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Yet and French
Yet, after Rousseau had given the social contract a new twist with his notion of the General Will, the same philosophy, it may be said, became the idea source of the French Revolution also.
Yet the coup was less successful than hoped: Cremona remained in French hands, and the Duke of Vendôme, whose talents far exceeded Villeroi's, became the theatre's new commander.
Yet the goals set by the French for their railway system were moralistic, political, and military rather than economic.
Yet, rhetoric vanished substantially from the French scene, educational or intellectual, for some 60 years ..
Yet this did not end the war, as the Third Republic was declared in Paris on 4 September 1870, and French resistance continued under the Government of National Defence and later Adolphe Thiers.
Yet, from a professional and personal point-of-view, both films were significant challenges for Binoche ; her casting opposite Ralph Fiennes's Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, in favour of English actresses Helena Bonham Carter and Kate Beckinsale, was immediately contentious and drew derision from the British press, unimpressed that a uniquely English role had gone to a French actress.
The reason why the Aube sailed ahead of the Comte-de-Paris was to ‘ gain time for fear the British might get the start of them ’ Yet the New Zealand Company's survey ship Tory had sailed from Plymouth on 12 May 1839, before Langlois and his associates had made their first approach to the French government, and as early as June the British Government was considering sending Captain William Hobson to act as Lieutenant-Governor over such parts of New Zealand as might be acquired from the Māori.
Yet, having decided not to prevent the Prussian rise to power by allying against her, Napoleon also failed to take the opportunity to demand Prussian consent to French territorial expansion in return for France's neutrality.
Yet another Elstree-made movie, it was rather less German at heart than Les Trois masques and La Route est belle were French ; a BIP production with a British scenarist and German director, it was also shot in English as Atlantic.
Yet, when he was offered the southern fortresses of the Republic — the French possession of which would make the Spanish Netherlands indefensible — and ten million guilders, he refused.
Yet another story tells of French artillerymen throwing a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary into a fire for warmth and discovering that it would not burn.
Yet the cost was high: the allied casualty figures were approximately double that of the enemy ( sources vary ), leading Marlborough to admit – " The French have defended themselves better in this action than in any battle I've seen.
Yet the siege was also a decoy for a much more original manoeuvre – the prompt engagement of the enemy in a place favourable to the French army, and at a time before the Allies could reach their full strength.
Yet a colony could achieve independence without a High Commissioner, e. g. Guinée ( French Guinea ).
Yet by the time Brunswick retreated, casualties had risen no higher than three hundred French and two hundred Prussians.
Yet seeking to construct his impregnable border Louis XIV so alarmed the other European states that he made the war he sought to avoid inevitable: his fortresses not only covered his frontiers, they projected French power.
Yet the battle itself was not the death-blow for the French navy: the subsequent mismanagement and underfunding of the fleet under Pontchartrain, coupled with Louis XIV's own personal lack of interest, were central to the French losing naval superiority over the English and Dutch during the Nine Years ' War.
Yet it had been a hard fought contest: French casualties amounted to about 9, 000, and the Spanish had suffered some 12, 000 killed, wounded or lost.
Yet already in 1807, French forces occupied the site.
Yet for fifty years he remained a consistent champion of modern literature and its tradition in French letters.
" Yet he was on the most friendly terms with the whites and was never backward in extending to them his powerful influence and personal aid during their expedition against the Canadians in the French War.
Yet the number of the French was superior and Pocock was required by the practice of his time to fight by the old official fighting instructions.
Yet that did not necessarily mean the end of the war for French pilots, because now they were split into two camps: those who escaped from France and were now fighting for the Free French Forces ( Forces Françaises Libres ) and those flying for the French Armistice Air Force on behalf of the Vichy government although it should be noted that the Germans had originally wanted the air force to be disbanded completely, with personnel demobilized by mid-September.

Yet and historian
Yet nationalism has lost few of its charms for the historian, writer or man in the street.
As described in Isaac Asimov's autobiography In Memory Yet Green, the Futurians spun off from the Greater New York Science Fiction Club ( headed by Sam Moskowitz, later an influential SF editor and historian ) over ideological differences, with the Futurians wishing to take a more overt political stance.
Yet historian R. A. Leeson, in United we Stand ( 1971 ), said:
" Yet, as historian Ronald Spector has pointed out " the communist failures were not final or decisive either.
Yet according to historian James Belich, his achievements were gradually watered down to the point where his name was erased from the most widely-read New Zealand histories.
Yet, as historian Thongchai Winichakul notes, kingdoms such as Sukhothai lacked distinct borders, instead being centered on the strength of the capital itself.
Yet another historian, Orosius says 30, 000 infantry, 1, 500 cavalry, and 30 elephants.
Yet another theory says that according to the historian Arcecio Aragón, the origin of the word Popayán is " Pampayán " and it comes from the Quechua language: pampa ( valley ) and yan ( river ), or in other words, the pass of the river, the Cauca river.
Yet there were others who took the discipline as seriously as Shen did ; the official, historian, poet, and essayist Ouyang Xiu ( 1007 – 1072 ) compiled an analytical catalogue of ancient rubbings on stone and bronze which pioneered ideas in early epigraphy and archaeology.
Yet even sixty years later the historian Claude G. Bowers in his partisan history The Tragic Era ( 1929 ) showed a mean comfort in the fate of Richardson, and the tarnishing of Beecher, Colfax, and Greeley by the scandal ( as though they were responsible, not McFarland ).

Yet and gave
Yet, in 1960 all eight gave majorities to Mr. Kennedy.
Yet another says she disguised herself as Isis and seduced Osiris and subsequently gave birth to Anubis.
Yet the Elf Círdan who met him on arrival nevertheless considered him " the greatest spirit and the wisest " and gave him the elven Ring of power called Narya, the Ring of Fire, containing a " red " stone for his aid and comfort.
Yet Baader is no disciple of Schelling, and he probably gave more than he received.
Yet unusually for a man of his stature Gullit also possessed outstanding natural balance and poise that gave a graceful style to his game.
Yet the townspeople continued in their fight: for their aid to the crown against the earls of Kent and Salisbury, Henry IV in 1403 gave the townsmen a Guild Merchant, although two inquisitions reiterated the abbot's rights.
Yet it is clear that it was the absence of her husband on military service in Cilicia which gave Tibullus the opportunity of seeing her, and he continued to do so when the husband returned.
Yet, it was the element of surprise that gave Sun and Xu Kun the advantage for their attack was not fully expected by Chiang or his military commanders.
Yet despite the criticism Du Bellay grudgingly gave praise for the respect George Boleyn inspired at the meeting and the strength with which he argued the case.
Entertainment Weekly gave the film a " B " rating and Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote, " Yet the images that linger longest in my memory are those of windswept livestock.
The first Daria movie, Is It Fall Yet ?, gave the principal characters time apart from one another in parallel narratives which foreshadowed further changes in their relationships.
Yet, while appearing to be the servant of the victors, present or prospective, he never gave himself to any one party.
Yet another virgin also gave Brigit the same gift as the nun, and again Brigit gave them to begging lepers.
Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Yet he was the first of the Dúnedain to perceive the rising threat of Sauron, he gave needed aid to the Elven King Gil-galad and laid the foundation for the future alliance of the Elves and the Men of Númenor against Sauron.
Entertainment Weekly gave the film an " A " rating, and Owen Gleiberman wrote, " Yet if Linklater captures the comic goofiness of the time, he also evokes its liberating spirit.
Laplace knew this well, and himself wrote to conclude the sunrise example: “ But this number is far greater for him who, seeing in the totality of phenomena the principle regulating the days and seasons, realises that nothing at the present moment can arrest the course of it .” Yet Laplace was ridiculed for this calculation ; his opponents gave no heed to that sentence, or failed to understand its importance.
Yet, few gave a positive response.
Yet Pope Paul VI was succeeded ( albeit for a short time ) by the non-curialist Pope John Paul I ( 1978 ), who gave the impression of being no insider, but " a simple, holy man ".
Yet the festivities were dampened when Döblin gave a speech in which he mentioned his conversion to Catholicism ; the religious, moral tone proved alienating, and fell on unsympathetic ears.
Yet, the OSCE gave a report on your last elections, on the observation of the elections, which said they failed to meet international standards for genuine elections in many important points.
" Yet he overcame his handicap to produce poems which were often hauntingly beautiful and frequently ironic, and gave to other, younger poets a strong sense of the importance and value of their calling ".
Yet the reason the government gave for impounding the few remaining and operating Japanese fishing boats was that the government feared these boats would be used by Japan to mount a horrific coastal attack on British Columbia.
Yet, by the end of the 17th century, the Restoration comic style had collapsed: the satiric presentation of English life gave way to the sentimental portrait ( beginning in 1696 with Colley Cibber ’ s Love's Last Shift ) ( Bernbaum 72 ).

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