besought
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The reader will remember that when the Periwinkle-girl was adored by two Dukes, the poet added— "A third adorer had the girl, A man of lowly station; A miserable grovelling Earl Besought her approbation."
From All Things Considered by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Besought by that plea I will answer your rash question.
From Mathilda by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
The senate, also, by decree, Besought a copy of the speech, Which might to future speakers be A model for the use of each.
From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur
Till one day The old man, looking out upon the sea, Besought the dread Poseidon to avenge The treachery of his son.
From The Epic of Hades In Three Books by Morris, Lewis, Sir
Besought by friends to ask great things, he refused.
From The Book of Courage by Faris, John Thomson
