He was accused by the Parliament for being embarked in a design in May 1641, ofseducing the army from their adherence to the parliamentary authority, and bringing it again under the subjection of the King, and defence of his person.
The pastoral character, which it became customary to assume, gives much opportunity for these secondary, yet very seducing beauties of style.
Think not then to tamper with our feelings by an insidious contrivance, nor suffocate our humanity by seducing us to dishonor.
In the list of human vices we find some of such a refined constitution, they cannot be carried into practice without seducing some virtue to their assistance; but meanness has neither alliance nor apology.
I have but one objection; if Fitzgerald should take a fancy to prefer the tender to the lively, I should be in some danger: there is something very seducing in her eyes, I assure you.
Many, led astray like him by the seducing spirits of his youth, remained fairly free from public punishment.
So we were taught by the seducing spirits of our youth.
She told me that it would be frightful in me to think of seducing so much innocence and simplicity.
The husband of this woman has violated the chastity of my wives, I shall therefore return that injury by seducing his wives.
I recently heard the following passage from the first book of Chronicles adduced in proof of the agency of Satan in seducing men from their allegiance to God.
Peregrine, laying hold on this opportunity of being alone with the object of his love, assumed a most seducing tenderness of look, and, heaving a profound sigh, asked if she had utterly discarded him from her remembrance.
Their offers will be so attractive and externally so religious that into them will be drawn some "who shall depart from the faith;" they being enticed by seducing spirits.
Wagner in one place, and in another he confesses that sensual pleasure, while attracting and seducing him, filled him with repugnance.
Everything concurred in plunging me into that too seducing state of indolence for which I was born, and from which my austere manner, proceeding from a long effervescence, should forever have delivered me.
It was the first and only time of my life; but I was sublime: if everything amiable and seducing with which the most tender and ardent love can inspire the heart of man can be so called.
The tempting, seducing power of our own evils was never put in more startling and solemnly true words, on which the bitter experience of many a poor victim of his own past is a commentary.
Hence, when the secular power takes upon itself to make laws for the soul it is trespassing upon God’s domain and merely seducing and corrupting souls.
It is not with Titian, but with the seducing qualities of the two former, that I could wish to caution you, against being too much captivated.
The guilt of seducing others, which shall be added to the guilt of their own obstinacy without diminishing the guilt of such as shall be seduced by them.
The more obstinate and perverse, and especially the heads of sects, who will suffer double punishment for their own errors and their seducing of others.
Numerous country-houses adorn the sides of the hills; among others a most lovely villa, which is for sale, and bears the seducing name of 'Contentment.
The first word implies that the evil is a subtle and seducing one.
Sectism to-day in not enticing people to enter her fold by preaching the everlasting gospel, but she allures them by her seducing love decoction of lewdness, worldliness and licentiousness.
He speaks of seducing spirits and doctrines of devils; of those whose consciences are seared up with a red-hot iron, who forbid to marry, and command to abstain from meats.
Because they have performed cures instead of miracles--have been useful and not caballed--cured poor women without either directing orseducing them.
