"Coax" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... that the reward, in order to be operative, must be such as will be felt to be sufficient by these men themselves, and that its precise amount and quality can be determined by them alone—just as, if what we desire is to coax an invalid to eat, we can coax him only with food which he himself finds appetising. Let us now take these questions up again, and examine them more minutely, and we shall find that interest is justified from a ...
— A Critical Examination of Socialism • William Hurrell Mallock
... while Jim was speaking to her, but when he approached her and held out his arms, and tried to coax her to come ...
— Good Luck • L. T. Meade
... suppose you belong to the vessel in the outer harbour; and, though you don't hate your enemies, you love your friends. We must contrive the means to coax the ladies to take passage in ...
— The Red Rover • James Fenimore Cooper
... without being attended with some sort of a bodyguard, either monkey, acrobat, cripple, or the beggar-girls with their sweet, plaintive voices, their pretty smiles, and their eternal hunger, to coax the piasters from your open purse. But you accept these sights and sounds as a part of this wonderful old city, and each day the fascination will grow on you until you will be obliged to go to a series of afternoon teas in order to cool ...
— As Seen By Me • Lilian Bell
... to coax your appetite when you have rested a little. Let me unbuckle your spurs and pull off your boots, while Reuben fetches ...
— London Pride - Or When the World Was Younger • M. E. Braddon
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