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confined and himself
He instead confined himself to the administration of the Danish empire.
On the publication, in Calcutta, of the whole Mahabharata, Bopp discontinued editing Sanskrit texts and confined himself thenceforth exclusively to grammatical investigations.
For example, an observer confined in a free-falling lift will assert that he himself is a valid inertial frame, even if he is accelerating under gravity, so long as he has no knowledge about anything outside the lift.
At Oxford the vice-chancellor, following papal directions, confined the Reformer for some time in Black Hall, from which Wycliffe was released on threats from his friends ; the vice-chancellor was himself confined in the same place because of his treatment of Wycliffe.
The court further held that during an investigatory stop a police officer ’ s search “ confined to what minimally necessary to determine whether suspect is armed, and the intrusion, which made for the sole purpose of protecting himself and others nearby, confined to ascertaining the presence of weapons “ ( U. S. Supreme Court ).
Honorius IV inherited plans for another crusade, but confined himself to collecting the tithes imposed by the Council of Lyon, arranging with the great banking houses of Florence, Siena, and Pistoia to act as his agents.
At first he would receive visitors and wash their feet, but later he confined himself to his cell and opened the window only to give his blessing.
Henry himself once gave Eleanor a saddle, suggesting that she was probably a horsewoman, and was not always confined in her apartment.
George had only just recovered from a serious illness himself, after being confined to bed for six weeks with typhoid fever, the disease that was thought to have killed his grandfather Prince Albert.
He confined himself to saying that there is nothing that music cannot undertake to do, or dare, or portray, provided it continues to charm and always remain music.
Orchardson confined himself to the simplest themes and designs, to the most reticent schemes of colour.
Germany remained neutral ; Charles VII of France confined himself to securing to his kingdom ( by the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges, which became law on 13 July 1438 ) the benefit of a great number of the reforms decreed at Basel ; England and Italy remained faithful to Eugene IV.
Soon, however, Leodegar too was defeated by Wulfoald and the Austrasians, and was himself confined at Luxeuil in 673.
He wrote of William the Conqueror in Historia Anglorum: He was of just stature, ordinary corpulence, fierce countenance ; his forehead was bare of hair ; of such great strength of arm that it was often a matter of surprise, that no one was able to draw his bow, which himself could bend when his horse was in full gallop ; he was majestic whether sitting or standing, although the protuberance of his belly deformed his royal person ; of excellent health so that he was never confined with any dangerous disorder, except at the last ; so given to the pleasures of the chase, that as I have before said, ejecting the inhabitants, he let a space of many miles grow desolate that, when at liberty from other avocations, he might there pursue his pleasures.
Bekker confined himself entirely to manuscript investigations and textual criticism ; he contributed little to the extension of other types of scholarship.
Here he showed a remarkable faculty for lyrical drama, and from this time till just before his death he confined himself to composing libretti for Lully's work.
Hargrave had not confined himself to the problem of constructing a heavier than air machine that would fly, for he had given much time to the means of propulsion.
His son, Gilbert Augustin Thierry ( 1843 – 1915 ), who began a literary career by articles on Les Révolutions d ' Angleterre ( 1864 ) and some Essais d ' histoire religieuse ( 1867 ), afterwards confined himself to the writing of novels.
Overall, De perenni philosophia wasn ’ t particularly influential, and largely confined to those with a similar orientation to himself.
After this, he confined himself to silent participation in the sessions.
During his later years he confined himself to parts portraying old men, in which he was unrivalled.
He wrote about many cultures throughout the globe in detail because, as he himself said, he didn't like the way history was taught in schools where it was confined to the history of a single country and that too narrow, and he wanted his daughter Priyadarshini to know why people did what they did.

confined and operate
The Great Lakes Waterway has larger locks and deeper drafts than the St. Lawrence Seaway with the result that a number of lake freighters are confined to the lakes, being small enough to operate on the Waterway but too large to pass down the Seaway.
Gas generators, charcoal and propane barbecues, and kerosene heaters contribute to CO poisoning when they operate in confined locations.
The organisation ceased to operate at a national level and was now confined to exile circles and the Saarland.
Under the subsequent sakoku policy, from 1639 till 1854 ( 215 years ) the Dutch were the only European power allowed to operate in Japan, confined in 1639 to Hirado and then from 1641 at Deshima.
Sheppard stipulated the following: “ Courteous treatment and comfort of all patients ; that no patient was to be confined below ground ; all were to have privacy, sunlight and fresh air ; the asylum's purpose was to be curative, combining science and experience for the best possible results ; and that only income, not principal would be used to build and operate the asylum .” Because of the financial restrictions that Sheppard put in place the asylum, designed by Calvert Vaux, did not open until 1891, almost 34 years after Sheppard's death.

confined and southern
But during these months not only was Agrippa continuing his descent upon Greek towns and coasts, but in various cavalry skirmishes, Octavian had so far prevailed that Antony abandoned the north side of the strait and confined his soldiers to the southern camp.
The subspecies ( or species, depending on the source ) Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi is confined to the Ozarks of northern Arkansas and southern Missouri while Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis is found in the rest of the aforementioned states.
The Pyrenean Desman is found only in some of the streams of the northern slopes of these mountains, but the only other member of this genus are confined to the rivers of the Caucasus in southern Russia.
The boreal forest is home to many types of berries ; some are confined to the southern and middle closed boreal forest ( such as raspberry ), others grow in most areas of the taiga ( such as cranberry and cloudberry ), and some can grow in both the taiga and the low arctic ( southern part of ) tundra ( such as bilberry and lingonberry ).
The majority of the fulmarine petrels, along with the prions, are confined to the southern hemisphere.
Introduced species affected the native vegetation and bird life, and caused the extinction of the Auckland Merganser, a duck formerly widespread in southern New Zealand, and ultimately confined to the islands.
Carnatic music ( Sanskrit: ) is a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent, with its area roughly confined to four modern states of India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
The Ringhals, a different type of spitting cobra confined to southern Africa, are the smallest, reaching only about 4 feet in length.
The Exarchate came to an end, and Byzantine Italy was confined to Sicily and the southern, Greek-speaking regions.
The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin, confined to southern African waters.
They may be found on all continents and many continental islands, though Africa has but one species and that is confined to the southern Cape region.
In Great Britain, it is confined to lowland regions in southern and central England ( north to Yorkshire ) and southern Wales, and is scarce and declining due to agricultural intensification.
After considering this extensive proposal, the French government decided to proceed with an expedition confined to a survey of western and southern New Holland ( as Australia was called at the time ).
The group contains around thirty species mostly confined to southern Asia, south Pacific islands, and northeastern Australia, all within the tropical and subtropical regions.
Its members are confined to tropical and subtropical regions in southern Asia, Oceania and northeastern Australia.
The range of these swiftlets is confined to tropical southern Asia, Oceania, northeastern Australia and the Indian Ocean, with the greatest diversity in Southeast Asia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
The range of this species is quite restricted, it being confined to thorn acacia country in southern Ethiopia near Yavello ( Javello ), Mega, and Arero.
Cathaya is confined to a limited area in southern China, in the provinces of Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan and southeast Sichuan.
The Southern Crowned Pigeon found in Lorentz is confined to the southern lowland forests of New Guinea.
With exception of the subspecies P. m. nipalensis, P. m. castanea and P. m. macrolopha, which are endemic to the southern side of northwest and western Himalaya, other five are confined to China and Mongolia.
It is confined to northern Cambodia, with a few birds surviving in extreme southern Laos and a recent record from Yok Don National Park, Vietnam.
By convention the Berkshires are confined to Berkshire County at the western end of Massachusetts, however geologically they are a westward continuation of uplands west of the Connecticut River and a southern extension of Vermont's Green Mountains.

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