I had already eaten.

I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.

Cæsar, having made use of him in the wars 'gainst Pompey , presently denied him rivality ; would not let him partake in the glory of the action : and not resting here , accuses him of letters he had formerly wrote to Pompey

The shaft on which the percussor is fastened is so adjusted that the spring, while expending its force, throws the hammer a little beyond the line of centre, so that the blow is struck lightly and quickly, and the hammer rebounds very much as it strikes and rebounds from the string of a piano when a note is struck on the keyboard.