True, by my soul, thought I. I traversed the room, and bit my unpersuasive lips, now upper, now under, for vexation.
"Clarissa, Volume 5 (of 9)"
Samuel Richardson
He had still to use his arguments; and as he stood watching the shipping with indifferent eyes the arguments appeared most weak and unpersuasive.
"The Truants"
A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
It was certainly the most unpersuasive voice I ever heard.
"Prisoner for Blasphemy"
G. W. [George William] Foote