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Or, if thou hast uphoarded in thy life Extorted treasures in the womb of earth, For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death, Speak of it.

From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.

O, if thou hast uphoarded in thy life Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,19 For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in death, Speak of it:—stay, and speak!

From Hamlet by Kean, Charles John

Fourth Preface, or, Extorted Anticritique against one or another Review, with which I might possibly be displeased.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul