She brought up her free hand to hit him, but this time he was quicker.

And that is the way I first saw her when my Uncle brought her into his antique store.

In the following year her father undertook to give a course in Hebrew theology to Johns Hopkins students, and this brought to the Szold house a group of bright young Jews who had come to Baltimore to study, and who enjoyed being fed and mothered by Mamma and entertained by Henrietta and Rachel, who played and sang for them in the upstairs sitting room on Sunday evenings.

He brought her shawls.

It had been whispered privately that she had smiled in the congregation, and the Governor Prence sent to knoe her business, and command, after punishment as the bench see fit, her departure and also anyone who brought her to the place from which she came ' ''.

The commotion had brought her into the wings.

The week after Manassas the sound of horses in the yard brought Kate up in shock from an afternoon's rest when she saw the Federal soldiers from her upstairs window.

She grasped the chair arms and brought her thin body upright, like a bird alert for flight.

`` My nephews will be coming down '', she said that evening as Angelina brought her dinner into the dining room, the whole meal on a vast linen-covered tray.

`` Um '', said the old lady, and brought her eyes down to the tray.

Ejaculated the surprised woman, looking at Alex for an explanation but he, parting from her without ceremony, only offered a few words about the doctor's provincial American speech and a state of nerves brought on by the demands of his work.

He brought it in and put it down beside her.

So she brought the fish in whole, and she carried a lemon in her mouth.

She went downstairs and received another curious shock, for when Glendora flapped into the dining room in her homemade moccasins, Sarah asked her when she had brought coffee to her room and Glendora said she hadn't.

After the usual Honorable Sirs, it went on to say that there had been set off to the widow one full third part of the real estate of the deceased Salu Norberg, one lower room, on the Western side, privileges to the well and bake-oven and to one third of the cellar ( I can show you the cellar when we go up ), also one Cow Right, and lastly they set off to the widow her own land that she brought with her as dower, namely the Beech Pasture.

What followed the outburst brought almost breathless silence as Miss Sutherland revealed her mastery of a voice probably unique among sopranos today.

I make this observation about the lady, Miss Judy Garland, because she brought up the subject herself in telling a story about a British female reporter who flattered her terribly in London recently and then wrote in the paper the next day:

Those elegant `` At Home '' cards she sent out, now she could wear her pretty clothes again, and had the house all trimmed up, hadn't brought many callers in two whole months.

Miss Kizzie had been right snippy ever since they were married, though you'd have thought a namesake would have brought her round.

The historical drama film Jean de Florette ( 1986 ) and its sequel Manon des Sources ( 1986 ) were among the highest grossing French films in history and brought Daniel Auteuil international recognition.

He brought down a mini-budget in an attempt to slow consumption, control inflation and reduce the deficit, but it triggered the worst credit squeeze since 1945 — the economy was driven into recession, the stock market slumped, private investment, housing activity and motor vehicle sales fell, unemployment rose to almost 2 percent ( the highest rate since the Depression ) and several major companies collapsed.

The idea that specifically the interdependence between parts would have implications for the origins of living things was raised by writers starting with Pierre Gassendi in the mid 17th century and John Wilkins, who wrote ( citing Galen ), " Now to imagine, that all these things, according to their several kinds, could be brought into this regular frame and order, to which such an infinite number of Intentions are required, without the contrivance of some wise Agent, must needs be irrational in the highest degree.

A significant reduction in winter rainfall has been observed with a greater number of extreme rainfall events in the summer months, such as slow-moving storms on 8 February 1992 which brought of rain, the highest recorded in Perth, and a severe thunderstorm on 22 March 2010, which brought of rain and caused significant damage in the metropolitan area.

The family opposed amnesty for his killers on these grounds and brought a legal action in South Africa's highest court, arguing that the TRC was unconstitutional.

With this book, Zhu brought Chinese algebra to its highest level.

The film became one of the highest grossing films of the year, and the role of Judith Traherne brought her an Academy Award nomination.

Invoking the help of the community, the two local churches, and the surrounding Rockdale County residents, the Community Action Committee held protests and brought Ms. Bailey to court to try and have the water facilities removed from her due to the price of water, which was the highest in the country.

Although admission to the two highest " orders " ( ordines, the senators and equestrians ) potentially brought lifetime privileges that could be handed down to the next generation, the principle of inherited rank in general was weak.

Both Liszt and Richard Strauss worked in Germany, but while Liszt may have invented the symphonic poem and Strauss brought it to its highest point, overall the form was less well received there than in other countries.

This brought him, at 57, into the highest ranks of the German Army, reflected in his promotion to Lieutenant General ( Generalleutnant ).

The fall of Constantinople in 1453 brought an end to the highest quality Byzantine art, produced in the Imperial workshops there.

Reruns of the episode yielded some of the series ' highest ratings and brought the band's music back into the public consciousness ( following years of burial by the alternative rock climate ).

The three English artists credited with establishing watercolor as an independent, mature painting medium are Paul Sandby ( 1730 – 1809 ), often called " the father of the English watercolor ", Thomas Girtin ( 1775 – 1802 ), who pioneered its use for large format, romantic or picturesque landscape painting, and Joseph Mallord William Turner ( 1775 – 1851 ), who brought watercolor painting to the highest pitch of power and refinement and created with it hundreds of superb historical, topographical, architectural and mythological paintings.

The school's highest category score was an A in Investment Priorities, since Bryn Mawr invests in renewable energy funds, but the score was brought down by lower grades in categories like Green Building ( in which the school earned a D, since the campus currently features no green buildings ).

The " Century Flood " of 1976 and the " North Frisian Flood " of 1981 brought the highest water levels measured to date on the North Sea coast, but because of sea defences such as improved warning systems and dikes built and modified after the flood of 1962, these led only to property damage.

Rome conquered the town in 187 BC and brought it to its highest point of importance as an administrative centre for surrounding regions.

The year 2007 brought total operations at MacArthur down to 184, 760 but passenger enplanements increased to 1, 167, 515, MacArthur's highest passenger enplanements in the last 6 years.

In Glasgow, where Scotland's highest concentration of tenement dwellings can be found, the urban renewal projects of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s brought an end to the city's slums, which had primarily consisted of older tenements built in the early 19th century in which large extended families would live together in cramped conditions.

It has been un-American in the highest sense, because it has been untrue to the faith that brought thousands to these shores even before we were a country ".

The 18 March 2008, broadcast of The Curse of Steptoe brought the channel its highest audience figures, estimated as 1. 41 million viewers, a 7 % share of multichannel audiences between 9pm and 10. 05pm, based on overnight returns.

" Class A " crimes were reserved for those who participated in a joint conspiracy to start and wage war, and were brought against those in the highest decision-making bodies ; " Class B " crimes were reserved for those who committed " conventional " atrocities or crimes against humanity ; " Class C " crimes were reserved for those in " the planning, ordering, authorization, or failure to prevent such transgressions at higher levels in the command structure.

The voluntary dissolution of the Centre Party removed that obstacle and Hitler now had absolute power and brought respectability to the state: " within six months of its birth, the Third Reich had been given full approval by the highest spiritual power on earth ".