The young William Faulkner in New Orleans in the 1920's impressed the novelist Hamilton Basso as obviously conscious of being a Southerner, and there is no evidence that since then he has ever considered himself any less so.

Jim Borgman had graduated from Kenyon before Watterson arrived, but his work as a political cartoonist so impressed Bill that he decided to pursue a career as one himself.

She impressed the Pope so much that he returned his administration to Rome in January 1377.

The symbolism of Camelot so impressed Alfred, Lord Tennyson that he wrote up a prose sketch on the castle as one of his earliest attempts to treat the Arthurian legend.

King Amanullah was so impressed with the social progress of Europe that he tried to implement them right away, this met with heavy resistance from the conservative sect and eventually lead to his demise.

Husserl was so impressed by Brentano that he decided to dedicate his life to philosophy ; indeed, Franz Brentano is often credited as being his most important influence, e. g., with regard to intentionality.

In Vienna Eugene's attitude was dismissed as the arrogance of a young upstart, but so impressed was the Emperor by his passion for the Imperial cause he promoted him to Field-Marshal in 1693.

The two so impressed each other that Gallegina asked for and was given permission to adopt the statesman's name.

According to Lang, propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels called Lang to his offices to inform him that The Testament of Dr Mabuse was being banned but that he was nevertheless so impressed by Lang's abilities as a filmmaker ( especially Metropolis ), he was offering Lang a position as the head of German film studio UFA.

Henry Saperstein ( whose company UPA co-produced the 1965 film Frankenstein Conquers the World and the 1966 film War of the Gargantuas with Toho ) was so impressed with the octopus sequence that he requested the creature to appear in these two productions.

The queen herself was an avid reader of all of George Eliot's novels, being so impressed with Adam Bede that she commissioned the artist Edward Henry Corbould to paint scenes from the book.

The work was subsequently performed and so impressed those who heard it that the mayor of Leipzig himself approached Telemann and commissioned him to regularly compose works for the city's two main churches ( Thomaskirche and Nikolaikirche ).

When Mary Pickford visited Hawks at basic training, his superior officers were so impressed that they promoted him to flight instructor and sent him to Texas to teach new recruits.

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.

Ermey suggests that soldiers at the time were so impressed with the new vehicles that they informally named it after Eugene the Jeep, a character in the Popeye cartoons created by E. C. Segar.

Otsuka was so impressed with this that he visited Funakoshi many times during his stay.

They were so impressed with his style and commitment that they acknowledged him as a high-ranking instructor.

De Niro was impressed with how the film had so accurately captured life in Little Italy ; De Niro had grown up on Bleecker Street, the northern boundary of Little Italy at the time.

King Mangra was so impressed that he allegedly remarked, " Every part of the Thai is blessed with venom.

He was so impressed with the weapon that he purchased 10 on the spot for $ 1, 500 apiece.

El " Chucho " was so impressed with Benny's musical ability that he referred to him as " El Barbaro del Ritmo ".

Cardinal Raffaele Riario, to whom Lorenzo had sold it, discovered that it was a fraud, but was so impressed by the quality of the sculpture that he invited the artist to Rome.

Livron was so impressed with Paganini's playing that he refused to take it back.

Foster intended to submit this portfolio to an architectural school in the hope of gaining, however inadvertently Beardstow was so impressed with the drawings he promoted the young Foster to the drawing department of the practice.

The soldiers were so moved and impressed that some even threw themselves on the funeral pyre to die with their Emperor.

With this excuse I have never been much impressed.

Bertrain H. Wait, an engineer whose company had worked on the construction of the New York Cities Catskill Aqueduct, was impressed with the durability of Rosendale cement, and came up with a blend of both Rosendale and synthetic cements which had the good attributes of both: it was highly durable and had a much faster setting time.

According to Moore's recounting, AIM impressed the UK which imported these ideas when establishing in 1969 The Open University, which initially relied on radio and television broadcasts for much of its delivery.

In precise adjunct to accurately focus the late Flew's stated position, Flew has concluded his book, There Is A God, wherein he credits Gerald Schroeder at length, with these final words: " I am very much impressed the case for Christianity ... Is it possible that there can be divine revelation?

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.

The prototype impressed Bushnell and Dabney so much that they felt it could be a profitable product and decided to test its marketability.

Robyn's performances impressed Meja so much so that she contacted her management and a meeting was arranged with Robyn and her parents.

Sam Phillips remembered being much more impressed with Orbison's mastery of the guitar than his voice ; a ballad Orbison wrote called " The Clown " was met with lukewarm appreciation at best.

A common misconception is that the Doctor Who production team at BBC Wales were so impressed by how much more resilient the toy sonic screwdriver was than the real prop, that they obtained moulds of the original prototype of the toy to use in the 2006 series, in fact, this was not the case.

One of the guest analysts for the network's studio pregame show was former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden ; he impressed CBS executives so much that he replaced Brookshier as lead game analyst in 1981.

At the time, Adolf Hitler was not particularly impressed by the V-2 ; he pointed out that it was merely an artillery shell with a longer range and much higher cost.

Proudhon was selected out of several candidates, primarily due to the fact that his income was much lower than the others, and the judges were extremely impressed by his writing, and the level of education he had given himself while working as an artisan.

Croft had been very impressed with the actor and knew that he had the ability to play a man much older than his real age.

He met with al-Husayni, who was impressed by him, at his office in Cairo ; however, much to Nasser's disappointment, the Egyptian Government refused to allow him to join al-Husayni's forces.

In April 1833 Edward Henty, returning to Van Diemen's Land from Spencer Gulf called in to Portland for a cargo of oil, and was much impressed.

The Children of Ilúvatar are first mentioned here, the future home of the Children ( Arda – ‘ the Realm ’, i. e. the Earth ) is spotted, and some positively fascinating advice is given: don ’ t read too much into the relative size of the Earth as compared to the entire Universe, or be overly impressed with the immensity of Space compared to, say, the delicacy and complexity of design in a mustard seed.

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.

I've certainly never written anything that says as much and I'd be most impressed if he ever surpasses it himself.

Despite his break with the Communist Party, he visited the Soviet Union in 1925, and again in 1934, and was much impressed on both visits.

She then impressed director George Abbott so much that Abbott combined her role with a larger part, resulting in the character of Gladys Hotchkiss.

When their colonel reached the remains of their company, this display of courage and loyalty impressed him so much that Lamarck was promoted to officer on the spot.

His performance as Mr Squales in London Belongs to Me ( 1948 ) impressed Alec Guinness so much that he based his own performance in The Ladykillers ( 1955 ) on it, and is often mistaken for Sim as a consequence.