And then the old lady gathers up her work and sails majestically from the room, followed by her weak, trembling daughter-in-law, bent on reconciliation, on cajolement, on laying herself down for her own sins, and her sister's as well, before the avenging genius of her life. From Wordnik.com. [Vera Nevill Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance] Reference
Flattery, cajolement, humble supplication and the finer maneuvers of tact, all have this in mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of Personality] Reference
They have never gone to our enemies in any numbers; deceit and cajolement have been used in vain; they have had to come to the slave. From Wordnik.com. [Vain is the help of man : a sermon preached in Christ Church, Savannah, on Thursday, September 15, 1864, being the day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, appointed by the Governor of the State of Georgia,] Reference
The grouping of figures and emotions at that death-bed was odd almost beyond comprehension; one of the most singular studies which human nature has presented to itself of its powers of self-cajolement. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain] Reference
Against every cajolement of one who was an adept in the arts of blandishment, promise and flattery, Kościuszko had but one argument: that of the straight-forward devotion that saw his country outraged, and that would accept no compromise where duty to that country and to his own honour were concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Kościuszko A Biography] Reference
He waits your service, -- he is all agape and thirsty for more flattery and delicate cajolement, ... stuff him with praise, good youth! ... and who knows but a portion of his mantle may descend on YOU hereafter and make of YOU as conceited and pretty a bantling bard for the glory of proud posterity! ". From Wordnik.com. [Ardath] Reference
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