The humor of myproposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again; for, even after she had conquered her love for the Celebrity, the mortification of having been jilted by him remained.
2012,Taylor Swift, “Girl at Home”, inRed[1], performed by Taylor Swift:
And it would be a fineproposition If I was a stupid girl But honey, I am no one's exception This I have previously learned
Quinn looked into the intersection. Tonya was standing in the middle of it, stance wide, taser in both hands, Quinn's rickshaw on the sidewalk behind her. "Ow," said Quinn, and it came out just shy of aproposition.
1668,Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-seven Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year,[…]: Sermon XXI.[Of Christian Prudence.] Part II.”, inReginald Heber, editor,The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D.[…], volume VI, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co.[…]; and Richard Priestley,[…], published1822,→OCLC,page113:
There are some persons, whose religion is hugely disgraced, because they change theirpropositions, according as their temporal necessities or advantages do return.
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1984 April 7, anonymous author, “Isolate and Conquer”, inGay Community News, page12:
The Superintendent of the facility tried toproposition with me that if I snitched to the guards and would work with him, then he would put my friend and me back together again.
