Yet despite his opponents ' setbacks Louis XIV was desirous of peace – but he wanted it on reasonable terms.

Yet while seemingly defeatist in tone, the humanity of the characters shines through in their persistence despite the obstacles.

Yet, one modern scholar, reading between the lines, has described the work of Hecataeus as " a curious false start to history " because, despite its critical spirit, it failed to liberate history from myth.

Yet despite extensive collaboration, the Vichy regime engaged a programme of arresting German intelligence agents in the unoccupied zone, with the purpose of preserving Vichy's sovereignty ; around 2, 000 were arrested and some were subsequently executed.

Yet despite their mutual insistence on the self-evidence that " all men are created equal ", their insistence that the citizens of a republic be educated at public expense, and the evident parallel between the concepts of the " general welfare " and Rousseau's " general will ", some scholars maintain there is little to suggest that Rousseau had that much effect on Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers.

Yet, though generally speaking intentions in poetry are nothing save as ' realized ', we are unable to ignore the poem, despite Mr Eliot's strictures on its ' exaggerated repute '.

Yet, despite these apparent differences, notarial practice is universally considered to be distinct and separate from that of attorney ( solicitor / barrister ).

Yet despite his apparent liberality, Antonio López was a dictator who held Paraguayans on a tight leash.

Yet despite the challenge, Anguissola's paintings of Elisabeth of Valois – and later of Anne of Austria, Philip II ’ s fourth wife – were vibrant and full of life.

Yet, despite these changes, ratification of the amendment was still in some doubt.

Yet, despite improved living conditions, internal dissent was not tolerated.

Yet, in general, despite Greek colonization in such areas as Byzantium, Apollonia and other cities, the Thracians avoided urban life.

Yet many people favor protectionism as an expression of nationalism, despite its economic costs.

Yet despite these events God does not forget his people, but sends Cyrus, king of Persia as his messiah to deliver them from bondage.

According to The Institute for Research on World-Systems, Kamakura was the 4th largest city in the world in 1250 AD, with 200, 000 people, and Japan's largest, eclipsing Kyoto by 1200 AD. Yet, despite Kamakura's annihilation of Kyoto-based political and military power at the Battle of Dan-no-ura in 1185, and the failure of the Emperor to free himself from Kamakura's control during the Jōkyū War, Takahashi ( 2005 ) has questioned whether Kamakura's nationwide political hegemony actually existed.

Yet, at the same time, Isabel and Charles struck against Margaret's family: with Henry VI and his son dead, Isabel was one of the most senior members of the House of Lancaster, and had a good claim to the English throne ; this claim she legally transferred to Charles in July, which would allow Charles later that year to officially claim the English throne, in despite of his brother-in-law the Yorkist King of England.

Yet despite his physical appearance, John was known as Kaloïōannēs, " John the Good " or " John the Beautiful ".

Yet, despite these occupations, Side managed to preserve some autonomy, grew prosperous, and became an important cultural centre.

Yet, despite his visits to England just before the war, only about four articles by Tschichold had been translated into English by 1945.

" Yet despite his contempt, the interactions related in his postcards often show his own ignorance.

Yet despite their strong-willed and independent natures, the people of Fairview took full part in the cooperative society of their times.

Yet, despite his later doctorate, Tucholsky never went on to a legal career: his inclination towards literature and journalism was stronger.

Yet, despite this anti-democratic feeling, democracy eventually returned to Athens after the expulsion of the Thirty Tyrants.

Yet despite the breach of trust, the governor once again released Smith on the same promise to leave the province immediately and not to return, and as before, Smith and his party remained in California hunting in Sacramento Valley for several months, before heading north along the Pacific Coast to use the Columbia River to return to their headquarters.

Yet despite the numerous enemies which his book raised up for him, most of these notices are favourable — notably that of Saint-Simon, an acute judge and one bitterly prejudiced against commoners generally.

Yet if he were not there, they would have missed him, as they would have missed the sounds of bees buzzing against the screen door in early June ; ;

Yet the overall system endured, even through several periods of foreign rule, until the coming of Christianity in the early centuries AD.

Yet, in the early 20th century, the socio-economic backwardness of Imperial Russia ( uneven and combined economic development ) facilitated rapid and intensive industrialization, which produced a united, working-class proletariat in a predominantly rural, agrarian peasant society.

Yet another guardian, Osbern, was slain in the early 1040s in William's chamber while the duke slept.

" Yet even among higher civilizations Crawley saw differences: while the kiss seems to have been unknown to ancient Egypt, it was well established in early Greece, Assyria, and India.

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 she was an imaginative child and a natural leader who became interested in theatre at an early age.

Yet the House of Savoy continued to rule Italy for several decades through the Italian Independence wars as the Italian unification continued and even as the First World War raged on in the early 20th century.

In early development, the story department wrote their analysis of Hook's character: " He is a fop ... Yet very mean, to the point of being murderous.

Yet ELIZA gained surprising popularity as a toy project and can be seen as a very early precursor to current commercial systems such as those used by Ask. com.

Yet there are few recorded conflicts between these early settlers and the native population.

Yet the subject was largely ignored for most of the early part of the century.

Yet early in October 1854, Sevastopol was not the towering fortress it later became, and Totleben himself maintained that had the allies assaulted it immediately, they would have succeeded in taking the city.

Yet 19 years after our holding that the Constitution protects a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy in its early stages, Roe v. Wade ( 1973 ), that definition of liberty is still questioned.

Yet another brightening in infrared occurred in early April, after which the star returned to near its original brightness before the eruption, magnitude 15. 6.

Yet in the early 1900s the achievement of a Royal Warrant and acquisition of some capable talent led to improved fortunes.

Yet despite basic reliance on this sutra, much of the technical terminology that the school became famous for is not found in the sutra itself, but in the commentaries written by its early founders.

Yet her consciousness of women's disadvantages was evident as early as 1931, when, upon being assigned the same Senate desk that had been briefly occupied by the first widow ever appointed to take her husband's place, she commented privately, " I guess they wanted as few of them contaminated as possible.

Yet The Golden Bough, his study of ancient cults, rites, and myths, including their parallels with early Christianity, arguably his greatest work, is still rifled by modern mythographers for its detailed information.

Yet, this album featured an orchestral arrangement of " Spoonful " by bluesman Willie Dixon, an early indication of Evans ' breadth and a hint of things to come.

Yet in their content, these stylized and enigmatic early plays are more experimental than those of her fellow playwrights at Provincetown.

Yet at this stage Britain still maintained a network of client states in the Middle East ( Egypt until the early 1950s, Iraq and Jordan until the late 1950s ), major bases in such places as Cyprus and Suez ( until 1954 ) and expected to remain in control of parts of Africa for many more decades, Bevin approving the construction of a huge new base in East Africa.

Yet, by early 2012, all of these stores have been closed.

Yet her enthusiasm for Throwing Muses remained high ; the band recorded new versions of several early songs for inclusion in the double-CD In a Doghouse compilation comprising the self-titled debut album, the Chains Changed EP, and the Doghouse Cassette.

Yet he hinted that his retirement might not be complete — in 1995 he narrated the TLC documentary The Revolutionary War and in early 1997 he signed on to host a syndicated, three-times-a-week, ninety-second broadcast, " An American Moment ," presenting what CNN called " slices of Americana.