feel the necessity for
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Perhaps," I suggested as gently as I could, "it is just because Mrs. Bradley is neither a thief nor a drunkard nor worse, dear Miss Jencks, that she does not feel the necessity for weeping.
From Margarita's Soul The Romantic Recollections of a Man of Fifty by Williams, J. Scott (John Scott)
She would have given anything in the world to be, as those children were, unconcerned at the meaning of their words, because too innocent to feel the necessity for any such expression.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas
She would have given anything in the world to be, as those children were, un- concerned at the meaning of their words, because too innocent to feel the necessity for any such expression.
From Far from the Madding Crowd by Hardy, Thomas
Personally I am in favor of limiting debate to the shortest time, for I feel the necessity for prompt action.
From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)
Experience with the other plays had led the children to feel the necessity for having a satisfactory ending after the climax.
From The Dramatization of Bible Stories An experiment in the religious education of children by Lobingier, Elizabeth Erwin Miller
