She would not listen to his Entreaties to rest, but in the evening, as usual, took her sewing to the porch behind the house, where there was a little breeze.
"The Crisis, Volume 6"
Winston Churchill
It was in vain that she threw herself at his feet, and implored to be set at liberty; he only replied by gentle Entreaties, that she would pardon the seeming violence he had to use; and that she would trust a little while to his honour.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Thus it was, that from the effect of this narrow escape, and the Entreaties of a tender mother, Francis Marion was induced to abandon the sea, for an element, on which he was to become singularly useful.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James