There is a loose Tribe of Men whom I have not yet taken Notice of, that ramble into all the Corners of this great City, in order to seduce such unfortunate Females as fall into their Walks.
For this Reason your Idols appear in all publick Places and Assemblies, in order to seduce Men to their Worship.
And he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations.
I "have a few things against thee, because thou suffereth that woman, Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce my servants to commit fornication.
In Venetian Folk Lore, it is stated that Satan once became furious with the Lord because paradise contained more souls than hell, and he determined by fine promises to seduce human beings to his worship and thus fill his kingdom.
The Panghúlu thus frustrated in his design, writes in revenge to her father, and informs him that his daughter has made a fruitless endeavour to seduce him: upon hearing which the deceived parent orders her to be put to death.
Whosoever sets the hope of gain before thee to seduce thee, let him only find no covetousness in thee; and what can he who would tempt thee by gain effect?
Is it not our great interest to place our judges upon such high ground that no fear can intimidate, no hope seduce them?
Did I not entreat you to seduce into your toils the man whom I knew to be my enemy, and was indubitably acquainted with our cousin's retreat--a secret he has hitherto locked within his bosom?
They paid their court therefore to these, and so compleatly intoxicated their senses with the luxuries, which they brought from home, as to be able to seduce them to their designs.
Nor thou his malice and false guile contemn; Suttle he needs must be, who could seduce Angels, nor think superfluous others aid.
From this belief, she added the motive of jealousy to the others which tempted her to seduce her Argus, whom she did not wish to wound, but to perfume, kiss his head, and treat kindly.
But Pizarro was now destined to find that the same arts which had been employed to corrupt his own loyalty to the crown might again be made use of to seduce others from their loyalty to him.
Imperial was besieged with much vigour; and the young Caupolican, unwarned by the experience of his father, endeavoured to seduce the loyalty of the Spaniards’ auxiliaries.
Shall I tell you why you would lead or drive, seduce or compel me, into countenancing your measures?
Do I not know, with what readiness of early wit you baffled the wily attempts of the woman's priest, to seduce thee from the Protestant faith?
His affection for me at present blinds him, he sees no object but me in the whole universe; but shall I take advantage of that inebriation of tenderness, to seduce him into a measure inconsistent with his real happiness and interest?
I am not surprized the Canadian ladies take such pains to seduce our men from us; but I think it a little hard we have no temptation to make reprisals.
During the Consular Government the object of the Royalist committee was to seduce rather than to conspire.
Indefatigable agents in the pay of the English Government laboured incessantly to seduce the soldiers of King Louis (of Holland) from their duty.
But whatever be the reason of the name, they shall be such signs and wonders as shall seduce those who shall deserve to be seduced, "because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved.
For certainly if his being bound means that he is not able or not permitted to seduce the Church, what can the loosing of him mean but his being able or permitted to do so?
The devil, then, is bound and shut up in the abyss that he may not seduce the nations from which the Church is gathered, and which he formerly seduced before the Church existed.
But the binding of the devil is his being prevented from the exercise of his whole power to seduce men, either by violently forcing or fraudulently deceiving them into taking part with him.
If the binding and shutting up of the devil means his being made unable to seduce the Church, must his loosing be the recovery of this ability?
Think of that man flattering himself that he could seduce her with biscuits!
That money, with which you intended to seduce and ruin me, as you ruined my sisters, I have put to a good use.
Yes, it proves that he would like to seduce me; for there are women who allow themselves to be seduced through their appetite.
We will not take our oath to it; women are so quick at divining what is calculated to seduce us!
A time may come when the world may seduce them from the service, when all generous aspirations may fade away, when crushing selfishness shall make them common as other men.
Besides what he has done at Edinburgh, he has endeavoured to seduce Lochiel by offers of money which is under his hand.
He rejected with scorn the offers both of Charles and Lewis to seduce him from his allegiance.
We meet him first helping the Duke to seduce the wife of Count Ceprano, and afterwards the wife of Count Monterone.
They try to seduce Robert first by drink, then by gambling, and last of all by love.
Kundry, not as a demon now, but as a woman of imperious beauty, is awakened by Klingsor to seduce Parsifal.
It was a witty remark of the philosopher Bion,[21] that, as those suitors who could not seduce Penelope took up with her maids as a pis aller, so those who cannot attain philosophy wear themselves out in useless pursuits.
By gifts people ensnare the worse natures, but by persuasion and playing upon their bashfulness people often seduce even good women.
Thou art our neighbour and never did we suspect that thou wouldst strive to seduce our Harím;[FN#393] nay rather did we expect thee to keep watch and ward over us and fend off from us all evil.
Michelet apparently accepts the charge of immorality; according to which the curé took advantage of his popularity among the ladies of Loudun, by his insinuating manners, to seduce the wives and daughters of the citizens.
For this purpose the devil[85] prepares to seduce three young sisters; and proceeds at once in proper disguise to an old woman, with whose avarice and cunning he was well acquainted.
