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It was at least partially true.
I guess he is... or at least was.
It wasn't tasty, but at least it was palatable.
I think everyone was guilty of staring at her at least once - if for no other reason, wondering if she was going to fall out of her dress.
When Josh died, Mary had indicated that she felt Carmen was at least partially responsible.
It doesn't matter to me one way or another, but I wish you would at least make an effort at seeing his side of it.
I'm tested out, at least for now.
He was at least equally intrigued by hers.
We thought maybe you could convince him to go, or at least look at him.
Her age must have been mentioned at least a half-dozen times in the last six trips.
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They were at it again - or at least Dulce was.
I guess I can't deny that, but in all these years, why hasn't Uncle Fabrice's name come up in a conversation at least once?
She jerked her wrist from his hand and turned away, thankful at least for the warning.
If you absolutely insist on doing this, at least leave me instructions on how to get there... and a phone number where you can be reached.
AdvertisementOf course, she didn't leap cars with motorcycles or sky dive, but in retrospect, she had always been attracted to danger – at least to some degree.
In fact, until the death of her family, she rarely ever dreamed – or at least didn't remember them.
Maybe you could even talk him into going to the doctor - or at least calling the doctor.
Watching the two of them, it was all she could do to control her own tears... especially knowing that this was at least partly her fault.
He was also listed as a person of interest in the deaths of at least six young women in the Missouri-Kentucky area.
AdvertisementAfter a brief discussion we decided to telephone first and leave the visit option on the table, at least for now.
But at least you had my best interest in mind.
I've pondered the events of those few months so often and so deeply I know if I don't at least commit the experience to paper I'll never move forward.
Betsy didn't buy my toned down assessment but was at least still smiling.
Another dead end, but at least he spared the girl.
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Other problems, at least temporarily, have resolved themselves.
Howie's temporary absence eliminated the problem, at least for now; no trips back to a crime scene resulted in no tips to convey.
Cynthia looked about to cry, but her anger held her tears in check, at least until they were back in bed.
I think the best course of action in this instance is inaction—let this business play itself out, at least for the time being.
He looked pale, but at least his lips looked normal.
I'm sorry if the lab caused problems, but no one has to sleep there again, at least with Quinn's gizmos operating.
He won't talk about the nightmares; at least to me, but the shrink must be a sounding board.
Her stammering made it obvious she'd taken at least some of the calls.
I was pleased our conversation at least ended on a positive note.
I at least felt empowered to continue.
He probably thought we'd have talked her out of leaving, or at least into leaving their new identities with us.
Now he's at least functional but the sad part is he lost nearly all of his memory.
You said it wasn't scary; at least once you knew you weren't trapped back there; that you could wake up and escape back to reality.
I opined to keep Quinn and Martha out of the picture, at least at present.
Now at least Betsy and I had time together before I returned to New York Sunday afternoon.
Howie was to remain in Massachusetts, at least for a few more days, working with Quinn and Martha.
Police called it the work of one person, attributed to at least six earlier deaths.
You must want more from us; at least knowledge of whom we are and what exactly we do and how we do it.
Wouldn't you want at least basic details?
I'd love to be just a mom, at least the first few years.
Remember, we don't have a reason to suspect this guy's alibi; at least not any reason from the planet earth.
My boss stepped in and called some favors and pissed on the fire, at least for now.
In any event, she's got one story and she's sticking to it like a nightly prayer, at least for now.
Claire seemed pleased to be held by anyone, at least most of the time, but on occasion she'd let out a scream, loud enough to shake Howie from the past in spite of his near-soundproof basement room.
I'm pretty much out of the picture, at least for the near future.
I volunteered to mind the store, so to speak, at least for appearance's sake though there was little to do.
Betsy didn't answer but she seemed at least partially placated by what was, at best, a half-truth.
Soon it became apparent Howie would remain in Santa Barbara at least a week, perhaps more.
I felt I owed it to Howie to at least hear her out.
He has to learn you're at least suspicious.
Should I at least remain mute that Julie had actually contacted the damn paper seeking the reward money?
This Julie-Howie business can't work, at least not in the long term.
Unfortunately, there were at least four where Howie's abilities could have been utilized.
I knew she remained frightened and I sensed his knowledge of the apparent closeness of the Delabama killer gave at least a modicum of comfort.
Martha's only comment was that it was nice to hear at least one piece of good news.
Are you ready to come out in the sunshine; or at least take a peek?
I was right but at least they had an excuse.
I struck out, at least under his name.
I never made a speech or a sermon... at least one I remember.
Others were exposed to bar room fights, muggings, schooled in army combat or at least been the recipient of a bloody nose from a third grade bully.
I can't imagine them missing her Aunt Rose Abbott's service or at least calling in with their status.
Betty-Boop or whatever your name is, if you tarry much longer I may be forced to introduce myself, though taking you, at least at this time, would cause a mild alteration to my carefully formulated plans.
I'd planned to wait until Betsy and Molly returned from walking Bumpus but I decided if I had to drive back into downtown Keene, I might as well swing by Wheelock Park Campground as it was on the way, at least sort-of.
This guy killed maybe a dozen mostly children and at least one cop.
But it's at least a two hour drive to Boston.
I crossed my fingers, at least mentally, and asked, "Was he around when Annie was abducted?"
Molly wants to use the pool and frankly, I feel safer here, at least for a couple of days.
By tomorrow we'll have a better handle on the situations, enough at least to make flight arrangements.
Our motel was at least five or six miles up the coast highway through town.
And the baby is still unclaimed, at least legitimately.
As we made the turn into the mall I could see at least half dozen police cruisers, some with lights still spinning, parked helter-skelter near the entrance.
I spotted familiar references to our earliest sojourns in West Virginia and knowing the time and location Howie visited there at least gave me a starting point.
Your brother had to take at least one life to become one of them.
What's been set into motion can't be stopped, but you at least have a chance if you have her.
You're supposed to carry at least a knife every time you leave the house.
Staying in the basement where the Other could find and kill him wasn't his top choice, but at least he was in the house.
I need more people, boss, or a Traveler at least.
If, for some reason, she was stuck here forever, at least he wasn't going to hurt her, as long as she followed his rules.
She was no closer to food, but she could at least drink water out of the sink.
He might at least explain what these laws were that condemned her to Darkyn.
But the idea he did want her was almost a relief, another sign he was capable of providing at least some form of affection.
I always knew Martha was only here temporarily but I thought we'd at least get some warning.
There were a few turns—three at least.
Nobody knows where the man is and even if he's been in there a long, long time, someone must care about him, or at least maybe did back then, when it happened.
Dean was hoping to at least finish his salsa before having to stop Fred from dashing up the mountain to single-handedly solve the caper.
I guess that shows they at least believed what they were doing was right—not just whacking you on the spur of the moment because they were mad as hell, taking their anger out on your backside.
I deserved what I got, at least in my parents' eyes.
They sat there and pretended to agree, or at least consider the alternatives and ramifications as presented.
Can we at least convey a message that we'd like to hear from her?
Dean didn't answer but had no intention of asking the boys diddly, at least for the near future, at least until he sensed what was going on.
It was a fun dinner—he didn't even burn the buns—and he had at least three votes locked in place.
Cynthia toted her camera equipment, in part at least as an excuse for the trip should they be questioned.
There were at least three different footprints but they were marred and nearly indistinguishable.
He knew at least Martha, Caleb, and Fitzgerald had come this far.
Dean was hoping to find it or at least telltale signs that a body had decomposed on this spot, but no such evidence was apparent.
But at least it proves Fitzgerald's bones were a replacement.
But even old Mr. O'Connor at least had a name.
Look, I can sympathize with you, but there's nothing I can do, at least not yet.
Dean felt as if he might be getting somewhere, at least in identifying Martha's bones.
With an approximate date—or at least a year—and a first name, the chore would be infinitely easier than scouring decades for a nameless individual.
It's Paul and Paulette who are bunking separately, at least last night.
The fact that Mrs. Worthington's sister was playing tourist on the road for at least the next two weeks made prospects bleak for catching up with Martha's bones, at least in the near future.
New arrivals and departures at Bird Song were nonexistent as all present guests were staying at least through the weekend.
Not that I'm rich, at least not by most standards, but I was the only heir to grandmother Radisson and a great-aunt.
It was a young man's—or woman's—game, although Dean doubted he'd have joined the contest, at least not willingly, even in his careless years.
Jennifer would remain in Ouray for at least another week, so she elicited a promise for a later dinner date.
It will be light for a couple more hours at least.
While the crow-flies distance across the gaping gorge was only a half-mile, Dean was at least twenty minutes away in driving time.
We have to at least try.
A tow truck had already arrived and its flashing lights competed with a half dozen others while at least a dozen people moved about, with most of their activity directed downward.
Time was when this area's families spent their lives here, from birth to death with the soil providing their sustenance and the earth the riches, at least for a few.
I get to cool my heels at least until tomorrow.
The two together formed a totally incompatible combination, yet Josh Mulligan, at least according to the curmudgeons, was a runner, too.
Civility isn't the right word but at least they're speaking with one another.
You could probably fix a date within a few years at least.
This seemed to satisfy the official, who was obviously embarrassed over the entire debacle and infinitely relieved that at least half their problem was solved without any accusatory newspaper headlines.
Truth be known, he felt a small measure of relief, at least until he opened the mail to a flurry of bills.
Will you kill her quickly at least?
Now, she was at least half the woman he'd spent lifetimes loving and hating.
Do you have your soul at least?
Darkyn spoke as if he intended for her to remain that way, at least through the end of the deal.
He'd seen Darkyn's mate yesterday and knew she was at least alive.
Their attempt to dig a hole to the underworld failed, but at least they'd stemmed the flow of souls.
Unable to determine what he felt, he did want to at least see her.
Just when he thought there were no more surprises … At least he had a way into the underworld.
She must at least think she has or surely she wouldn't have shown up after all this time and started a fuss about something that we all settled long time ago.
Maybe I'll make mistakes, but at least they'll be my own.
A week passed without word from Lori... at least Carmen didn't hear from her.
Well, at least one of us is showing emotion.
Maybe you would have lost her anyway, but at least we would have had some joy for a while.
She didn't want the baby, but at least she had given it to someone who wanted it desperately.
He simply made no attempt - so unlike Alex – at least the old Alex.
Alex is the traditional king of the castle and you are – at least to some degree – subservient.
What lit that fire of passion wasn't the romancing – or at least if it did, romance wore a different face for her.
Issues such as this were not resolved, but at least they were in the open instead of stewing about them and guessing what each other was thinking.
Finally he had fully recovered – or at least it appeared so.
Unable to outmaneuver death, she could at least take out her grief and anger on a poor little piece of mail.
Logan Myers had been dead for a couple of days at least.
His response made her think she wasn't far off in thinking he'd at least read her mind.
Soul radars are still broken, but we can at least travel to the mortal world.
Gabe shook on it, satisfied he at least had the right person looking into the issue.
She deserved it after last night, but still, why didn't he at least answer and tell her he was done with her?
I thought you'd admit to killing Logan at least.
I guess at least he'll be able to get a new mate in a few months.
Unable to stop shaking, she at least was able to breathe again and pulled his rich scent into her lungs.
We go through this at least twice a year.
You'll have some peace, at least until tomorrow morning.
She wasn't ready yet to prove it to him, not before she at least tried to escape.
She didn't know if she could trust him, or Kris, or anyone yet, but she could at least know the man beneath her was probably the only man she was safe from.
All but the man with Kris's eyes and oriental beauty were sweating and bloodied in at least one spot.
Hell was a bitch, but at least it was warm, he thought darkly.
Her bed looked as if a flock of geese had combusted over it, and she counted at least ten dead pillows.
There had to be somewhere she could go where they.d leave her alone, at least until Gabriel came for her.
Andre at least had that authority.
Well, you could at least meet them.
From what Romas said, every household on his planet had at least one or two of the critters to keep things clean.
Besides, you said you'd stay at least a week, right?
That Kiera's warrior was at least willing to do something so painful gave her some hope for her friend.
She possessed promising coordination and ability to learn at least the basics of the warrior's trade, skills no other nishani had ever needed.
She couldn't help but be grateful they at least resembled humans.
By the time Dean located two woolen socks that were at least the same color, Cynthia was finished dressing.
This here was a boarding house, at least at one time in the past.
It wasn't designed to absorb perspiration and probably cost twice the price of a David Dean suit, at least the last time he'd purchased one.
His mind was, at least for the moment, clear of all thoughts except this beautiful petite woman.
I think she wants me to remain here at Bird Song, at least for a while.
She would apologize to him personally and in the future at least place the alarm under a pillow so only she would hear it.
The trio was far more comfortable now, six months later, with enough money in the bank to keep the wolves away, and expectations, if not of prosperity, of at least a reasonably comfortable coming season.
We've got empty rooms, at least until the ice climbers start coming tomorrow.
Ryland listed his address as Grand Junction, Colorado and indicated he'd stay at least through the weekend when the ice climbing festivities began in earnest.
He felt Ryland ought to at least be warned.
But I've got a mind to let them stew, at least for a while.
No, I don't have any of those little playthings, at least not yet.
Franklin Roosevelt wasn't like that, at least when he was running for president.
But at least he's arranging for her to give up the terrible life she's been leading.
Look, at least give it a chance.
But at least Annie Quincy had one happy day to remember.
The town managed to close up the dance halls in 1902, at least for a year or so, but it wasn't long before the girls were at it again, full tilt.
We're not paupers, at least not completely.
They say the flight isn't canceled yet so let's hope Montrose stays clear enough, at least for another hour or two.
They both loved Ouray, the Colorado mountains and hosting the guests of Bird Song, at least most of them.
She made it that far at least.
You know, Jake, at least you could give it a rap.
Sure. Everybody else was watching the climbers, at least what they could see through the snow.
He heard Gladys' muffled alarm at least twice, and someone rummaging around the kitchen, all well before the light gave a hint of welcoming Sunday.
His head was bloody, he looked like shit, and at least one of the medics thought he was already dead.
She chose Ouray, at least according to Ryland, because he was her son's father and he was coming here to ice climb.
The young boy would be the only person Dean could think of who Cynthia would care enough to at least consider protecting.
He called her, at least once.
Corday filled me in, at least a bit.
He considered flying to Indiana, but decided against it, at least for a day or two.
While he fancied himself at least an experimental, if not good cook, in his present state of mind he found himself reverting to bachelor days of quick-is-best.
Because I should have dragged her to a shrink or someone who could have talked some sense into her, or at least watched her more closely-protected her from herself.
Didn't you at least consider doing it?'
Annie is a guest, at least in spirit!
Well, at least her secret is still intact, even if it's now being preserved by Claire for all the wrong reasons.
Janet, no whiz-kid, at least knew a good exit line and was out the door in a blink.
Gladys Turnbull remained Bird Song's sole paying guest, at least for a couple of days longer.
But the tomato, a berry grown out of its natural proportion by the fiddling of man, at least knew redness was its ultimate goal.
No, the events of two weeks past didn't make total sense, at least not yet, but Dean was suddenly interested, not in avoiding Jerome Shipton, but asking him some important questions.
It's like he needed her to be his punching bag, at least verbally if not physically.
At first I didn't think so, but the fact that he had the old suicide note with him makes me think he at least considered it, if the opportunity presented itself .
Absolutely. It will take me at least a couple hours, Go!
Well, I guess, but I hope you will at least try for a while.
Well, at least you're honest.
I'm sure at least two people think you are… your mother and father.
You're in uncharted territory there, but I truly believe you owe it to yourselves to at least try.
I love that you would do that for me, but this is not something we need to deal with, at least not now.
Can't we at least discuss it?
If he did, at least one of them could go call for help.
How he expected to achieve that by feigning interest in the goats was a mystery, but at least he cared enough to make an effort.
He was too heavy to carry and the barn was at least a hundred feet away.
Well, at least she was spared the embarrassment of telling him she still hadn't figured out what God was trying to tell her.
From the expression on Lori's face at those times, she didn't think the romance was over either – at least not for Josh.
You're talking about high treason at the VP level at least to access those things.
She was at least loyal to Mr. Tim.
Lana held her breath at the whirling world, certain their death would at least be fast.
He is not, but he is a warrior worthy of her attention in battle. The Immortals always say, at least they understand Darkyn.
Something was wrong, but she had no idea of knowing what. At least he'd told her their destination.
He smiled at her, understanding what it was to mourn the loss of a sibling. As much as he missed Jade, he was glad he at least had Hannah to fall back on. She had Katie's beauty – without the abrasive personality.
And the Council has broken up at least once.
Kris pursed his lips, wanting to release the curses coiled on his tongue. He looked her over. She'd at least worn sturdy shoes, long pants and shirt. She was in decent shape, slender and toned from Pilates and the gym.
The woman looked human enough. Her features were hard to make out in the dark, but she at least had two arms and two legs.
The black sand had run out. He'd missed his window. Rather, he missed this window. He looked over at the demon standing before him. At least one of his super-demons had survived. This one still wore half a face, that of Death's favorite assassin, Gabriel.
White days weren't supposed to show up until at least July, certainly not in early May.
The kid could have a future, at least get a college education out of the game.
Parkside's economy was less than spectacular, but at least it didn't require dependency on the fickle business of mines, steel or manufacturing for its fiscal survival.
Jeff Byrne had worked for World Wide for 15 years and seemed at least content with the work he was doing.
It seems that way, at least in retrospect.
He swims, or at least he did.
Imagine me giving Cindy Byrne a call and telling her she's cut off, at least until ol' Jeff floats in?
Whatever Vinnie was babbling about sounded like the last thing in the world Dean wanted to get involved with, but he had no choice but to at least hear out the terrified man.
Cynthia Byrne held out her hand and said, with what Dean hoped was at least a hint of reluctance, I guess I won't be seeing you again.
It wasn't that they didn't do the same stuff when Dean was young, but at least back then the girl stayed in the car.
But if Sunday was peaceful, at least by recent standards, Monday was anything but.
He and his lady friend were drunk, at least it sounded like it, laughing and all.
The ringing went unanswered, but at least the phone hadn't been disconnected.
Byrne could read his own copy for at least another month.
Feeling like 20 kinds of pervert for doing it, he hoped to at least be spared undressing her further.
While it was in part at least an indictment that Dean had allowed himself to be followed, it was still the best news he'd heard in weeks.
She looked as if she wanted him to stay, or at least he told himself that, but he returned to his car.
The apartment was cleared out some time ago, or at least his name was off the mailbox.
Three prospective buyers had looked at the house and at least one seemed interested.
God knows you probably saved my life, at least from exposure or pneumonia.
Could she at least ID him if she saw a picture?
The last three days had slid by without anything unusual transpiring, at least on the Jeffrey Byrne matter.
Once again, she didn't answer directly but described a well-known seafood restaurant on the New Jersey shore, at least two hours from Parkside.
Now that his opportunity for a future with her was blown, she at least deserved the truth and he would find it.
Lock up all the bad guys or at least keep them away from Parkside.
The days following the incident, Dean had pored over more mug books, sure he would be able to identify at least one of the two hoods.
While the lawyer's death did nothing to undo the damage his note had caused to Cynthia, it at least eliminated her need for any further dealings with the miscreant.
It wasn't worth the risk, at least this early in the week.
However, he was pleased to keep up a fairly respectable pace, at least a few notches above the embarrassing level.
The riders quickly spread out, but because of the numbers there were always at least several in view.
Let's at least give his stuff a look-see.
If he's still in this here tour, at least now we got a number.
I'm really not a bastard, at least not as much as you think.
Should I toast Jeffrey Byrne, or at least his memory?
It struck her suddenly that she missed the goat dairy – or at least what it represented.
Everyone should have at least one unachievable dream.
More than likely it will at least be uncomfortable.
It would have made more sense for her to prepare a supper for him, but he insisted that she should have at least one day a week when she didn't have to cook.
Fine, but at least tell Bill about it – or let me tell him.
Whatever his ranking of lover, Alex at least knew she was inexperienced, so hopefully he wouldn't be expecting too much.
If Alex wanted her to stay at home, at least she should have something to keep her mind and hands busy.
He must love her at least a little, or he wouldn't have married her.
It was yet another reminder that there would be no pregnancy — at least not this month.
It hurt to think he questioned her fidelity, but at least he was willing to listen to reason.
He was always looking out for her — at least he used to.
It took at least a half-hour to locate the buffalo cow, and then she didn't want to be herded.
Their marriage was whole again — or at least should have been.
It wouldn't bring in a fortune, but at least she could feel she was contributing something to the income.
He had been at least partly responsible for dashing her hopes.
It felt good to be at least partly responsible for reviving them.
He'd heard the same rumors his little brother had, that Claire was sleeping with at least a couple other men.
If she didn't make it out of here, she'd at least go down serving the Guardians and the White God.
He'd set up shop there immediately, but he assumed he'd be there for at least two more weeks.
Darian sensed at least one gathering its magic to shred him from the inside out.
Maybe he'll give me Charles back, at least for a day or two.
He doubted he could ever forgive her, but he could at least pity her.
As my mate, you are at least guaranteed to see dawn, and we'll escape together!
Memon has at least twice that.
She had not slept in at least two days and had been bleeding herself when she had time.
And why didn't you at least tell Felipa where you were going so someone would have known to look when you didn't get back on time.
I don't know how important it is, but at least this time you haven't been excluded.
I think it would be best if you would go stay with your uncle – at least for a while.
The leathery coils of its shiny body lay in a heap, stacked at least three tiers high.
Anyway, you get used to it - at least to some degree.
Maybe he would throw it away, but if he had second thoughts, at least he had her telephone number now.
Well, at least you know what's kept him so busy.
He was too strong for her to place the spell on him without him agreeing at least in part.
No matter what happened to her, at least Ashley was safe.
His low growl made Jenn shift and stretch a hand to the small of her back, where she probably had at least one weapon stashed.
While she didn't shake her distraction completely, she was at least engaged.
If she's there, at least you'll stop hitting on me, she said with a frown.
Shortly afterwards, however, part of it at least came into the hands first of Eadulf and then Aldred and another Eadulf, the brother and sons respectively of Uhtred.
Their personal sympathy for each other continued to the end, though at the outset at least their political views differed.
To the last he believed that the attacking force would at least have spared his house, which contained official records of priceless value, but he was doomed to see his faith falsified.
He on his part was more and more repelled by a superior woman determined to live her own intellectual life, and she on hers discovered that she was mated, if not to a clown, at least to a hobereau whose whole heart was in his cattle and his turnips.
While the majority of the Thysanoptera are thus vegetarian in their diet, and are frequently injurious in farm and garden, some species, at least occasionally, adopt a predaceous habit, killing aphids and small mites (so-called "red-spiders") and sucking their juices.
The forewings have at least a single longitudinal nervure - often two - reaching from base to tip of the wing.
The manor of Little Bolton seems to have been, at least from Henry III.'s reign, distinct from that of Great Bolton, and was held till the 17th century by the Botheltons or Boltons.
In some localities, however, negative potential gradient is by no means uncommon, at least at some seasons, in the absence of rain.
This is at least of the order observed, which is all that can be expected from a calculation which assumes I + and I_ equal.
Thus in Hungary, in 1902 and 1903, out of 229 persons killed, at least 171 were killed out of doors.
Mossman thinks that the apparent increase at Edinburgh and London in the later decades is to some extent at least real.
If then the risk under trees exceeds that in the open in Hungary and the United States, at least five or six times as many people must remain in the open as seek shelter under trees.
The motives alike of geographical convenience and of the advantages to be gained by recognizing these movements of Roman subjects combined to urge a forward policy at Rome, and when the vigorous Vespasian had succeeded the fool-criminal Nero, a series of advances began which gradually closed up the acute angle, or at least rendered it obtuse.
The House of Delegates is composed (1910) of eighty-six members, of whom each county chooses at least one.
Each of the magisterial districts (of which, as has been said, there must be at least three and not more than ten in each county) elects one or two magistrates and constables, and a board of education of three members.
Positive law, at least in progressive societies, is constantly tending to fall behind public opinion, and the expedients adopted for bringing it into harmony therewith are three, viz, legal fictions, equity and statutory legislation.
He would thus have married and had at least one child, from whom the contemporary of Pliny was descended.
Boniface endeavoured to nominate his own successor, thus transforming into law, or at least into custom, the proceeding by which he had benefited; but the clergy and the senate of Rome forced him to cancel this arrangement.
The pressing demands of the military chest had to be satisfied by loans, and in at least one case from the private purse of the governor-general.
Some see the guarantee, or at least the indication, of infallibility in the consensus of the Church (quod semper, ubique, et ab omnibus) expressed from time to time in general councils; others see it in the special grace conferred upon St Peter and his successors, the bishops of Rome, as heads of the Church; others again see it in the inspired Scriptures, God's Word.
The former are generally found close to, or at least in sight of, the nuraghe to which they belong.
Sometimes the Catholic religion is declared to be the state religion, and at least the free and public exercise of its worship is guaranteed.
During the negotiations which preceded the Peloponnesian War he did his best to prevent, or at least xo postpone, the inevitable struggle, but was overruled by the war party.
The,, king and the government reside for at least three months in the year in Nish, where also the national assembly, before the constitution of 1g01, was regularly held.
The Weisskunig was long regarded as the work of the emperor's secretary, Marx Treitzsaurwein, but it is now believed that the greater part of the book at least is the work of the emperor himself.
The story of his disgust when he found that Queen Christina devoted some time every day to the study of Greek under the tuition of Vossius is at least true in substance.'
The four players in a rink are known as the leader, second player, third player and skip (or driver, captain or director), and their positions, at least in matches, are unchangeable.
A legal jack must travel at least 25 yds.
He wrote at least one treatise on alchemy, but several others have been falsely attributed to him.
There are certainly at least two resins in the powder (which is known officially as Podophylli resina), one of them being soluble and the other insoluble in ether.
At this he laboured in vacation time for at least ten years.
Compulsory attendance of young men at national guard drills is enforced for at least two months of the year, under penalty of enforced service in the Line.
Each candidate must make, at least five days before the elections, a declaration setting forth in what constituency he intends to stand.
He must then return to regimental duty for at least two years.
Voluntary enlistments in the French army are permissible, within certain limits, at the age of eighteen, and the engages serve for at least three years.
Each commune is in theory obliged to maintain at least one public primary school, but with the approval of the niinister, the departmental council may authorize a commune to combine with other communes in the upkeep of a school.
The short period of this evolution is at least one factor in the primitive grade of even the most specialized members of the group. In the advance of their molar teeth from a tritubercular to a grinding type, the author traces a curious parallelism between marsupials and placentals.
The reigning family, however, became extinct when Duke Julius Francis died in September 1689, and there were at least eight claimants for his duchy, chief among them being John George III., elector of Saxony, and George William, duke of Brunswick-Luneburg-Celle, the ancestors of both these princes having made treaties of mutual succession with former dukes of Saxe-Lauenburg.
From Stolze's investigations it appears that at least one of these, the castle built by Xerxes, bears evident traces of having been destroyed by fire.
It is probable that the principal town of the country, or at least of the district, was always in this neighbourhood.
Ouseley points out that this castle was still used in the 16th century, at least as a state prison.
From this time forward the new moons, which till then had been at least as important as the Sabbath and were celebrated by sacrificial feasts as occasions of religious gladness, fall into insignificance, except in the conservative temple ritual.
Thus the Harranians had four sacrificial days in every month, and of these two at least were determined by the conjunction and opposition of the moon. ?
In other cases the inclusion of documents relating to the temple business, payments of tithes and other dues, salaries to temple officials, and such ceremonies as marriages, &c., which may have demanded the presence of the congregation and were at least partly religious in nature, have been allowed to complicate the matter.
In seeking for an explanation we may perhaps trust, at least in part, the evidence of the Ethnicon itself.
Its fires are not volcanic, but result from the combustion of coal some distance underground, giving off much smoke and steam; geologists estimate that the burning has been going on for at least 800 years.
Australia is inhabited by at least if o different species of marsupials, which is about two-thirds of the known species; these have been arranged in five tribes, according to the food they eat, viz., the grass-eaters (kangaroos), the root-eaters (wombats), the insect-eaters (bandicoots), the flesh-eaters (native cats and rats), and the fruit-eaters (phalangers).
The Asiatic elephant; the seladang, a bison of a larger type than the Indian gaur; two varieties of rhinoceros; the honey bear (bruang), the tapir, the sambhur (rusa); the speckled deer (kijang), three varieties of mouse-deer (napoh, plandok and kanchil); the gibbon (ungka or wawa'), the siamang, another species of anthropoid ape, the brok or coco-nut monkey, so called because it is trained by the Malays to gather the nuts from the coco-nut trees, the lotong, kra, and at least twenty other kinds of monkey; the binturong (arctictis binturong), the lemur; the Asiatic tiger, the black panther, the leopard, the large wild cat (harimau akar), several varieties of jungle cat; the wild boar, the wild dog; the flying squirrel,.
The legislative department consists of a senate of 30 members, apportioned among the counties according to population, but with the proviso that each county must have at least one senator, and a House of Representatives of 245 members, one from each township. Since 1870 elections and legislative sessions have been biennial.
The plaintiff must have resided in the state for at least the year preceding the application, and if the cause accrued in some other state or country before the parties lived together in Vermont and while neither party lived there, the plaintiff must have been a resident at least for two years preceding the action.
The vision at Valarshapat was invented later by the Armenians when they broke with the Greeks, in order to give to their church the semblance, if not of apostolic, at least of divine origin.
Below 500 fathoms the western centres of maximum disappear, and higher temperatures occur in the eastern Atlantic off the Iberian peninsula and north-western Africa down to at least 1000 fathoms; at still greater depths temperature gradually becomes more and more uniform.
The date of his death is uncertain, but it must have been at least six or seven years later than the council of Chalcedon (451).
His command of the art is such that his plays read like original works, and it may be at least said that some of his characters stand out so vividly from his canvas that they have ever since served as representatives of certain types of humanity, e.g.
In that licentious university Francis found the greatest difficulty in resisting attacks on his virtue, and once at least had to draw his sword to defend his personal safety against a band of ruffians.
The close agreement between the results at least indicates that "the amount of heat produced by friction is proportional to the work done and independent of the nature of the rubbing surfaces."
Notwithstanding all its drawbacks, Rajputana is reckoned one of the healthiest countries in India, at least for the native inhabitants.
Another reason assigned by the committee appointed by the Treasury in 1875 " to investigate the causes of the increased cost of the telegraphic service since the acquisition of the telegraphs by the state " is the loss on the business of transmitting Press messages, which has been estimated as at least £300,000 a year.
Morse and Gale, who assisted him, found, however, that the distance of the plates up and down the canal must be at least three or four times the width of the canal to obtain successful results.
As, however, the wavelength necessary to cover any considerable distance must be at least 200 or 300 ft., it becomes impracticable to employ mirrors for reflection.
The absence of all mention of either Gauls or Romans seems to prove that this time was at least earlier than 400 B.C.; and the curse may have been composed long before it was written down.
Moreover each call junctioned is dealt with by at least two operators.
Although no contemporary copy of Bagimond's Roll is known to exist, at least three documents give particulars of the taxation of the Church of Scotland in the 16th century, which are based upon the original roll.
Though Matthias's policy was so predominantly occidental that he soon abandoned his youthful idea of driving the Turks out of Europe, he at least succeeded in making them respect Hungarian territory.
In pure leasehold the landlord demands at least six months rent as guarantee, and the forfeiture of any fortuitous advantages.
Handlooms and small spinTextiles ning establishments have, in the silk industry, given place to large establishments with steam looms. The production of raw silk at least tripled itself between 1875 and 1900, and the value of the silks woven in Italy, estimated in 1890 to be 2,200,000, is now, on account of the development of the export trade calculated to be almost 4,000,000.
In many cases the action of these organizations has proved, at least temporarily, advantageous to the working classes.
Elementary, of two grades, of the lower of which there must legally be at least one for boys and one for girls in each commune; while the upper grade elementary school is required in communes having normal and secondary schools or over 4000 inhabitants.
The demands of the Commission were only partly complied with, but a large special grant was voted amounting to at least 1/2I,ooo,000 per annum for the next seven years.
The former qualifications for electorship in local government elections have been modified, and it is now sufficient to pay five lire annually in, direct taxes, five lire of certain communal taxes, or a certain rental (which varies according to the population of a commune), instead of being obliged to pay, as previously, at least five lire annually of direct taxes to the state.
Among the many miseries .nflicted upon Italy by the frequent changes of her northern rulers, this at least may be reckoned a blessing.
These, in their turn, forced the nobles to leave their castles, and to reside for at least a portion of each year within the walls.
Venice, however, in the 14th century took her place at last as an Italian power on an equality at least with the very greatest.
This something more consisted, at least in part, of the arrangement, with the help of Austria and Germany, of an Anglo-Italian naval understanding having special reference to the Eastern question, but providing for common action by the British and Italian fleets in the Mediterranean in case of war.
Reduced in number to less than one hundred, and radically changed in spirit and composition, the Right gave way, if not to despair, at least to a despondency unsuited to an opposition party.
For this unfortunate combination Signor Sonnino himself was not altogether to blame; having lost many of his most faithful followers, who, weary of waiting for office, had gone over to the enemy, he had been forced to seek support among men who had professed hostility to the existing order of things and thus to secure at least the neutrality of the Extreme Left and make the public realize that the reddest of Socialists, Radicals and Republicans may be tamed and rendered harmless by the offer of cabinet appointments.
Claudius Quadrigarius (about 80 B.C.) wrote a history, in at least twenty-three books, which began with the conquest of Rome by the Gauls and went down to the death of Sulla or perhaps later.
The building of this altar is spread over a whole year, during which period the sacrificer has to carry about the sacrificial fire in an earthen pan for at least some time each day, until it is finally deposited on the completed altar to serve as the offering-fire for the Soma oblations.
Newman, Frances Power Cobbe, and others, for their more modern speculative belief in God, which, while non-Christian or at least non-orthodox, held to an immanent God, continually revealing himself - in the moral consciousness.
On the contrary, even Christian theology makes at least the effort to show that the thought of God regulates the whole system of belief.
Mill boldly affirmed that there might be remote realms in space where 2+2 did not make 4 but some different total, even empiricists may hestitate to concur; and yet Mill's assertion is at least the most obvious empiricist reading of the situation.
This new statement has at least of Judg= the merit of bringing God into touch with man's goodness as well as with his happiness.
Or at least he has rightly seen what are the assertions to aim at; it is difficult to accept the principle or method upon which his answer to the riddle proceeds, the dialectic method.
Might one suggest that organisms seem at least to be a working up of inorganic matter for new ends, viz.
But at least we may say that agnosticism is much less clear in Browning than in Tennyson.
Langton followed his sovereign to Northampton and persuaded him, at least for the present, to refrain from any serious measures of revenge.
Edmund Burke says "Magna Carta, if it did not give us originally the House of Commons, gave us at least a House of Commons of weight and consequence."
Thus the gonads are covered over by at least four layers of epithelium, and since these are unnecessary, presenting merely obstacles to the dehiscence of the gonads, they gradually undergo reduction.
When otocysts are present, they are at least eight in number, situated adradially, but are often very numerous.
Some authors prefer, on the other hand, to regard every appendage as a separate individual, or at least as a portion of an individual, of which other portions have been lost or obliterated.
Such a comparison is necessarily illogical, as the existing apes are separated from the common ancestor by at least as large a number of generations as separate it from any of the forms of existing man.
Canon 127 of 1603 provided that the judges must be learned in the civil and ecclesiastical laws and at least masters of arts or bachelors of laws.
The " ordinary " ecclesiastical tribunals of the later middle ages still subsist in England, at least as regards the laity.
As of old, he must be at least tonsured and without a wife living.
They consist of five, or at least three, priests nominated by the bishop in and with the advice of the diocesan synod.
Holtzmann (1872) subjected both Colossians and Ephesians to a rigorous examination, and found in Colossians at least a nucleus of Pauline material.
They will at least ensure for him an honourable place in the history of the modern Spanish theatre.
His Commentarii grammatici in at least 29 books was an ill-arranged collection of linguistic, grammatical and antiquarian notes.
The plan of Shakespeare's Stratford at least is preserved, for the road crossing Clopton's bridge is an ancient highway, and forks in the midst of the town into three great branches, about which the village grew up. The high cross no longer stands at the marketplace where these roads converged.
Both inculcated a peculiar kind of ascetic life; both had a mystical speculative theory of religion, with purificatory rites, abstinence from beans, &c.; but Orphism was more especially religious, while Pythagoreanism, at least originally, inclined more to be a political and philosophical creed.
Milne-Edwards removed the Polyzoa; the group was soon further thinned by the exclusion of the Protozoa on the one hand and the Entozoa on the other; while in 1848 Leuckart and Frey clearly distinguished the Coelenterata from the Echinodermata as a separate sub-kingdom, thus condemning the usage by which the term still continued to be applied to these two groups at least.
We now know that many at least of the Cycadofilices bore seeds, of a type much more complex than that of most modern seed plants, and in some cases approximating to the seeds of existing Cycads.
In many cases the punctures of Aphides and Coccideae are shown to be responsible for such exudations, and at least one instance is known where a FungusClaviceps-causes it.
It is only in a general sense like Schimpers that such ecological terms as xerophytes have any value; and it is not possible, at least at present, to frame ecological classes, which shall have a high scientific value, on a basis of this nature.
In such leaves, there are a well-marked cuticle, a thick epidermis, a thick hypodermis at least on the upper side of the leaf, well-developed palisade tissue, and a poorly developed system of air-spaces.
Though adaptation to the environment seems sometimes to be considered, especially by neo-Lamarckians, as equivalent to, or at least as involving, the evolution of higher forms from Jower, there does not appear to be any evidence that this is the case.
Upper Cretaceous formations in America have yielded a copious flora of a warm-temperate climate from which it is evident that at least the generic types of numerous not closely related existing dicotyledonous trees had already come into existence.
A peculiar feature in which tropical Africa stands alone is that at least one-fifth and probably more of the species are common to both sides of the continent and presumably stretch right across it.
This narrow and pedantic theory had at least the merit of insisting on propriety of expression.
After two successful voyages, Eudoxus, impressed with the idea that Africa was surrounded by ocean on the south, left the Egyptian service, and proceeded to Cadiz and other Mediterranean centres of trade seeking a patron who would finance an expedition for the purpose of African discovery; and we learn from Strabo that the veteran explorer made at least two voyages southward along the coast of Africa.
The study of the evolution of faunas and the comparison of the faunas of distant regions have furnished a trustworthy instrument of pre-historic geographical research, which enables earlier geographical relations of land and sea to be traced out, and the approximate period, or at least the chronological order of the larger changes, to be estimated.
In all the Neornithes the total number of caudal vertebrae, inclusive of those which coalesce, is reduced to at least 13.
Of the metatarsals the fifth occurs as an embryonic vestige near the joint; the first is reduced to its distal portion, and is, with the hallux, shoved on to the inner and posterior side of the foot, at least in the majority of birds.
Birds possess an ear-muscle which at least acts as a tensor tympani; it arises near the occipital condyle, passes through a hole into the tympanic cavity, and its tendon is, in various ways, attached to the inside of the membrane and the neighbouring extracolumellar processes.
The upper Eocene has yielded many birds, most of which are at least close forerunners of recent genera, the differentiation into the leading orders and families being already well marked, e.g.
Winge has determined at least 126 species, of which nearly all still survive in the country.
But the positive characteristics of the region as a whole are not its peculiar forms alone; there are at least four families which, being feebly represented elsewhere, here attain the maximum of development.
Of families we find twenty-three, or maybe more, absolutely restricted thereto, besides at least eight which, being peculiar to the New World, extend their range into the Nearctic region, but are there so feebly developed that their origin may be safely ascribed to the southern portion of America.
Between fifty and sixty so-called families of land birds alone are found within its limits, and of them at least nine are peculiar; the typical genera of which are Buphaga, Euryceros, Philepitta, Musophaga, Irrisor, Leptosoma, Colius, Serpentarius, Struthio, Aepyornis.
Thus the whole classification becomes a rounded-off phylogenetic system, which, at least in its broad outlines, seems to approach the natural system, the ideal goal of the scientific ornithologist.
The second duke, twice married, was father of at least eleven sons and six daughters, the sons including Edward the lord high admiral, killed in boarding Pregent's galleys at Brest, Edmund the knight marshal of the army at Flodden, and William the first Lord Howard of Effingham.
In answer to his petition for the dukedom, the king had, on the 6th of June 1644, given him a patent of the earldom of Norfolk, in order, as it would seem, to flatter him by suggesting that the title of Norfolk would at least be refused to any other family.
In the monothelite controversy then raging he acted with cautious reserve, refraining at least from express condemnation of the Typus of Constans II.
As far as the Khabur Mesopotamia seems to have been a wellinhabited country from at least the 15th century B.C., when it constituted the Hittite kingdom of Mitanni, down to about the 12th century A.D., and the same is true of the country on the Syrian side of the Euphrates as far as the eastern limit of the Palmyrene.
Between `Ana and Hit there were anciently at least four island cities or fortresses, and at the present time three such towns, insignificant relics of former greatness, Haditha, Alus or el-`Uzz and Jibba still occupy the old sites.
How early this work was begun is not clear, but it would appear to have been at least largely reconstructed in the time of the great Nebuchadrezzar.
He may indeed be said to have been at least as much influenced by Gounod as by Wagner.
Possibly the same cause may have kept the chronicler from enlarging on their religious character; yet in Sicily at least they might pass for crusaders.
Few buildings, at least few buildings raised i n any reasonable style of architecture which makes use of the arched construction, can be less like one another Sicily.
And this comes out the more clearly if we compare Norman work in England and in Sicily with Norman work in at least some parts of Apulia.
A calcarone that is to be used all the year round must be at least 220 yds.
Of an olive-green above, deeply tinted in some parts with black and in others lightened by yellow, and beneath of a yellowish-white again marked with black, the male of this species has at least a becoming if not a brilliant garb, and possesses a song that is not unmelodious, though the resemblance of some of its notes to the running-down of a piece of clockwork is more remarkable than pleasing.
The privileges which the Venetian nobility took to themselves were established by acts which, if not legal, were at least formal.
It wanted the element of legality, or at least of formality, which distinguished both these bodies.
In short, the shutting out of the old nobility was, if not the formation of a new nobility, at least the formation of a Civic new privileged class.
As regards reptiles, there are at least seven poisonous snakes - two cobras, two puff-adders and three vipers.
There are three species of crocodile, at least two chameleons (probably more when the forest is further explored), the large West African python (P. sebae) and a rare Boine snake (Calabaria).
The special Darwinian hypothesis - natural " selection " - may or may not be true; it was at least a fruitful suggestion.
The Christian apologist indeed may himself seek, following John Fiske, to philosophize evolution as a restatement of natural theology - " one God, one law, one element and one far-off divine event " - and as at least pointing towards personal immortality.
Hitherto at least the fourth gospel has been the touchstone.
The authorship of the epistles is in many cases a matter of subordinate importance; at least for Protestants or for those surrendering Bible infallibility, which Rome can hardly do.
By the ancient canons all monasteries were to spend at least a tenth part of their income in alms to the poor, and all bishops were required to keep almoners.
His position was assured, at least temporarily, in 617, when he decided to espouse the cause of the Northumbrian prince Edwin, then a fugitive at his court, and defeated zEthelfrith of Northumbria on the banks of the Idle, a tributary of the Trent, in Mercian territory.
While from the nature of their life-history there is no doubt that they have a rather close relationship to the Meloidae, their structure is so remarkable that it seems advisable to regard them as at least a distinct tribe of Coleoptera.
His philosophical position was determined, or at least very greatly influenced, by the antagonism between the Dominicans and the Franciscans.
In the college itself the voting - secret and by ballot throughout - is by majority; and since this majority consists, under the actual system, of very conservative elements (the landowners and urban delegates having 8ths of the votes), the progressive elements - however much they might preponderate in the country - would have no chance of representation at all save for the curious provision that one member at least in each government must be chosen from each of the five classes represented in the college.
These elect their delegates to the Duma direct, and though their votes are divided into two curias (on the basis of taxable property) in such a way as to give the advantage to wealth, each returning the same number of delegates, the democratic colleges can at least return members of their own complexion.'
These elect a head-man (starosta) and a collector of taxes, who was responsible, at least until the ukaz of October 3906, which abolished communal responsibility for the payment of taxes, for the repartition among individuals of the taxes imposed on the commune.
Thirteen years previously the government had endeavoured to secure greater fixity and permanence of tenure by providing that at least twelve years must elapse between every two redistributions of the land belonging to a mir amongst those entitled to share in it.'
They were accordingly replaced in great measure by the old autocratic methods of administration, and much of the administrative corruption which had been cured, or at least repressed, by the reform enthusiasm again flourished luxuriantly.
Railways had their origin in the tramways (q.v.) or wagon-ways which at least as early as the middle of the 16th century were used in the mineral districts of England round Newcastle for the conveyance of coal from the pits to the river Tyne for shipment.
The duty of a railway with deficient plant or facilities would seem to be to make up for their absence by moderating the speeds of its trains, but public sentiment in America appears so far to have approved, at least tacitly, the combination of imperfect railways and high speeds.
In Great Britain, Germany and France, at least 90% of the wooden sleepers are " treated " before they are laid, to ii.crease their resistance to decay, and the same practice is followed to some extent in other European countries.
At many intermediate stations the same arrangements, on a smaller scale, are made; in all of them there is at least accommodation for the passenger and the goods traffic. The stations for F - FIG.
Assuming that the frictional resistance at the rails is given by the weight on the wheels, the total weight on the driving-wheels necessary to secure sufficient adhesion to prevent slipping must be at least 8.3 X5 =41.5 tons.
But though by an act of 1844 the railways were obliged to run at least one train a day over their lines, by which the fares did not exceed the " Parliamentary " rate of id.
About 1875 their average capacity differed little from that of British wagons of the present day, but by 1885 it had grown to zo or 22 short tons (z000 ib) and now it is probably at least three times that of European wagons.
The human commensals were the totem-kin, whom Robertson Smith conceived to have been in the habit of sharing a common meal in daily life, or at least of not mixing with other kins.
It is clear from the evidence of the early Western liturgies that, for at least six centuries, the primitive conception of the nature of the Christian sacrifice remained.
The bread and wine are designated by all the names by which sacrifices are designated (sacrificia, hostiae, libamina, and at least once sacrificium placationis), and the act of offering them by the ordinary term for offering a sacrifice (immolatio).
He was nominated by his party in 1892 for re-election, but was defeated by Cleveland, this result being due, at least in part, to the labour strikes which occurred during the presidential campaign and arrayed the labour unions against the tariff party.
A close survey of the facts, however, would lead us to regard it as probable that some at least of the Hebrew clans had patrondeities of their own.
In bringing about this " fall," however, Parsons the Jesuit appears to have had a considerable share; at least Lord Sheffield has recorded that on the only occasion on which Gibbon talked with him on the subject he imputed the change in his religious views principally to that vigorous writer, who, in his opinion, had urged all the best arguments in favour of Roman Catholicism.
Indeed, as one of the acutest and most sympathetic of his critics has remarked, the deep and settled grudge he has betrayed towards every form of Christian belief, in all the writings of his maturity, may be taken as evidence that he had at one time experienced in his own person at least some of the painful workings of a positive faith.
Thus his " studious and sedentary life " passed pleasantly enough, interrupted only at rare intervals by boyish excursions of a day or a week in the neighbourhood, and by at least one memorable tour of Switzerland, by Basel, Zurich, Lucerne and Bern, made along with Pavilliard in the autumn of 1755.
The last eighteen months of this residence abroad saw the infusion of two new elements - one of them at least of considerable importance - into his life.
The governor and lieutenantgovernor must each be at least twenty-five years old at the time of election to office.
Dubos, but singularly transforming it, he maintained that those invasions were not marked by the violent and destructive character usually attributed to them; that the penetration of the German barbarians into Gaul was a slow process; that the Germans submitted to the imperial administration; that the political institutions of theMerovingians had their origins in the Roman laws at least as much as, if not more than, in German usages; and, consequently, that there was no conquest of Gaul by the Germans.
Since the intrinsic energy of a substance varies with the conditions under which the substance exists, it is necessary, before proceeding to the practical application of any of the laws mentioned above, accurately to specify the conditions of the initial and final systems, or at least to secure that they shall not vary in the operations considered.
Combustion calorimeters are employed for observing the heat generated by the brisk interaction of substances, one of which at least is gaseous.
He had already, in 1859, as the result of a visit to Budapest, made certain modifications in the Bach system by way of concession to Magyar sentiment, and in 1861 he had had an interview with Dek, during which, though unconvinced by that statesmans arguments, he had at least assured himself of his loyalty.
They offer themselves where necessary to either party, and some at least perhaps belonged to the settled population.
It is at least necessary to distinguish provisionally between a possibly historical framework and narratives which may be of later growth - between the general outlines which only external evidence can test and details which cannot be tested and appear isolated without any cause or devoid of any effect.
The descendants of the detested Phoenician marriage were rooted out, and unless the close intercourse between Israel and Judah had been suddenly broken, it would be supposed that the new king at least laid claim to the south.
For the understanding of these great wars between Syria and Israel (which the traditional chronology spreads over eighty years), for the significance of the crushing defeats and inspiring victories, and for the alternations of despair and hope, a careful study of all the records of relations between Israel and the north is at least instructive, and it is important to remember that, although the present historical outlines are scanty and incomplete, some - if not all - of the analogous descriptions in their present form are certainly later than the second half of the 9th century B.C., the period in which these great events fa11.4 13.
It is at least probable that when Israel was supreme an independent Judah would centre around a more southerly site than Jerusalem.
But the destruction of Jerusalem is not quite unique, and somewhat later we meet with indirect evidence for at least one similar disaster upon which the records are silent.
Whatever the predominant party might think of foreign marriages, the tradition of the half-Moabite origin of David serves, in the beautiful idyll of Ruth (q.v.), to suggest the debt which Judah and Jerusalem owed to one at least of its neighbours.
But at least the book remains an indispensable storehouse of references to ancient and modern authorities.
This last-named event synchronized with the discovery of America; Columbus being accompanied by at least one Jewish navigator.
The Jews came to England at least as early as the Norman Conquest; they were expelled from Bury St Edmunds in 1190, after the massacres at the coronation of Richard I.; they were required to wear badges in 1218.
Their Venetian masters at least secured to the islanders external tranquillity, and it is singular that the Turks were content to leave them in undisturbed possession of this opulent and important island for nearly two centuries after the fall of Constantinople.
This change of masters brought some relief to the unfortunate Cretans, who at least exchanged the licence of local misrule for the oppression of an organized despotism; and the government of Mustafa Pasha, an Albanian like Mehemet Ali, the ruler of the island for a considerable period (1832-1852), was more enlightened and intelligent than that of most Turkish governors.
A divorce may be granted only to one who has lived for at least one year in the state; among the recognized causes for divorce are desertion for two years, cruelty, insanity or physical incapacity at time of marriage, habitual drunkenness or excessive use of opium or other drugs, and the conviction of either party of felony.
The governor and the lieutenant-governor must at the time of their election be at least thirty years of age, and must have been citizens of the United States for five years and residents of the state for two years.
The Senate is composed of fifty members elected biennially by senatorial districts as nearly as possible equal to one another in population, and the House of Representatives (in the Constitution of 1776 called the House of Commons) of one hundred and twenty, elected biennially and chosen by counties' according to their population, each county having at least one representative, no matter how small its population.
The working of children under twelve years of age in any factory or manufacturing establishment is unlawful, the working of children between the ages of twelve and thirteen in such places is allowed only on condition that they be employed as apprentices and have attended school for at least four months during the preceding year; and no boy or girl under fourteen is to work in such places during night time.
The Resolutions were published in at least two newspapers only a few days after they were passed.
He carried on war with Carthage with varying success; his attempts to drive the Carthaginians entirely out of the island failed, and at his death they were masters of at least a third of it.
There are two small towns, Capri (450 ft.) and Anacapri (980 ft.), which until the construction of a carriage road in 1874 were connected only by a flight of 784 steps (the substructures of which at least are ancient).
Such visitors are clearly prejudicial to the flower, and so we meet with arrangements which are calculated to repel the intruders, or at least to force them to enter the flower in such a way as not to effect mischief.
With the completion of the surveys of Baluchistan and Makran much light has also been thrown on the ancient connexion between east and west; and the final settlement of the southern galuch- boundaries of Afghanistan has led to the reopening of istan and one at least of the old trade routes between Seistan Makran.
But there is positive evidence that much of the north and east of Asia has been land since the Palaeozoic era, and it has been conclusively proved that the peninsula of India has never been beneath the sea since the Carboniferous period at least.
In Burma also there is at least one extinct volcano.
These countries, except Japan, have all been at some time at least nominal tributaries of China.
The history of Indian civilization in Indo-China and the Archipelago is still obscure, in spite of the existence of gigantic ruins, but it would appear that in some parts at least twa periods must be distinguished, first the introduction of Hinduism (or mixed Hinduism and Buddhism), perhaps under Indian princes, and secondly a later and more purely ecclesiastical.
Soon after the Christian era central Asia began to boil over, and at least seven great.
At present it occupies the extremity of the Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines and other islands of the Malay Archipelago as well as Madagascar, while the inhabitants of most islands in the South Seas, including New Zealand and Hawaii, speak languages which if not Malay have at least undergone a strong Malay influence.
Both China and Japan have felt through Buddhism the influence of Indian art, which contains at least two elements - one indigenous and the other Greco-Persian.
This police report at least serves to show the kind of rumour then current.