After the surrender of Granada, when the war was ended, the queen, through the medium of the grand cardinal of Spain, prevailed upon him to undertake the instruction of the young nobles of her court.
Had she Nine Hundred Years good, she might hold out to the Conversion of the Jews before she thought fit to be prevailed upon.
He acquainted the Princess Imma with his Fears; who, after some Consultations upon the Matter, prevailed uponhim to let her carry him through the Snow upon her own Shoulders.
One of the Indians gave us a fish which he had caught, though he had nothing for himself; and it was with much trouble that he could be prevailed upon to partake of it.
Adam, who was very ill, and could not now be prevailed upon to eat this weed, subsisted principally on bones, though he also partook of the soup.
Jacob accepted Lord Mowbray's apologies, but could not by any means be prevailed upon to accept from him any present or remuneration.
Voltaire was not then in France; and Rousseau, who was always quarrelling with somebody, and generally with every body, could not be prevailed upon to go to this breakfast.
Seeing my dislike to the thing, Kooloo, my worthy friend, prevailed upon me to bestow it upon him.
I prevailed upon Po-Po to drink a parting shell; and even little Loo, actually looking conscious that one of her hopeless admirers was about leaving Partoowye for ever, sipped a few drops from a folded leaf.
All this was done in an instant; and things were looking critical, when Doctor Long Ghost and myselfprevailed upon them to wait a while, and do nothing hastily; there was plenty of time, and the ship was completely in our power.
Euthymius could never be prevailed upon to depart from his rules of strict solitude; but governed his monks by proper superiors, to whom he gave his directions on Sundays.
I can never be prevailed uponto sacrifice to gods of wood and stone, as those are which you adore.
He could not even be prevailed uponto accept what the rich offered him.
His heart, he told me, was in tumults, for fear you should be prevailed upon in favour of a man despised by every body.
When the meeting was dissolved, almost the whole assembly followed, or rather attended me to my inn, where I was obliged to address them from the window, before they could be prevailed upon to depart.
When he could be prevailed upon to do any thing it was in a bungling manner, and so as to prove that his thoughts were fixed on any thing except his business.
I divide my chamber, and even my bed, with another, and my landlady could not be prevailed upon to admit a stranger.
Don Alfonso of Albuquerque, who had first introduced Pedro to Maria de Padilla, now tried to take her away from him, in the hope that he might be prevailed upon to return to his wife, the unfortunate Blanche.
In these chambers every thing appeared as when he had last been here; even in the bed-room no alteration was visible, where he lighted his own fire, for none of the domestics could be prevailed upon to venture thither.
He refused at first, and would not touch the body, but by argument and entreaty, I prevailed upon him to be guided by me.
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