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Example sentences for "great impression"

  • Heathcroft's tale had made a great impression upon me--a most unreasonable impression, unwarranted by the scant facts as he related them.

  • Father and he had met in Messina--Father's ship was in the fruit trade also at that time--and something or other he had done to help young Stone had made a great impression on the latter.

  • This experience made a great impression on us both.

  • Colloquy, as it came to be called, made a great impression.

  • The weakness of the Romanist defence made a great impression on the people of Geneva.

  • This was her invariable answer, and her sturdiness through all manner of ridicule made a great impression upon me.

  • Each variation from the standard so strongly fixed in their minds makes a great impression; and to write the words in groups, makes these anomalies remembered in groups.

  • I was working with a good deal of enthusiasm at a tragedy on the subject of Fiesco, the Genoese noble's conspiracy against the Dorias--a subject which had made a great impression upon me when I first read Schiller's noble play upon it.

  • Two circumstances occurred during my stay in Edinburgh which made a great impression upon me: the one was the bringing of the famous old gun, Mons Meg, up to the castle; and the other was the last public appearance of Madame Catalani.

  • His zeal convinced me, that he had a stronger apprehension, that I should make a great impression somewhere, than I had myself.

  • The late news of General Washington's triumphs in Virginia, and of the friendly and effectual aid of the Counts de Rochambeau and de Grasse, have made a great impression here, and all over Europe.

  • The late successes in America have produced a great impression in Europe.

  • This meeting made a great impression on contemporaries, but its political results were very small.

  • The most elaborate arrangements were made for the accommodation of the two monarchs and their large retinues; and on Henry's part especially no efforts were spared to make a great impression in Europe by this meeting.

  • Well, you also, no doubt, made a great impression on him, and I dare say that if you were to go back to him you'd find he has been keeping that treasure for you.

  • He made," she said, "a great impression on me.

  • What I now know I've learned since--I learned this afternoon, a couple of hours ago; receiving from it naturally a great impression.

  • But such a declaration, coming from an accredited minister of the crown, produced a great impression, and ministers prevailed by a majority of sixty-eight to forty.

  • This manly declaration, delivered in the most emphatic manner, produced a great impression; and a resolution against ministers was carried in the House of Peers by a majority of twelve.

  • His speech produced a great impression on the house, and was greatly admired; Fox himself said, that if Demosthenes himself had been present, he must have admired, and might have envied.

  • Knowing that nothing but the difficulty of supplying his place prevented his discharge, he delivered a speech of defiance to his colleagues in office, which produced a great impression in the house and throughout the country.

  • This conduct made at once a great impression on the villagers, who changed from violent hostility into great gratitude and reverence.

  • This occurrence made a great impression, which Severinus turned to account by teaching them how their duties towards God should take precedence of everything else.

  • It was thought that he must soon be proceeded against as a heretic; but after publishing works which made a great impression on his age, the bishop died.

  • He told me that my decisive way of speaking had made a great impression, and he was certain that if I cared to make interest with the comptroller we could set up the lottery and make a large profit.

  • I must confess that the young man's looks had made a great impression on me.

  • In spite of the severe simplicity of her dress, Therese made a great impression on me.

  • The fall of Parga made a great impression on the Epirotes, who valued its possession far above its real importance.

  • I have been accustomed lately to hear sacred music, and the De Profundis made a great impression upon me.

  • Nevertheless the strict pietism, which demanded absolute truth in thought and action, could not fail to make a great impression on him.

  • These words made a great impression on the girls, and henceforth they only kissed the lieutenant when Theodore's back was turned, and looked at Theodore shyly and apprehensively, like fowls at a chained mastiff.

  • I assisted the old witch with her overshoes, a fact which made a great impression on Gurli.

  • Sam informed me that the manner in which I hailed the fisherman had made a great impression on the captain, who lauded me highly.

  • She was a gentle ghost, and the story made a great impression on me.


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