At first they were only feathers and dark indistinguishable faces and bodies, hunched over their horses' heads.

At first I thought he had missed.

At first Matilda could not believe her own eyes.

At the first restaurant he sensibly pulled up to go in for his dinner, and as a consequence did not see Cobb strike the open range at the mouth of the canyon and head straight across the swells for Antler.

At the first shot Russ had hurled his mount to the left toward the side of the winding draw.

At first, I thought he was out of his head, talking wildly like this.

At first it had been just a romantic dream of his, the same as the idea of finishing Oxford after the war.

At first glance, this hero seems to be more rather than less of an individualist than any of his predecessors.

At first glance this appears strange: of all people, was not America founded by rugged individualists who established a new way of life still inspiring `` undeveloped '' societies abroad??

At this point Mrs. Frances Cupply, one of Wright's handsome daughters by his first wife, came from the house and tried to calm Miriam as she tore down a no visitors sign and smashed the glass pane on another sign with a rock.

At this point a working definition of idea is in order, although our first definition will have to be qualified somewhat as we proceed.

At the height of the first snowstorm we had, it was impossible for me to get medical attention needed during an emergency.

At two thirty he sent Fujimoto to the top of the wall at the northeast corner of the mission to keep an eye on the ridge road and give a signal when he first glimpsed the approach of Kayabashi's party.

At that time consideration will be given to whether in the light of the United States supplies of rice available for Title 1, disposal, India's production, consumption and stocks of food grains, other imports from the United States and countries friendly to the United States, India's storage capacity, and other related factors, any increase would be possible in the portion of the total rice programmed which is currently planned for procurement during the first year.

At first each child should do a kick-up by himself so that the teacher can determine those ready to work alone, and those who need help.

At first Barco was evasive and shifty.

At first the patient felt stronger, and the hemoglobin rose to 13.8 gm., but on Oct. 20, 1958, he complained of `` caving in '' in his knees.

At first I did not know what she meant ; ;

At any rate, Manchester did not lag far behind the first commercial system which was set up in 1844 between Baltimore and Washington.

At the very first, then, Brumidi was required, by the classically pyramidal shape of his central group, to fill in the triangular space above the seated girl on Liberty's right, before starting on the allegorical figures themselves.

At first the kitchen help was tolerant, but ordered their own supply of white bread for themselves.

At the end of the performance, Dave and Max came out into the brilliantly lit foyer among a surge of gowned and tuxedoed first nighters.

At the Fifteenth Anniversary ( 1896 ) as already quoted, Miss Upton projected with force and eloquence the Spelman of the Future as a college of first rank, with expanding and unlimited horizons.

At first glance, not much of a motive for a man of his standing ; ;

At first the Belgian royal family administered the Congo as its own private property.

At this Congress Liu stood together with Deng Xiaoping and Peng Zhen against those who supported Mao's policies, led by Chen Yun and Zhou Enlai.

At Tsinghua, Hu met a fellow student Liu Yongqing, now his wife.

At Xinye, Liu recruits the genius strategist Zhuge Liang personally and builds up his forces.

At Zhu's suggestion, Xie Xuan and Liu Laozhi ( 劉牢之 ) led 5000 elite troops to engage the advance Former Qin force and scored a devastating victory, killing 15, 000 men.

At the age of 14, Liu Bei, sponsored by a more affluent relative who recognised his potential in leadership, went to study under the tutelage of Lu Zhi ( a prominent scholar and, at the time, former Administrator of Jiujiang ).

At the time, there were two opposing alliances — Yuan Shu, Tao Qian, and Gongsun Zan on one side, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Liu Biao the other.

At that time, many suggested to Liu Bei to grant estates and plantations around Chengdu to his generals for them to settle in.

At that time, Liu Bei resided at Xinye while he was taking shelter under Jing Province's governor, Liu Biao.

At the same time, the commanderies in Nanzhong rebelled against Shu, but Zhuge Liang did not send troops to suppress the revolt as Liu Bei's death was still recent.

At the Second Plenum, Lin advocated that Mao take the position of President, which had been dissolved after the removal of Liu Shaoqi, but Mao dismissed this appeal, suspecting Lin of using it to increase his own power.

At the same time, Liu integrated regular forces with militia, using frontal attack and bushfighting to frustrate the Japanese army ’ s suppression and clean-out efforts.

At Liu Bei's suggestion, Cao Cao had Lü Bu hanged.

At that time, the sonless Emperor Cheng was beginning to consider making either his younger brother Prince Liu Xing of Zhongshan ( 中山王劉興 ) or his nephew Prince Xin his heir.

At this time, Liu Xiu was fighting on the frontlines.

At this point, territories that Liu Xiu controlled were already impressive, compared to any other regional power in the empire broken apart by civil war — but he still carried just the title Prince of Xiao ( which Emperor Gengshi had created him ) and still ostensibly was controlling those territories as Emperor Gengshi's deputy, even as he was already engaging militarily against some generals ( e. g. Xie Gong-謝躬 ) loyal to Emperor Gengshi ( During this incident, Liu Xiu succeeded to persuade Ma Wu ( 馬武 ), who was the deputy of Xie Gong, to join him .).

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang created princely titles for many of his relatives in certain territories that accounted for between approximately one-third to one-half of the empire.

At this time Liang appeared to be in great danger, and Prince Liu Wu sent messenger after messenger to seek immediate assistance from Zhou, which Zhou ignored.

At the same time, Cao Cao started a campaign to conquer Jing Province, and Lu Su was worried that the province would fall to Cao Cao, thus he urged Sun Quan to form an alliance with Liu Biao's sons to resist Cao Cao.

At this time, Cao Cao intended to launch an expedition deep into the north to eradicate Yuan Shang and the Wuhuan tribes, but many feared that Liu Biao would attack from the south.

At this point, as an official in the Liu Song government, Xie Lingyun received a demotion, to marquis, with only 500 households in fee.

At Lü Polou ( 呂婆樓 )' s suggestion, Fu Jiān met Wang, and they became friends immediately, and Fu Jiān compared their meeting to Liu Bei's meeting of Zhuge Liang.

At the same time, the king placed Liu Bang in command of another army to attack Guanzhong, the heartland of Qin.