It is in limited communities that the domestic virtues are most intense; all concentrating themselves in their private circles, in such localities there is no public--no public which extortsso many sacrifices from the individual.
The scene in which the Countess extorts from Helen the confession of her love, must, as an illustration, be given here.
In the latest race, in man, every generosity, every new perception, the love and praise he extorts from his fellows, are certificates of advance out of fate into freedom.
And, whilst art draws out the venom, it commonly extorts some benefit from the vanquished enemy.
Thus are the new principles of justice established, the grand outlines of the Constitution, the abstract axioms of political truth under the dictatorship of a crowd which extorts not only blindly, but which is half-conscious of its blindness.
In this dilemma the peasant falls back upon his usual resource, the strength of his arms; he seizes the priest by the throat, as formerly his lord, and extorts an acquittance for his sins as formerly for his feudal dues.
We also witness in this class, and very often, a superior physical development, a grace of form and motion, which almost extorts a feeling approaching respect.
Wratislaw, ruler of Bohemia, extortsmoney from the Jews, 307 f.
Philip Augustus, extorts money from Jews and expels them, 402.
Ang pulis mamágus sa tindáhang Insik, The police extorts protection money from the Chinese stores.
Ang dispatsir mangupit ug diyis sintábus sa draybir káda byáhi, The dispatcher extorts ten cents out of the driver each trip.
Two brothers are rivals for the bride of their father, who cunningly extorts from her the name of her favoured lover, by feigning a wish to renounce in his favour.
Patrick Henry extorts Compensation for the Powder from the Governor.
I am sorry to say so, but my duty to the reader extorts from me the disagreeable confession, as upon a matter specially investigated by myself, that all dealers in anecdotes are tainted with mendacity.
And, whilst art draws out the venom, it commonly extorts some benefits from the vanquished enemy.
He pays a certain annual sum to the Pasha, and extorts double its amount from the peasant.
The Emir Beshir can do nothing important without the consent of the Sheikh Beshir, with whom he is obliged to share all the contributions which he extorts from the mountaineers.
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