Perhaps no country in the world is capable of yielding so large a return for agriculture.

He was oppressed by the sense of failure and disappointment and felt inclined to despise himself for his weakness in yielding so easily.

Oh, yes, I do; I prove I do by saying that you were probably right in yielding so absolutely to that overwhelming influence.

Because you couldn't very well count souls as chattels yielding so much income to the owner: it would not be polite toward the Lord, say.