... Discretion prompted him to turn and flee,but hunger and the close proximity of the tempting morsel in the grassbefore him urged him to remain... 
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「Jungle Tales of Tarzan」
... “Well! is it a bargain?” asked de Batz at last in his usual smooth, oily voice, as he half drew from out his pocket that tempting little bundle of crisp printed paper...
Baroness Orczy 「El Dorado」
... “And if she renders you useful assistance, I think I can offer her what should prove a tempting prize...
Baroness Emmuska Orczy 「The Elusive Pimpernel」
...Smart carriages with well-dressed ladies drove rapidly past, the shops were cunningly arranged with tempting wares, and all this bustle and traffic was restored in little over a week...
Lady Sarah Wilson 「South African Memories」
... "The invitation is tempting," she hesitated; "but I've got just oodles of work...
W. E. B. Du Bois 「The Quest of the Silver Fleece」
...In vain the sly tree-fox doubles around stumps, andleaving tempting persimmon and oaks full of plumpestacorns, at the warning noise, seeks refuge amonghuge cypresses...
W. E. Webb 「Buffalo Land」
...Most dogs willtake this with a little tempting meat to help it down...
Mrs. Leslie Williams 「A Manual of Toy Dogs」
...From it arose a blendof smells that were mighty tempting to a healthily hungry dog...
Albert Payson Terhune 「Bruce」
...the offer of drinking-water would have been infinitelymore tempting to Finn than any quantity of savoury meat...
A. J. Dawson 「Finn The Wolfhound」
...Each chamber is more beautiful and more tempting than the last...
Abbie Farwell Brown 「The Curious Book of Birds」
...It is tempting to formulate the theory that the raptores aremigratory or the reverse according or not as they prey on birdsof passage, and that the former migrate merely in order tofollow their quarry...
Douglas Dewar 「A Bird Calendar for Northern India」
...The favorable season passes and not an egg is laid on the tempting wrappers...
J. Henri Fabre Alexander Teixeira de Mattos 「The Life of the Fly」
...My argument had the most tempting probability on its side, but it had not the truth...
J. Henri Fabre 「More Hunting Wasps」
...Despite the tempting bait of theveiled head, not an egg is laid on the wrapper, slight though it maybe...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
...The vessel looked anything but tempting,neither was the captain's appearance prepossessing, stillMr...
Robert Smith Surtees 「Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities」
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