To this effect I had already severed all connections which bound me to my former existence.

As far as I was concerned, she had already and had dandily shown what she could do.

He already had that slow pace that comes over the elderly, while she herself had all the signs of one who appreciates the joys of living.

and Robinson Roy, who had gone down this line ten minutes before to set a new depth record for the free dive, was already back on the surface.

But though the Southern States, when drafting a constitution to unite themselves, narrowed the difference to this fine point by omitting to assert the right to secede, the fact remained that by seceding from the Union they had already acted on the concept that it was composed primarily of sovereign states.

It is a weakness of Gabriel's analysis that he never seems to realize that his so-called fundamental law had already been cut loose from its foundations when it was adapted to democracy.

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.

When May came the Caravan had already crossed the Equator.

Esther, mistaking my hesitation, assured me that the hospital expense would be taken care of by a leading merchant in Strasbourg whom she had already approached.

These chatty merchants made amusing and instructive traveling companions, for their business took them to all four corners of the globe, and Florentine gossip had already reached a high stage of development as even a cursory glance at the Inferno will prove.

Both Alfred Harcourt and Donald Brace had written him enthusiastic praise of Elmer Gantry ( any changes could be made in proof, which was already coming from the printer ) and they had ordered 140,000 copies -- the largest first printing of any book in history.

This time, added to that which I had already spent in school prior to my induction in 1954, makes a total of twenty-two ( 22 ) years of education.

It was not so much that the shot had stunned the audience, as that they had been stunned already.

The front of their column had already passed us, when another officer came riding down the side of the road, not five paces from where we were.

They had already lost most of their corn, she thought.

The news of battle on Breed's Hill had already seeped through, and New York itself was now left in the hands of the local Provincial Congress.

He had already been studying the Bible ; ;

But when I saw that it was already ten past seven, I began to wonder if something had gone wrong.

At the outset, the Government's spokesman explained that counsel for the Government and for Du Pont had already held preliminary discussions with a view to arriving at a relief plan that both sides could recommend to the court.

The experiments of Romagnosi and others have already been noted but no one had determined the cause-and-effect relationship between these two primary forces.

As a teen she already manifested the traits, as she described, of " both a realist and a perfectionist, pursued by an uncompromising passion for carrying through.

His passion for Irish, already a language in severe decline, led him to found the Gaelic League, or in Irish, Conradh na Gaedhilge, in the hope of saving it from extinction.

Duva, already enamored with the world of boxing, felt his passion for that sport increase every time he visited Stillman's.

Whereas Haig had few interests outside military affairs, Allenby had already developed a passion for poetry, ornithology, travel and botany.

Here we should " be for ever testing new opinions, never acquiescing in a facile orthodoxy "; and of these, a passion for the arts, " a desire of beauty ", has ( in the summary of one of Pater's editors ) " the greatest potential for staving off the sense of transience, because in the arts the perceptions of highly sensitive minds are already ordered ; we are confronted with a reality already refined and we are able to reach the personality behind the work ".

To prevent the butterflies from laying too many eggs on any single plant, some passion flowers bear small colored nubs which resemble the butterflies ' eggs and seem to fool them into believing that more eggs have already been deposited on a plant than actually is the case.

Miguel Senna Fernandes, a lawyer by profession and Patuá supporter by passion, has said that Patuá was " not yet dead, but the archaic form of Patuá has already died ," adding that " modern " Patuá could be considered a " dialect derived from archaic Patuá.

If you ’ re reading this you probably already know that it is my declared passion to mash samples together on my MPC, so the logical first step was to issue the callout: “ send me your sounds !”

When the strike ended, Moore had already decided where his passion in life arose, and left the bank for good.

His passion for photography began very early-at 7 years old, he was already developing his black and white work in a lab.

Rowan, already a popular figure with the club's supporters due to his passion, candour and trademark ponytail, gained even more respect by remaining with Airdrieonians and incurring substantial personal losses whilst trying to steer the club away from liquidation despite the fact that the rest of the board had resigned amid finger-pointing and acrimony in an attempt to avoid reproach and financial liabilities.

Flying was also a passion, and while 16 years old ( still too young for a pilot's licence ) he had already accumulated over 60 hours solo flight.

His passion for geographical research displayed itself from early years: at age of twelve he was already amusing himself by drawing maps for Latin authors.

Notwithstanding the disparity of their ages, she appears to have lived in perfect harmony with the old king for some years, and had already borne him one child, a daughter called Phila, when it was discovered that her stepson Antiochus was deeply enamoured of her, and Seleucus, in order to save the life of his son, which was endangered by the violence of his passion, in 294 BC gave up Stratonice in marriage to the young prince, whom he at the same time constituted king of the eastern provinces.

You've already sent your daughter to Miss X's select academy for girls and your son to Mr. Y's select academy for boys, and you can be as liberal as you please with strict impunity.

If we grasp this opportunity to build an age of productive partnership between the less fortunate nations and those that have already achieved a high state of economic advancement, we will make brighter the outlook for a world order based upon security and freedom.

By this time, as we shall see, the Tories were already planning to `` punish '' Steele for his political writing by expelling him from the House of Commons.

In the eyes of those who still cared for such things, it was a reflection on his honor, and it gave further grounds for complaint to his overtaxed subjects, who were already grumbling -- although probably not in Latin -- `` Non est lex sana Quod regi sit mea lana ''.

The evident contradiction between the rosy picture of Russia's progress painted by the Communist party's program and the enormous dangers for all humanity posed by Premier Khrushchev's Berlin policy has already led to speculation abroad that the program may be severely altered.

His suggestion that the prestige colleges be made the training institutions for medical, law and graduate schools will run into strong opposition from these colleges themselves -- even though what he is recommending is already taking shape as a trend.

These gentlemen already have done the party harm by their seeming reluctance to vote aid for the depressed areas and by their criticism of Mr. Kennedy for talking about a recession and unemployment.

It has already been reported in your newspapers that the East Greenwich School Committee is considering additions to at least one elementary school and to the high school to insure future accommodations for a school population that we know will increase.

CTA regulars already subsidize transportation for school children, policemen, and firemen.

When Alex entered his room, the doctor was already preparing a nest in the straw case, six eggs ready for the hen's attentions.

Times Square, when I ascended to it with my fellow subway travellers ( all dressed as if for a huge wedding in a family of which we were all distant members ), was nearly impassable, the sidewalks swarming with celebrants, with bundled up sailors and soldiers already hugging their girls and their rationed bottles of whiskey.

efforts, as I see it, which are being directed, by the way, toward support for future actions, not for those already past.

Some families already have held weekend rehearsals in their home shelters to learn the problems and to determine for themselves what supplies they would need.

On this basis, our already substantial budget for research and development has been further increased in recent years in order to finance the continuing engineering and design work essential to Leesona's future growth in sales and earnings.

Many mills have already placed firm orders for this machine.