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And that he might bring about his enterprise, he sometimes has allured her with the dainty delicacies of this world, the lusts of the flesh and of the eyes, and the pride of life.

From The Riches of Bunyan Selected from His Works by Bunyan, John

That Ignis Fatuus, ambition, has allured, as you are aware, more than one youthful fowler to an uncertain swampy hunting ground, called "politics."

From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

But of all the countless millions whom he has allured into rebellion, there are none now to acknowledge his supremacy.

From The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan by White, Ellen Gould Harmon

No: my religions convictions and views have remained free from any tincture of ecclesiasticism; no chiming of bells has allured me, no p. 129altar candles have dazzled me. 

From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Sheppard, Nathan

Always it has been the frontier which has allured many of our boldest souls.

From The Passing of the Frontier; a chronicle of the old West by Hough, Emerson