"You are so like your dear brother," continued Isabella, "that I quite doted on you the
first moment I saw you.
It was necessary, in order to maintain her standing in the community, to furnish a good "set out," yet the extravagance of the proceeding goaded her from the first moment she began to stir the marble cake to the moment when the feast appeared upon the table.
The rooster had been boiling steadily over a slow fire since morning, but such was his power of resistance that his shape was as firm and handsome in the pot as on the first moment when he was lowered into it.
"That fellow Dunster, on the platform, the
first moment I spoke to him, made me feel like a cur," the boy said, with a sudden access of vigour in his tone.
That quiet mutual gaze of a trusting husband and wife is like the
first moment of rest or refuge from a great weariness or a great danger--not to be interfered with by speech or action which would distract the sensations from the fresh enjoyment of repose.
It had seemed to Adam as if his brain would burst with the anguish of meeting Hetty's eyes in the
first moments, but the sound of her voice uttering these penitent words touched a chord which had been less strained.
Our
first moments were so entirely taken up with these reflections that we were incapable of considering the danger we were in of being immediately surrounded by the Galles; but as soon as we awoke to that thought, we contrived to retreat as fast as we could.
Most everyone in the cosmetics, fragrance and personal care industry is familiar with the terms "The
first moment of truth" and "The second moment of truth," coined by Procter & Gamble about 20 years ago.
"Obviously, it was a Everton loan | star Aaron Lennon tough start to the season for me when I wasn't playing, but, from the
first moment the gaffer called me, I couldn't wait to work with him and he's done nothing but impress me since I've been here.
The
first moment of silence took place at 8.46am, the moment when the first hijacked plane slammed into a tower at the World Trade Center.
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