"Enticingly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Sir S. as enticingly as I knew how, and there was a look in his eyes that frightened me a little. I was afraid I had made him angry; yet it wasn't a look of crossness. I could not tell what it meant, but his voice in answering sounded kind. As usual, when he has been particularly grave, he smiled ...
— The Heather-Moon • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... windows gleam enticingly, and eyes light up to see them, For Paris thrills to loveliness, as Paris always thrilled— (Oh, God of beauty, touch the lives that war has crushed, and free them From broken dreams, an empty ...
— Cross Roads • Margaret E. Sangster
... while Sexton opened the bag, and spread out the required garments on the bed. Evidently he was in a home of wealth and refinement. The grounds outspread before his eyes were spacious and attractive; in the distance he even perceived an artificial lake with paths winding enticingly along its shore, and through strips of woodland. Who could this strange girl be? this Natalie Coolidge? And what could she possible desire of him? These questions remained unanswered, yet continually tantalized. He could not even grasp her personality. In spite of her apparent friendliness, ...
— The Case and The Girl • Randall Parrish
... the effect her petition had, she might as well have asked the sun to cease shining. Nothing could stop that gray-eyed boy. Without a show of haste he advanced toward the nearest colt, shook the oats in the pan, and whistled enticingly. Full often in his short life he had seen the trick done ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge
... either sex) is worn turban-wise in a frizzled bush; and like the daggers of the Japanese a pointed stick (used for a comb) is thrust gallantly among the curls. The women from this bush of hair look forth enticingly: the race cannot be compared with the Tahitian for female beauty; I doubt even if the average be high; but some of the prettiest girls, and one of the handsomest women I ever saw, were Gilbertines. Butaritari, being the commercial centre of the group, is Europeanised; ...
— In the South Seas • Robert Louis Stevenson
... for she thought of Alice Freoff, but the violin was shrieking enticingly and the voice of the master of ceremonies in alluring command floated up ...
— The Lady Doc • Caroline Lockhart
... 'ave no piece of no finger of mine! My brother Joe's wife's sister's parrot never 'ad no piece out of no finger of mine!" He extended the finger further and waggled it enticingly beneath Bill's beak. "Cheerio, matey!" he said winningly. "Polly want ...
— The Little Warrior - (U.K. Title: Jill the Reckless) • P. G. Wodehouse |
