| 单词 | wring from |
| 例句 | I would be on my knees, scrubbing, sweating, pouring out what limited energy my body could wring from my meager diet, and I would hear feet approaching. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Repetition had wrung from Clement’s speech any controversy it might have once contained. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The late choreographer Anna Sokolow was a master of minimalism, consistently taking the sparest and most ordinary of movements and wringing from them dances that are rich in drama and feeling. Pleasurable performance at Dance Place features late Anna Sokolow’s choreography Oprah wrung from it every tidbit of news and every gasp of emotion. Perspective | Oprah proved she is greatest celebrity interviewer of all time. All journalists can learn from her. 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Big laughs are wrung from his middle-aged struggle to learn Facebook etiquette. Alan Davies – Edinburgh review 2012-08-13T17:45:00Z Another possible sequel might be wrung from the rival Cali cartel, which received only occasional attention in these 10 episodes. Netflix's 'Narcos': Watched It All? Talk About It With the Critic Neil Genzlinger 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z The set is polished and needlessly gargantuan, the early stages now consist of some silly X Factor-style auditions and frantic, wailed emotion is wrung from the contestants at every possible turn. Has MasterChef lost its X Factor? 2011-02-17T11:34:46Z Anger, terror, comfort and release all wrung from yellow. Opening the Door: 3 Picture Books Look at Life on the Other Side 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z For all the acerbic humor that Sweeney wrings from this family’s self-absorption, she maintains a refreshing balance of tenderness. ‘The Nest’ review: What happens when that nest egg cracks? 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Is there an iota of comedy left to be wrung from the fact that Canucks pronounce the word "about" as "a-boot"? Or that they say "eh?" a lot and love their hockey? A gross 'Tusk' from Kevin Smith 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Is there a Times think piece to be wrung from this recently discovered phenomenon? Sexism no longer sells: Finally, beer companies are getting smart about dumbing down the women in their ads 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Hansen-Love’s latest film, the meditative drama “One Fine Morning,” is equally wrung from life: It captures the recent period when the filmmaker was caring for her ailing father, Ole Hansen-Love, while beginning a new romance. Mia Hansen-Love and the Hazy Line Where Real Life Ends and Art Begins 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, after a point the sheer length of this disaster defeats whatever joy you might wring from it. Bro, say can you see? "America: The Motion Picture" shows we're not just dumb, we're drawn that way 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z How much mirth Jones can wring from Wagner’s epic remains to be seen, and it will be some time before the full picture is clear. The Stakes Are Sky-High for a ‘Ring’ Coming to the Met Opera 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z What concerned the buyers was how much money they could wring from their purchase. The Ham-Handed, Money-Driven Mangling of Sports Illustrated and Deadspin 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z That doesn’t describe “He Brought Her Heart Back in a Box,” a tender and violent love story set in the Jim Crow South and wrung from the memories of her mother and grandmothers. Adrienne Kennedy, Playwright: Still Quiet, Still Bold, Still Furious 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z XXXTentacion’s devoted audience needs to be fed, opening up the question of how much music can be wrung from the files he left behind. XXXTentacion Left Splinters Amid the Wreckage on ‘Skins’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Hozier’s show proved that there is beauty to be wrung from troubled old things, though, and his surprise stardom affirms that. Hozier takes a worshipful L.A. to an actual church 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z To that end, “Greenlights” is filled with homespun wisdom that McConaughey has wrung from his toils, travels and that time he got arrested while playing bongos in the nude. Matthew McConaughey Wrote the Book on Matthew McConaughey 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z Instead, it is fandom as creative endeavor, an epic poem wrung from obscure stats. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z His story of dreamy lovers split apart by scheming courtiers is also a protest against rulers, like the unseen duke, whose riches are wrung from the blood of their people. Review: Pulled Apart by ‘Love and Intrigue’ 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z He has the respect of coaches who know the game and could see what he wrung from his talent. Perspective | ‘This fan base needed to get re-energized’: Kevin Willard’s Terps are trying 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But given the time needed for nightly tasks—melting snow for water, scraping ice off everything, and sleeping—there were no more hours to wring from the day. The untold story of the boldest polar expedition of modern times 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z As the months passed, Mrs. Rodríguez continued to fill her bag with clues she wrung from the case files. She Stalked Her Daughter’s Killers Across Mexico, One by One 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Italy’s debt is shooting towards 170% of national output, Greece is losing gains wrung from years of belt-tightening and, across the south, a collapse in tourism threatens millions of jobs. 'It's up to us': how Merkel and Macron revived EU solidarity 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Nonetheless, Trump appears to be salivating over the personal “favors” he might wring from distressed parties now needing his help. Opinion | We’re all Zelensky now 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z I can’t promise you’ll love every hour, but you will be astonished by how many spellbinding possibilities Llinás juggles, how much freshness he wrings from stories and templates that once seemed moribund and exhausted. 14 great movies to stream during coronavirus quarantine 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Superstore is probably the best of these, marrying The Office’s humane comedy wrung from the soul-crushing drudgery of menial work with a topicality it never really attempted. Best 11 streaming shows on Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+ 2019-12-28T05:00:00Z For many Jewish voters, such apologies – including the one wrung from Corbyn this week – are too late. 'Anyone but Corbyn': Jewish voters turn away from Labour 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z What’s interesting, still, is this particular disaster and the specific aesthetic sensation Warhol wrings from it. Perspective | Warhol on fire 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z But the genetic data wrung from cave bear bones make a compelling case that humans played a large role in their extinction. Humans pushed cave bears to extinction, their DNA suggests 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z A man with a full-on beard lived his childhood daydream, and golf had wrung from him a happiness only a wretch could begrudge. Ireland’s Shane Lowry wins British Open in tournament’s return to Northern Ireland 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z But the American Psychological Association advises that people should "remain sceptical about any conclusion wrung from a polygraph". How widely are lie detectors used? 2019-06-29T04:00:00Z But here’s the problem: Most of these anticipated savings are wrung from health providers, not Medicare beneficiaries. Analysis | Democrats engage in ‘Mediscare’ spin on the Trump budget 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z It’s milk — or rather, milks wrung from almonds, coconuts, oats and even peas, which are quickly outpacing the old, familiar soy milk. How ‘plant-based’ rebranded vegan eating for the mainstream 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z It is one peculiar vision, among the many that occur to Schutz, of worldwide calamity, and the work wrings from that a precarious but ingenious beauty. Dana Schutz’s Paintings Wring Beauty from Worldwide Calamity 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z No, it seemed as if some goofball scriptwriter mandated the events of the 35-28 win No. 1 Alabama wrung from a pair of 14-point deficits against No. 4 Georgia. Jalen Hurts steps in, lifts Alabama past Georgia to another SEC title 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z The deal will then have to be debated and voted on by British MPs in a “meaningful vote”, a step wrung from the government last year during the passage of Brexit legislation. Brexit: May faces tough weekend in Brussels before domestic storm 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z The poverty of the world is what really freezes the blood in “A Christmas Carol,” and Mays wrings from each word in the narrative the sorrow of economic justice. Review: Tony-winner Jefferson Mays, a virtuoso working solo, brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ back from the dead - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z No, they win simply by being included, thus wringing from us an implicit concession that they represent a point of view worth hearing. Falsehoods don’t merit impartiality 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z The case before Westminster Magistrates’ Court has ramifications far beyond London, and, given changes the city has already wrung from Uber, it could embolden others grappling with how to regulate ride-sharing services. Uber Claims to Have Changed. A London Judge Will Decide. 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z But blue states in the Northeast and along the West Coast have few coal plants left to close, meaning emission reductions will increasingly need to be wrung from other sectors of the economy. Cars Threaten Climate Goals in Blue States 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, along with spreading the video, Ngo wrung from the evening an article for Quillette, a website obsessed with the alleged war on free speech on campus. How to troll the left: understanding the rightwing outrage machine 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z But a new day dawns, hope springs eternal, yada yada, and there’s still life left to be wrung from your brackets — even if your name is Charles Barkley. March Madness live: No. 16 UMBC completes biggest upset in NCAA tournament history 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Nelson leads a Senate with a one-vote majority, wrung from the Democratic victory in November’s 45th District Senate election. 2 Seattle-area Democrats in new leadership roles as Legislature readies to convene 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s a palette of uncommon beauty wrung from a pursuit of common misery. Justin Thomas enters U.S. Open history with a 63 — and still trails by 1 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z But it isn’t necessary to love art and music yourself to know that “greatness” has more meaning to be wrung from it than putting oneself first. The riddle of Donald Trump: how a man of few words reached the pinnacle of power 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z But little actual drama — as measured by a vigorous tussle between competing viewpoints — is wrung from them. ‘Dishonored 2′ review: Little to get excited about 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z There are probably plenty more dollars to be wrung from Apple’s existing products. Apple Moves Toward a Wireless Future, One Tweak at a Time 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z If a Democratic President is in office, there is often talk of new frontiers, new challenges, new covenants, or another synonym for “new deal” that White House speechwriters have wrung from their thesauruses. Obama’s Darkly Optimistic State of the Union Address 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Conventional crude oil prices are now below $50 a barrel, and the price is lower for the bitumen wrung from oil sands. TransCanada asks U.S. to suspend Keystone pipeline application 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z When Mayer announced she was pregnant in 2012 shortly after becoming CEO, there was hand wringing from all corners. It would be wholly unsurprising if she faces it again. Marissa Mayer is pregnant again, this time with twin girls. Now let’s move on. 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z The remaining nine jobs would be wrung from a wide variety of industries and roles. Before a Robot Takes Your Job, You’ll Be Working Side By Side 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z But for Chatskaya, the gynecologist, the small successes she has so far wrung from a system she had never questioned before have made her more optimistic about her own future at least. Russian middle class slowly stirred to action by economic crisis 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z But it is unclear how much more revenue banks can wring from Costco cards than has American Express. U.S. retailers gaining upper hand in partnerships with banks 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z That is only one irony wrung from the more than 200 page report. IRS Hid Conservative Targeting Until After 2012 Presidential Election. Smidgen Corrupt? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z But any sense of self-importance has long since been wrung from the local population. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Return-on-equity is a measure of how much profit the bank can wring from its balance sheet for shareholders. Morgan Stanley uses client cash to chase private equity profits 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z It is often painfully deliberate, fed as it is by the patient collection of intelligence wrung from sources as disparate as informants and the big ears of the National Security Agency. The only way to defeat the Islamic State But the meaning we wring from that connection clearly changes over time. Opinion: A Child’s Wild Kingdom 2013-05-04T20:02:09Z The whole formation of the Letta government is down to Napolitano's protection and the assurances he wrung from the parties in exchange for his agreement to stay on as president. Analysis: Italy's politics turned upside down by election aftermath 2013-04-29T15:49:44Z Support for the deserving poor was to her like charity wrung from the household budget. Margaret Thatcher – a strong leader, but a resolute failure by any other measure 2013-04-18T12:15:48Z Manulife has overhauled the business, and Guloien said there are still substantial profits to be wrung from it in the future. UPDATE 3-Manulife returns to profit in fourth quarter 2013-02-07T22:19:52Z It’s asymmetric warfare, As Vanguard’s sole ownership and constituency is its fundholders, the savings it wrings from its buying power are passed on to them, not to shareholders or partners. The Year of the 'Vanguard Effect' 2012-12-11T10:59:19Z The measure reflects how much profit a bank can wring from its balance sheet. Morgan Stanley should not boost bond-trading business: analyst 2012-11-06T21:57:01Z But perhaps some good can be wrung from the incident. Website Crashing? 5 Things to Do Now 2012-09-13T15:39:39Z However, you are somewhat too hard upon the Chevalier, and you shall not wring from me any other secret just yet. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Thy father's slayer is no mean reaver or cutpurse; yet, though we have him safe by the heels, manacled and leg-ironed, and threaten him with the thumbscrews, never a word can be wrung from him. A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times 2012-04-21T02:00:23.363Z With all that can be wrung from the miserable fellahs, taxed to the utmost limit of endurance, still the expenses outrun enormously the income. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Raymond had been busy in effecting a widespread alliance which should wring from the House of Capet its conquests of the last quarter of a century. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Promises of providing for these cadets had been wrung from Carellie by his anxious father, but these promises he showed himself in no haste to keep, and Sophie appealed, on their behalf to Rupert. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z You have wrung from me, Albert, too many of the secrets of my heart already, and I will not make you the spoilt child of love, by letting you have altogether your own way. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Since her interview with Micah Martin, and the confession she had wrung from Tim Polgarrow, her thoughts, of necessity, had turned in his direction, and her strongest sympathies had gone out to him afresh. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z The wealth that is lavished on the court is wrung from the people. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z Yet the one thing which he failed to wring from his tool in the papal chair was the condemnation of the memory of Boniface as a heretic. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z And the Royalist officers disputed among themselves over the supplies wrung from the impoverished country. Rupert Prince Palatine 2012-04-13T02:00:20.660Z Might you not have wrung from him, if he had spoken candidly, as you call it, one admission after another, till you had discovered all that he could tell. The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale 2012-04-06T02:00:27.227Z And Jasmine gloried in her ability to have wrung from that cold and well-mannered woman such a betrayal of her radical femininity. Rich Relatives 2012-04-05T02:00:45.670Z The treaty of 1783, by which our independence was acknowledged, was wrung from her by stern necessity. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z But when the big revenues that Antony had promised to wring from the conquered country failed to arrive, Rome—sorely wounded in the pocketbook—began to protest. Superwomen 2012-04-03T02:00:38.047Z He laughed again and turned away; and, much as I dreaded and disliked him, there was something in the indomitable nature of the man which wrung from me a meed of admiration. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z His deception and disappointment were so severe, that they wrung from him a prolonged sigh, which, passing through the rustling reeds, produced plaintive tones. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z "It is," the rector answered slowly, as if the words were wrung from him. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z A faintly articulated 'Yes' was the reply wrung from the Countess's panting breast. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Towels wrung from cold water are very efficacious. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Why not, since it was clear that there was no torture to which he would not resort, if he dared, to wring from her the secret he desired? Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z This avowal, wrung from his loyal truth, was for Mathieu a new source of torture. Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z He started, and the movement, jarring the broken limb, wrung from him a cry of pain. Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z I uttered an exclamation; two words wrung from me by despair. Shrewsbury A Romance 2012-03-15T02:00:22.177Z A tympanitic or tender abdomen requires stupes wrung from warm water. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z And after a whispered oath wrung from him by astonishment, he was mute. Starvecrow Farm 2012-03-15T02:00:29.617Z One potentially contentious issue will be whether N.H.L. owners ask for a big rollback on player revenues, as the football and basketball owners wrung from their players. Slap Shot: Little Discussion of Labor Negotiations at G.M. Meetings 2012-03-14T20:18:27Z To keep a promise wrung from you by force, by treachery, in the midst of such horrors as he and his have brought upon us! Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France 2012-03-15T02:00:24.837Z Moreover, the savings actually are wrung from health-care providers, not Medicare beneficiaries. More ?Mediscare? hooey, GOP version 2012-03-14T10:00:00Z By these and like means, England wrings from this wretched people an annual revenue of more than twenty millions sterling. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z He was touched by this proof of esteem, and said: "No cent of this is wrung from the tax-payer; it is the pure and unsolicited offering of love." Famous American Statesmen 2012-03-01T03:00:26.167Z The only concession which could be wrung from him was the removal of the obnoxious board. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z But after the first outburst, after the irrepressible cry of anguish which the discovery of his nephew's treachery had wrung from him, he buried himself in silence. Ovington's Bank 2012-02-28T03:00:25.267Z And by experience I do not mean scientific experience, that is the recorded results of experiments, the tabulated knowledge wrung from observation; I mean personal experience, that is to say, memory. Wings and the Child or, the Building of Magic Cities 2012-02-26T03:00:14.933Z The tergiversation of the Government wrung from Dr. Chalmers the exclamation, that "the morality of politicians was the morality of horse-jockies." Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland 2012-03-12T03:00:20.310Z A hoarse cry broke out, wrung from the very vitals of the wretches around me. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z The words seemed wrung from him by a twinge of mental pain, but whether the feeling was envy of the man's innocent joys, or disgust at his simplicity, did not appear. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z A scanty subsistence at most could be wrung from the soil, though Williamson, the historian of Maine, avers this was once strong and fertile in the valleys. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The only concession that could be wrung from him was the removal of the obnoxious board. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z She uttered a moan of pain, but it was wrung from her against her will. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z Nomino� hastened to depose the four Frankish bishops, after wringing from them by force confessions of simony; he then established a metropolitan see at Dol. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z The marquise pushed him from her with a strength wrung from indignation. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z He saw large taxes wrung from the country to be spent in the town. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z My lady's reluctant consent could be wrung from her by fear of her secret becoming known. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The girl's exclamation, wrung from her by her brother's suffering, had gone to the Lieutenant's heart, though that heart was not of the softest. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z It was quite pretty to see how deftly they held the violins, and what sweet music they wrung from the strings. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z I strove to lift my head from the pillow; the effort wrung from my lips a moan of pain. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z Truly, in the words wrung from him by the bitterness of his feelings, she had left his house unto him desolate. Chippinge Borough 2012-02-15T03:00:32.210Z It was either hearsay, or given by persons utterly unworthy of credit, or wrung from the accused by agony and torture. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z The revenue for such bribes he wrung from the Galician peasantry, who gave him a measure of hate with every measure of grain. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z How often has that cry been wrung from my heart in lonely and desolate hours, when standing on the deck of a ship, or on the peak of a mountain! From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Such comment as Ruth could wring from Aunt Sarah seemed to bolster up her own resolve to try Uncle Rufus as a retainer, and tell Mr. Howbridge about it afterward. The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Could I lavish money that had been wrung from your father and other struggling men upon my pleasures—or dare to bring it to you? Thrice Armed 2012-02-03T03:00:24.970Z But Owen remained staunch against all threats and blandishments, and finally allowed himself to be tortured to death without suffering the secret "to be wrung from him," as Cecil ordered that it should be. Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely 2012-02-03T03:00:22.657Z So much the sight of her fresh, young beauty, drooping at his feet, had wrung from him. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z How could any one take an allowance that must be wrung from it at the cost of the very laborers? The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z He stopped abruptly, half-afraid, wondering what had happened to him that the truth should be wrung from him in this fashion. Delilah of the Snows 2012-01-23T03:00:09.087Z This she had denied before; and it might never have been wrung from her, but that she overheard the two policemen, already in the house, whispering their suspicions against her. The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 2 (of 3) A Novel 2012-01-22T03:00:21.457Z It was plain that neither my mother nor Mrs. Jastrow dared put the question to Forester, but rested their case on such mutual admissions of it as they could wring from one another. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z The cry of a wounded animal might recall to one's memory the prayer of that young girl, storming heaven with notes of passionate entreaty wrung from a soul in great mental agony. The Story of Assisi 2012-01-14T03:00:18.710Z When I had recovered the book of Solomon I revisited the garden of Irem, and wrung from the jinns who guard it the secret of the spells which render it invisible to mortal sight. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z But Francis had no intention of keeping the promises which had been wrung from him under compulsion, and he secretly resolved to break faith with the emperor as soon as he regained his liberty. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z But it was left for his great successor, Cromwell, to use this latter language effectively, and to wring from the Dutch the concession that their ships should strike flag and topsail in the narrow seas. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z A wild shriek, such as murder wrings from the heart of woman, follows: the proud form of Mr. Lincoln has sunk in death. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 2 (of 2) The True Story of a Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:32.877Z The executioners threw their whole weight upon the rope, and the body fell writhing upon the floor with the head almost wrung from the shoulders, and the tongue hideously extruded from the open mouth. The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom 2011-12-30T03:00:25.917Z The exclamation seemed to be wrung from her in sheer pain of thought. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z Her tears, her smiles, her caresses won boon after boon for her co-religionists, until she wrung from him the last, the most disastrous concession of all. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z “She doesn’t care, auntie,” he said at last, as if the words were wrung from him. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z Now and then a sharp, jerky expletive gave expression to his crude doubts and suspicions, but he could not wring from his mother any word to strengthen his suspicions. The Making of William Edwards or The Story of the Bridge of Beauty 2011-12-07T03:00:17.867Z The inference was plain; he would persist in his demands until he had wrung from her all that she had found on Donald Lindsay's table. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z But it now appeared that, as soon as they reached home, the young men had made such urgent representations, as to wring from their father a reluctant consent. Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z He felt certain that his uncle only kept him at all because Mrs. Elmore had wrung from him a promise that he should have a place, of sorts, in his office. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z In the acuter agonies of our later years prayers have been wrung from us--always, still, in vain. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z The Captain had only to spend a little of the money wrung from his mother in bribing her maid, and he was free to destroy all the women of the parish if he chose. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z It was while he held her that she told him; she confessed in her agony; the words being wrung from her as if they had been gouts of blood. A Woman Perfected 2011-12-02T03:00:24.420Z Incidents of the war did wring from Jefferson impassioned outbursts which expressed a temporary anger, but whenever he took time to weigh the different factors in his mind, the realistic politician emerged every time. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z They keep little taverns, where they sell vodka, a species of brandy, and wring from the peasant all his earnings, lending the money again to the seigneurs at exorbitant interest. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z Unless he does strike us dead we ought to stick to him until we have wrung from him our desire. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z Torture, it was imagined would wring from him a confession which might justify the oidores. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The work wrung from her during those two years of pain and sorrow is not work which can be altered at will to please another. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z All the time they could hear Tora in the sitting-room; they could not distinguish her words, they were broken, wrung from her by bewilderment, danger, despair. The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume II (of 2) 2011-10-21T02:00:19.713Z “They shall be wrung from you,” cried Salisbury. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z Their images of saints, some of which I have seen in Mexico, made of solid gold, and many of them six feet high and well-proportioned, were wrung from the poor. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The universe could not have wrung from his tongue approval of a wrong because it was done by his own country. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z The confession was wrung from me by sympathy and kindness, such as I can never be sufficiently thankful for. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Can glittering coin, wrung from starving poverty and pious fanaticism, or wines and dainty viands, make amends? John Ronge: The Holy Coat Of Treves New German-Catholic Chruch 2011-10-12T02:00:44.710Z “I will now confess what torture could not wring from me before,” she replied. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z They subjugated the Baltic seaboard, from the Oder to the Gulf of Finland, and wrung from her her maritime commerce, and her northern line of defence. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Such is the normal right destiny of a hoatzin chick, and the whee-og! wrung from him by the reaction of safety seemed to voice all this. Jungle Peace 2011-10-06T02:00:42.363Z Instead of studying the general welfare, they wrung from exhausted states the largest possible revenue to support a lavish and ridiculous expenditure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z The exclamation seemed wrung from her when off her guard, and Mrs. Boyd clutched the rail of the fence so tightly that her strong nails sunk into the soft wood. Ann Boyd 2011-09-29T02:00:14.220Z You well know nothing will be wrung from me.” Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z After a war of thirty years, replete with heroism and magnanimity, it wrung from Spain, in the Westphalia treaty, a full recognition of independence. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z And yet, beside the news of a far-off country, what news could he wring from the Arm of Justice to-morrow for which Herrick need care so much? "Persons Unknown" 2011-09-28T02:00:23.683Z So long as the emperor really reigned, they enjoyed only such liberties as they could wring from him, or as he voluntarily conferred. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z We boast not of great banquets, in which the luxury of the few is wrung from the misery of the many. The Hearth-Stone Thoughts upon Home-Life in Our Cities 2011-09-28T02:00:22.560Z If you are discovered and apprehended in this neighbourhood, suspicion will still attach to your protectors, and the secret of your departure will be wrung from some of the more timid of the household. Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason 2011-10-15T02:00:27.517Z But they know, and he doth not know, what sin means and what God means, and so the despairing cry is wrung from their agony, "Depart from me, O Lord." Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z The universal testimony to the existence of the Divine, that trouble and sometimes trouble alone, wrings from man. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z If this were the case ordinarily, how doubly effective must have been the words thus wrung from Kateri, despite her humility, by the command of her director! The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z It recalled, save for the boy’s unconscious presence, the afternoon when he had last sat there with her, and had wrung from her the promise which she had failed to keep. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z It was odd how against his will such pretty speeches were wrung from him by this woman who in one way repelled him. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Prayer implies that God judges all good gifts, and will withhold them unless they are wrung from his reluctant hands; it denies that he loves his creatures, and is good to all. My Path to Atheism 2011-08-30T02:00:29.183Z "There is no literary society in New York," he murmured, as if the admission had been wrung from him. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Yesterday he would have died sooner than to have wrung from his lips what he should say to her—to Echo—to-day! The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Remember that it was wrung from me in confidence. A Proposal Under Difficulties A Farce 2011-08-22T02:00:57.327Z He hardly expected an answer to the exclamatory question wrung from him by the torture of her words, but she had it ready. The Tigress 2011-08-30T02:00:39.657Z Her sentences were broken, and now and then she gave a loud cry that seemed to be wrung from her heart. Concerning Sally 2011-08-19T02:00:14.430Z They forget the soldiers who kicked them, the tyrants who made them shoulder muskets in defence of thrones, the taxes wrung from their scant wages that princes might dance and feast. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z It has been wrung from a tortured and almost maddened heart. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z Something is wrung from you—a word, a gasp—and you stand breathless with wonder and admiration until the last one is gone. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z The last articulate sound that had crossed her lips had been her husband's name--that cry of despair wrung from her as he departed. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z All over the world, in both savage and civilized times, we see the priesthoods of the world enthroned, we see them enjoying a subsistence wrung from toil through credulity, and from wealth through self-interest. A Grammar of Freethought 2011-07-30T02:00:13.083Z Even such concession as lay in such an offer she had wrung from him by setting his friends against him; would that incline him to tenderness? Helena's Path 2011-07-29T02:00:22.607Z He would tell her of the cruel promise wrung from him, and ask her if he must keep it. A Life For a Love A Novel 2011-08-18T02:00:24.323Z In plain English, every concession wrung from England has been secured simply by making the English Government otherwise impossible in Ireland. The Issue The Case for Sinn Fein 2011-07-26T02:00:19.407Z The fiercest pain, the most devouring jealousy never wrung from her the faintest admission that there was anything to be ashamed of in cherishing silently a profound and sacred love for Throckmorton. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z For they are written with tears of blood—such tears as are wrung from the heart's depths of all those by whom France is beloved. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z The tears of the latter were no shame to their manhood, for they were wrung from their hearts by the defection of a great soldier. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z Once the treasure-chest was unearthed, the oppressed townspeople, whose money had been wrung from them to fill that coffer, could be compensated for their wrongs. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Religion, laws, are old—that is, so much achieved and victorious truth, wrung from adverse circumstance by heroic men who beat the world and left their work in evidence. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z Then fame be it, But not that fame Alfonso wrings from books. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume III 2011-07-16T02:00:13.547Z The result of her work is wrung from her death-agony, and the world, with a shrug of its shoulders, says, 'It is about all that a woman could do!' Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z It only remained to be seen whether, with their love an accomplished fact, she could wring from Norton's lips the confession she had demanded and save her own skin in the crash. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z Yes, Elsie, you have wrung from me the confession that I hoped never to be obliged to make to any one but my God. The Coward A Novel of Society and the Field in 1863 2011-07-08T02:00:16.223Z And the cold walls of his stone cell echoed such an anguished and despairing groan as is seldom wrung from the breast of mortal man. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z Utterly foiled in their questions, the warriors played their last card, and with threats of the most terrible tortures endeavoured to wring from his fears what his honour would not reveal. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z But fear nothing, I am not come to take advantage of your helpless condition,--to wring from you a decision which might be stigmatized, in your present circumstances, as extorted from you by necessity. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z Was it that in his mind was seared that last vow, uttered that morning and wrung from a breaking heart? The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z You know perfectly well that I do not allude to her appearance, but to the acknowledgment which, in your madness, you wrung from me. A Noble Name or D?nninghausen 2011-07-04T02:00:22.783Z I forgive you, my son, for having thus wrung from me the only tears I ever shed on your account. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Its produce is industriously wrung from stubborn fields and a rigid climate—not generously, almost spontaneously, yielded by a glowing temperature and teeming soil. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z It was determination against determination and in the conflict words were wrung from him. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z The cry of horror and pain was literally wrung from the girl. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z The girl started back with a sharp cry, wrung from her in surprise and consternation at the sudden apparition she had beheld, while the Squire, naturally mistook her perturbation for fear of the storm. The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky 2011-06-23T02:00:24.513Z No—thrice No. He drew towards him hastily ink and paper, and wrote rapid lines that were wrung from him as from the bleeding strings of life. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z These dark, vague, vehement tones of passion move you, force you to admire; and you feel not that they are the cries of agony, wrung from the miserable being whom you praise. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z Sentence after sentence was wrung from her by torture. A Butterfly on the Wheel 2011-06-21T02:00:24.683Z It was literally wrung from him in the agony of his soul; nor was he aware that he had spoken. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z She started back, quivering, and embraced the Princess again; the pale youth had wrung from her agitated heart one tear after another; but the two did not greet each other,--and thus began their evening. Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) 2011-06-14T02:00:26.670Z These words were in a manner wrung from the Count by the paleness and agitation of Aminta since the commencement of the conversation. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z But these blossoms, these nightingales, these springs you have given me; you have breathed over my life an eternal May, and wrung from a human eye tears of joy--but what have I to give? The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z When circumstances changed, could they not argue that they were coerced, and that an apparently free plébiscite was wrung from them against their better judgment? Problems in Greek history 2011-06-09T02:00:18.427Z A look at the company’s overall financials shows a steep decline in how much money it is wringing from its fast-growing subscriber base. DealBook: Is Groupon's Business Model Sustainable? 2011-06-08T16:16:48Z Neither guilty nor not guilty could be wrung from them. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Now I have revealed a secret which it was my intention to bury in my own breast, and which nothing but the indiscretion of my lover could have wrung from me. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z Death-angel of vengeance! count not the tears which our sex wrings from woman's eyes and causes to fall burning on the frail female heart! The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z He regretted his precipitation, and though unused to the melting mood, tears were wrung from him by the idea of the misery which he had probably occasioned. Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness 2011-06-02T02:00:19.953Z The result was a triumphant victory, and a certificate of dismissal, which I wrung from the reluctant bench of great unpaid. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Your cheek and mine have been wet with tears wrung from the heart by sorrow, but all of us have not been as happy as Allan Dorris was on his wedding night. The Mystery of the Locks 2011-05-29T02:00:08.800Z As he spoke, he shook the heavy bars with impotent strength, then bent his head as if to hide even from himself the few hot tears wrung from him by captivity and despair. Spinning-Wheel Stories 2011-05-28T02:00:23.707Z The meaner man has a greater pleasure in a good deed which has been wrung from him than the better man. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z A line from thence to Tavers defined the section of terrain laboriously wrung from the enemy. The Franco-German War of 1870-71 2011-05-26T02:00:14.447Z It seems as though the Secretary were mad enough to imagine that he could wring from Providence the arrest of the principal assassin by heaping tortures on his supposed accomplices. The Judicial Murder of Mary E. Surratt 2011-05-24T02:00:12.183Z He filled his treasury with spoils harshly wrung from all classes; thus inaugurating the monarchy’s long and patient labours at enlarging the crown lands bit by bit through taxes on private property. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z This longing for sincere souls, too, it may well have been which wrung from Clotilda the assertion, that there were mismatches only between souls, not between ranks. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z I glanced at the poor woman, who alone was like one dead amidst all this joyous life; two big tears hung motionless on her lashes, wrung from her heart by bitter grief. White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X 2011-05-07T02:00:35.433Z If so, you must pardon any desperate words my torture wrung from me. A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z No, maiden—that was wrung from her when her family were butchered at Aquiday, to which place she had been driven by the people of Boston. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z It is as impossible to calculate the enormous sums wrung from the Jews as to narrate the means by which they were extorted. The Prussian Terror 2011-05-04T02:00:15.170Z It is the startling aggregations of wealth among the few, and wrung from the sweat of labor. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:15.900Z Another source of income which is wrung from the unfortunate victim is for heat, for which the company charges for six months in the year $10.80 per month. The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike 2011-05-02T02:00:15.510Z A blessing shall be wrung from the fleet angel Opportunity. From the Easy Chair, series 2 2011-04-29T02:00:06.407Z By the time the average successful man has wrung from the world a few hundred thousand dollars, he is fit for nothing else. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Where could it come from, save from the sweat of inoffensive people, who must be starved and robbed and ground into the earth until the last penny was wrung from them? The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z He was going to-night to wring from a man either that man’s life, or that man’s confession. Doors of the Night 2011-04-12T02:00:23.287Z Then the people set up a cry as bitter as that which was wrung from them long before when they were in the grip of their hunger. The Deemster 2011-04-08T02:00:08.197Z And the eyes that finally closed in slumber were stained with tears wrung from the very depths of her warm, foolish heart. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Despair had wrung from the old man the secret which his paternal love had made him keep so bravely for more than twenty years. Artist and Model (The Divorced Princess) 2011-04-01T02:00:37.710Z What was it had wrung from her that terrible cry? The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z The princess, however, regarding the dauphin as the enemy of her family, because of the terrible avowals which Simon had wrung from him in the Temple, refused to have anything to do with him. Claimants to Royalty 2011-03-31T02:00:20.557Z She hurried to the door of the sick-room, listened, and heard the low monotonous moan that is wrung from a half-conscious sufferer. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z There surely never was a mind which could receive one evil suggestion from the language wrung from the agonized Othello. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen and on the characteristics of Shakspere's style and the secret of his supremacy 2011-03-21T02:00:11.187Z Flowers taken from tenants’ gardens found their way to Mary’s room, and trinkets wrung from the anguish-stricken, in fear of eviction, were laid on her dressing-table. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Now his lashes were thick with the drops which the pathos of Virginia wrung from his unwilling spirit. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z His wife was a wistful little body who seemed likely to have plenty to wist over before her children were raised on the living that a game-keeper would wring from the soil. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z Blindly devoted and fostering all her passions, he wrings from her line by line the detailed story of her seduction, and then calls for revenge. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z "It's better drawn than Minnie can do," says Violet, with an air of having evidence wrung from her on oath. A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:28.240Z The aspect of the desolate, deserted place that had held his young master, a tenant dear to his loyal heart, wrung from him a sigh. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Nevertheless, the tears which it wrung from her in the darkness of her last night at home were bitter, and could not be checked for a long time. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z What her eyes speak he cannot see at that distance; perhaps fresh tears are wrung from them; but he can see that she remains motionless, that no desire to turn hastily fills her soul. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z It is a trivial habit of mind, a pernicious critical obsession, of which many over-earnest adult readers are victims—that of wringing from every and any bit of writing an abstract or moralistic meaning. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z It still narks me that so much public money was spent on the dome, and so much private profit is now being wrung from it. Where's the joined-up thinking on the Olympic Stadium? 2011-02-17T09:00:04Z No such admission could be wrung from Judge Roscoe, skilled in all the details of the effect of testimony. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z Was she content to take these favours she had wrung from him, but to refuse to pay when pay-day came round? The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z How pleasant were the tears which I shed over this letter! but still how much more welcome to my soul were those which it wrung from the heart of Pendarves! A Wife's Duty A Tale 2011-02-17T03:00:19.313Z Bronislaus' rescue was the one concession wrung from Fate, and even this rescue was but half achieved. Under a Charm, Vol. III. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:37.767Z The greeting which she gave Lynn Gordon was therefore noticeably cold; also the introduction to Doris was plainly wrung from her by politeness, and given with marked reluctance. Oldfield A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century 2011-02-13T03:00:19.953Z Their aim was to abolish all villein-service, and to wring from their lords the commutation of all manorial customs and obligations for a small rent—fourpence an acre was generally the sum suggested. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z On Good Friday, the priest again held mass, and erected the cross in the centre of the square of the fort, thus symbolising a victory wrung from the clutches of defeat itself. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z For a moment the professor's feet lingered, only one, and ardent and deep-toned the parting word at last wrung from him up to her: "Farewell!" A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z She had kept the promise wrung from her, no word had passed her lips, but what this silence cost her, that she alone knew. Herman A Novel 2011-02-03T03:00:12.287Z "Was it necessary that some danger should threaten your betrothed to wring from you such an avowal?" the general went on, reproachfully. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Not the smallest concession--not the most trifling compromise can be wrung from him, and he will not listen to the warning voices which sound even in his ears. No Surrender 2011-01-29T03:00:22.467Z The confession wrung from her lips by a terrific necessity seemed to render all the more profound, all the more grievous the love of the young girl for the Prince. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z He was silent; but these simple words, with touching, pathetic sorrow, accomplished what all these struggles and tortures, what all this agony and despair had not availed to wring from Jane Forest. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z The first tears he had shed in years—the tears of a man, wrung from deep within him; tears of brief conquest over himself. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z You wring from nature her secrets; everything that lives and moves must be adjusted to your rules and theories; you know the origin and end of every created being. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z Molly's cries were heart-rending; and it was some time before the almost distracted parents could wring from their afflicted children the cause of their grief. Little Robins' Love One to Another 2011-01-25T03:00:23.537Z Shame and pain—my shoulders and bosom ran blood under the lacerating lashing—wrung from me a cowardly entreaty. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Forest was silent for a brief space; his lips quivered, and tears, seemingly wrung from a terrible inward conflict, rolled down his cheeks. A Hero of the Pen 2011-02-04T03:00:19.217Z He was lost in the words that seemed wrung from his very soul. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z "Oh, mercy! that I were dead!" was the passionate cry wrung from her anguished heart at this last worst blow of all. The Actress' Daughter A Novel 2011-01-23T03:00:14.117Z If she had been mistaken, if she were not received as she had hoped to be, as, after the sacrifice she had wrung from her pride, she felt she must be received .... Success and How He Won It 2011-01-23T03:00:12.077Z The last threats of the monk reached Antonicq's ears at the moment when he had completely raised the trap door, and wrung from him despite himself an exclamation of fury. The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z "Be merciful to a poor sinner," Paul begged, "and do not reckon against him words wrung from his despair in finding himself lost in such a labyrinth." Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z And when all the money has thus been wrung from all purses, well, you will but have to issue municipal notes, which you will give to us, the Prussians. Six Women and the Invasion 2011-01-18T03:00:13.193Z ‘Even to me,’ he had wrung from her, but at the price of all further discussion. Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times 2011-01-16T03:00:20.530Z And the next words seemed to be a cry wrung from him without his will: “If she were, I’d have killed you and Colin MacLeod before this!” King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Well, Jimsy," she said, using a form of address that the rack would never have wrung from his companion, "How are you? Parlous Times A Novel of Modern Diplomacy 2011-01-13T03:01:14.887Z Therefore he suppressed all expression of anger; nothing could be wrung from this man by opposition; submission and entreaty must be tried. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z B. Why are confessions wrung from frightened or tortured men likely to be untrustworthy? The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z A cry was wrung from the American's breast, and Macready hastened to his side with a glass of spirits. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z He thought of a far day when he and a girl had faced the world together, determined to wring from it success. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z Until the keystone of the edifice was wrung from the manager in his room, I was as far away from demonstrable certainty as ever.” Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z My thanks can never reach him; my unavailing blessings and gratitude follow my true and long-lost friend, and tears wrung from a yearning heart. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Not for him that old and bitter cry that has so often been wrung from the rest of us: "Oh for my life over again, knowing what I know now!" The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z Still unclear, three years later, is what is to become of the $13 million in settlements that Mr. Cuomo wrung from the targeted companies. Prosecuting the State?s Business 2010-10-27T02:59:00Z The Pentagon contends that any savings wrung from competition are not worth the upfront costs of building and buying an alternate engine. House panel defies Pentagon on fighter engine 2010-05-20T00:05:00Z “Well, how on earth you spotted that——!” was wrung from Bellmark admiringly, as he cleared away the encrusting earth. Max Carrados 2010-12-24T03:00:32.117Z If Grant were to serve him it must be with a confession wrung from living lips, and on oath. The Law of Hemlock Mountain Fortunate it was for me that they did, for had not that last helpless cry been wrung from him I should have been dumb before the bitterness of his reproach. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z You are about to place me in a position which cannot fail to wring from jealousy and covetousness their flaming torch of abuse. Irene Iddesleigh In order to wring from them a full avowal of their riches, the pirates had put their victims to the torture. A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas The words were wrung from her involuntarily, and there were tears in her eyes and tears in her voice. Capricious Caroline The one man whose admission, wrung from him by persuasion or compulsion, could give him back his clean name, must have perished there in the bijuca 93 tangles. The Law of Hemlock Mountain There was something in the bearing of this creature indeed which formerly she had not been acquainted with, and it wrung from her an unwilling sympathy. The Undying Past At length, however, the secret was wrung from him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 After he had gone forth, Anne bethought herself of what her fear of offending her father had wrung from her. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 The rattling of the coach was a great aggravation of the attack; and the noise of a grating wheel, not unlike that wrung from the poor victim, mixed with it, and rendered the scene frightful. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 But Spurrier’s shout of horror was heard by the besiegers and misinterpreted as a cry wrung from him under a mortal wound. The Law of Hemlock Mountain It seemed almost too great a sacrifice to be wrung from a mother's heart. The Undying Past They keep a small inn on the Alcador Road, and by Teresa's careful watching of the stock, the worthy pair manage to wring from the business a fair living. The Princess Galva A Romance I doubt whether the consent would not be wrung from his courtesy; and I cannot well agree to rob him of one who may be a valuable servant. Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico He knew no one; and sudden burning thoughts flashing upon his heated brain, wrung from him jabbering exclamations, containing intensive words of agony or mirth. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 But now, he told himself, no one could say the act had been wrung from him. The Valiants of Virginia So that when a word—an incomplete sentence smothered before it is fully uttered—is spoken, it must be wrung from the lips by extreme marital brutality. What a Young Husband Ought to Know I sprang toward Anna Maria; her fair head lay on the window-seat, her face was buried in her hands, and an almost unearthly groaning was wrung from her breast. A Sister's Love A Novel In the excitement I wrung from him an admission of his affection. The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts He paused again, and leaned against the window, his chest heaving, and hot tears standing in his haughty eyes, wrung from the very anguish of his soul. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories The history of the human race is a constant struggle for liberty, and every concession wrung from the oppressors was heralded as a new triumph of progress and civilization. The Menace of Prohibition Oh, oh!" she said in the low voice that overwhelming sorrow can wring from the tongue, a soliloquy terrible in its unself-consciousness: "oh, oh! Beggars on Horseback He stood—the Colossus of Liberty among the monarchs of Europe and wrung from them the homage due to a nation that dared to be free. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution I perceived a large tear trickle slowly down his cheek, as though wrung from his very heart. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 Indeed it did go under once, the water smothering the cry for help that his peril had wrung from him, ere his father, throwing off his coat, plunged in to his rescue. Ti-Ti-Pu A Boy of Red River Both of these wring from us many a sacrifice, and although selfish inclinations now and then preponderate over both, these still never fail to assert their reality in human nature. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Or if they captured the Mexicans, they would wring from them a confession of his near whereabouts. Unexplored! Then remembering the order his mother had wrung from him that morning, he understood everything. Marguerite de Valois The money was wrung from the poor, and it goes back to them. The Missioner "A word wrung from a man after long torture, noble Garlud, carries beyond ordinary denial." The Return of Tharn That exceeding great and bitter cry, which was wrung from the disinherited when he saw the paternal blessing following the birthright, did not continue to wail through his life. Misread Passage of Scriptures Calphurnius exhausted every art to wring from his lips a legal accusation of the Christians, for even the ruthless persecutors wished to observe some forms of law in the destruction of their destined victims. Valeria The Martyr of the Catacombs "Are you indeed so unjust, so ungenerous as this!" exclaimed Rica, in a tone whose anguish seemed wrung from the very heart. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) The last query was wrung from her as if by main force. The Social Gangster The two Religious who shared his secret were sent to another convent lest what they knew be wrung from them by torture. Saint Bonaventure The Seraphic Doctor Minister-General of the Franciscan Order I scorn to hold back what his force can wring from me the next moment; they are his, the responsibility of taking them is his, and the responsibility of using them is his. Misread Passage of Scriptures So absorbed was she in Roy's dilemma that the permission wrung from Farmer Mercer to allow the boys to fish his stream passed entirely out of her mind until after school had closed. The Crimson Sweater My own plight has not yet wrung from me the pity that I feel for you. Pandora's Box A Tragedy in Three Acts The sufferings of war had already wrung from her a wild, æolian masterpiece, more moving perhaps than a consciously ordered symphony. The Book of Susan A Novel And as the particular message usually happens to be something that especially appeals to the seeker, the number of conflicting messages wrung from the unfortunate literary artist are somewhat disconcerting. The Vagabond in Literature Her recent experience of tears, wrung from such deep anguish of soul, made it less easy for her to feel sympathetic towards tears which flowed from no apparent cause, and fell delicately into perfumed lace. Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days In vain we tried to wring from him some reply to this question, but, alas! in vain. Spies of the Kaiser Plotting the Downfall of England He dropped into a chair and looked up at her commanding figure with a smile of kindness—with an admiration wrung from him by her coup. The Great Miss Driver Drop by drop she would wring from him all that he owed her. Shadows of Flames A Novel Was it hard for God, Thinkest thou, to choose His graft, to wring from the worst clod His noblest fruiting? Satan Absolved Suddenly she understood the cry of anguish wrung from the loving heart of a woman at a tomb: "Tell me where thou hast laid Him, and I will take Him away!" Through the Postern Gate A Romance in Seven Days This is the darkness which wrings from many a heart at this moment the question of despair, “What has become, of God?” The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I The contrast brings his own "burdane" painfully into his mind, and wrings from him a mortified exclamation. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 Judgment on the principal cause could not be wrung from him. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII When he had wrung from me a promise to marry Kate, he left me, and I did not see him again until after the wedding. Bye-Ways She could not shut out the sound of a last despairing cry wrung from his unwilling lips, as with a final upflaring of the flame, the whole structure fell in. A Modern Wizard The history of the subject, in fact, may be summed up briefly as a series of vain and spasmodic attempts to solve the problem of snakebite-poisoning and wring from nature the coveted antidote. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote Those words, those acts at the time, had been wrung from her by a certain warm, hysterical superabundance of feeling which must find an outlet somewhere. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Consent had been wrung from him, but his consent had been given, and Campeggio was to go and make the best of it. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII Eric made no answer; he knew with what a struggle this acknowledgment was wrung from her lips. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Neither peril nor pain must wring from him the faintest indication of weakness. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Meantime the uttermost farthing was wrung from the wretched fellahin, while they were forced to the building of magnificent public works by unpaid labour. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" “Dear, don’t give up!” she cried, in a wail of despairing tenderness, such as had never been wrung from her lips before. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance This taunt was wrung from him by the insufferable apathy of Layton's manner; but even the bitterness of the sneer failed to excite retort. One Of Them With a tranquillity wrung from the most profound grief, they both returned to the villa. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine Poets, hitherto unknown, are revealed by the cry of compassion wrung from their anguished hearts. Above the Battle Are there no fields yet to plow where with sweat and straining of muscles good things may be wrung from the earth and brown limbs going home tired through the evening? A Pushcart at the Curb The words which had been wrung from her by the extremity of his peril must be regarded as unsaid. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Was not the pittance that some crafty impostor wrung from your compassion well repaid to you in the noble self-consciousness of your generosity? A Day's Ride A Life's Romance The father threw himself upon the lifeless form, and a piercing cry was wrung from his breast. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine On the other hand, the idea of propitiation has suggested at many periods the horrible notion that the Son wrung from the angry Father the pardon which He was unwilling to give. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition Throwing his arms over his head with a yell of agony, wrung from him by intense pain, he pitched backwards off his horse, which was going at full speed. The Falling Flag Evacuation of Richmond, Retreat and Surrender at Appomattox If she did not actually revoke the concessions wrung from her, she was careful to define them so narrowly that they should be of little service to any one. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Her consent must be wrung from her by this politic stroke of shipboard wedding that to her mind would be infinitely more significant than our association in the yacht. A Marriage at Sea This in turn reacted unfavorably upon the peasants who still clung to the soil in a desperate effort to wring from it a bare subsistence, and accelerated the movement to the city. The Planters of Colonial Virginia We can not regret that some drops of retributive woe were wrung from the heart of that guilty conqueror. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Why in all the universe must there be this one combination of stupid elements which drags every fleck of yearning from me like water wrung from a cloth? The Giants From Outer Space The concessions wrung from her, at that time, by Orange and his friends, filled up the measure of her indignation. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Still, her consent was wrung from her against her convictions, and she was by no means satisfied that the arguments she yielded to were a whit too sound. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands Not until two wars had been fought was England able to wring from the stubborn Netherlanders an acknowledgment of her right to a share in the trade. The Planters of Colonial Virginia So swiftly, so entirely without warning had self-knowledge dawned upon him that the cry had been wrung from him, "Why do you tell me this now—when it is too late?" The Torch Bearer She had now to fix it definitely, it was wrung from her. The New Warden You dare not let that be wrung from you by defiance which you refused to humble petitions! A Struggle for Rome, v. 3 Had the hand which took away his life been that of some one brought down to beggary by his machinations, a certain amount of sympathy would certainly have been wrung from national feeling. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day Few and simple as the words were, the utterance sunk deep into the young man's heart; they seemed the last effort of courage wrung from despair, and breathed a pathos he was unable to resist. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago She promised him that she would provoke Tassilo no more that night, and this poor promise was all that he could wring from her. A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June The Warden's lips parted with a smile, as if the smile was wrung from him, but May did not smile. The New Warden It was a good thing that the Niobians didn't realize what concessions they could wring from the BIT. To Choke an Ocean Calamity, when the Lusitania went down, wrung from the lips of an awakened German, Kuno Francke, this noble burst of patriotism: Ends Europe so? The Pentecost of Calamity All were anxious to hear the conditions which had been wrung from him by Senator Walther respecting his soul. The Wine-ghosts of Bremen She wept, too: the bitterest tears are those that are wrung from shame and sorrow mingled. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life One banquet at court devours the annual produce of a whole province, wrung from the lap of the earth with millions of groans, and millions of drops of sweat. Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors Christians have been art and part in fostering such conditions as wrung from compassionate and indignant hearts the Song of the Shirt and the Cry of the Children. Modern Substitutes for Christianity Money had been wrung from him for annual trips to London and the sea, but he had never grudged it more than now, and he had not himself moved a foot. Leonore Stubbs And as she stared, her father's attitude accentuated the words, reiterating that the avowal which had been wrung from him was not the impossible, but the truth. Eden An Episode The bitterness of these last words was wrung from me in a moment of wounded pride. Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I My darling Gertrude,—My much-loved child—for such you indeed are, though a father's agony of fear and despair alone wrung from me the words that claimed you. The Lamplighter The heart of the old Governor beat thick with apprehension, and the damp drops wrung from him by anxiety and care, stood in cold beads upon his brow. Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion His wife's grief wrung from him every satisfaction he could bestow; for he could not stand and witness the sorrow of his tender and obedient partner, while there remained any chance of ameliorating her anguish. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 Tell me then, so that I may be the better able to advise you, what is your true object—revenge and my death, or the wringing from me of concessions for your family?” A Prince of Good Fellows My excuse is that those words have been wrung from me by the sharpness of my feelings. Life of John Keats Seldom did he speak—and his sighs were deeper, longer, and more disturbed than those which almost any sorrow ever wrings from the young. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) He was eager in his assent; it was wrung from him. The Return of the Prodigal Process: Wipe the meat and bone with a piece of cheese-cloth wrung from cold water. Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners A Book of Recipes The former thought the latter was ruminating on the conditions that had been wrung from him, but the first words of the king proved his mistake. A Prince of Good Fellows It is clear that both Hopkins and Stearne recognized the fact that confessions wrung from women by torture are worthless and were by this explanation defending themselves against the charge of having used actual torture. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 But Ruth’s tears were not wrung from her by suffering. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted But she had been overwrought then, and that clear note had been wrung from her by the poignancy of the situation. The Return of the Prodigal "Monica, you will give me one parting word?" he says, at last, as though the petition is wrung from him. Rossmoyne The statue of Strassburg in the Place de la Concorde has been covered with the emblems of mourning from the time that Bismarck wrung from Jules Favre the cession of the Rhine territory. The Evidence in the Case A Discussion of the Moral Responsibility for the War of 1914, as Disclosed by the Diplomatic Records of England, Germany, Russia The confessions were wrung from the supposed conspirators by the various forms of torture "lately provided for witches in that country." A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 The audacious bravery of the Phalanx had wrung from Generals Banks and Gillmore congratulatory orders, while the loyal people of the nation poured out unstinted praises. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War Loudly too prates Atta Troll Of the mighty meed of praise Which by practice of his art He had wrung from humankind. Atta Troll If they could be wrung from the enemy, so much the better. Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. Then that night I strove to see Hatton and wring from him his knowledge of what had been going on in Bedlam. Laramie; or, The Queen of Bedlam. But no acknowledgment of guilt could be wrung from the high-spirited Mistress Bodenham, even when the would-be father confessor held out to her the false hope of mercy. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 They knew how victory could be wrung from defeat, and how success could be made more overwhelming. Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches They lost, besides, many guns, tents, and stores—all wrung from them at the point of the bayonet, and in spite of their formidable abattis. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The gold that he wrings from the Breton folk is expended for the good of Satan. Legends & Romances of Brittany “There isn’t much to be wrung from life,” Saton answered bitterly, “that one doesn’t pay for.” The Moving Finger The narrator of the story made effort after effort to wring from her an admission of her guilt, but she slipped out of all his traps. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 One single inarticulate cry that agony and hatred had wrung from her. The Son of His Mother He clenched his fists and a sigh of indignation was wrung from him; why, it would have been better if his stepmother had not cut him down! Absolution So far yesterday, the citation being wrung from me 239 by remembrance of many reviews. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) He must push on toward the rear with the last inch that could be wrung from that motor and then land straight ahead, leaving the outcome to Lady Luck. Aces Up His words seemed wrung from an agony of spirit. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 Oh! for the sighing of the desolate, The widow and the orphan in their woe, Drown'd 'neath the clink of gold wrung from their need, Like moisture from the crushing of the grape. Eidolon, or The Course of a Soul And Other Poems After endless struggles a few concessions are finally wrung from them, and then they act as if they had sacrificed a large part of their fortunes. Woman under socialism My heart was like so much sawdust, so far as one drop of blood that she could wring from it. Aurora the Magnificent Sublime words are these, wrung from a fervent heart. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent As he looks at his bloody hands a cry is wrung from him, “This is a sorry sight.” Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study One word, a bitter cry wrung from her heart, escaped her lips: "Father!" The Fifth of November A Romance of the Stuarts Having wrung from her an opinion on your character, I demanded a second opinion of—another person about whom I had my conjectures, though they were the most tangled and puzzled conjectures in the world. Shirley The exclamation was wrung from him through stiff lips. The Monk of Hambleton Touched by this manly address, and already ashamed of the intemperate words which mental suffering had wrung from him, Herrera held out his hand to the Mochuelo. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 The President had wrung from Germany a promise of better behavior, and in a sneaking way the promise was kept, with many a violation quickly apologized for. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Truly pathetic power is produced only when we see that it is a sentiment wrung from a powerful intellect by keen sympathy with the wrongs of life. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) I shall use the weapons which God has put into my hands to wring from him the bitter truth––the weapons of a woman, love, and jealousy. Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West There are also certain freak religions, philosophical beliefs, wrung from the simple teachings of our blessed Saviour, the rapid spread of which at one time did give me some concern. Carmen Ariza She could not help feeling that the invitation had been wrung from her. The Benefactress From lines of ancestry that had never done anything but toil with patient relentlessness to wring from the soil whatever it was capable of yielding, she had inherited no habit of compromise. The Side Of The Angels A Novel Cowper's tears are always wrung from him by intense anguish of soul, and never, as is occasionally the212 case with Rousseau, suggests that the weeper is proud of his excessive tenderness. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The money which was wrung from the poor people by these unequal taxes, was seldom wisely or economically expended. Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 Why continue to dazzle them with pagan ceremonialism and oriental glamour, and then, our exactions wrung from them, leave them to consume with disease and decay with moral contagion?” Carmen Ariza Not till they had made more determined efforts to wring from him the secret of the motor. The Red Hell of Jupiter He spoke brutally not only because his suffering nerves made him brutally inclined, but in the hope of wringing from her some cry of indignation. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The Master's will! ah the cunning, The bitterly cruel device, To wring from the lowly and burdened Submission at any price! Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures Poor Rex, wedded 102 and parted, his love-dream broken, how little he knew of the bitter grief which was to accrue from that promise wrung from his white lips. Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love After the wedding, he used all his arts to wring from her the secret of her riches. Where Strongest Tide Winds Blew The new ground wrung from nature by the improvements would not have been all tied up in the support of mere numbers. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy If she turned he could probably wring from her the word of dismissal or absolution that alone would satisfy his conscience. The Side Of The Angels A Novel As drops of blood wrung from the heart fell each imploring word, Oh, God of Heaven! and can it be such prayer is still unheard? Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 3 September 1848 They had so far not succeeded in unlocking Martinez’ lips, but undoubtedly they would be able to wring from the lawyer when they went about it the real truth regarding the document. In the Shadow of the Hills Rawson spoke to none of them; the exclamations that his amazement and dismay wrung from his lips were meant for himself. Two Thousand Miles Below Neither seemed to notice the agnostic paradox in this bitter cry wrung from a young girl’s grief. The Crimson Tide A Novel It was growing generous and kindly himself, with the happy conviction that more remained to be got out of life than he had ever wrung from it. The Side Of The Angels A Novel The question is whether the Court shall grant this right, or whether by toil and struggle it shall be wrung from the consciences of the electors. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Death itself would not have wrung from me one word of what her daughter suffered. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals Was not the classic Richard Wagner a warning to all who endeavored to wring from music a message it possessed not? Melomaniacs There is a 'Harp of the Covenant', and in it there are piercing wails wrung from a people almost driven frantic with suffering and oppression. The Balladists Famous Scots Series When I saw him truckling to low-bred adventurers who are not worth sixpence beyond what they can wring from their dupes, I thought it time to change my course. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule The apology came out with a jerk; it seemed to have been literally wrung from him. The Hound From The North Also keep unfinished parts wrapped in damp cloths wrung from carbolic acid water. Taxidermy Then remove this, and apply hot cloths wrung from hot water. Treatise on the Diseases of Women All night long my ears were filled with the groans wrung from stout hearts by the agonies of pain, and the moans of the mortally hurt as their lives ebbed slowly away. Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War For Ireland regards all concessions as being wrung from England by superior force and skill, and as being, in short, the fruits of compulsion. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule He wrung from her a confession of the depth of her iniquity. In a Little Town His will had been to hold up to the world a picture of the end to which it must come, since splendour wrung from desolation must end in desolation. Mummery A Tale of Three Idealists They were getting continually impounded; and vexatious fines, in the form of trespass-money, came thus to be wrung from the already impoverished Highlanders. Leading Articles on Various Subjects I don’t suppose that tortures could have wrung from her, even if she realized it,—which I doubt,—the true reason. Dr. Sevier Do you wonder that we have no words sometimes, and fall back into silence, or break out into words wrung from one more gifted with expression, who knew what it was to feel! Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India Profit could be wrung from the trade only by ugly battles with dealers and purchasers. In a Little Town With a power of attorney, which he had wrung from Hervey after his capture, he had managed to possess himself of Hervey’s shares. The Mind Master The words were wrung from him in spite of himself by her deadly peril, by her desperate design which he had only frustrated by superhuman quickness and strength. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main He spent much time at his journal, writing needless things: his actions, his very thoughts,––things which could not 106 have been wrung from him before; but he was lonely and desperate. A Breath of Prairie and other stories Though that letter of five years before had been wrung from him, he had written it with but the vaguest idea of sending it. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real For, what sovereignty is more beautiful than that whose tribute is not wrung from unwilling fear, but that is a voluntary, love-inspired offering? Pius IX. And His Time It was not an appeal for mercy, or a cry for assistance, but just a naked yell wrung from a throat grown big-veined in the agony of torture. The Web of the Golden Spider Though it was wrung from her by the exigencies of the case, the schoolmistress accepted it. Treasure Valley Herein comes the difficulty, amateurs,-264- after a very unwilling consent has been wrung from them and their name and selection placed upon the program, are so little to be depended upon. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society She suffered atrocious pain, which wrung from her shrieks that were enough to burst her veins, and rendered her delirious at times. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal And then and there he told her again in happiness the story which had seemed so tragic when it was wrung from him in the shepherd's hut. Captain Dieppe Audrey had not even said 'No,' for nothing had been asked her—she had only had to listen to a declaration of love, an honest, manly confession, that had been wrung from the speaker's lips. Lover or Friend This confession was wrung from her by the black-haired twin's dexterity in catching a plate that the fair-haired one had let fall, and at the same instant administering a sharp slap to the delinquent's ear. Treasure Valley I didn't mean to speak, but the truth has been wrung from me. The Time of Roses To leave him here where the raiders would find him might mean a confession wrung from him that would tell of the getaway trail by Spur Rock and Nipple Peaks. Rimrock Trail With a bitter feeling of disappointment and shame, Frank took the proffered twenty-five dollars, after a long wrangle had convinced him that there was positively no more to be wrung from the pawnshop man. Battling the Clouds or, For a Comrade's Honor But placing her on the bed again wrung from her a bitter cry, and Jenkyns said,— 'You must e'en get a surgeon to her, Mistress, for I believe she is sorely hurt.' Penshurst Castle In the Days of Sir Philip Sidney After some of its sad disclosures he noticed that his companion was less taciturn, and he seized such opportunities for wringing from him something of his views on religion. Treasure Valley Then she added, as if the words were wrung from her lips, "I hate Aunt Susan." A Bunch of Cherries A Story of Cherry Court School Under the new government it thought of winning back the authority which it had wrung from more than one Plantagenet, and had possessed under the house of Lancaster. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) Little he guessed that those tears had been half wrung from Faith's eyes by the contrast between his happy little child and him. Say and Seal, Volume II I couldn’t see his face, in the dark, but there was little hope to be wrung from the tone of his voice. The Prairie Child It is not likely that bands of armed men, the terror of a whole neighbourhood, would be always content with the mere subsistence wrung from the scanty resources of the poor shepherds. Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. It is at this very moment that from a young man's breast escapes a cry, wrung from his very heart,—a cry of pity and anguish,—a cry of horror,—a cry of humanity. The Speaker, No. 5: Volume II, Issue 1 December, 1906. “I think that will be sufficient; no one has any right to know more,” she continued, decidedly, fully determined that no amount of coaxing and cross-examination should wring from her one unnecessary word. Not Like Other Girls It was not the usual tuneless whisper, but a loud cry wrung from the heart, full of the joys and griefs of the past. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story She continued to hold me with her interrogating eyes, and an answer was indirectly wrung from me. Hurricane Island Some tears were wrung from her by hurt feeling and disappointment; but she had the smile of conscience, and as she believed, of Him whose witness conscience is. The Wide, Wide World The reluctant assent, wrung from his unwilling lips, was the promise of a man who stood upon the brink of ruin and must answer as his accusers wished or pay the ultimate penalty. Aladdin of London or, Lodestar The doubt was wrung from her by the overwhelming bitterness of her disappointment. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories The Bride of Lammermoor, The Legend of Montrose, and Ivanhoe, had all of them been dictated between screams of pain, wrung from his lips by a chronic cramp of the stomach. Lady of the Lake It seemed as though the price of the boxes of roses and candy that were lavished upon her, had been wrung from those poor helpless hands now clutching her so desperately. 'Lizbeth of the Dale We were told that nothing had to be wrung from the earth here, but, as Douglas Jerrold said of Australia, "just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest." Due West or Round the World in Ten Months The exclamation wrung from one of the characters in a later work of Madame Sand's, may be but a faithful echo of the cry of her own nature in some moment of mental torment. Famous Women: George Sand "Yes," said Mr. Gilton, the words wrung from his lips, while beads stood on his forehead,—"yes, I brought you the turkey." A Christmas Accident and Other Stories Immense sums were wrung from the clergy, who were powerless to resist Pope and king combined. A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII As she reflected, the hopelessness of it all wrung from her some of the bitterest tears she ever shed. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius This was the worst his agony could wring from him. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution The few rights that we have, have been wrung from the Legislature by t they left this one great wrong in the land. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II She could not forget the acknowledgment of his skill had been wrung from her when she thought herself dying. In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls It was wrung from my agony, ere the smoke had been descried. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness Government commenced in usurpation and oppression; liberty and civilization at present are nothing else than the fragments of rights which the scaffold and the stake have wrung from the strong hands of the usurpers. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Much of the money wrung from the taxpayers was squandered upon foolish projects. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676 The few rights that we have, have been wrung from the Legislature by the Woman's Rights movement. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II As the Canadian uttered the generous oath, wrung from him by indignation, it seemed to him that a supplicating voice reached him. Wood Rangers The Trappers of Sonora Her white lids veiled her eyes, or the sudden terrible change in Saxham's face might have wrung from her a cry of terror and alarm. The Dop Doctor In 1713, on peace being proclaimed, the fortress was ceded to England in perpetuity; but the Spaniards had no intention of abiding by a treaty wrung from them at such a cost. In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 The words, half supplication, half angry protest, seemed wrung from their owner out of sheer anguish. Juggernaut The president feigned to be occupied with his notes, purposely giving time for the importance of the last admission he had wrung from Etienne Rambert to sink into the minds of the jury. Fantômas The more, afterwards, population and civilization increase, the more products must be wrung from the soil. Principles Of Political Economy “Until you again have need,” said the Prince, not seeking to wring from the other any promise. A Victor of Salamis It is probable that he exaggerated the influence of the young Prince, and estimated too highly the promise of liberty which he had wrung from his father. Raleigh It was the Frenchwoman's voice, high-pitched, emotional, the protest wrung from her as if in agony. Juggernaut |
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