to drag someone kicking and screaming

He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him.

Your Honours! The Governor General of Huai-an, His Excellency Shih K’o-fa, and the Military Governor of Feng-yang, His Excellency Ma Shih- ying, have both arrived.

Forms sphered in fire with trembling light array'd, / Ens without weight, and substance without shade […] .