Later on, when his personal friend, Isaac Butt, was engaged in his great political work for Ireland, Stokes tried to dissuade him from it, feeling that the arousing of the people to a realization of their rights only led to a tighter riveting of their chains.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh
He began to hope that he might persuade her, and then discovered suddenly that she had been deliberately riveting his attention while the command which he had not understood was being obeyed.
"A Dozen Ways Of Love"
Lily Dougall
"But this litter," he mumbled, riveting his dazed eyes upon me, "and these four knaves-?"
"The Shame of Motley"
Raphael Sabatini