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Sybil Hervey, the coercible, the thoroughly nice, shied persistently at the instructive pages of Robinson's "English Flower Garden," and stuck in her toes and refused point blank to weed seedlings for her Aunt Philippa.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Ross, Martin

If the will were coercible the definition would be matchless.

From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar