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 to another Menshevik leader, Fyodor Dan, he confided that Stalin became " the man to whom the Party granted its confidence " and " is a sort of a symbol of the Party " even though he " is not a man, but a devil.

Yet in spite of her newly expressed confidence in the state, Chapman seemingly felt little responsibility to former slaves once they were freed.

Yet today, after the victory over Greece, he stands up to England with confidence.

Yet within three days, he propositions two women, succeeding once, with an ease and confidence that suggest that this is well-practiced behavior.

Yet it is probable that Neville Chamberlain still retains the confidence of the majority of his fellow country-men and that, if it were possible to obtain an accurate test of the feelings of the electorate, Chamberlain would be found the most popular statesman in the land.

Yet in nations or regions where traditional folk music is a badge of cultural or national identity, the loss of traditional music can be slowed ; this is held to be true, for instance in the case of Bangladesh, Hungary, India, Ireland, Scotland, Latvia, Turkey, Portugal, Brittany, and Galicia, Greece and Crete all of which retain their traditional music to some degree, in some such areas the decline of traditional music and loss of traditions has been reversed.

Yet so deep was the rift in Greek society, that on his return to Greece, an assassination attempt was made on Venizelos by two royalist former officers.

" 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.

Yet it was such a fertile and flexible idea that, as in Greece and India, it flourished in some schools of Islamic thought.

Yet, even in the most secluded regions of Greece, he is fascinated by all kinds of quaint and primitive images of the gods, holy relics, and many other sacred and mysterious objects.

Yet, when referring to the history of Greece, Herbert draws out the episodes which take up not too many pages in textbooks, and wrecks view patterns.

Yet he did manage to publish various books and articles, including Greek Athletes and Athletics in 1964, and Sport in Greece and Rome in 1968.

Yet Manuel's attention was to be drawn to Antioch again in 1156, when Raynald of Châtillon, the new Prince of Antioch, claimed that the Byzantine emperor had reneged on his promise to pay him a sum of money, and vowed to attack the Byzantine province of Cyprus.

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 the approval of the cash injection for Eurocypria was, as the ' Cyprus Mail ' reported on 19 February 2010, " unlikely to be the final word ".

Yet had he not visited the girl at Saw Buck he would never have been involved in this latest tangle.

Yet they have accepted most of the extant `` welfare state '' provisions for health, security, and the regulation of economic affairs, and they overwhelmingly approve of the traditional `` liberalism '' of the Bill of Rights.

Yet although the Kennedy Administration, and the Eisenhower Administration before it, have both declared themselves solidly for repeal of the Connally amendment, as contrary to our best interests, no action has yet been taken.

Yet if Washington gets too indignant about Soviet fallout, it will have to do a lot of fast footwork if America decides it too must start pushing up the radiation count.

Yet it could not have been more than a matter of seconds, and then the front of the British army came into view.

Yet you feel the orchestra is near at hand, and the individual instruments have the same firm presence associated with listening from a good seat in an acoustically perfect hall.

Yet, the object of the element of achieving through the process of goal attaining for this population appears to have been changed by circumstances brought about by the war.

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 when the dear baby came, he had Tillie over here in a jiffy, and was as attentive and sweet and worried and happy when it was all over as any husband could have been.

Yet this should not minimize our sacred endeavors in this world of ours, where, like faint glimmers of light in the dark, we have emerged for a moment from the nothingness of dark unconsciousness of material existence.

Yet archaeologists have increasingly come to incorporate many of the insights from archaeoastronomy into archaeology textbooks and, as mentioned above, some students wrote archaeology dissertations on archaeoastronomical topics.

Yet another explanation is that, while derived from the afore mentioned root, the name of the sea is related to naming for various forms of water and related substances in several European languages, that might have been originally associated with colors found in swamps.

" Of the scholastics he says :" Yet they will have us beleeve, that by the Almighty power of God, one body may be at one and the same time in many places problem of the universals ; and many bodies at one and the same time in one place whole and the parts ; ... And these are but a small part of the Incongruencies they are forced to, from their disputing philosophically, in stead of admiring, and adoring of the Divine and Incomprehensible Nature ...."

Yet another plan, the North-South Rail Link that would have connected North and South Stations ( the major passenger train stations in Boston ), was part of the original Big Dig but was ultimately dropped by the Dukakis administration as an impediment to acquiring federal funding for the project.

Yet it had been the capital of the state for over a thousand years, and it might have seemed unthinkable to suggest that the capital be moved to a different location.

Yet, at first, Constantine's new Rome did not have all the dignities of old Rome.

Yet, confirmed reports of coyotes killing a human have been documented.

Yet, Paul acknowledges the mutuality of marital relations, and recognises that his own singleness is " a particular gift from God " that others may not necessarily have.

Yet the debate did not end there ; Jan Assmann and James P. Allen have since asserted that the Egyptians did to some degree recognize a single divine force.

Yet another German diplomat noted that, " He did not have the capacity to form an overview ; to see things in perspective.

Yet at one point during trial, a U. S. Army interpreter asked Baron Ernst von Weizsäcker how Hitler could have made him a high official.

:" Anyone who studies Bahá ' ísm learns very soon of the volume sacred to those who profess this religion and known as " The Most Holy Book ... Yet, strange to say, although the teachings of Bahá have been widely proclaimed in Great Britain and America, only fragments of al-Kitab al-Aqdas have been translated previously into English.

Yet it is surprisingly timeless, in part because of the way our times have come weirdly to echo those in which it was conceived.