tentation

Example Sentences

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Here, indeed, were the flesh-pots of Egypt—la tentation de Saint Antoine.

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma

The same kind of operative virtue is ascribed to the ceremony of confirmation or bishopping; for the English service book teacheth, that by it children receive strength against sin, and against tentation.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George

Avec des matériaux si nombreux et si importants, il fallait bien du courage pour résister à la tentation de faire un système.

From A Lecture on the Study of History by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Pour acquerir des biens mondains Vous entrez en tentation, Qui uous met es perilz soubdains, Et uous maine a perdition.

From The Dance of Death by Dobson, Austin

The thousand and one reflections of a sleepless night—the thousand and one alternations of hope, and doubt, and fear—the theoretic tentation of a hundred projects—all passed before my waking spirit.

From The Quadroon Adventures in the Far West by Reid, Mayne