To Rudolph Musgrave it seemed afterward that he had dreamed them away in some vague Lotus Landin a delectable country where, he remembered, there were always purple eyes that mocked you, and red lips that coaxed you now, and now cast gibes at you.

Officers and Gyppies coaxed and wheedled the stubborn beasts through Julis, but outside the place the animals raised a chorus of protest and went down.

She seemed reproachful, as she was when she coaxed me not to enlist.

She cared but little for general society, and had always to be coaxed to go into company.

Maria was always ready to "bear the brunt," and could at any time be coaxed by the younger children to do the things which they found difficult or disagreeable.

Certain obstinate logs have to be coaxed down the river.

Parker coaxed.

Luke gave the animal a lump of sugar, coaxed it, stroked it.

Mrs. Deacon coaxed her away.

In the last resort, when he was driven to bay, he offered to resign, and was invariably coaxed back by the final arbiter.

And when they heard that a woman's hand had coaxed them from me, what laughter there would be at mess-table and at camp-fire!

she coaxed.

He isn't forever rushing into mistakes and being sorry, like you and me!" In another moment she laughed and coaxed, patting his arm.

The breath that she coaxed the flame with came in gasps, but a blaze quickly sprang up and leapt among the sticks, and then she flew to prepare the bed.

There is nothing to keep secret," she protested and coaxed.

I will run downstairs and see if there is any news," she coaxed in a soothing tone.

And some day when Jellicoe and his men are coaxed ashore, they will drop in to drink a glass of beer, and thenpouf!

He redoubled his compliments, trotted out all the love words he knew, coaxed Florette with everything she liked best in him.

"Aw, now, Freddy," he coaxed, "wanna come out with me an'an' have a soda?"

The woman wanted very much to go, and she coaxed her husband about it a great deal; and at last he said he would go, and they started, and many women followed them.

Well, I took a fancy to let Margaret try him, as nobody would know him in the gallery and he coaxed so prettily to go.

"The other one was a German prince," said Veronica, and then laughingly added, "I don't suppose you care to hear about him?" "Oh, come on, tell us about him," coaxed the Winnebagos.

It was weeks before Aunt Phoebe could be coaxed to make another visit.

"'Will you make good, anyhow, Aleck?' he coaxed.

" They didn't understand 'im at fust, but at last they see wot 'e meant, and arter explaining to Bill, who was still giving little jumps, they led 'im up into a corner and coaxed 'im into dressing 'imself agin.