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It was, I felt, possible that they were men who, having received no tickets for that day, had remained in the hall, to sleep perhaps, in the corners farthest removed from the counter with its overhead light.
Poor where they had once been rich, humbled where they had been arrogant, having no longer any hope of sharing in the leadership of the nation, the rebels who would not surrender in spirit drew comfort from the sympathy they felt extended to them by the mother country.
He issued his Emancipation Proclamation only when he felt that necessity left him no other way to save the Union.
Sir -- I read of a man who felt he should not build a fallout shelter in his home because it would be selfish for him to sit secure while his neighbors had no shelters.
At these times he felt a kind of pain in his upper chest, but it was an objective pain, in no way different from others in intensity and not different in kind ; ;
Although the armored vest fitted the upper part of his body snugly, he felt no security.
It was a thrill he felt no part in.
He wanted no part of the emotions of the exchange, no memory of the joy and gratitude that other men felt.
He could no longer build anything, whether a private residence in his Pennsylvania county or a church in Brazil, without it being obvious that he had done it, and while here and there he was taken to task for again developing the same airy technique, they were such fanciful and sometimes even playful buildings that the public felt assured by its sense of recognition after a time, a quality of authentic uniqueness about them, which, once established by an artist as his private vision, is no longer disputable as to its other values.
Naturally, Viola had no wish to remain, but she felt she couldn't leave so soon after her arrival, in all politeness to her host.
Reverently and raised their eyes, as if they were at a loss to describe how they felt about Kafka, which they were, because they had no opinions about Kafka, not having read Kafka.
For no particular reason, other than that the writer felt it might -- just might -- encourage both mates to be in attendance.
They knew that I was still grieving over the tragic event, and they felt that if I could see the recovery and the spirit of the people, who hold no grudge, but who also regret Pearl Harbor, I would be happier and would understand better a new Japan.
He felt no anger towards Kitti, no sense that she had betrayed him.
When no one smiled, he felt constrained to add, `` Just kidding, natch ''.
No doubt Mrs. Meeker had snubbed him many a time and he felt no grief over her passing.
The President and his advisers felt that the time might have come to warn Premier Khrushchev against a grave miscalculation in areas such as Berlin, Iran or Latin America from which there would be no turning back.
To his Harvard colleague, Josiah Royce, whose philosophic position differed radically from his own, James could write, `` Different as our minds are, yours has nourished mine, as no other social influence ever has, and in converse with you I have always felt that my life was being lived importantly ''.
And Alexander sobbed like a girl for the dreams he had had, and he felt no shame.
She felt the lash bite and heard her father say in crazed monosyllables words which had no meaning, like, `` unnnt!!
I felt no conflict between what I was doing and my strict religious upbringing.

felt and physical
The book describes the German soldiers ' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.
The earliest Buddhist texts explain that the four primary material elements are the sensory qualities solidity, fluidity, temperature, and mobility ; their characterization as earth, water, fire, and air, respectively, is declared an abstraction — instead of concentrating on the fact of material existence, one observes how a physical thing is sensed, felt, perceived.
Marx's children, particularly his son Arthur, felt strongly that Fleming was pushing their weak father beyond his physical and mental limits.
Throughout his life he felt inadequate and socially awkward because of his depression, and was constantly bothered by his physical appearance.
Today we would call this the disciplinary method of " natural consequences " since, like modern psychologists, Rousseau felt that children learn right and wrong through experiencing the consequences of their acts rather than through physical punishment.
The Phoenix Force returned to Earth when it felt the mind of a human transcend the physical realm, a mind that resonated with the Phoenix Force's energy.
His physical education teacher and basketball coach at Mary Hill Junior High School felt he was better suited to be a distance runner and encouraged him to take up the sport.
In addition to making harmonic use of the modes of limited transposition, he cited the harmonic series as a physical phenomenon which provides chords with a context which he felt to be missing in purely serial music.
Before signing the group, the label's president, Harold Robinson, was unimpressed with the physical looks of Holt, telling staff he felt Holt was " too dark and too unattractive " to be the lead singer.
This may be achieved by tricking the mind into believing that the present suffering being felt is caused by the self-harm instead of the issues they were facing previously: the physical pain therefore acts as a distraction from the original emotional pain.
The only quality for which she felt herself appreciated, and over which she had control, was her physical appearance, so she started cultivating this as the primary source of her self-esteem.
Although some commentators feel that this passage referred to a physical miracle, where Abraham was physically shown the entire kingdom of Heaven, others have felt that it refers to the spiritual understanding of Abraham ; these latter scholars maintain that the Chaldeans were skilled in the observance of the stars, but Abraham, who lived amongst them, saw beyond the physical world and into a higher spiritual realm.
Echoing Wallerstein's global perspective to an extent, imperial historian Bernard Porter views Britain's adoption of formal imperialism as a symptom and an effect of her relative decline in the world, and not of strength: " Stuck with outmoded physical plants and outmoded forms of business organization, now felt the less favorable effects of being the first to modernize.
From its creation the subject matter of larceny has been tangible personal property, with a physical existence: items that can be seen, held, and felt ( or in technical terms, property that has a “ corporeal existence ”).
The reasons it occurs more frequently in the elderly is felt to be due to an increasing number of health problems as humans age and decreased physical activity.
Ascites is detected on physical examination of the abdomen by visible bulging of the flanks in the reclining patient (" flank bulging "), " shifting dullness " ( difference in percussion note in the flanks that shifts when the patient is turned on the side ) or in massive ascites with a " fluid thrill " or " fluid wave " ( tapping or pushing on one side will generate a wave-like effect through the fluid that can be felt in the opposite side of the abdomen ).
The writer Denis de Rougemont felt that the first part of the poem portrayed Rose as an idealised figure, while the second part portrayed her as a more physical and sensual being.
Her mother was the former Minnie Lee Pattillo ( 1874 – 1918 ), an opera lover who felt out of place in Karnack and who was often in " poor emotional and physical health.
LR 51 a man who had a physical age of 22 years but a mental age of only 9 years felt provoked by homosexual advances and killed his perceived attacker.
Guy Debord's truest intention was to unify two different factors of " ambiance " that, he felt, determined the values of the urban landscape: the soft ambiance – light, sound, time, the association of ideas – with the hard, the actual physical constructions.
Out of the anger Charles felt for Rupert, he engages in a physical fight with him.
Teitelbaum, however, felt that any participation in the Israeli government, even voting in elections, was a grave sin, because it contributes to the spiritual and physical destruction of innocent people.
Though he claims that he suffered no physical punishment as a schoolboy, violence was felt in ghastly mind-games, and in the teacher's cruelty: hence the line " bastard headmaster ".

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