In that hour she repeated what the merciful eyes of solitude have looked on for ages in the spiritual struggles of man—she besought hardness and coldness and aching weariness to bring her relief from the mysterious incorporeal might of her anguish: she lay on the bare floor and let the night grow cold around her; while her grand woman's frame was shaken by sobs as if she had been a despairing child.
Ata had waylaid the cart that took the mail into Papeete, and besought the man who drove it to go at once to the doctor.
Panting a little in his haste, he told her how miserable he was; he besought her to have mercy on him; he promised, if she would forgive him, to do everything she wanted.
So, when the steaks were done, we besought him to lay bare his system of ratiocination.
A grasshopper, half perished with hunger, besought the ant to give him a morsel of to preserve his life.
And people were so moved by the Emperor's constant brooding That they besought the Taoist priest to see if he could find her.
A Fox, running before the hounds, came across a Wood-cutter felling an oak, and besought him to show him a safe hiding-place.
He called to her, and earnestly besought her to come lower down, lest she should by some mishap get a fall; and he added that the meadows lay where he was standing, and that the herbage was most tender.
A Bat, falling upon the ground, was caught by a Weasel, of whom he earnestly besought his life.
The Nightingale earnestly besought the Hawk to let him go, saying that he was not big enough to satisfy the hunger of a Hawk, who ought to pursue the larger birds.
The Stork, having his leg fractured by the net, earnestly besought the Farmer to spare his life.
The Partridge earnestly besought him to spare his life, saying: "Pray, master, permit me to live, and I will entice many Partridges to you in recompense for your mercy to me.
She found the Rat in his hole and relating her story, besought his help.
One day, being very wearied with his long journey, he sat down by the wayside, and, throwing down his load, besought "Death" to come.
