Though I had a great dread of the island and felt I would never leave it alive, I eagerly wrote down everything she told me about its women.

Though the four boys and two girls, the youngest nineteen years of age, the oldest twenty-four, came from varying backgrounds and had different professional and personal interests, there was surprising agreement among them.

Though it did not become known to the writer for some time, a nucleus group had sprung up within the class.

Though little democracy had ever been practised in this region, and much of it was still ruled by feudalistic means, it was taken for granted that at least the forms of Western democracy would be established in this area and Western capitalism preserved within it.

Though it is not easy to apply the evidence of the Iliad to any specific era, this marvelous product of the epic tradition had certainly taken definitive shape by 750.

Though Bob Carroll seemed to have had his head practically blown off by the exploding grenade, he lived.

Though such works as Coming of Age in Samoa and The Chrysanthemum and the Sword remain popular with the American public, Mead and Benedict never had the impact on the discipline of anthropology that some expected.

Though equipped with limbs and the ability to breathe air, most still had a long tapering body and strong tail.

Though Nobel remained unmarried, his biographers note that he had at least three loves.

Though her personal contact with Alfred Nobel had been brief, she corresponded with him until his death in 1896, and it is believed that she was a major influence in his decision to include a peace prize among those prizes provided in his will.

Though she had taken away Alexander's sword, they feared to set about the deed until she threatened to wake him.

Though he was destined to be a strongly counter-reforming emperor, Alexander had little prospect of succeeding to the throne during the first two decades of his life, as he had an elder brother, Nicolas, who seemed of robust constitution.

Though his party won the governor's race and control of the legislature, Johnson still had to overcome considerable opposition from the conservatives in both parties.

Though most BBS software had been written in BASIC or Pascal ( with some low-level routines written in assembly language ), the C language was starting to gain popularity.

Though associated with the Sassanid Persians and with Mithradates VI Eupator ( who for a time incorporated the city into his empire ), by the late Hellenistic or early Roman period, the star and crescent motif had been associated to some degree with Byzantium.

Though a practicing Christian, he had been born into a Jewish family with origins from Portugal, and had converted at a young age.

Though the merger process was traumatic and the new party suffered a few years of extremely poor poll results, it gradually found much greater electoral success than the Liberal Party had done in the post-war era.

Though the Balkan allies had fought together against the common enemy, that was not enough to overcome their mutual rivalries.

Though Havana, which had become the third-largest city in the Americas, was to enter an era of sustained development and closening ties with North America during this period, the British occupation of the city proved short-lived.

Though Gauss had up to that point been financially supported by his stipend from the Duke, he doubted the security of this arrangement, and also did not believe pure mathematics to be important enough to deserve support.

Though conquerors, the Chaldeans were rapidly and completely assimilated into the dominant Babylonian culture, as the Amorites before them had been, and after the fall of Babylon in 539 BC the term " Chaldean " was no longer used to describe a specific race of people, but rather a " socio-Economic " class, regardless of ethnicity.

Though Chiang had achieved status abroad as a world leader, his government deteriorated as the result of corruption and inflation.

Though fascinated by the narrative elements of some of the pictures, particularly the Biblical themes of the massive paintings of Benjamin West, at this point Beaux had no aspirations of becoming an artist.

Though cards sometimes have obvious interpretations for the context in which they are drawn, the rules explain that sometimes they are best read simply as " a positive ( or negative ) result.

Though Lewis's novel could be read as a pastiche of the emerging genre, self-parody was a constituent part of the Gothic from the time of the genre's inception with Walpole's Otranto.

Though this has never been proven, many observers in the press and academia believe that the US has not provided convincing answers to several of the more suspicious details surrounding the coup, such as the circumstances under which the US obtained Aristide's purported letter of " resignation " ( as presented by the US ) which, translated from Kreyol, does not actually read as a resignation.

Though Hutton circulated privately a printed version of the abstract of his Theory ( Concerning the System of the Earth, its Duration, and Stability ) which he read at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 4 July 1785 ; the full account of his theory as read at the 7 March 1785 and 4 April 1785 meetings did not appear in print until 1788.

Though today read primarily by sociologists and social philosophers, Weber's work did have a significant influence on Frank Knight, one of the founders of the neoclassical Chicago school of economics, who translated Weber's General Economic History into English in 1927.

Though they read like fantasy, there are science-fictional explanations for some things.

The header text in the book read " Though they are dead for their acts they will live on forever.

Though many have read the play as having a strong anti-Nazi sentiment, the fact that the Vichy Regime allowed the piece to be performed without censure testifies to the fact that it was potentially seen as supportive of the occupation in its time.

Though they are not read by Zelazny and do not contain special effects, for a time they were the only source for unabridged readings of the later works.

Though instructions had been given not to educate him, he had been taught his letters and could read his Bible.

Though fairly widely read in manuscript, the book was not published till 1713, out of regard, it is said, for Mlle de Scudéry.

Though there are debates on which hand is better to read from, both have their own significance.

Though the services offered vary from local branch to local branch, public libraries in Canada are not only places to read and borrow books ; they are also hubs of community services, such as early reading programs, computer access, and tutoring and literacy help for children and adults.

Though difficult to read, The Garden of Cyrus however remains an important work of English literature, primarily because it is incontrovertible evidence that as late as the mid-seventeenth century, isolated individuals throughout Europe continued to subscribe to the tenets of hermetic philosophy.

Though little read nowadays, in Virginia Woolf's opinion Religio Medici paved the way for all future confessionals, private memoirs and personal writings.

Though he initially did not like noises or music as a child, when he was age six, he taught himself how to read music and began playing the piano.

Though each novel stands on its own, the trilogy is designed to be read as a whole.

Though Vanier had earlier hosted the French president at Government House, neither de Gaulle nor any representative was sent to attend the funeral, which was read by Canadian diplomatic officials as a hint that there had been a change in Canada – France relations and instigated the chain of events that would culminate in de Gaulle's " Vive le Québec libre " speech in Montreal later that year.

Though he loathes it, he acknowledges that it has saved his life many times, it being most notably useful when he faced the telepathic ' Mister X ', as X's ability to read his mind and predict his next move in a fight was useless in a berserk state as not even Wolverine knows what he will do next in this state.

Though use of the mechanics ’ library was limited, the majority of the users were favourable towards the idea of free library use and service, and were a ready to read public when the establishment of free libraries occurred.

Though from the start of the Joseon Dynasty Korean kings had given top priority to the education of their sons, Cheoljong could not even read a single word on the notice delivering congratulations to him on his elevation to the royal throne.

Though it is not uncommon to read a victory hymn in the Hebrew Bible, the Song of Deborah stands out as unique in that it is a hymn that celebrates a military victory helped by two women: Deborah and Jael.

Though not well known or widely read outside the Primitive Baptist movement, a few of Lawrence's writings are made available by the Primitive Baptist Library in Carthage, Illinois.