But he will appreciate what they meant to the writer from the fact that every day, even every hour, was now of utmost importance, owing to the late season and probable break up of the sea-ice at no distant date.
Owing to the frequent dearth of fuel our furs and foot-gear were never quite dry, and during sleep our feet were often frozen by the moisture formed during the day.
Warramunga nation, owing to the local segregation of the two moieties.
Roth's statement, although an exception, deserves to be noted, owing to its explicitness and to the reliability of the author.
Sometimes we were able to ascertain this real meaning; sometimes the statement was quite or nearly useless owing to complete confusion.
But here it must be remembered that owing to the character of the native mode of living the man lives in close contact and to a great extent in isolation with his wife, and consequently also with his wife's children.
Owing to the scantiness of our information we can hardly say whether sexual jealousy is stronger or weaker in Australian than in other societies; we can safely affirm that it is different.
Owing to the contradictory character of the latter, practically anything can be proved from it.
The survey may commence with the Central tribes, the folk-lore of which we know best, owing to the excellent information given by Messrs.
One other problem must be discussed here more in detail, owing to its great theoretical importance, viz.
Owing to his engagement with Vivien he must go on frequenting Isobel's society; owing to the memory of his kiss the necessity was not distasteful.
Sorry that, owing to circumstances, it's all wasted!
Owing to the storm but few were at the depot, and among them none who recognized Katy Cameron beneath the heavy veil she kept so closely over her face, even while asking for a conveyance out to Linwood.
This I at first attributed to the manner in which the light was thrown, owing to the wheeling flight of some four or five bats that had joined the earliest intruder in his frolics.
As to the primum mobile of this revolution, it was owing to no other cause than a deviation from the laws, which so alters the opinions of the people that many times a faction is formed before the change is so much as perceived.
Turenne; and yet it is owing only to us that the people do not massacre them.
Elbeuf had little courage at this juncture, made a ridiculous explanation of what he had said before, and granted more than he was desired to do, and it was owing to the civility and good sense of M.
It did not seem possible that it was owing to chance alone that the pawns on the board were so consistently moved to block his approach!
Arrived before the fortress, they scaled the walls by mounting on an immense dung-heap, and took possession of it easily, owing to the inhabitants being all absent in the fields engaged in harvesting.
But this was partly owing to internal dissensions, by which her liberty, as well as glory, was for a while suspended.
Nor can it be said that Henry's success, extraordinary as it was, was altogether owing to his own abilities.
He practically never had to miss workowing to his drinking.
Paul had more or less got into connexion with the Socialist, Suffragette, Unitarian people in Nottingham, owing to his acquaintance with Clara.
At twenty, owing to her health, she had left Sheerness.
They were brought exceedingly close together, owingto their isolation.
In 1801, owing to the fixed resolve of the King against Emancipation, Pitt went out.
Louise married a Mr. Coghlan, but, owing to his loose habits, left him.
Chapel; but 'owing to a dispute at the grave [in old St. Pancras] several of the ambassadors returned home without supporting the pall.
A prisoner named Turner, Christian name not given, indicted for high treason, is announced as discharged in December 1795, owingto the flight of a Crown witness.
Riots raged in the streets owing to trade strikes; men were 'tarred and feathered' and let loose before the infuriated mob; soldiers were houghed and left bleeding on the pavement.
For twenty years the drawing-room had not been opened, owing to the fact that a younger sister had died there; and the other apartments of the house were locked up for reasons equally odd.
These, and a multiplicity of other great actions, are owing to the immediate thirst and desire of fame, which mortals expect as the proper price and immortal recompense of their great actions.
For he usually made but one nap of the whole night; which was owing to the soundness of his constitution, and his inexperience of cares, that lay so heavy upon Don Quixote.
Perhaps a slab carefully concealed, the joint of which cannot be seen, owing to the dust scattered over the ground, covers some descent which leads, directly or indirectly, to the funeral hall.
On the horizon, but, owing to the transparency of the air, seeming to be much nearer, the Libyan mountains showed against the clear sky their limestone crests and their barren slopes hollowed out into hypogea and passages.
Some of the plates had become semi-opaque, no doubt owing to the heat of the boiling bitumen which had been poured over them, and then had slowly cooled.
His body was buried in a vault in Savannah, on the same day, but owing to negligence in designating the one, a search for his remains, in 1820, was unsuccessful.
The gratitude with which she remembers that the Light she spreads is principally owing to the kind aid of a great Luminary [the King of France, whose symbol is the Sun] in another Hemisphere.
There were so many impediments, owing to the broken character of the ground, that twilight came on before a proper disposition for battle could be made, and the attack was postponed until morning.
Owing to its very deep plumage, the Barn Owl looks larger than it is.
It is probably chiefly owing to the cutting down of old forests that they are not found in Scotland.
Owing to the shape of its domed nest it has been given the name of Oven-bird; indeed all three are known by that name, and the Willow Wren also by that of Hay-bird, because of the dry materials it uses for its nest.
We are glad, however, to know that Bearded Tits are increasing again in the Norfolk Broads, owing to protection from the greed of private collectors.
On the steppes of Orenburg in Russia it has decreased during the last fifty years, owing apparently to the immigration of great numbers of the Lesser Kestrel, which used to be rare there.
It is found generally throughout Great Britain, and it has increased in the north greatly of late years owing to the greater cultivation of larch and fir-trees.
Town houses were often rebuilt, owing to the fact that fires were common, and townsmen had more money to spend on building.
That was chiefly owing to the fact that there were in every town so many religious houses, colleges, and hospitals.
In those days the hundreds were not all of the same size, because, owing to the nature of the soil, some tuns were far apart from one another, and a tything might cover a wide district, and a hundred a much larger area.
Thus it was with Beethoven, even to a remarkable degree; in part because of his increasing infirmity, in part owing to peculiarities of his character.
His circumstances are none of the best at present, since his opera, owing to the cabals of his opponents, was performed but seldom, and therefore yielded him nothing.
Simrock answered that owing to unfavorable circumstances due to the war, all he could offer, in his "lean condition," was 1600 livres.
At present it is impossible for me to come to London owing to a net of circumstances in which I am involved; but God will help me surely to get to London next winter when I shall also bring the new symphonies with me.
Owing to the failure of Lobkowitz, the Court theatres had passed under the management of Palffy.
The guard are very strict, owing to Americans prying about very suspiciously at times.
Rhetorical studies are the sole form of higher education, and are in part responsible for the archaism and artificiality of contemporary literature, owing to the emphasis which they laid upon literary form to the neglect of substance.
Votive offerings and other dedications were also inscribed, but as with the laws and treaties, few of these survived into the days of historical writing, owing to neglect and the destruction wrought in the city by the Gauls in 387 B.
Owing to discord which had arisen between Cleopatra and his Roman officers, Antony remained inactive while detachments of Octavian's forces won over important points in Greece.
But owing to the lateness of the season and the smallness of his force he returned to Gaul after a brief reconnaissance.
Owing to his lack of a fleet Caesar could not follow and returned to Rome.
The success of Aetius in Gaul was principally due to his ability to draw into his service large numbers of Hunnish troops, owing to the influence he had acquired with the leaders of that people while a hostage among them.
Owing to broils between the supporters of the candidates, no consuls or praetors could be elected for 52 B.
But their most serious grievance was their obligation to military service, which was exacted without relaxation, and which, owing to reasons which we shall discuss later, had become much more burdensome than when originally imposed.
It might be thought that owing to the gradual admission to the Senate of the nominees of the princeps that harmony would have been established between the two administrative heads of the state.
Owing to the uncertainty of the chronological record of early Roman history it must be admitted that little reliance can be placed upon the accuracy of most of the traditional dates prior to 281 B.
However, the Scots stood their ground with their long spears; many of the foremost of the English horses were thrown down, and the riders were killed as they lay rolling, unable to rise, owing to the weight of their heavy armor.
The shape you saw me in was owing to the malice of a stronger king, from whose enchantments you have this instant freed me.
It is supposed that this wasowing to the treachery or ill- will of the nobility, who were jealous of Wallace.
I was afraid our misfortune might be owing to that lamp: and what grieves me most is, that I have been the cause of it.
Indeed, man is naturally more prone to subtility than open valor, owing to his physical weakness in comparison with other animals.
During this expectation, he began to consider with himself whence the cause of his misfortune had proceeded; and after mature reflection, no longer doubted that it was owing to having trusted the lamp out of his sight.
Owing to the nature of the ground, they were able to run forward in an almost upright position when they reached the hollows of the dunes, being compelled to cast themselves down only when they topped a rise.
The boat was very heavy, and owing to her waterlogged condition pulled very hard.
