1 Then he felt constrained to intimate that with all that he had nothing to do, seeing that his business was merely to acquire a few souls, and thereafter to have their purchase confirmed.
2 I'll tell you what, my dear fellow," said Prince Andrew, who evidently also felt depressed and constrained with his visitor, "I am only bivouacking here and have just come to look round.
3 After five minutes of irksome, constrained conversation, they heard the sound of slippered feet rapidly approaching.
4 This pleased her, yet his presence made her feel constrained and oppressed.
5 He had approached the shed full of animation, but on seeing Prince Andrew's face he felt constrained and ill at ease.
6 Her sombre violence constrained him: she seemed the embodied instrument of fate.
7 The fetid closeness of the air, and a famishing diet, united perhaps to some fears of ultimate retribution, had constrained them to surrender at discretion.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story. 8 The photographer came out and gave a constrained, apologetic laugh.
My Antonia By Willa CatherContext Highlight In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: II 9 David, though he regarded his treasure with longing eyes, was constrained to answer, especially as the venerable father took a part in the interrogatories, with an interest too imposing to be denied.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 22 10 Whatever may have been his desire to remain where he was, he could not halt there, he was irresistibly constrained to continue, to advance, to examine, to think, to march further.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER VI—RES ANGUSTA 11 But one thing remains for you to do: to think of her so intently that she is constrained to think of you.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER IV—A HEART BENEATH A STONE 12 One of his anxieties consisted in being constrained to think.
13 Javert was constrained to admit to himself that this monster existed.
14 But were the circumstances of the country other than they are these communities would be forced to make attempts to extend their dominions, and be constrained to relinquish their present peaceful mode of life.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX. 15 We must believe, therefore, that Manlius was constrained to act with severity by the unusual character of the commands which his natural disposition prompted him to issue.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 3: Chapter XXII.—That the severity of Manlius Torquatus and ...