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You may succeed in showing by every convincement, that you are his natural master and superior, and that there is every reason on earth why you should command and direct him.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 25, November, 1859 by Various

He looks as fully open to convincement as a stone pavement.

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

But against this dutiful convincement there was a rebellious hope that Winton would not allow himself to be beaten; or, rather, it was a feeling that she would never forgive him if he should.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

God's reality is felt in every fibre of the soul and brings convincement even to the body-mind.

From An Interpretation of Friends Worship by Toomer, Jean

Griswold did it, with a firm convincement that he was thereby breaking a sacred confidence.

From The Price by Lynde, Francis