1 He acknowledged no such inducement, and his sister ought to have given him credit for better feelings than her own.
2 Nobody supposes that you were his first inducement.
3 But a system of inducement which might have carried weaker country lasses along with it had merely repelled Eustacia.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion 4 I passed up the street, looking as I went at all the houses to the right hand and to the left; but I could discover no pretext, nor see an inducement to enter any.
5 Mr. Wickham's chief object was unquestionably my sister's fortune, which is thirty thousand pounds; but I cannot help supposing that the hope of revenging himself on me was a strong inducement.
6 Steerforth laughed to that degree, that it was impossible for me to help laughing too; though I am not sure I should have done so, but for this inducement.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE 7 This was usually said in the Doctor's presence, and appeared to me to constitute Annie's principal inducement for withdrawing her objections when she made any.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS 8 As to Franz, he had no longer any inducement to remain at Monte Cristo.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 32. The Waking. 9 Under such an inducement it will cause no surprise that the young man lost sight for a time, of other objects in order to address them.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 15 10 I was broad awake by this time, but, lying perfectly at ease, remained still, having no inducement to change my position.
11 Probably the same motives which induced Cedric to open his hall to this son of a rejected people, would have made him insist on his attendants receiving Isaac with more courtesy.
12 This circumstance induced Gurth to believe both that the gang was strong in numbers, and that they kept regular guards around their place of rendezvous.
13 It was in vain that Cedric expostulated with his guards, who had too many good reasons for their silence to be induced to break it either by his wrath or his expostulations.
14 But she, whose brain was burning with remembrance of injuries and with hopes of vengeance, was readily induced to devolve upon Rebecca the care of her patient.
15 It did not suit his sense of propriety, and he was silenced, till induced by further smiles and liveliness to put the matter by for the present.