Initially the medieval Arthurian legends were of particular interest to poets, inspiring, for example, William Wordsworth to write " The Egyptian Maid " ( 1835 ), an allegory of the Holy Grail.

Initially invited by the Liberals in 1855 to join their struggle against the Conservatives, a United States adventurer named William Walker declared himself king in 1856.

Initially agreement had been reached for him to marry Margaret of Geneva, daughter of William I, Count of Geneva, but the young bride's journey to Paris was interrupted by Thomas I of Savoy, who kidnapped Philip's intended new queen and married her instead, claiming that Philip was already bound in marriage.

Initially, Filmation was only going to use the voices of William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan and Majel Barrett.

Initially an anonymous broadcaster, Joyce eventually revealed his real name to his listeners, and would occasionally be announced as " William Joyce, otherwise known as Lord Haw-Haw ".

Initially written down by William Blackstone, this theory makes Parliament the sovereign law-maker, preventing the common law courts from not only throwing aside but also reviewing statutes in the fashion Coke suggested.

Initially a passionate supporter of Parnell, he became disenchanted with his leader after the first clash occurred in 1886 when Healy opposed Parnell's party nomination of Captain William O ’ Shea to stand for Galway City.

Initially, a textile trade began developing in the area and it was first mentioned in 1232 in a document, in which one merchant is described as a business partner to William de Bermingham and being in the ownership of four weavers, a smith, a tailor and a purveyor.

Initially on good terms with William and Mary, her position deteriorated as the practice of her religion led to misunderstandings and increasing isolation.

Initially, the estates ' contributions were limited to six years, yet the Frederick William obliged the estates to continue the payments thereafter and created a dedicated office to collect the contributions.

Initially, William did well, securing most of the county by the end of May.

Initially attracted by Communism, Muggeridge and his wife travelled to Moscow in 1932, where he was to be a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, standing in for William Chamberlin, who was about to take leave of absence.

Initially it had a multi-denominational intake, offered such services as night classes and industry-relevant vocational courses, and was enthusiastically supported by William Brownlow who is thought to have brought the school to the town.

Initially he had intended to go to Yale but was encouraged by William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago, among others, to enter the Baptist-oriented Brown University instead.

Initially held as receptions at the home of William P. McKenzie, prominent lecturers on Christian Science such as Edward A. Kimball of Chicago, Illinois, and Irving Tomlinson of Concord, New Hampshire, addressed these gatherings.

Initially, Judith retained his lands ( including Hallamshire ), but after Judith refused a second marriage to the Norman knight Simon Saint Liz, William confiscated much of her lands and handed them to her eldest daughter Maud, who then married Saint Liz in Judith's stead.

Initially Stephenson's son Robert assisted him, but then went to join William James in surveying a proposed new line between Liverpool and Manchester.

Initially, his dissents " were only when, with Hughes, Brandeis, Stone or Roberts — like himself, lawyers of deep experience — he could not go along with what he considered the judge-made amendments of the Constitution implicit in the opinions of Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas and Frank Murphy, whom Roosevelt had sent to follow Black and Reed on the court.

Initially, William H. Seward of New York, Salmon P. Chase of Ohio, and Simon Cameron of Pennsylvania, were the leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination.

Initially a Whig, an adherent of Edmund Burke and an active supporter of Charles James Fox against William Pitt the Younger in the debates over the East India Company, he was one of the managers of the Impeachment of Warren Hastings.

Initially it resided in the Commerce Building constructed in 1923 ( William A. Rawles Hall since 1971 ), moving to the Business and Economics Building in 1940 ( called Woodburn Hall since 1971 ) and finally to today's Business School building in 1966.

Initially indistinguishable from the earlier fantasies of William Morris, ER Eddison, Evangeline Walton, T. H.

Initially, the British and Commonwealth forces in East Africa amounted to about 30, 000 men under Major-General William Platt in the Sudan, Major-General Douglas Dickinson in British East Africa, and Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Reginald Chater in British Somaliland.

Initially limited frequency space meant that Channel 4 could not be broadcast alongside S4C, though some English Channel 4 programmes would be aired at less popular times on the Welsh variant, a practice that carried on up until the closure of S4C's analogue transmissions in 2010.

Initially, it was believed that low frequency fields that were too weak to cause significant heating could not possibly have any biological effect.

Initially, most IRC servers formed a single IRC network, to which new servers could join without restriction, but this was soon abused by people who set up servers to sabotage other users, channels, or servers.

Initially, a rotting log could not release gases caused by decay, because of high levels of resin sealing in the gas.

Initially, civil aviation schools within Germany were used, yet only light trainers could be used in order to maintain the façade that the trainees were going to fly with civil airlines such as Deutsche Luft Hansa.

Initially, it could help the managers decide on what type of business they want to form.

Initially, the consuls possessed all of the king ’ s powers in the form of two men, elected for a one-year term, who could veto each others actions.

Initially, western ballistic missiles could not even reach such targets, which would be located deep within interior of the Sino-Soviet land mass in Asia.

Initially the label released recordings made by their television stars whether they could sing or not and records based on the soundtracks of favourite Warner Bros. Television shows.

Initially it could move only one square diagonally.

Initially, MIK showed considerable promise as a new method that could more accurately estimate overall global mineral deposit concentrations or grades.

Initially, Sun Quan mourned his brother's death so much that he could do nothing, but at Zhang Zhao's behest, he dressed himself in military uniform and set out to visit the commanderies under his brother's control.

Initially, the director of civil status refused to permit the change on the grounds that a male could not bear a female name.

Initially, it seemed unlikely that a man that was the source of so much mockery could ever hope to compete against the confident and intellectual Pierre Trudeau.

Initially, only princiary descendants could be elected princes.

Initially the gate could not be closed as it was covered in a thick layer of gravel.

Initially, she could have been a goddess of war as well as a fertility goddess.

Initially hieratic could be written in either columns or horizontal lines, but after the 12th Dynasty ( specifically during the reign of Amenemhat III ), horizontal writing became the standard.

Initially, the settlement was developed as a place where planters, who each had a wharf along the river, could bring their tobacco crop to be loaded on English trading ships.

Initially, Tosh was the only one in the group who could play musical instruments.

Initially this consisted of oil lamps which could be run up the mast and lowered for servicing.

Initially, running live sport games was viewed with skepticism as it was believed that fans would rather stay at home if they could watch for free.

Initially, the shogunate viewed them as dangerous, and banished them from the cities or restricted the quarters where they could live.

Initially, the Court of Chancery would not entertain a request to administer an estate as soon as a flaw in the will was discovered, rather leaving it to the ecclesiastical courts, but from 1588 onwards the Court did deal with such requests, in four situations: where it was alleged that there were insufficient assets ; where it was appropriate to force a legatee to give a bond to creditors ( which could not be done in the ecclesiastical courts ); to secure femme covert assets from a husband ; and where the deceased's debts had to be paid before the legacies were valid.