Both Uses of
compelling
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- With miles and miles of varied scenery between, there was no scene for her save the seven old gable-peaks, with their moss, and the tuft of weeds in one of the angles, and the shop-window, and a customer shaking the door, and compelling the little bell to jingle fiercely, but without disturbing Judge Pyncheon!†
Chpt 17 *compelling = very interesting; or convincing; or a force for action
- But, as the little personage could not be induced to approach near enough to explain himself, Phoebe concluded that he had been frightened, on some of his visits to the shop, by her cousin Hepzibah; for the good lady's manifestations, in truth, ran about an equal chance of scaring children out of their wits, or compelling them to unseemly laughter.†
Chpt 19
Definition:
very interesting; or convincing -- possibly leading to action
or more rarely: a force for action
or more rarely: a force for action