Though his father, Uthman Abu Quhafa, was still alive, he came to be recognized as chief of his tribe.

Though his father wanted him to continue his training as a goldsmith, he showed such a precocious talent in drawing that he started as an apprentice to Michael Wolgemut at the age of fifteen in 1486.

Though frank in places, Gaskell was selective about which details she revealed ; she suppressed details of Charlotte's love for Heger, a married man, as being too much of an affront to contemporary morals and source of distress to Charlotte's still-living father, husband and friends.

Though he has never seen her, Culhwch becomes infatuated with her, but his father warns him that he will never find her without the aid of his famous cousin Arthur.

Though he can hardly have known him, Marcus Aurelius wrote in his Meditations that he had learned " modesty and manliness " from his memories of his father and from the man's posthumous reputation.

Though he never attended college, Webster's father was intellectually curious and prized education ; his mother spent long hours teaching Noah and his siblings spelling, mathematics and music.

Though, according to the 4th-century BC father of botany, Theophrastus, olive trees ordinarily attained an age of about 200 years, he mentions that the very olive tree of Athena still grew on the Acropolis ; it was still to be seen there in the 2nd century AD ; and when Pausanias was shown it, ca 170 AD, he reported " Legend also says that when the Persians fired Athens the olive was burnt down, but on the very day it was burnt it grew again to the height of two cubits.

Though their approach is gentle, the girl cries for help and her father kills the confused Tars.

Though he " had been brought up by a Marxist father ", he stated that his father's politics were " very different " from his own.

Though he loves his father, he and Fitz share a love-hate relationship whenever Fitz drives Judith away, and he takes a particular disliking to Penhaligon, who is nearer to his age than Fitz's, when Fitz begins an affair with her.

Though inspiration for this act might have come from the hostility his parents had shown the Jews in France ( his father was famous for his devout Christianity ) it was also an attempt to make himself popular in his new domains for the removal of usury.

Though the position of Holy Roman Emperor was an elected one, the title often passed from father to son.

Though George II denounced Walpole as a " rogue and rascal " over the terms of the reconciliation with his father, Caroline advised her husband to retain Walpole as the leading minister.

Though human, he is a citizen of the Empire because his social-climbing father bought a title in one of the less reputable of the 17 Dragaeran Great Houses.

Though his father wished him to continue in either the military or the civil service, Bakunin abandoned both in 1835, and made his way to Moscow, hoping to study philosophy.

( Though Prinze's paternal ancestry was actually German, in his stage-act he would claim his father was Hungarian, thereby allowing him to comically refer to himself as " Hungarican ".

Though on a journey in the right direction, Terah fell short at arriving to the divine destination — in contrast to Abram, who did follow through and achieved the divine goal, and was not bound by his father ’ s idolatrous past.

Though William Barbee died shortly after establishing himself and his family in North Carolina, one of his eight children, Christopher Barbee, became an important contributor to his father ’ s adopted community and to the fledgling University of North Carolina.

Though his father had regained his freedom, Charles suffered a personal tragedy.

Though considered to be the Fomorian father of Eochu Bres, Elatha ( Elada ) was also the father of the Dagda, Ogma, a son named Delbaeth, and Elloth ( the father of Manannan mac Lir ) according to the Lebor Gabala Erinn.

Though he has never seen her, Culhwch becomes infatuated with her, but his father warns him that he will never find her without the aid of his famous cousin Arthur.

Though he has never seen her, Culhwch becomes infatuated with her, but his father warns him that he will never find her without the aid of his famous cousin Arthur.

Though his father was a patient teacher of basic subjects, young Sargent was a rambunctious child, more interested in outdoor activities than his studies.

Though the prokaryotic cyanobacteria ( commonly referred to as blue-green algae ) were traditionally included as " algae " in older textbooks, many modern sources regard this as outdated as they are now considered to be bacteria.

Though by no means an heiress of her grandmother, she was intended to wed the heir of her grandmother's older sister.

Though the Round Table itself is not mentioned until Wace, the concept of Arthur having a marvellous court made up of many prominent warriors is much older.

According to the University, the Latin motto Sidere mens eadem mutato can be translated as " Though the constellations change, the mind is universal ", therefore, conveying the aspiration that " the traditions of the older universities of the Northern Hemisphere are continued here in the Southern.

Though struggling to make ends meet, Jardine's older brother David provided him with money to attend school.

Though marginalised, the older genres like pastoral ( The Faithful Shepherdess, 1608 ), and even the morality play ( Four Plays in One, ca.

Though all 50 states ( as well as the District of Columbia and the U. S. Virgin Islands ) have enacted some form of Article 8, many of them still appear to use older versions of Article 8, including some that did not permit non-certificated securities.

" Though he liked the new French music, during his youth Ravel still felt fond of the older French styles of Franck and the Romanticism of Beethoven and Wagner.

Though the older brother, Napoleon, had intended for the younger brother to be little more than a French governor of Holland, Louis took his duties as the King seriously, calling himself Koning Lodewijk I ( adopting the Dutch form of his name ), attempting to learn the Dutch language, and trying hard to be a responsible, independent ruler of Holland.

Though the consonants differ little from the text generally accepted in the early 2nd century ( and also differ little from some Qumran texts that are even older ), it has numerous differences of both greater and lesser significance when compared to ( extant 4th century ) manuscripts of the Septuagint, a Greek translation ( made in the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE ) of the Hebrew Scriptures that was in popular use in Egypt and Israel and that is believed by scholars to be the source often quoted in the New Testament.

Though this road bears her name it is considerably older than Elen's accepted time period.

Though slightly older, he is still the same person as before and is happy to share more good times with his friends all summer.

Though Casas Adobes is an unincorporated community, it is older than both the towns of Oro Valley and Marana.

Though it is arguable that the surviving Romances might derive, directly or indirectly, from Chrétien, it is probable he in turn based his tales on older, Celtic sources.

Though it is older than the areas surrounding it, it now serves primarily as a residential suburb of Baltimore.

Though some were quite old, most were either newly created or built since the Victorian period, seeking to replicate the studious, aspirational atmosphere found in the older grammar schools.

Though at least five years older, she tried ( but failed ) to convince Ritchie to join her in a mariage blanc so she could get a work permit.

" Though these writings are mostly of the same origin as those from the older lists of apocryphal books, they underwent a modification at the hands of their Bogomil editors, so as to be useful for the propagation of their own specific doctrines.

Though several stylistic details have survived since the earliest days -- the use of the stars, pointing hand, and Greek letters on the obverse, for example -- notable differences exist between older keys and current examples.

Though the earliest preserved Russian domes of such type date from the 16th century, illustrations from older chronicles indicate that they were at least used since the late 13th century.

Though no longer recommended, grains are still used occasionally in medicine as part of the apothecaries ' system, especially in prescriptions for older medicines such as aspirin or phenobarbital.

Though most commonly called " gum boots " or " gumbies ", an alternative name, " Blucher Boot ", is occasionally used by some older Australians.

Though it has been argued that women did not appear in salon societies the training of salonnières was undertaken by older women in the same position.

Though ten years older than Baker, they quickly became friends and Pyne allowed Baker to stay at his house at 263 Madison Avenue.