Finding himself on his own, since his father and uncle had more or less disowned him, the teenage Rousseau supported himself for a time as a servant, secretary, and tutor, wandering in Italy ( Piedmont and Savoy ) and France.

Finding, however, that they were bent on forcing the papal dignity upon him, he fled to Monte Cassino, where he busied himself in exhorting the Normans and Lombards to rally to the support of the Holy See.

Finding himself now in secure surroundings, Innocent summoned as many bishops as could get to Lyon to attend what became the 13th General ( Ecumenical ) Council of the Church, the first in Lyon.

Finding himself in a unique situation, the figure skater Gillis Grafström is the first one ever to successfully defend his Summer Olympics title at the Winter Olympics.

Finding himself unable to cope with the combined forces of Eumenes and Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia, Pharnaces is compelled to purchase peace by ceding all his conquests in Galatia and Paphlagonia, with the exception of Sinope.

Finding it easy to express himself on stage and losing his stutter in the process, Willis began performing on stage and his high school activities were marked by such things as the drama club and student council president.

Finding himself to be a neighbour of the actor Gérard Philipe, he persuaded him to appear in a 16mm surrealist short, Schéma d ' une identification ( now lost ).

Finding himself in present-day Homewood again, Sloan makes his way back to the gas station, now walking with a limp.

Finding himself totally alone in a shattered world with food to last him a lifetime, but no one to share it with, Bemis succumbs to despair.

Finding little prospect of a career in Scotland, in 1802 he went to London, in company with Sir John Stuart, then member of parliament for Kincardineshire, and devoted himself to literary work.

Finding himself without the means to complete his theological studies under Johann August Wilhelm Neander and Friedrich August Tholuck in Berlin, he accepted a post at Basel as tutor in Oriental languages to Johann Jakob Stähelin ( 1797 – 1875 ), later a professor at the university.

Finding himself responsible for the bulk of the band's songwriting and dealing with the extra pressures of being the frontman in a high-level group, Belew squabbled with Fripp over group approach and sound.

Finding himself considerably outnumbered, Totila ostensibly entered into negotiations while planning a surprise attack, but Narses was not fooled by this stratagem.

Finding that his brother had procured his election for the County of Kildare, and desiring to maintain political independence, Lord Edward refused the command of an expedition against Cadiz offered him by Pitt, and devoted himself for the next few years to the pleasures of society and his parliamentary duties.

Finding that when he got there he would be expected to serve under an officer he considered junior to himself von Tempsky joined the mutiny and refused to accept any further orders.

Finding that he was colour blind, he determined to devote himself to etching.

Finding himself pushed aside, Norfolk spent considerable time away from court in 1525 – 7 and 1528.

Finding himself outgunned by a larger English ship, he fled south and captured the new HBC base at Fort Severn.

Finding himself seated on a couch with Socrates and Agathon, Alcibiades exclaims that Socrates, again, has managed to sit next to the handsomest man in the room, Agathon, and that he is always doing such things ( 213c ).

Finding himself in a position of power, Sclerus used it to poison Constantine against Maniakes-ransacking the latter's house and even seducing his wife, using the charm his family were famed for.

Finding himself neglected by Marlborough, he made friends with the Tories, and succeeded in retaining the queen ’ s confidence, while his wife replaced the Duchess of Marlborough as Mistress of the Robes in 1711.

Finding none on the list to suit his criteria, Roosevelt nominated Frankfurter himself, and he was confirmed without dissent.

Finding himself and his wife living out of only four rooms in the enormous mansion, he donated it and the estate in 1955 for a new school of architecture.

Finding himself the head of his family, he found a job as an accounting assistant at a commercial clothing enterprise to support his relatives.

Finding just such a position near Saratoga, overlooking the Hudson at Bemis Heights, Kościuszko proceeded to lay out an excellent array of defenses ; nearly impregnable to attack from any direction.

Finding that no lesser person than the jurist Sir Matthew Hale had permitted this evidence, supported by the eminent philosopher, physician and author Thomas Browne, to be used in the Bury St Edmunds witch trial and the accusations against two Lowestoft women, held in 1662 in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, they also accepted its validity and the trials proceeded.

Finding that a universal reaction brought together metals, plants and animals under a common law, he next proceeded to a study of modifications in response, which occur under various conditions.

Finding nothing, the overtaking train proceeded on its way with a small delay, the guard only later learning of the accident.

Finding a mass of 1, 000 rebels occupying the high ground of Oulart hill, they proceeded to burn cabins at the foot of the hill in an attempt to lure down the rebels.

Finding one day a challenge-glove stuck up on the door of a church where he was to preach, he took it down with his own hand, and proceeded to the pulpit to inveigh against the unchristian custom.

Finding Rome locked against him and held by Ageltrude, he had to take the city by force on 21 February 896, freeing the pope.

* First Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championships held in Cetniewo, Poland.

* Eighth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Skopje, Yugoslavia.

* Seventh Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Komló, Hungary.

* Sixth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Duisburg, Federal Republic of Germany.

* Twelfth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Brno, Czech Republic

* Eleventh Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Tatranske Matliare, Slovakia.

Finding the Cabal insufferable, Sir William Coventry resigned as Secretary to the Admiralty and went back to the House of Commons, where he emerged in 1669 as the formidable leader of a group of parliamentarians known as the " Country Party "-a group of MPs held together by their suspicion of corruption in high places, suspicious of the king's dubious foreign policy and, increasingly, suspicious of his loyalty to Protestantism.

* First IARU Region II Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships held in Portland, Oregon, USA.

* Eighth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Sankt Englmar, Germany.

* First IARU Region III Amateur Radio Direction Finding Championships held in Japan.

* Seventh Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Södertälje, Sweden.

* The Friendship Radiosport Games held in Victoria, British Columbia are the first international Amateur Radio Direction Finding competition ever held in Canada.

* Sixth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Siófok, Hungary.

* The Friendship Radiosport Games held in Portland, Oregon, USA was the first international Amateur Radio Direction Finding competition held in the Americas.

* Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Štrbské Pleso, Czechoslovakia.

* Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Beatenberg, Switzerland.

* Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

* Second Amateur Radio Direction Finding World Championship held in Oslo, Norway.

* Fifth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Cervena, Czechoslovakia.

* Fourth Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Warsaw, Poland.

* Third Amateur Radio Direction Finding European Championship held in Vilnius, Lithuania.