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1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke Pref. f. xi^v Neither did the philosophiers doctrine lacke alluremente. The Stoykes promised libertie and fredome... The Epicureans made highe woordes and promises.

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. xxv. f. 229^v Yong Rhomeo..who bisides his beautie & good grace wherwith he was enriched, had a certaine naturall allurement, by vertue whereof he drew vnto him the hearts of eche man.

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 4^v The allurement of the other drawes the mind from vertue.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning i. sig. L1 A speech of great allurement toward his owne purpose. View more context for this quotation

1681 W. Penn in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1826) I. ii. 204 I have forborne paint and allurement, and writt truth.

1757 E. Burke Philos. Enq. Sublime & Beautiful iii. §7. 88 To disentangle our minds from the allurements of the object.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 398 Is it the right way to teach morality, to trick vice out with allurements?

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 297 The young lady..displaying her choicest allurements.

1890 G. Gissing Emancipated II. xiii. 105 She was beginning to feel the allurement of Italy.

1919 H. L. Mencken in Smart Set May 54/2 The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras holds out to sailors—they are enormously dangerous and hence enormously fascinating.

1959 Guardian 27 Nov. 8/4 The allurement, for après-ski, of a fluffy wool cuddle-skirt.

1995 Z. Mda Ways of Dying (1997) vi. 135 She believed that it would be possible to immerse herself in the city's glamour and allurement, and..to forget the pain that was gnawing her as a result of losing her son.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark i. f. 13 Deceiued with the pleasaunt alurement of an apple.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ii. sig. B4 He..By his false allurements wylie draft, Had thousand women of their loue beraft. View more context for this quotation

1626 R. Bernard Isle of Man i. 71 Foolish Niceties, Perfumings, and other allurements to daliance.

1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. iii. i. 23 These are the Philtres, Allurements, Jynges, Inveiglements, Baits, and Enticements of Love.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 77 Gold..appeared to be the great Allurement of the Spaniards.

1825 J. R. McCulloch Princ. Polit. Econ. iii. §3. 234 The allurements to enlist in the army.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 137 There too he may remain undazzled by wealth or the allurements of evil.

1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 33 In face of these proffered allurements, however, Jon had remained undecided.

1958 New Scientist 27 Feb. 24/2 We have some way to go..before sausage manufacturers put toy soldiers and allurements in their products as the cereal boys do.

2004 Indian Express (Nexis) 19 Sept. Individual laptops, broadband connectivity, smart cards monitoring attendance, close-circuit TVs and web-based report cards are allurements held out to attract parents.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. f. 19^v Wyll forasmuche as it is drawen by aluremente, can not exclude necessitie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) iv. iii. 219 Take heede of the allurement of one Count Rossillion. View more context for this quotation

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 134 Though Adam by his Wives allurement fell. View more context for this quotation

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 155. ⁋8 When some craving passion shall be fully gratified, or some powerful allurement cease its importunity.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 276 The snares of the enemy are detected, his allurements avoided.

1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. viii. 198 She found him proof against allurement.

1892 Pop. Sci. Apr. 844/2 Quite as often it is the allurement of the stock exchange or the card-table which he has to prohibit.

1933 W. H. W. Sabine Guido & Girls x. 116 He paused in his peramble to survey the place where love's allurements had him bound.

1992 Times of India 30 July 4/5 Due to propaganda and allurement..each family of Muslims who crossed over to that side would be given Rs 25,000 along with a residential plot.