All 3 Uses of
oblige
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- If a man had stolen a pound in his youth and had used that pound to amass a huge fortune how much was he obliged to give back, the pound he had stolen only or the pound together with the compound interest accruing upon it or all his huge fortune?†
Chpt 3 *
- It is on record that the devil himself, when asked the question by a certain soldier, was obliged to confess that if a whole mountain were thrown into the burning ocean of hell it would be burned up In an instant like a piece of wax.†
Chpt 3
- It was with difficulty that he won back his old consciousness of his state of grace by telling himself that he had prayed to God at every temptation and that the grace which he had prayed for must have been given to him inasmuch as God was obliged to give it.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(oblige as in: I am obliged by law.) require (obligate) to do something