Word: elicitation
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...martial ardor, and grinning as his Darwinian ancestors did when skipping playfully among the tree-tops. The ease of their postures, the classic, statuesque grace of their attitudes, with head on one side, mouth stretched from ear to ear, and arms akimbo, never fail and never can fail to elicit deafening plaudits from the house...
...programme of last Saturday's exhibition was noticeable for the variety of interest afforded by the numerous events. Although a direct contest, like sparring or fencing, is bound to elicit more enthusiastic attention than most other events, yet no complaint could be made on that score for Saturday's meeting, despite the absence of either of these events. That Harvard can bring out so large a number of contestants with a programme so varied, is yet another proof of the popularity of general athletics among her students. After such a series of successes as these three meetings, the college...
...trial of the Nihilists, the Russian government is unable to elicit any information as to those involved in the recent robbery of the treasury...
...very courageous, and often wandered beneath the arching trees, culling flowers, like Persephone on the Sicilian meads. But one day I strayed too far, alas! and found myself, not as I had supposed, within call of the mansion, but in unknown, unexplored forest depths. I called, but I could elicit no response. In dumb despair I hurried through unfamiliar paths, hoping to regain the clearing. In vain! Fate had ordained otherwise. Weary, helpless, I abandoned myself to my tears, and they did not desert me. I wept until I remembered that crying injured the complexion, and then I sat upright...
...since it is so difficult to be witty, are we to give up the attempt, and devote ourselves to a style of composition as devoid of humor as a statute-book? Certainly not. If we have not the wit to elicit an appreciative smile from our readers, we at least have the ability to throw into our expressions a certain degree of spiciness and originality; otherwise we had better cast our quill aside, and turn our thoughts to other pursuits...