Rather than face this ordeal, Alexei fled to Vienna and placed himself under the protection of his brother-in-law, the emperor Charles VI, who sent him for safety first to the Tirolean fortress of Ehrenberg ( near Reutte ), and finally to the castle of Sant ' Elmo at Naples.

Rather, he blames the Jewish War on what he calls " unrepresentative and over-zealous fanatics " among the Jews, who led the masses away from their traditional aristocratic leaders ( like himself ), with disastrous results.

Rather than declare himself bankrupt, or to accept any kind of financial support from his many supporters and admirers ( including the King himself ), he placed his house and income in a trust belonging to his creditors, and determined to write his way out of debt.

Rather, the Theogony affirms the kingship of the god Zeus himself over all the other gods and over the whole cosmos.

Rather than steal the praise for himself, the cook congratulated his assistant and named it after him.

Rather than be captured, Hoffmeister shot and killed himself at the Combo Waterhole.

Rather than report the loss of his army to Tsar Nicholas II, Samsonov committed suicide by shooting himself in the head on 29 August 1914.

Rather than be buried with her husband Ralph ( who was not buried with his first wife, though his monument has effigies of himself and his two wives ) she was entombed next to her mother in the magnificent sanctuary of Lincoln Cathedral.

Rather, Eve was subject to adultery having been seduced by either Sammael, the Serpent ( nahash, ) in the Garden of Eden, or the Devil himself.

Rather early in the play, in fact, Hal informs us that his riotous time will soon come to a close, and he will re-assume his rightful high place in affairs by showing himself worthy to his father and others through some ( unspecified ) noble exploits.

Rather than attack the divided pieces of the Federal army, Hindman entrenched himself at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, allowing the Federal forces to recombine and assault him.

Rather than a traditional palace ( a residential building surrounded by support buildings ) the Apostolic Palace houses both residential and support offices of various functions as well as administrative offices not focused on the life and functions of the Pope himself.

Rather than join the others, Ommadon instead offers to take control of the world himself ; whereupon the other wizards decide to seize and destroy Ommadon's crown, the source of his powers.

Rather than sit down to a formal dinner every evening he would sustain himself throughout the day with ' pounds of filberts ' when in season, a type of hazelnut, or dine with his tenant farmers eating full fat bacon and quaffing a quart of ale beside their fire before returning to Halston Hall, where his cook and servants would have prepared a full dinner which he would now be unable to eat.

So if he kills himself along with ten, or a hundred, or two hundred other people, then Islam will not benefit by that, since the people will not accept Islam ... ... Rather it will probably just make the enemy more determined, and this action will provoke malice and bitterness in his heart to such an extent that he may seek to wreak havoc upon the Muslims.

Rather than allow the villagers to kill him, Bhuvan offers Lakha the chance to redeem himself.

Rather, it has been generally described by the Temple Lot organization as a place for Jesus to show himself and " endow his servants whom he chooses with power to preach the gospel in all the world to every kindred, tongue, and people, that the promise of God to Israel may be fulfilled ".

In New York ( where he met, among other people, Baryshnikov and Brodsky ), in the course of a televised one-hour interview with Dan Rather, he declared himself to be " not a dissident, just an artist, who never had any intentions to leave his country where people loved him and his songs.

Rather than repeat himself, Crumb drew a new assortment of strips, which replaced the missing issue.

Rather than telling the truth about himself to his younger self, the old Biff claimed to be a distant relative and the young one didn't notice any resemblance.

Rather than naming the commission after himself ( which is customary ) he chose, instead, to name it The National Commission on Space.

Rather than record each instrument separately, Good and his new band ( which consisted of himself, former MGB bassist Rich Priske, guitarist Christian Thor Valdson and drummer Patrick Steward ) recorded the songs as a unit, with Good adding vocals and additional guitar parts later.

Rather than waiting for the 50th or 49th year, the Deuteronomic code requires that Hebrew slaves be liberated during their 7th year of service, as does the Covenant Code, which some textual scholars regard as pre-dating the Holiness Code ; the Book of Ezekiel, which some textual scholars also regard as earlier than the Holiness Code, refers to a year of liberty (< big > שנת דרור </ big >), during which property is returned to the original owner ( or their heirs ), but the word < big > דרור </ big > is used by Jeremiah to describe the release of slaves during the Sabbatical year, which various scholars take to imply that Ezekiel must have been referring to the sabbatical year.

Rather confusingly, genre works, especially when referring to the painting of the Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque painting-the great periods of genre works-may also be used as an umbrella term for painting in various specialized categories such as still-life, marine painting, architectural painting and animal painting, as well as genre scenes proper where the emphasis is on human figures.

Rather, people who might be directly labeled as such in other traditions would be described by veiled allusions to the actions they enjoyed, or, more often, by referring to a famous example from the past.

He's ( referring to Dan Rather ) Been There, He'll Be There.

Rather than becoming jealous, she instantly befriends her, referring to her as a fairy.

Rather than the parties referring a dispute to mediation, the Federal Court determines whether the National Native Title Tribunal or some other mediating body should mediate a matter.

Rather than referring to what is genuinely " rational " or " logical ", rationalization refers to a relentless quest for goals that might actually function to the detriment of a society.

Rather, the cost Spence is referring to is the opportunity cost.

Rather he states that the verse should be read as referring to all Israelites or all human beings.

By 1992, however, the Evening News had fallen to third place, where it remained until Bob Schieffer, who acted as the interim anchor between Rather and Katie Couric, saw the Evening News rise to # 2 ahead of ABC World News Tonight in the wake of the death of Peter Jennings but remaining behind NBC Nightly News.

The once-dominant CBS Evening News, anchored by Dan Rather, had lost a substantial portion of the audience it held during the Cronkite era and slid to third place in the viewership wars.

Rather than become involved in the early 90s system wars, SNK Corporation in Japan jointly with SNK Corporation of America chose to refocus their efforts on the arcade market, leaving other third parties, such as Romstar and Takara, to license and port SNK's properties to the various home consoles of the time with help from SNK's American home entertainment division.

Rather than use bench player at second base, third-baseman Jayson Nix moved to second base and DH Edwin Encarnacion was inserted at third base.

Rather, it can make sense to involve religious, tribal or community leaders, communicate difficult truths indirectly through a third party, and make suggestions through stories ( see Vinod Swami ( 1992 ), Conflict Mediation Across Cultures ).

Rather, the Holy Ghost is called a third witness ...

Rather than to risk the third rejection and thus to force the dissolution of the parliament and political crisis, the President opted to propose a more popular Yevgeny Primakov as the new Prime Minister.

Rather, it connects its customers with third party brokerage services provided by various brokers.

Rather than contract with the various insurers and third party administrators, providers may contract with preferred provider organizations.

Rather, it seems simply to record an ' appearance ' of Shebitku in the temple of Amun during his third year and to acknowledge the god's influence in securing his initial appearance as king.

Rather, the first line is an introduction to this last third of the biography that covers the period from the captivity to the birth of Jesus.

Rather, the melodies are organized through parlour modes, variants of the major mode with the third, sixth, and seventh emphasized through modal frames such as the mediant-octave mode, which uses the third as a floor and ceiling note, its less common variants the pseudo-phrygian, in which the seventh and often fifth are given prominence, and submediant-octave mode.

Rather than use such cumbersome terms as " early early " archaeologists by convention use I, II, III for the second level, A, B, C for the third level, 1, 2, 3 for the fourth level and a, b, c for the fifth.

Rather, the lessor agrees to purchase the property for a certain amount ( the " capitalized cost ") from a third party, such as a car dealer.

Rather than being expanded from the shorter work, the novel is a longer work into which the shorter work ( about one third ) is placed.

Rather than laying up and hitting the green with his third, Van de Velde decided to go for the green with his second shot.