This, he was sure, was the way they would act ; ;

That night he dreamed a dream violent with passion, in which he and the Woman, now the teacher, did everything except engage in the act ( and this probably only because he had never engaged in the act in reality ), and when he awoke the next morning his heart was afire.

Lincoln saw that the act of secession made the issue for the Union a vital one: Whether it was a Union of sovereign citizens that should continue to live, or an association of sovereign states that must fall prey either to `` anarchy or despotism ''.

If an automobile were approaching him, he would know what was required of him, even though he might not be able to act quickly enough.

The first act of Adoniram and Samuel on reaching Calcutta was to report at the police station, a necessity when landing in East India Company territory.

As it was the custom of that alert colony to take over the property of persons asking for protection, this was an act roughly equivalent to throwing open the door to a pack of wolves and saying `` Come and get it ''.

the mere fact that he was selected, though as a substitute, to act as interlocutor or moderator for it, or perhaps we should say with Buck as ' father of the act ', is in itself a difficult phase of his development to grasp.

Milton was to act as the archfool, the supreme wit, the lightly bantering pater, Pater Liber, who could at once trip lightly over that which deserved such treatment, or could at will annihilate the common enemies of the college gathering, and with words alone.

In each case there was an initial act of violence.

The public appeal by the new Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Cicognani, for renewed efforts toward Eastern and Western reunion was still another remarkable act.

He did not really want to kill, but as in the sexual act, there was a moment when the impulse took over and could not be downed, even while you watched yourself giving way to it.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

Eugene was not entirely silent, or openly rude -- unless asking Harold to move to another chair and placing himself in the fauteuil that creaked so alarmingly was an act of rudeness.

Its building was first proposed in 1791, when a group of citizens, mostly Newburyport men, petitioned the General Court for an act of incorporation.

In one debate he supported the freedom of judgment as opposed to dogma, in another he held that the practice of science was in fact an act of religious worship.

In establishing criterion measurements, it was therefore thought best to broaden the scope beyond the reading act itself.

Even though in civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 the provision for the Attorney General to act was eliminated, should we nevertheless support such a clause??

This recommendation was based on the fact that the hymen was not the only barrier to smooth consummation of the sex act.

These trials were properly termed `` political cases '' in that the trial itself was a political act producing political consequences.

The first figure, which represents Eurydice in flames and smoke, in the act of leaving Hades, was completed towards the close of his sixteenth year.

The first two acts were successfully premièred in Zürich in 1937, but for personal reasons Helene Berg subsequently imposed a ban on any attempt to " complete " the final act, which Berg had in fact completed in particell ( short score ) format.

Albéniz never completed Lancelot ( only the first act is finished, as a vocal and piano score ), and he never began Guinevere, the final part.

On 1 May, Goebbels completed his sole official act as Chancellor of Germany ( Reichskanzler ).

He had begun to act as a steward of his father's properties by 1780, but this completed his takeover.

Robyn completed a short US tour to promote Robyn, and was the supporting act for Madonna's Sticky & Sweet Tour at select European dates in 2008.

As soon as that tribune was no longer present, the act could be completed as if there had never been a veto.

" Guidelines on the reporting of suicides in Ireland were introduced recently which attempt to remove any positive connotations the act might have ( e. g. using the term " completed " rather than " successful " when describing a suicide attempt which resulted in a death ).

By April 1981, a revised script was completed that moved the character's death to the movie's final act.

If a robbery is foiled before it can be completed, an alternative offence under section 8 ( 2 ) of the 1968 Act is assault ; any act which intentionally or recklessly causes another to fear the immediate and unlawful use of force, with an intent to rob, will suffice.

The nonprofit arm of Financial Executives International ( FEI ), Financial Executives Research Foundation ( FERF ), completed extensive research studies to help support the foundations of the act.

It was never completed ; Bizet later adapted a theme from its final act as the basis of his 1875 overture, Patrie.

He completed ( but later destroyed ) another opera, Ero e Leandro, and left incomplete a further opera, Nerone, which he had been working at, on and off, between 1877 and 1915 ; excluding its last act, for which Boito left only a few sketches, Nerone was finished after his death by Arturo Toscanini and Vincenzo Tommasini and premiered at La Scala, 1924.

Additionally, barristers who have completed the Bar Council's " Public Access " course can take instructions directly from members of the public, although there are some limitations on the type of work that can be done this way: for example, such barristers cannot take control of the conduct of litigation nor can they act in matrimonial matters.

The act had called for construction of county buildings to start within one year of the county's formation ; but in practice this did not start until 1824, and the first courthouse was completed on the Rockville town square in 1826.

Once the du ' a has been completed, it is most common for the supplicant to wipe their face with their hands, and this act signals the end of the du ’ a.

As Kurumada had completed his manga in 1991, its third act was finally adapted to anime, releasing the episodes as OVAs, starting in 2003 and finishing in 2008, at last adapting Kurumada's manga completely to anime.

He wrote a large amount of act 1 and completed it during a trip to Algiers in 1874.

The partially constructed structure creates a cantilever, but the completed structure does not act as a cantilever.

The group completed the tour as a three-piece act, and said farewell to the fans with the final gig in London's Royal Albert Hall on 18 June 1985.

" Unhappily, Parker failed to commission anyone to act as supervisory editor for the work completed by the various translators — and was too busy to do so himself, and accordingly translation practice varies greatly from book to book.

However, the city was keen to keep trade within its limits, and improvements to High Bridge, which were completed by 1795, were authorised as part of the Horncastle Canal act of 1792.

Bonnet's metaphysical theory is based on two principles borrowed from Leibniz: first, that there are not successive acts of creation, but that the universe is completed by the single original act of the divine will, and thereafter moves on by its own inherent force ; and secondly, that there is no break in the continuity of existence.

The " Sabre Dance " ( Suserov par ) is a movement in the final act of the ballet Gayane, written by Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian and completed in 1942.