She paused at the kitchen door, caught her breath, told herself firmly that the opium was only an attempt to frighten her and went into the kitchen, where Glendora was eyeing the chickens dismally and Maude was cleaning lamp chimneys.

" She does not, because of this, evade the duty imposed on her of proclaiming humbly but firmly the entire moral law, both natural and evangelical.

She firmly dismissed rumours that had persisted for 30 years that she was a lesbian, that had started after she interviewed rock musician Joan Armatrading in 1978, saying that this was not true and had probably dissuaded men from approaching her.

She is placed firmly in the imperialist literature of nineteenth-century England, and inspired by Rider Haggard's experiences of South Africa and British colonialism.

However, the story of She is firmly ensconced in what fantasy theorists call ' primary world reality ', with the lost kingdom of Kôr, the realm ruled by the supernatural She, a fantastic " Tertiary World " at once directly part of and at the same time indirectly set apart from normative " primary " reality.

She is set firmly in the imperialist literature of the late-Victorian period.

She firmly supported President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq, and campaigned for Bush in the contiguous United States.

She firmly maintained that stance until her death in 1997, age 91.

She awarded him all of Ye Meru Qemas in the hopes of binding him firmly to her son and herself.

She was an easy target as she held no political value: Edessa was firmly in enemy hands.

She set about writing several books, including Isis Unveiled ( 1877 ) in which she introduced the terms Left-Hand Path and Right-Hand Path, firmly stating that she herself followed the RHP, and that followers of the LHP were practitioners of Black Magic who were a threat to society.

She firmly embraces standard procedure in her work, which causes friction with Blackwood and his chaotic and eccentric work habits.

She was a stern, rather joyless person, and a Campbellite who who firmly believed in overcooked, bland food.

She asserts that this historical approach to myth firmly belongs in the nineteenth century.

In her memoirs, Katharine Graham, then the newspaper's publisher, wrote of him: “ My life would have been a lot simpler had Nicholas von Hoffman not appeared in the paper .” She added, however, that " I firmly believed that he belonged at the Post.

She has a striking sense of perspective, and great eye for detail, planting the objects firmly in three dimensional space.

She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927 as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 ( prologue only ) and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role.

She repeatedly places her chin firmly on Alice's shoulder, which Alice finds disturbing as well as uncomfortable, as the Duchess has a very sharp, pointy chin.

She grabs the candle back and firmly orders him to leave and respect her privacy, since she needs time to grieve, not fret over the ghosts and superstitions over candles.

She firmly believes in finding retired racehorses new careers and loving homes once their racing careers have ended.

She held Jonathan's letter, his words burning like a brand, and knew suddenly that the bonds between them were severed.

She held herself that way and turned her head towards them and laughed and winked.

She held out her hand to show that she had money.

She had held to the letter of her contract and didn't come onto the stage until well after 4 p.m., the appointed hour, although the Music at Newport people had tried to get the program underway at 3.

She convinced him that he ought to be a member of some of the small tea-drinking parties she held at her rooms and in the end he complied with her wishes, although it was only rarely that he added anything to the random conversations.

She held high moral principles and, despite her shyness in company, was prepared to argue for her beliefs.

She tried to flee, but he coiled around her legs and held her arms tightly against her sides as he raped her.

She was held against her will and repeatedly raped.

She was transferred from Mauthausen to the notorious women's concentration camp at Ravensbruck, located 50 miles from Berlin, where unbeknownst to Gemma at the time, her daughter Yolanda ( whose husband also died in the camps ) and baby grandson were also held for a year in a separate barrack.

She was the daughter of citrus fruit magnate John A. Snively, who held extensive properties both in Winter Haven and in Waycross ; Parsons ' father was a famous World War II flying ace, decorated with the Air Medal, who was present at the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

She held her first Council in the Great Hall ( The Old Palace ) of Hatfield.

She decided that an ecumenical council needed to be held to address the issue of iconoclasm and directed this request to Pope Hadrian I ( 772 – 795 ) in Rome.

She held various positions in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, notably president in 1975 and chair of the executive committee of the board of directors in 1976.

She was consequently named Assistant Professor of Egyptology at the University College of London in 1924, a post she held until her retirement in 1935.

She appointed Gardiner to the council and made him both Bishop of Winchester and Lord Chancellor, offices he held until his death in November 1555.

She is also a co-founder of Broadway Barks, an annual animal adopt-a-thon held in New York City.

She held a low estimation of her writing abilities.

" She further held that to be is to be something, that " existence is identity.

She held that perception, being physiologically determined, is incapable of error.

" She held that the former is good, and the latter evil, and that there is a fundamental difference between them.

" She opposed involuntary military conscription, but also thought those who avoided being drafted should be held criminally liable.

She held this position until she retired in 1988.

She is charitable enough to pity Edward for being held to a loveless engagement by his gentlemanly honour.

She was elected to the Helsinki City Council, a position she held continuously for five terms from 1977 to 1996.