1 He reached the kitchen-porch and turned the door-handle; but the door did not yield to his touch.
2 Mrs. Meade was disobedient for the first time in her married life and flatly refused to yield to the doctor's command that she take the train to safety.
3 "There are such lots of horrors this morning," she added, clearing a space in the centre of the confusion and rising to yield her seat to Miss Bart.
4 Selden's mind was of this order: he could yield to vision-making influences as completely as a child to the spell of a fairy-tale.
5 Selden rose, and she drew a deep breath, feeling that soon she could yield to the blessed waves.
6 Regina had a strong prejudice against untrained assistance, and was induced to yield only by the fact that she owed the patronage of Mrs. Bry and Mrs. Gormer to Carry Fisher's influence.
7 He asked the veterinarian about the value of different breeds of stock; he inquired of Lyman Cass whether or not Einar Gyseldson really had had a yield of forty bushels of wheat to the acre.
8 Wonderfullest things are ever the unmentionable; deep memories yield no epitaphs; this six-inch chapter is the stoneless grave of Bulkington.
9 Though their blubber is very thin, some of these whales will yield you upwards of thirty gallons of oil.
10 A well-fed, plump Huzza Porpoise will yield you one good gallon of good oil.
11 As you behold it, you involuntarily yield the immense superiority to him, in point of pervading dignity.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale's Head—Contrasted View. 12 At any rate, if we yield to it, we must grant a far greater age to the Right Whale than at first glance will seem reasonable.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View. 13 This particular tongue now before us; at a passing glance I should say it was a six-barreler; that is, it will yield you about that amount of oil.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale's Head—Contrasted View. 14 Then remounting aloft, it again goes through the same round until the deep cistern will yield no more.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets. 15 Huck started sorrowfully away, and Tom stood looking after him, with a strong desire tugging at his heart to yield his pride and go along too.