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Beseeching our mother to have the talk herself has proved ineffective in the past.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2013

—Begirt th' Almighty throne Beseeching or besieging— This tempted our attempt— At one slight bound high overleapt all bound.

From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph

Beseeching his pardon, we would speak to our sovereign Pontiff, whose kindness stimulates our boldness, whose knowledge supports our ignorance, whose patience assures indulgence.

From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Norton, Arthur Orlo

Beseeching you to be good lord to my lady and to all hers; and that she may have some rayment.

From Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth by Aikin, Lucy

And let him, exiled from his house, torn from Iulus, wend, Beseeching help mid wretched death of many and many a friend.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William