, I gained my point. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z Toussaint's officers were not all black, and the men of color proved accessible to French cajolery. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z But neither the raillery and innuendoes of the neighbors nor the entreaties, threats, and cajoleries of his sister, Jeanne Maillot, had ever moved him to take a wife. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z Not that there wasn’t flattery and some cajolery and so on, but it’s not alchemy.” Sidebar: Brennan?s Biographer Took His Time 2010-10-04T16:37:00Z In the nursery, we do not correct the young by flattery and cajolery. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 The son of one of the accused, a boy of fourteen, was taken into custody by the police, and by threats and cajoleries prevailed upon to give evidence for the prosecution. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" It is inconceivable how many little cajoleries, and what winning smiles, are employed to ease a troubled conscience. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 But I shall abandon this foolish persuasion and cajolery as unworthy of the scientist. The Haunted Pajamas The unaffected honesty with which he said this did for Tony what no cajolery nor flattery could have accomplished, and set him off into a roar of laughter that conquered all his spleen and ill-humor. Tony Butler It is a mixture of terrorism and cajolery. The Death-Blow to Spiritualism Being the True Story of the Fox Sisters Like the Tibetans, she menaced and threatened us at first, then she turned to us with smiles and cajoleries, entreating us to stay, and her seduction was harder to resist. The Unveiling of Lhasa Neither storm nor sunshine, neither wrath nor cajolery, had won him securely. The Great Miss Driver The Chinese perceiving that violence would only involve disagreeable results, had recourse to cajolery, but to no purpose. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 He entered, walking more like an Englishman than a Venetian, elegantly attired, and uttering compliments which my humility forced me to regard as ill-employed cajoleries. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Stoutenburg wielded vast influence over him; he had drawn him into the net of his own ambitious schemes, and had by promises and cajolery won his entire allegiance. The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel What promises and cajoleries and threats the holy men used no one will ever know. The Unveiling of Lhasa Our most tactful cajolery she met with suspicion and disdain, if not with open ridicule. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Irving, who had welcomed him on former occasions, was just dying,—a victim, as Carlyle thought, to fashionable cajoleries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" And when the clergyman remained obdurate to all his subtlest questions and cajoleries and indisputable logic, the Judge lost his temper. Thirty Surely among these there would be one who—amenable to cajoleries or to promises—would prove to be the instrument sent by God to save the Stadtholder from an assassin's dagger! The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel Mrs. Tweedie would be offended if we did not laugh at her cajolery; that is what she wrote it for. Mothering on Perilous “If you ’ad said ’arf-a-crown, now,” he said sadly; and then Madge thought it was time to cease cajolery and show a firm front. The Daughters of a Genius Threats, cajolery, and artful casuistry were all tried. The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History Arguments, pleading, cajolery, threats—all were employed in vain. The Crime of the Century or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin "No cajolery about it, as you shall find," answered Mr. Donaldson. Graham's Magazine, Vol XXXIII, No. 6, December 1848 Our Messenger has, to be sure, a more winning introduction than even the smiles and musical cajolery of Eglantine Prigduck. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) He had used threats, cajolery and even occasional money prizes to obtain this result. The Frontier Boys in the Sierras Or, The Lost Mine The Jew tried various modes to induce them to relinquish their booty; first threats—then offers of reward—then cajolery; and, at last, attempted to interpose and thrust them from their spoil. Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 No, her Nan was no witch; she was clear and pure before God and towards man; and neither force nor cajolery could make her forswear that bit of loving truth. Witch Stories But even these were easier to bear than the little playful cajoleries of Mrs. Ricketts on his supposed successes. The Daltons, Volume II (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The College of Jesuits had also to subscribe an agreement pledging itself not to convert Protestants to the Roman faith by force, artifice, moral pressure, or any sort of cajolery. Pretty Michal The powers which have no such care are not gods, nor is their worship—if coercion or cajolery can be called worship—religion. An Introduction to the Study of Comparative Religion Her hands touched him with dispassionate, deliberate, ineffectual caresses, a pitiful return to a discarded manner, an outrageous imitation of the old professional cajoleries. The Immortal Moment The Story of Kitty Tailleur When Meredith had looked unconvinced and injured, she had tried to soften the blow by cajoleries, in the use of which she was past-mistress. Banked Fires “And you were disappointed, sir?” asked Portsmouth suggestively, her vanity falling captive to the sweet cajolery. Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time She had a quick picture of Gaga as a lover, of herself managing everything by keeping him at her side with cajolery and parsimoniously-yielded delights. Coquette But it is also possible that he sees his way by cajolery to all the sweet biscuits with a little crown on them that come about with tea. When Ghost Meets Ghost Quit when you like and make it up with cajolery was a motto that Elliott had found very useful. The Camerons of Highboro That gave him pause, but in the end she had her way after some cajolery and a few loud threats. The Monk of Hambleton My subtlest cajoleries never win him from that attitude of sneering contempt. The Lieutenant-Governor A Novel No, he would try threats, entreaties, slyness, cajolery, but his real weapon to overcome my opposition would be De Artigny. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West And she would have used every art of cajolery to ingratiate herself into Carmen’s favor, to catch the social crumbs that our girl might chance to drop!” Carmen Ariza She is merry like no one else, and witty, and full of cajoleries, like a child. Tante As Blue Beard proceeded her face lost its look of wicked cajolery; she became sad, almost menacing. A Romance of the West Indies He had none of that strength which arms a man against flatterers;—none of that experience which strengthens a man against female cajolery. Is He Popenjoy? He was obsequious, but impassioned, full of cajolery, but not for a moment did he try to impose upon his countrywoman by any assumption of omniscience. The Spanish Jade "To our endeavors," he says, "to our struggles, just then so much needing certainty, he lent us the support of a calm, unshakable conviction, equally armed against apathy and cajolery." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History No! take a strong line in this world, and you're more likely to get what you want than by cajolery. War Letters of a Public-School Boy The United States will be an object of envy, jealousy, suspicion, cajolery and hatred in the eyes of those peoples who concern themselves with the present system of competition for economic supremacy. The Next Step A Plan for Economic World Federation Ranny had ways, soft words, cajoleries, caresses that charmed her in her secret desolation. The Combined Maze By means of wiles and cajoleries utterly inimitable, she could extract money and presents from adults from whom the haughty Cleopatra would not even have solicited a kiss. Too Old for Dolls A Novel His usual cajoleries only provoked retorts that left him blinking, not certain whether they were intended to humble him or to stimulate him to more daring efforts. Otherwise Phyllis Then, abruptly, the expression of her face changed to one of alarm, mingled with cajolery. Making People Happy Empires have been made possible by "bread and circuses"; by appealing to an abnormally developed sense of patriotism; by the rule of might where largess and cajolery have failed. The American Empire By bribery and cajolery they started this letter off. Lafayette One of these central provinces, namely, Harima, had just been the scene of a revolt which Hideyoshi crushed by his wonted combination of cajolery and conquest. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era That was demanded; ever offered in cajolery to encourage my pistol practice. Desert Dust Happily, for some unobvious reason, no one seemed to associate me with the bullocks' waywardness, but it took me ten minutes' cajolery to elicit the address of a peasant who might hire me a cart. Jonah and Co. The buccaneer obtained nothing by cajolery, he paid cash for everything, and his hands were as full of gold as his lips of oaths. The Corsair King “Muckle guid your sorrow will do me unless——” her voice fell to a wheedling cajolery—“you just be a guid laddie and get me back my linen and the silver.” A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 It was impossible to remain cross or ill-tempered when Shirley danced into a room and it is to be feared that her gifts of cajolery bought her off from often needed reproofs. Rainbow Hill Then Plunger tried by cajolery to induce him to let him be Crusoe, and satisfy himself with the part of Friday, but Harry remained firm. The Hero of Garside School It took five minutes and all the cajolery at my command to induce my brother-in-law to continue his Danaidean task, until I had started the engine and we were ready to move. Jonah and Co. Here was the missing link in my chain of evidence, delivered directly into my hands without a word of persuasion or cajolery. Frenzied Finance Vol. 1: The Crime of Amalgamated And the passive resistance of the imprisoned millions in Belgium to the compulsion and cajolery alike of their would-be friend, the enemy, is a factor in the German subduing process the world outside must appreciate. Intercession: A Sermon Preached by the Rev. B. N. Michelson, B.A. His cajolery could lead men into diverse lunacies, but it could not induce the hard-bitten manufacturer of quack remedies to provide a brand-new automobile for his personal convenience. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol That a man should enter into warfare with a woman on unequal terms, and win by cajolery and deceit, was more than cruel; it was brutal. A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time She was wholly feminine, and hence there was in her a trace of cajolery which she now used. The Candidate A Political Romance All the good effected by the cajolery of M. Fouch�, and the hope of a happy reconciliation, now disappeared. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II Episcopal fulminations rolled like stage thunder; the Bastille and Vincennes were holiday retreats for fatigued combatants; imprisonment was tempered with cajoleries; the censors of the press connived with their victims. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. No entreaties nor cajoleries at first availed to make them leave their refuge. The Story of Rouen They can resist appeals to their dearest prejudices and all kinds of cajolery. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals But the cod and the perch were proof against all our cajolery, and would not be enticed. Mushrooms on the Moor Can it be possible that he believes that proclamation will be acceptable to them—that mixture of cajolery and bombast. The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance But we ought to be stout and resolute in either case, neither yielding to bullying nor cajolery. Plutarch's Morals “Stand off, sir; cajolery will not do your work any more than threats.” In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" Some were impatient themselves, others dreaded their masters’ impatience as the appointed dinner hour passed by—all combined by entreaties, threats, cajolery, and fun to drive me distracted. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands Hardly any husband gets so much obedience from his wife by stern orders as he does by jests and cajolery. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation For the many depredations committed by him against private traders and property, the Celestial Emperor, failing to catch him by cajolery, outlawed him. The Philippine Islands The merchant seated him at table and took to plying him with liquor—tried every possible kind of invitation and cajolery on him. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore No flattery, no cajolery can draw him from that line. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. Their weapons were tender caresses and those innumerable cajoleries of women, which nearly always compel us to surrender in desperation to their most unreasonable whims. French and Oriental Love in a Harem I am officer on a man-of-war, and command with sternness and inflexibility, never bending to coaxing or cajolery. Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls At length she capitulated to the combined forces of entreaty, cajolery and insistence. The Tyranny of Weakness Absolute power made the Spaniard a cruel master: the lack of it drove the Frenchman to gain his ends by cunning and cajolery. French Pathfinders in North America Mary Eden flushed with annoyance, and tried to stamp her foot, but only shook the stirrup, and sat still for a few moments, before trying cajolery. The Black Tor A Tale of the Reign of James the First His expression of tragic sorrow did not alter in the slightest degree under the rain of sugared remonstrances and cajoleries that the two women directed upon him. Clayhanger It was only by adroit cajolery, and persuading him that he, as personal conductor of the party, had a right to be sweller than the rest, that he could be induced to waive the point. The Cock-House at Fellsgarth No," she protested, disdaining the cajolery of self-delusion, "my sullenness isn't that sort. The Tyranny of Weakness Henry VIII. bullied his parliaments systematically; Elizabeth, by cajolery, flattery, deceit, and other arts of which she was mistress, attained through less boisterous methods the same general end. The Governments of Europe The day of mere repression is drawing to a close, the day of cajolery is at hand. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement The cajolery, the threats and the bribes were not all on one side; and in Italy at least the imperial agents would seem to have enjoyed greater facilities than Henry's. Henry VIII. Well, just before I first met her, Adelina, worn out by her father's alternate cajolery and brutality, had yielded, almost promising to do as he wished. Ambrotox and Limping Dick This was a stroke of genius, but the genius of instinct, for Barrie had no experience in the art of cajolery. The Heather-Moon If a child were allowed to evade it, or modify it, by cajolery or cunning appeal, that would tend to destroy the spirit of fairness and faith in mother's word. Heart and Soul by Maveric Post Such a man is almost always the repository of family secrets; a repository whose inviolability gold cannot affect, threats sway, or cajolery influence. The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont O'Connell knew so intimately the habits and character of the humbler class, that he was able, by cajolery or intimidation, to coerce them, when on the table, into truth-telling. Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell No amount of cajolery, bribery, or threats will induce a Quitonian to do any thing or be any where in season. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America He was engaged in a much more serious business than the cajolery of an old woman's whims. The Cow Puncher There was sure to be a crush, and it seemed absurd to hope that even Nevill's cajoleries could draw serious information from Arab guests in such a scene as this. The Golden Silence Now had come this mammoth difference, a divergence of standard too vital to be smoothed over by a gloss of cajolery. Flood Tide It was a smile like a child's, that caressed and cajoled, and that saw through its own cajolery and pleaded, with a little wistfulness, that there was more than could show itself, behind. Franklin Kane It is a wrong, and therefore unjust, when it is effected through undue influence that either annuls consent, or wrings it from the victim by cajolery, threat, or false promise. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals The Western deputies were sent back to Ariminum, and the bishops, already reduced to great distress by their long detention, were plied with threats and cajolery till most of them yielded. The Arian Controversy The Customs were so far from being in a conciliatory mood as to be absolutely deaf to entreaty, cajolery, argument, explanation or threat. Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Realizing that Scraggy's malady made her difficult to coerce, he decided to try cajolery at once. From the Valley of the Missing It had been impossible for me to resist her cajolery from the beginning; and now I read in her eyes the truth of all she spoke. When Wilderness Was King A Tale of the Illinois Country Not a rag of clothing was in sight, and no cajolery or promise of reward could persuade the ship's men into supplying his need. The Stolen Singer But this cajolery he swept away with a fling of his heavy arm. Montlivet He was a decent and a good-tempered young person, and he had beaten a prolonged tattoo on the glass with the handle of his umbrella, murmuring at the same time vague words of cajolery. Americans and Others Her mission is confined to the Western Hemisphere, and over its borders no insult, no cajolery will avail to tempt her. The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 So matters went on day by day, each day bringing its fresh instalment of threats promises and cajoleries, each morning its batch of disappointments. The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs By bargaining, by cajolery, by force, he had managed each time to renew the storehouse. The Princess Pocahontas These Eleanor desired for her son; but neither bribes nor cajolery, threats, nor cruel insinuations, had availed to induce Mora to give up her rightful possession—the home of her childhood. The White Ladies of Worcester A Romance of the Twelfth Century Yea, by her cajolery she persuaded our men to give unto the traders from the south our precious food. The Eternal Maiden Command, rather than cajolery, was her political method. Some Old Time Beauties After Portraits by the English Masters, with Embellishment and Comment But the pope was anxious, above all things, to have that emphatic word obey introduced into the ritual of subjection, and after employing all the arts of diplomacy and cajolery, carried his point. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power Ah, sit down," November interrupted quickly, pitching his protean accents to a key of cajolery—"sit down and have another. The Day of Days An Extravaganza "Nonsense, Lionel! you cannot make me believe that no cajolery has been at work from some quarter or other," peevishly answered Lady Verner. Verner's Pride Of the three, one—by name Mary Magdalen—proved to be a heaven-born, predestinated cook; and her we persuaded, by bribery, cajolery, and subornation of scruples, to remain with us permanently. A Woman Named Smith Forthwith her cajolery was done with, and taking him by the two shoulders Helen looked severely into his wondering eyes. The Desert Valley But Sleep was, perhaps, of the gentler disposition; a little obstinate and headstrong; at times, indeed, beyond all cajolery; yet very sweet of impulse and ardent to make amends. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance I'm thinkin' that's why they named her Miss Pat—'tis th' Irish persistency iv her name that crops out, an' th' cajolery. The Lever A Novel By a judicious use of flattery and cajolery, she ultimately persuaded the Emperor to appoint the prince governor of the Yen country, and thenceforth he was styled Yen Wang, Prince of Yen. Myths and Legends of China I did not mind the actual work or the kind of work, but it was the dishonesty and deception, the flattery and cajolery, the unnatural assumption that worker and diner had no common humanity. Darkwater Voices from Within the Veil With that his love turned to hatred, and his cajolery to threats, which he carried out by accusing her to her masters, with false testimony. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55 1604-1605 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century Dan was well hardened to her cajoleries by this time; he was confident that she would have made "sweet eyes at Caliban." A Hoosier Chronicle Was she, perhaps, to be urged as a last resource to bear on that gentle weakness by threat or cajolery? The Jervaise Comedy As has been said, "Choice in marriage is a great match of cajolery between purpose and invisible hazard: deep criticism of a game of pure chance is time wasted." Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) The characters of public men are correctly estimated; snobs are laughed at; and the society woman who seeks to bribe the press with she cajolery of a smile is a familiar joke. The Colossus A Novel By some cajolery they had managed to slip a halter with a special length of rope over the wary white head, and there for the moment matters hung. A Maid of the Silver Sea Closely questioned, the trusted confidant had once yielded to cajolery. Copper Streak Trail The multitude whom he cajoled have seen through his cajoleries, and have resented in these both the attempt to deceive them and the pretension—unfounded as it proved—to exalt himself at their expense. A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) They were profuse of promises, exhortations, and entreaties before passing to threats—of guaranties they said nothing—but the Rumanian Premier, turning a deaf ear to cajolery and intimidation, remained inflexible. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference He could not retain his power for a month, in case he failed to subordinate every larger interest to the flattery, cajolery, and nourishment of his local clan. The Promise of American Life Such is the influence of ecclesiastical cajoleries over even the most gifted minds. The Roman Question Smiling at the cajolery, the cook bustled about and soon had an appetising little repast ready. Patty and Azalea It was all a story of cajolery or intimidation from the formidable opposition, and of mean yielding in the places of responsibility. Queed The king had borrowed from every person and every city within the realm who, by threats or cajolery, could be induced to part with money. The Touchstone of Fortune Still, not to be thwarted, she brought a suit of jactitation of marriage, and, by a lavish use of bribes and cajolery, got a sentence from the Ecclesiastical Court which at last set her free. Love Romances of the Aristocracy She gnashed her teeth, but she was sure that her cajolery—even her tears would be thrown away on this soldier-spy whom once she had jilted, and who at present surfeited himself with her defeat. The Son of Clemenceau There is more danger of their being treated too well, and being too much attacked and allured by these cheap cajoleries. Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays Then his daughter may negligently throw him a few moments of charming cajolery. The Plain Man and His Wife In spite of threats, cajoleries, and proffered bribes, they remained steadfast The arguments used by Marquis Ito and Mr. Hayashi, apart from personal ones, were twofold. Korea's Fight for Freedom The steward proved that he was possessed of a conscience, and that neither cajolery nor threats could make him swerve from the straight path of honesty. Love Romances of the Aristocracy He played on her pity with an innocent, cunning cajolery. The Romantic Associated words: palatine, palatial. palaver, n. cajolery, flummery; conference, debate, talk. pale, a. pallid, wan, colorless, ghastly, blanched, cadaverous, etiolate, ashy; dim, faint, indistinct, obscure. Putnam's Word Book I might take the circuitous route by roundabout and gentle phrases, through hints and delicately undulating suggestions, and beneath the soft shadow of flattering cajoleries. The Plain Man and His Wife Having to fight a secret battle was never even considered: threats direct or vague or subtle, blandishments, cajolery, graciousness, patronage, flattery, plausible generalities, attacks indirect and insidious—all coming without pause, secret, silent, tireless. Principles of Freedom On the other was a leadership on the whole less intelligent, certainly more selfish, with followers who were ignorant and susceptible to cajolery or intimidation. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution But thy cajoleries shall not now cloud the eyes of my mind, as did once thy false promises. The Decameron, Volume II "Look at me!" he commanded, but with the definite order was mingled some trace of cajolery. The Price of Love This man, after trying the obvious ways of persuasion, cajolery, and assassination, for getting the island into his hands, at last, with the help of a certain hag, his foster-mother, has recourse to sorcery. The Story of Grettir the Strong Commands, demands, appeals, cajoleries, every means thinkable, are used, but the more people attempt to influence my action, the more stubborn I become. Analyzing Character He had never met Felton, and when the professor arrived in London, Dickens, with his love of fun, arranged a bit of cajolery, which was never quite forgotten, though wholly forgiven. Yesterdays with Authors He spoke archly, with a brave attempt at cajolery. The Regent It only needed a trifle of refined cajolery to make everything smooth and to bring her round. Deadham Hard His cajoleries are infinite; his deft sentences, mingling flattery with reflection, have almost the quality of a caress. Books and Characters French and English Milan, however, was resolute not to surrender the plotter, and turned a deaf ear to all the Princess's pleadings and cajoleries. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe She writhed with shame at the sight of her mother's cajolery of the tyrant she served--and loved. The Precipice Of sentimentality—altiloquent, fabricated feeling and cajolery—there is enough in Greek and Latin literature, doubtless as a reflection of life. Primitive Love and Love-Stories By which cajoleries and expression of praiseworthy sentiment, Henrietta raised herself notably in Damaris' estimation—as she fully intended to do. Deadham Hard Twenty years passed, and the King of Prussia was submitting his verses as anxiously as ever to Voltaire, whose compliments and cajoleries were pouring out in their accustomed stream. Books and Characters French and English She tried cajolery, fried his take of trout deliciously for him, and he sat down to them sniffing. Tommy and Grizel Talleyrand was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he treated the envoys with a mixture of menace and cajolery. Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism They had no cajoleries, none of the little tricks of their trade. The Soul of the War And he began coaxing the Princess of Provence with just such cajoleries as the big handsome boy had formerly exercised against the peasant girls of Rathgor. Figures of Earth It is assuredly mortal to habits of intellectual self-respect in the society which allows itself to be amused by the cajolery and legerdemain and self-sophistication of its rulers. On Compromise After she had defied him and put him into a stewing rage, she would smooth him the right way and, with teasing little cajoleries, nurse him back to a pleasant humor. The Slim Princess No sooner has the stranger gone to his hotel than a watch is put upon his movements, and bribery and cajolery used to get access to him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 37, November, 1860 A while ago they tried flattery and cajolery. Minnie's Sacrifice Every effort which love and female cajolery could suggest was used by this dutiful wife to keep her husband at home. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIII He was so honest, that her arts and cajoleries did not affect him, and he shrank from her with instinctive repulsion. Vanity Fair Her Irish wit and sparkling merriment, her cajolery, her good nature and her feminine artifice, were attractions which, in the eyes of the male sex, fully atoned for her youthful indiscretions. Tracks of a Rolling Stone The cajoleries which Eugénie first tried and the blows that followed were alike unavailing. Worldly Ways and Byways He has tried bullying, cajolery, and false-hood, and last of all he has plunged into crime. The Pawns Count The world is all a cheat; its pleasures are for him who is most expert in legerdemain and cajolery; and he is a fool indeed who is juggled out of his share of them. The Adventures of Hugh Trevor Her woman's instinct told her that her charges might have no weight with the younger girl, under the spell of those cajoleries and blandishments whose power she knew so well. Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California At the same time she knows that Demos has the last word, and she spends her time in the old see-saw between threats and cajolery. The Coryston Family A Novel We were treated to a public exhibition of feminine cajolery in your direction, Mr. Iglesias, at the end of dinner. The Far Horizon On the side of the stronger there have been constant encroachments, effected now by menace and now by cajolery, but always prefaced by the display and the insolence of superior power. The Iroquois Book of Rites Such tender cajolery served to quiet the mother, as it had often done before after like collisions. Daniel Deronda He blandly received their caresses; took their coaxing and cajolery as matters of course; and surveyed the beauties of his time as the Caliph the moonfaces of his harem. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family And that choice, if made aright, becomes a genuine and undying belief, because it was made in freedom, unbiassed by external threats and cajoleries. Confessions and Criticisms As yet there was no open murmuring against the Prince; nothing but manifest determination not to be won over by his cajoleries or threats. The Yeoman Adventurer "What childish cajolery of self-deception," mocks some devil from his dark corner—"silly prattle to make children quiet!" The Home and the World Similar busybodies called at Mr. Cattell's shop in Fleet Street, and plied him with cajoleries when menaces were futile. Prisoner for Blasphemy In the summer white lilies haunted it, standing out in the dusk with their demure cajolery, looking, as Hazel said, like ghosses. Gone to Earth He disliked the former because their attitude seemed one of cajolery and the latter because it seemed one of contempt. Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster Like crafty spiders they hide in the center of a great web, a web of bribery, threat, cajolery and intrigue, intent on every victim that is lured into the glistening meshes. A Gentleman from Mississippi But, speaking broadly, the supply of land available for purposes of every kind is a fixed unvarying factor, with an inertia which the cajolery of price-changes is powerless to disturb. Supply and Demand But no cajoleries could induce the Colonel to sit to any artist save one. Boys and girls from Thackeray Using all her cajoleries, she could bring him to a certain point beyond which he would not go. Dave Darrin's Second Year at Annapolis Or, Two Midshipmen as Naval Academy "Youngsters" And as they went on she played her cajoleries, but he remained grim as a bear. Algonquin Legends of New England She never allowed herself to be bullied or cajoled; but she perpetually kept alive the impression that a little more bullying or a little more cajolery might turn the scale. England under the Tudors For the first time in her life Lena condescended to something like cajolery. Bessie Bradford's Prize His smile was polite but ironic, and it was not long before I realised that he knew his own game too well to be affected by cajolery. A Fool and His Money He waited a full minute; then resorted to three minutes of cajolery, but in vain. Cappy Ricks Retires But after an hour of futile cajolery, he was forced to give up, realizing that Marsh had been at work again, frightening these simple people by threats of vengeance and starvation. The Silver Horde By terrorism, shrewdly mixed with cajolery, they broke the strike, and sent the grumbling slaves back to their treadmill. Jimmie Higgins And all his gestures were full of grace and cajolery. The Old Wives' Tale With childish cajolery he used to call her aunt Dide, a name which ultimately clung to the old woman; the word "aunt" employed in this way is simply a term of endearment in Provence. The Fortune of the Rougons "I've missed you," said she, and she was telling herself that this statement of a literal truth was the quintessence of hypocritical cajolery. The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig; a Novel Miss Thankful dropped her accusatory tone, and attempted cajolery. The Mayor's Wife You should have seen how I came over him—partly dignified sternness, partly justifiable cajolery. Born in Exile As a canvasser he performed prodigies of cajolery. The Fortunate Youth Keene was at no loss to recall inoffensive phrases; in another long speech, full of cajolery sufficiently artful for the occasion, he represented himself as having merely protested against misrepresentations obviously sharpened by malice. Demos She did not desire him to be too facile a victim of cajolery; it would take from the interest she felt in his ambitions. Our Friend the Charlatan He might object, and did; but he was no match for her either in diplomacy or in fight, and her cajoleries were usually sufficient for her ends, without calling out the reserves behind them. Sisters I resent the cajolery of the supple twists of her body. Simon the Jester She discarded the fruitless effort at cajolery and resorted to undisguised bribery. The Chronicles of Clovis She was used to extract secrets by flattery and cajolery where ordinary bribery would not avail. The Titan Would you have had me use cajolery with him—the lout? Love-at-Arms She tried to hide amongst the cushions again, but visions of Gypsy, with her bright inquisitive eyes, her funny little petulances, her endearing cajoleries, kept rising before her. Missy She was more incensed still because she could not get at his history, and felt, despite herself, a reluctance to bribe him for it with those cajoleries whose potency she had boasted to Tata Leroux. Under Two Flags He revelled in all those subtle flatteries and cajoleries, and in all the arts to please of which she was past mistress. The Fortunes of Oliver Horn To silence this popular discontent, the customary arts and cajoleries of the politicians proved for once quite ineffectual. The Cleveland Era; a chronicle of the new order in politics He contended that this might not happen at once—nor did he wish it to; messages would pass, and Guidobaldo would seek by cajolery to win back his niece. Love-at-Arms This is what his cajolery has brought us to! War and Peace I pursued, adopting cajolery and presenting him with his own favourite phrase. Bardelys the Magnificent; being an account of the strange wooing pursued by the Sieur Marcel de Saint-Pol, marquis of Bardelys... One can see every day how women manage,—the very word tells the whole story,—MANAGE men, by cunning strategy, cajolery, and all manner of indirections, just as if they were elephants. Gala-days For the rest of the evening Jinny was the heroine of the hour, but no cajolery nor flattery could induce her to again exhibit her powers. Drift from Two Shores Dare any henchman of ours venture to go, with honey-cakes, with pattings and cajoleries, and slip the imperial muzzle well round the snout of that rugged ursine animal? History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 In the first two rooms there was a going and coming, a continual passage of rustling silks up to the boudoir where the baroness sat, sharing her attentions and cajoleries between two very distinct camps. The Nabob Bedloe's suspicions must have been aroused, and, either by threats or cajolery, he wormed part of the secret out of his friends. The Valet's tragedy, and other studies A few caresses, a few cajoleries, and your satisfied vanity silences your distrust and disarms your good sense! The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels She now worked for her living, subject, however, to a nice discrimination by which she limited herself to a certain amount of work, beyond which neither threats, beatings, nor cajoleries would force her. Drift from Two Shores Billets, breakfasts, pretty walks, presents of silks and satins, pass daily between the pair; but, strange to say, the lady is as virtuous as Diana, and hath resisted all my Count's cajoleries hitherto. Catherine: a Story Consequently, she was the object of the cajoleries of the Kergarouet-Pen-Hoels, who passed the winters at Nantes, and the summers at their estate on the banks of the Loire below l'Indret. Beatrix Columbine was the essence of pert indifference under his cajolery, saucily mocking under his threats, and finely sly in extorting the very maximum when it came to accepting a bribe. Scaramouche Catherine redoubled in care and cajolery of her father-in-law, being well aware that her sole support was in him. Catherine De Medici Well, the dog ran off to the hills, and neither the threats nor cajoleries of his master could ever make him enter the cabin again. Drift from Two Shores His heart was not so antagonistic as his nature, and by degrees, owing to a proper mixture of discipline and cajolery, he imbibed. The Egoist I used every cajolery and device of which I was master, but it was no avail. The Golf Course Mystery The celestial traitress play, And all mankind to bliss betray; With sacrosanct cajoleries And starry treachery of your eyes, Tempt us back to Paradise! New Poems The tormentor then tried cajolery and promises, but they were equally futile. Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan To all these cajoleries, Marguerite herself presented the contrast of actual distress, shown sometimes by a word of doubt, sometimes by a glance along the empty shelves of the sideboards in the dining-room. The Alkahest Is he familiar with the people?—it is cajolery! Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes Says never: 'I am well at ease, My sneers upon the weak I shed: The strong have my cajoleries: And those beneath my feet I tread.' Poems — Volume 2 Nevertheless deepen your cajolery, harp quick and quicker, ye Royalist Seigneurs; with a dead-lift effort you may bring it to that. The French Revolution Then d'Artagnan ceased knocking, and prayed with an accent so full of anxiety and promises, terror and cajolery, that his voice was of a nature to reassure the most fearful. The Three Musketeers The old soldier, the old abbe, the old doctor, happy in the kisses and cajoleries of little Ursula, were never weary of answering her talk and playing with her. Ursula "Oh," said Albert with all the cajolery of which he was capable. The Count of Monte Cristo It came to him curiously that it was his destiny ever to stand on this high place, looking down on unending hordes of black trouble that required control, bullying, and cajolery. Adventure But the cajolery of pipe or string was just as powerless to enfeeble that dogged warrior. The Danish History, Books I-IX And they enslaved you over again—but not frankly, as the true, noble men would do with weight of their own right arms, but secretly, by spidery machinations and by wheedling and cajolery and lies. Martin Eden |
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