1 To a less illuminated intelligence Mrs. Bart's counsels might have been dangerous; but Lily understood that beauty is only the raw material of conquest, and that to convert it into success other arts are required.
2 Erik talked of books; flamed like a recent convert to any faith.
3 Kennicott had begged her, in courtship days, to convert the town to beauty.
4 That lively cry upon this deadly calm might almost convert a better man.
5 Mary was a stewardess, and she tried to convert him on the way over.
6 For a week after he became a convert Jurgis continued to wander about all day, looking for work; until at last he met with a strange fortune.
7 The politic captain of the Canadas had deemed it wiser to submit to entertain a passive friend, than by any acts of ill-judged severity to convert him into an open enemy.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 28 8 Nice people," he would say; "wanted to convert me, but couldn't come it, exactly.
9 Rumour reported that Drebber had managed to convert a large part of his property into money, and that he had departed a wealthy man, while his companion, Stangerson, was comparatively poor.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS 10 Nor will I even vindicate myself at the expense of my oppressor, who stands there listening to the fictions and surmises which seem to convert the tyrant into the victim.
11 At first he thought the solution lay in electricity: convert the coal into electric power.
12 A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the doctrine of reincarnation.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets 13 Then, she was supported by an unnatural tension of the nerves, and by all the combative energy of her character, which enabled her to convert the scene into a kind of lurid triumph.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In V. HESTER AT HER NEEDLE 14 I endeavoured to convert what might have been between myself and Agnes, into a means of making me more self-denying, more resolved, more conscious of myself, and my defects and errors.
15 These epochs are peculiar and mislead the politicians who desire to convert them to profit.