tentation

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Alors les pauvres sollicit�rent en vain pr�s de Ketty d�pouill�e, elle ne pouvait plus secourir leur mis�re;—elle les abandonnait � la tentation.

From Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

Avec der materiaux si nombreux et si importants, il fallait bien du courage pour resister a la tentation de faire un systeme.

From Lectures on Modern history by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made you free, and hold fast every word of his patience, that you may be kept in this hour of tentation.

From A Hind Let Loose Or, An Historical Representation of the Testimonies of the Church of Scotland for the Interest of Christ. With the True State Thereof in All Its Periods by Shields, Alexander

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

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

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma