Although influenced by the modern symbolism and surrealism movement he refused to follow its creed.

The assembled men refused to acknowledge his authority, insisting they would only follow Allen's lead.

Determined to avoid an international conflict, the United States, after some hesitation, offered to meditate the dispute, hinting to the Honduran president that if he refused the offer, open intervention might follow.

But they refused to follow and, escaping with great difficulty from the elector's vengeance, Werth found a refuge in Austria.

Patricia Highsmith, writing as Claire Morgan, wrote The Price of Salt in 1951 and refused to follow this directive, but instead used a pseudonym.

Trotsky refused to support Lenin since he was waiting to see whether German workers would rebel and whether German soldiers would refuse to follow orders.

The Kiratas of the valley refused to follow his doctrine but welcomed Lord Buddha and his disciples.

Dissenters were Protestants who refused to follow the rules of the Church of England after the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, and when Newton settled in Olney the village still supported two Dissenting chapels.

Even worse news was to follow ; learning that Charles Martel was sick, Liutprand once again returned to attacking the Exarchate in 740, forcing Gregory yet again to appeal to the Franks, who again refused to become involved.

The duchy was divided up in 1180 when Duke Henry the Lion, Emperor Otto's grandson, refused to follow his cousin, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, into war in Lombardy.

Michael's son, Billy, was election agent for Éamon de Valera in 1918 in West Belfast but refused to follow de Valera into democratic and constitutional politics upon the formation of Fianna Fáil.

After the publication of the Méry video-tape by Le Monde on 22 September 2000, in which Jean-Claude Méry, in charge of the RPR's financing, directly accused Chirac of organizing the network, and of having been physically present on 5 October 1986, when Méry gave in cash 5 millions Francs, which came from companies who had benefited from state deals, to Michel Roussin, personal secretary ( directeur de cabinet ) of Chirac, Chirac refused to follow up his summons by judge Eric Halphen, and the highest echelons of the French justice declared that he could not been inculpated while in functions.

Ladies such as Mme de Sévigné forsook him when Bourdaloue dawned on the Paris horizon in 1669, though Fénelon and La Bruyère, two much sounder critics, refused to follow their example.

The nation refused to follow President Woodrow Wilson's leadership and never joined the League of Nations.

The leaders of the majority of the Trotskyist organisation in France, Marcel Bleibtreu and Pierre Lambert, refused to follow the line of the International.

When he refused, Nasica girded his toga over his head, shouting " Now that the consul has betrayed the state, let every man who wishes to uphold the laws follow me!

Chinese Muslims refused to follow the May Fourth Movement.

A plain reading of the text is that Onan was killed because he refused to follow instructions.

Of the two sisters, de Havilland was the first to become an actress ; when Fontaine tried to follow her lead, their mother, who allegedly favored de Havilland, refused to let her use the family name.

Theramenes, protesting that this action was worse than the worst excesses of the democracy, refused to follow the order.

Any enthusiasm Joinville had for the previous crusade had been knocked out of him, and he refused to follow Louis, recognizing the uselessness of the enterprise and convinced that the duty of the king was not to leave the kingdom that needed him.

Janni ’ s men pleaded to follow the chimney further, but Janni refused saying “ maybe someday we will dig her up again ”.

McClintock and five other senators, Orlando Parga, Luz Arce, Migdalia Padilla, Carlos Díaz, and Jorge de Castro Font, refused to follow the caucus ' decision, denying the unanimous consent required by Senate Rules 2 and 6 to remove a President, thus permitting McClintock to remain as Senate President.

His sergeant stated that Gaye refused to follow orders.

He was the leader of the free traders, and after 1878 refused to follow Bismarck in his new policy of protection, state socialism and colonial development.

The Spanish parliament chose amongst several candidates, including a French Prince, which led to the Franco-Prussian War, when Bismarck refused to have another Frenchman in the Spanish Throne.

For a long time, Bismarck had refused to give in widespread public demands to give Germany " a place in the sun " through the acquisition of overseas colonies.

Arnim refused this reassignment and continued to put forth his views in opposition to Bismarck, going so far as to remove sensitive records from embassy files at Paris to back up his attacks on the chancellor.

The National Liberals refused to make this law permanent, while the Conservatives supported only the entirety of the bill and threatened to and eventually vetoed the entire bill in session because Bismarck would not agree to a modified bill.

Bismarck, feeling pressured and unappreciated by the Emperor and undermined by ambitious advisers, refused to sign a proclamation regarding the protection of workers along with Wilhelm, as was required by the German Constitution, to protest Wilhelm's ever increasing interference to Bismarck's previously unquestioned authority.

The book subsequently appeared without police interference but Bismarck, occupied with other matters, refused a request by Lassalle for another meeting and no further direct contacts between the pair were made.

In 1872 Bismarck proposed appointing Chlodwig's younger brother Cardinal Gustav Adolf Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, ( Rotenburg, Germany, 26 March 1823-Rome, Italy, 30 October 1896 ), as Prussian envoy to the Holy See, but Pope Pius IX refused to receive him in this capacity.

The German government under Chancellor Otto von Bismarck fearing the impact on the relations with the British was originally opposed to these plans and had refused any backing when Peters set out.

Bismarck refused a second time when Peters returned to Germany in the closing days of the Berlin Congo Conference demanding an imperial charter.

When the terms of peace were discussed he resigned, for Bismarck refused to negotiate with him.

Bismarck therefore refused to communicate the resolution, and returned it through the German minister at Washington.

The outcome of this was that the duke refused the terms offered by King William and Bismarck.

In 1877 he was offered the post of vice-chancellor with a seat in the Prussian ministry, but refused it because Bismarck or the king would not agree to his conditions.

There were serious threats of disunion from New England, which engaged in extensive smuggling with Canada and refused to provide financial support or soldiers.

Suleyman refused various financial inducements offered by John VI to empty the castle and the city.

He was blacklisted, and to his financial and social detriment, he refused to rescind his stand on his beliefs and remained opposed to the direction of US policies.

These bad feelings were compounded in 1125, when Oderisio refused a request from Pope Honorius for some financial assistance after he had been enthroned.

The performance — featuring Spider Stacy repeatedly smashing himself over the head with a beer tray ( in the manner of Bob Blackman's infamous " Mule Train / Mule Tray ")— became a favourite with the viewers, but Stiff Records refused to release it as a single, feeling it was too late for it to help Red Roses for Me ( in fact Stiff Records was by then in deep financial trouble ).

Henry kept his word and took care of Anne in his last years alive ; however, after his death Anne suffered from extreme financial hardship because Edward VI's councillors refused to give her any funds and confiscated the homes she had been given.

However, the Gulf Arab States — Arafat's usual source for financial backing — still refused to provide him and the PLO with any major donations because of his sympathy for Iraq during the Gulf War, in 1991.

The Parliament refused to approve the Commission's 1996 community's budget on grounds of financial mismanagement, fraud and nepotism.

In spite of his financial straits, Wright refused to compromise his principles.

The assembly was held to try to pass some of the reforms needed to alleviate the financial situation when the Parlements refused to cooperate.

" It is unclear if Treacher had a financial interest in the company ; in interviews he refused to say whether he did or not.

With the relative financial stability of the Birmingham and Memphis clubs, both attempted to join the NFL but were refused.

The U. S. government refused any financial help until Britain withdrew its forces from Egypt.

" Jacobs said that Kilburn refused to listen to his legal advice regarding public records and that the municipality, which has financial problems, has not paid him.

Despite his explorations, the various Australian governments at the time turned their respective backs on his achievements once they had been completed, and refused to patronise any further exploits or give him much in the way of financial reward.

She refused to accept the money at first, but changed her mind when she heard the cash was to be burned instead, and gave £ 30, 000 of it to artists in financial need and the other £ 10, 000 to the housing charity, Shelter.

However, Lord Denning refused to apply the doctrine, on the grounds that the Rees had taken unfair advantage of the builders ' financial difficulties, and therefore had not come ' with clean hands '.

In addition, the rest of the signors owned several thousand movies houses and if they refused to screen the film it could be a financial disaster.

The government has so far refused to release the evidence on which it based its decision, citing " privacy and financial issues ".

Problems also arose concerning the accuracy of individual's financial standing and the difficult of correcting the error and the individual being refused loans and housing support.

Divine's parents had decided to buy him his own beauty shop in Towson, in the hope that this financial responsibility would help him to settle down in life and stop spending so extravagantly, and whilst he agreed to work there, he refused to be involved in owning and managing the establishment, leaving this to his mother.

When Bacon's paternal grandfather was given the chance to revive the family title of Lord Oxford by Queen Victoria, he refused for financial reasons.

The LNC attempted to negotiate a deal by which genuine mourners could still travel cheaply to the cemetery on the 11. 57 am service to Brookwood ( the SR service closest to the LNC's traditional departure time ), but the SR management ( themselves under severe financial pressure owing to wartime constraints and damage ) refused to entertain any compromise.

Cowen additionally approved a five-day withdrawal of Irish pork from the market, Within days thousands of jobs were either lost or under threat at pig processing plants across the country, as processors refused to resume slaughter of pigs until they received financial compensation ; the crisis ultimately cost taxpayers approximately € 180 million.

Sometime earlier Chiang's son, Chiang Ching-kuo, had arrested and refused to release his cousin, Kong Lingkan ( 孔令侃 ), as part of a broader an effort to punish economic and financial criminals.