We have more than once had occasion to speak of the shrewdness, of Comcomly; but never was it
exerted more adroitly than on this occasion.
Please
exert yourself, Miss Emily--I am waiting to be interested."
When I had concluded my narration I said, "This is the being whom I accuse and for whose seizure and punishment I call upon you to exert your whole power.
"I will exert myself, and if it is in my power to seize the monster, be assured that he shall suffer punishment proportionate to his crimes.
When they parted, Lady Catherine, with great condescension, wished them a good journey, and invited them to come to Hunsford again next year; and Miss de Bourgh
exerted herself so far as to curtsey and hold out her hand to both.
His last journey to London had been undertaken with no other view than that of introducing her brother in Hill Street, and prevailing on the Admiral to
exert whatever interest he might have for getting him on.
That, of course, would be the EASIEST plan: but I know the advantages of a place like this to a person in your situation; and I have no desire to part with you, as I am sure you would do very well if you will only think of these things and try to exert yourself a LITTLE more: then, I am convinced, you would SOON acquire that delicate tact which alone is wanting to give you a proper influence over the mind of your pupil.'
However, as I have said, Matilda at length yielded in some degree to her mother's authority (pity it had not been exerted before); and being thus deprived of almost every source of amusement, there was nothing for it but to take long rides with the groom and long walks with the governess, and to visit the cottages and farmhouses on her father's estate, to kill time in chatting with the old men and women that inhabited them.
Mr Swiveller heard this account with a degree of admiration not altogether consistent with the project in which he had just concurred, but his friend attached very little importance to his behavior in this respect, probably because he knew that he had influence sufficient to control Richard Swiveller's proceedings in this or any other matter, whenever he deemed it necessary, for the advancement of his own purposes, to
exert it.
Civil power, properly organized and
exerted, is capable of diffusing its force to a very great extent; and can, in a manner, reproduce itself in every part of a great empire by a judicious arrangement of subordinate institutions.
Such is the present spirit of my nation." But he continued to
exert all his powers to restrain his troops from attacking.
Benjamin, when I put the question to him, acknowledged that I had made a sensible choice on this occasion, and at once
exerted himself to help me.
But as to his power, he never used it; and as to his benevolence, he
exerted so much, that he had thereby disobliged all his neighbours; for it is a secret well known to great men, that, by conferring an obligation, they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.
He affirmed that the Syrian government pays great attention to the return of those refugees and displaced, and it
exerts great efforts to provide them with a dignified life.
He stressed the necessity for strengthening and development of the police bodies, pointing out that Sudan
exerts utmost efforts and gives great concern to the police forces to maintain security on the regiomnal level in coordination with the EAPCOO and Interpol police.
