" Geoffrey Yarlott, in 1967, responds to Eliot to claim, " Certainly, the enigmatic personages who appear in the poem ... and the vaguely incantatory proper names ... appear to adumbrate rather than crystalize the poet's intention.

A medieval variation is alluded to in Geoffrey Chaucer ’ s Canterbury Tales at the beginning of the “ Knight ’ s Tale ,” where it says: “ Certainly, if it were not too lengthy to listen to, I would have told you fully how the realm of Scythia was conquered by Theseus and his knights ; of the great battle on that occasion between the Athenians and the Amazons ; how Hippolyta, the fair, brave queen of Scythia, was besieged ; of the feast at their wedding ; and of the tempest at their home-coming .”

Certainly, Bertrand Russell seems to have espoused such a view in his early philosophical career ( Sainsbury, R. M., Russell, London 1979 ).

Certainly, rats have been shown in the laboratory to be able to accurately ( within 5-10 %) discriminate the size of an opening, so it seems likely that cats can use their whiskers for this task.

Certainly, many passages in the Domesday Book support this contention, but in other passages " soke " seems to serve merely as a short expression for " sake and soke ".

Certainly it seems that there was a dynasty of Mercian noblemen, all with similar names beginning Cy and connected to the area.

Certainly after Swedish iron began to be imported in large quantities after the Restoration, Wealden bar iron seems to have been unable to compete in the London market.

Certainly, from some angles, the building seems to float above the lawns of the campus, and it is particularly striking at night.

Animals, too, are God's creatures … Certainly, a sort of industrial use of creatures, so that geese are fed in such a way as to produce as large a liver as possible, or hens live so packed together that they become just caricatures of birds, this degrading of living creatures to a commodity seems to me in fact to contradict the relationship of mutuality that comes across in the Bible.

Certainly one of the most important comments that can be made upon the spiritual and cultural life of any period of Western civilization during the past sixteen or seventeen centuries has to do with the way in which its leaders have read and interpreted the Bible.

When Marcus Livius, the governor of Tarentum, claimed the merit of recovering the town, Fabius rejoined, " Certainly, had you not lost it, I would have never retaken it.

Certainly many entries of the Man ' yōshū have a continental tone, earlier poems having Confucian or Taoist themes and later poems reflecting on Buddhist teachings.

Certainly its long term success and viability have become much harder to judge since the recent worldwide economic downturn, a situation compounded by the actions of its two principal owner-occupiers.

Certainly something special happened on that night in 1969, and we've made it more special in our need to have what I call a point of origin ... it's more complex than saying that it all started with Stonewall.

Certainly, other Bishops were depicted bearing the arms of a knight without comment, such as Archbishop Turpin who bears both a spear and a sword named " Almace " in The Song of Roland or Bishop Adhemar of Le Puy, who also appears to have fought as a knight during the First Crusade, an expedition that Odo also joined.

Certainly, it can be ( and often is ) argued that without the Mongol destruction of Kievan Rus ' that Moscow, and subsequently the Russian Empire, would not have risen.

Certainly Roman forts existed north of the wall, and forts as far north as Cramond may have been in long-term occupation.

Certainly they have become more and more a part of geovisualization, whether maps or GIS systems.

Certainly many of the new castles were transitory in nature: Historian Oliver Creighton observes that 56 % of those castles known to have been built during Stephen's reign have " entirely vanished ".

The immediate dwellers-round, presumably the first members were the small states Aeniania, Malis and Doris. Certainly Thessaly did have a share, including the states of the Boeotian tribes who lived around Thessaly ( perioikoi, " living around ").

" Certainly this new style brought acclamation: Alexander Pope stated, " he was afraid the young man would be spoiled, for he would have no competitor.

Certainly by the mid nineteenth century, all three instruments had been modified to have a very powerful sound, and each can hold its own in a modern ensemble.

Certainly those who have been associated with him closely for years will feel a deep sense of personal bereavement.

Certainly all three have their devotees and detractors, but their presence has been inescapable.

Certainly they were paid off on more than one occasion, and such payouts may have included money ( besides other valuables ), but the imposition of a tax on the people to pay either a stipend or a tribute is not recorded in the sources, although it is possible that some monies were raised this way.

" Certainly aspects of his reforms, and especially his judicial reforms, seem to have been directed at the people responsible for his brother's death.

Certainly, the Yongzheng Emperor ensured his successor would have a smooth transition when his turn came.

Certainly, there are a number of stories sloshing around the news now that have raised discussions of Israel and of the posture of American Jews to an acrid level.

Certainly, the Athenians, and Greeks in general, seem to have been impressed by the power of Persian cavalry, with the Greek armies displaying considerable caution during the following campaigns when confronted by the Persian cavalry.

Certainly, Sir Garnet Wolseley, taking over as Commander-in-Chief from Lord Chelmsford later that year, was unimpressed with the awards made to the defenders of Rorke ’ s Drift, saying " it is monstrous making heroes of those who shut up in buildings at Rorke ’ s Drift, could not bolt, and fought like rats for their lives which they could not otherwise save ".

" Certainly the strength of the committees had been made evident, as had their ability to control and silence opposition.

Certainly by 1542, a white saltire set against a blue background was depicted as being the flag of Scotland, although an even earlier example known as the " Blue Blanket of the Trades of Edinburgh ", reputedly made by Queen Margaret, wife of James III ( 1451 – 1488 ), also shows a white saltire on a blue field.

Certainly reparation was made to Atherstone after the battle and not to Market Bosworth.

Certainly the change was under way even before the Civil War broke out ; his legacy consists in forcing the change to be made sooner than would otherwise have been done.

Certainly bringing in more supplies would have made greater strategic sense, before risking going on to the offensive and thus in turn risking the wrath of the enemy.

Certainly a major contributor to the Rendezvous's success was an aggressive value-pricing strategy that made the Rendezvous US $ 6, 500 less than a comparably equipped Acura MDX and US $ 8, 000 less than the Lexus RX300.

Certainly by the 11th-century, this combination of association with kings and invaders, and with the destruction or take-over of Buddhist temples, had made the Brahmins by far the largest group owning land in the region and they were to remain so until very recent times.

:" Certainly, McLauchlan was not the conventional size and shape for a loose-head prop in the 1970s, but in many ways it was precisely the combination of an amazing power to weight ratio plus his ability to get under the opposing tight-head that made him such an effective performer in the tight ... As a larger than life character, he played best in the most intimidating circumstances ... making him one of Scotland's most successful captains.

Certainly its use of space emphasized the dramatic possibilities of 3-D and reveals, as more than one person has observed, that the device had largely been squandered in other films made at the time.

Certainly, certainly, cousin, it must needs be, that some goddess this desert belongs unto, who is the soul of this soil, for neither is any less than a goddess worthy to be shrined in such a heap of pleasures, nor any less than a goddess could have made it so perfect a model of the heavenly dwellings.

" The BBC reported that former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw insisted that intelligence had shown that the Iraqi regime appeared to be allowing a permissive environment " in which al-Qaeda is able to operate ... Certainly we have some evidence of links between al-Qaeda and various people in Iraq ... What we don't know, and the prime minister and I have made it very clear, is the extent of those links ... What we also know, however, is that the Iraqi regime have been up to their necks in the pursuit of terrorism generally.

Certainly, much is always made in newspapers and magazines of celebrity couples with a notable height difference, especially where a man is shorter than his wife ( for example, Jamie Cullum, shorter at than Sophie Dahl, though the difference is often exaggerated ).

Certainly the most significant event in BMO Harris Bank Center history occurred in the inaugural year, when The Rolling Stones made an appearance on their 1981 North American Tour on October 1, 1981.