I am not young, and have seen much of the world; and my very office and position elicits blasphemies from others from time to time.
"Callista"
John Henry Cardinal Newman
Bewildered by this question, Siegfried denies ever having received the ring from Gunther, and declares he won it from the dragon in the Neidhole; but Hagen, anxious to stir up strife, interferes, and elicits from Brunhilde an assurance that the hero can have won the ring only by guile.
"Stories of the Wagner Opera"
H. A. Guerber
Thus closeted with the peon-still wondering why he has been made a prisoner-Uraga submits him to a process of examination, which elicits from the scared creature everything he seeds to know.
"The Lone Ranche"
Captain Mayne Reid