He had looked over my forms and was impressed by what he had seen there ; ;

I realized, now, that she had been showing me, in what impressed me as being a very accurate way, something her mother had once said to her ; ;

Eusebius said, “ The Creator of all things has impressed a natural law upon the soul of every man, as an assistant and ally in his conduct, pointing out to him the right way by this law ; but, by the free liberty with which he is endowed, making the choice of what is best worthy of praise and acceptance, because he has acted rightly, not by force, but from his own free-will, when he had it in his power to act otherwise, As, again, making him who chooses what is worst, deserving of blame and punishment, as having by his own motion neglected the natural law, and becoming the origin and fountain of wickedness, and misusing himself, not from any extraneous necessity, but from free will and judgment.

It is said that the meticulous mathematical procedures impressed Ebbinghaus so much that he wanted to do for psychology what Fechner had done for psychophysics.

I was just telling myself that, since I was impressed, there had to be some impression in it ... and what freedom, what ease of workmanship!

In particular, Ribbentrop acquired the habit of listening carefully to what Hitler was saying, memorizing the Führer's pet ideas, and then later presenting Hitler's ideas as his own – a practice that much impressed Hitler as proving Ribbentrop was an ideal National Socialist diplomat.

Mao later noted that Chen's adoption of Marxism " deeply impressed me at what was probably a critical period in my life.

Although movie critic Roger Ebert was not impressed with most of the other actors, he writes in his review, " ... we discover once again what a warm and engaging actor Peter Falk is.

Rilke was so impressed with her playing that he wrote in a letter: " What a sound, what richness, what determination.

Shelley and Devoto were impressed by what they saw and arranged for the Sex Pistols to come and perform at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester, in June 1976.

Evidently Otto III was impressed with what he saw and he decided that Poland should be treated as a kingdom on par with Germany and Italy, not merely as a tributary duchy like Bohemia.

Although Stevenson's eloquent oratory and thoughtful, stylish demeanor impressed many intellectuals and members of the nation's academic community, the Republicans and some working-class Democrats ridiculed what they perceived as his indecisive, aristocratic air.

According to Cicero, Themistocles wasn't much impressed with the poet's invention: " I would rather a technique of forgetting, for I remember what I would rather not remember and cannot forget what I would rather forget.

In 1720, surveyors inspecting the roof, following a rumour that it was no longer safe, were both surprised and impressed at what they discovered.

While studying at the École des Beaux-Arts, he seems to have taken scant interest in the new Impressionist movement, nor was he impressed by what he perceived as the classical pretensions of the French Academy.

The first visit to Casa Malpais by a professional anthropologist was in 1883, when Frank Cushing, an anthropologist living at Zuni, visited a site at " El Valle Redondo on the Colorado Chiquito ", and was impressed by what he termed " the fissure type pueblo " he found there.

The London Express claimed that this realism is what makes the book appealing: “ It is a cruel, merciless story, intensely clever in its realism, and one that will remain impressed in the memory of the reader for many a long day ”.

Willis, impressed, tells Sperry to run along and listens as Booth says he'll explain what happened ... someday.

" John Fogerty, the song's composer, was impressed by Burke's version of his song: " Two thousand miles away this man had crawled right up inside my head to learn what Proud Mary was all about.

Dickson invited Dylan to hear the band's rendition at World Pacific and the singer-songwriter was apparently impressed by what he heard, enthusiastically commenting " Wow, You can dance to that!

Chandler was impressed with what he heard in the studio, and after seeing the band live the following day, offered to manage them.

Now under me I could see him for what he really was, a boy dressed up in streaks of paint.

Later I would remember what this pompous little man had told me about the worth of a ticket.

When I asked him what, if anything, I could do about it, he surprised me by referring me to the director of the hall.

At once my ears were drowned by a flow of what I took to be Spanish, but -- the driver's white teeth flashing at me, the road wildly veering beyond his glistening hair, beyond his gesticulating bottle -- it could have been the purest Oxford English I was half hearing ; ;

If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied on what to do, and now I understand why they are classics ; ;

I myself was fond of him but what a young woman half his age saw in him was a mystery to me.

And to prove what you tell him about me you suggest that he keep the date instead.

I felt that he looked at me coldly and appraisingly and seemed to be uncertain what his attitude towards me should be, but he did not say one word which might indicate that he had been told of advances to his wife.

`` But that's what he told me.

It took me a moment to realize what was odd about that panel: there was a gimbaled compass welded to it, which rocked gently back and forth as the Land Rover bounced about.

There was something about his face that disturbed me and it took several seconds to realize what.

When confronted with a drunk or an insane person I have no notion of what any one of them might do to me or to himself or to others.

I realize, in taking this stand, just what it means to me and mine ''.

I fled, however, not from what might have been the natural fear of being unable to disguise from you that the things about my bridegroom -- in the sense you meant the word `` things '' -- which you had been galvanizing yourself to tell me as a painful part of your maternal duty were things which I had already insisted upon finding out for myself ( despite, I may now say, the unspeakable awkwardness of making the discovery on principle, yes, on principle, and in cold blood ) because I was resolved, as a modern woman, not to be a mollycoddle waiting for Life but to seize Life by the throat.

My own stern hand has rent the ancient bond, And thereof shall the ending not have end: But not for me, that loved her, to be fond Lightly to please me with a newer friend Then hold it more than bravest-feathered song, That I affirm to thee, with heart of pride, I knew not what did to a friend belong Till I stood up, true friend, by thy true side ; ;

There had been something sinister about him that warned me against him, -- I had never felt that way about any other boy, -- but when he uttered his name on the telephone I had forgotten this and I was glad to do what he asked of me.

Those famous lines of the Greek Anthology with which a fading beauty dedicates her mirror at the shrine of a goddess reveal a wise attitude: `` Venus, take my votive glass, Since I am not what I was, What from this day I shall be, Venus, let me never see ''.

Sir -- Permit me to commend your editorial in which you stress the fact that a program of county colleges will substantially increase local tax burdens and that taxpayers have a right to a clear idea of what such a program would commit them to.

A few days before I saw your mention of what Texas Liberals were doing to promote `` Louis Capet '' ( The Week '', June 3 ), another analogy had occurred to me.

Let me tell you what happened to me today.