I would have given a good deal to be going with him; the prospect of danger allured me.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
She turned to him, and he saw the contour of a face Oriental, with eyes that allured and a mouth that invited.
"Melomaniacs"
James Huneker
But how should he justify himself to his host for having taken advantage of opportunity and abused hospitality by seeking the affections of the young daughter of his host, when he knew that her father cherished other matrimonial intentions for her, in which she also had perfectly coincided, until allured from her fidelity by the trusted guest of the house?
"Her Mother's Secret"
Emma D. E. N. Southworth