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Example sentences for "first impressions"

  • My first real acquaintance with the Sea Dayak was in the long bazaar at Sibu, and I was by no means disappointed in my first impressions, as I found him a most picturesque and interesting individual.

  • First impressions are of great importance, if given only as such; but if laid down as decided opinions, how apt they are to be erroneous!

  • I shall never be able fully to describe my first impressions.

  • I will write it down forthwith, ere knowledge spoils the glamour of first impressions, whilst every tint is shining in glaring colour, whilst every detail can be observed through the microscope of novelty.

  • If it had been light I should have tried to take some pictures of the desolation; but it is pitch dark, so I will confine myself for the moment to putting down a few notes--my first impressions.

  • Home-influence may he estimated from the immense force of first impressions.

  • Forgetful of the power of first impressions, they wait until their children are established in sin, and the seeds of evil are sown in their hearts.

  • Its Degree Estimated from the Force of First Impressions.

  • They were not always quite just, for they were written at speed under the spell of first impressions, and necessarily under the influence of army acquaintances in whom he had confidence.

  • It seems to have been only a happy accident (though no doubt an accident very likely to occur) which prevented First Impressions from appearing in its immature shape.

  • In some way or other, Jane managed to reach Steventon, and at once set to work on First Impressions.

  • First Impressions of England and its People.

  • Straightforward and earnest in style, rich and varied in matter, these "First Impressions" will add another laurel to the wreath which Mr. Miller has already won for himself.

  • A cheaper edition of 'First Impressions of England' is also published, bound in limp cloth, price 2s.

  • I was sorry to miss seeing these kind people, but hope to get over the effect of sun, plus cold baths, and return their calls, and so increase my stock of first impressions of Indian life.

  • How strange it is to recall one's first impressions of public men in the midst of one's matured opinions of them!

  • Need I say, after thus detailing the little incidents which followed my landing in America, that my first impressions of the country were highly agreeable?

  • All that we have passed through hitherto may be classed under the title of "first impressions.

  • I have found myself, as I skirted its base, talking of trivial things, but never without a sudden reflection on the deplorable impermanence of first impressions.

  • First impressions, memorable impressions, are generally irrecoverable; they often leave one the wiser, but they rarely return in the same form.

  • In speaking of the road to Frascati I necessarily revert to my first impressions, gathered on the occasion of the feast of the Annunziata, which falls on the 25th of March and is celebrated by a peasants' fair.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    consulting physician; emerging democracy; first arrived; first care; first down; first dynasty; first editions; first experience; first formed; first glance; first journey; first loved; first marriage; first principle; first prize; first publication; first reading; first refused; first saw; first stone; first story; first thought; first volume; first wife; incised lines; intelligent beings