He recalled the instigation of the series in an interview with the Payson Roundup about six years ago. From Wordnik.com. [Payson Roundup stories] Reference
How come they turned against their own party and chased them out, on the 'instigation' of those whom they had never before given the time of day?. From Wordnik.com. [Nandigram: Fact And CPI(M)'s Fiction] Reference
At least that was my first thought, since the word "instigation" does sound, itself, like bullying. From Wordnik.com. [Boundless Line] Reference
Herodias, at whose instigation she demands Jokanaan's head. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
All that happened to-day was at my instigation; not at his. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Woman] Reference
He went there at the instigation of the Imperial Government. From Wordnik.com. [The Masques of Ottawa] Reference
I talk to Nelson frequently, more at my instigation than his. From Wordnik.com. ['You Have To Take a Risk'] Reference
Government at the direct instigation of the Kaiser, who had now taken. From Wordnik.com. [Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War] Reference
The last enterprise of this kind was brought about by the instigation of. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
Where privatization is going forward, it may be at management instigation. From Wordnik.com. [Russia's Privatization Ambitions] Reference
Could it be that at the instigation of Cora she had sought this interview?. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Seas, at the instigation of the Spanish ambassador, but were not convicted. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8] Reference
The skilful cleaning of Signor Guiseppe Missaghi, at the instigation of Signor. From Wordnik.com. [Luca Signorelli] Reference
In 375, both these saints were banished for the catholic faith, at the instigation of. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
Of course this speech had been made at Cora's instigation, but it had the desired effect. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Also, if consultation for the latter is sought, it is usually at the instigation of the husband. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
I'm a little intimidated; I've seen him go to the ground on the soccer field with little instigation. From Wordnik.com. [Would You F*ck Rebecca?] Reference
I very much doubt whether, without some such external instigation, the Boers would have broken out. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
In fact the whole lot were packed on the motor car which the police had sent down at Field's instigation. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Following promulgation of his directive on racial equality and at the instigation of his Personnel Policy. From Wordnik.com. [Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965] Reference
They said nothing, except at the seeming instigation of the Arab, but when spoken to stared and gaped like lunatics. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
After a government of 20 years, Waterville was deposed, at the instigation of the monks, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. From Wordnik.com. [The New Guide to Peterborough Cathedral] Reference
The trials took place before the illegal Court of Oyer and Terminer, appointed by Governor Phipps, at the instigation of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
He found the pond where he had endangered his life at the instigation of the fair-haired angel, whose name he could not yet recall. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
Police say they were detained under the Terrorism Act "on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.". From Wordnik.com. [Pope Apologizes To U.K.: Deeply Sorry, Ashamed Of Sex Abuse] Reference
The first serious persecution of the Italian Vaudois was begun at the instigation of Yolande, sister of Louis XI and wife of Amadée IX. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Do you think the cursed rats (at his instigation, I suppose) did not eat up my pocket-book, which was in my pocket, within a foot of my head?. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
Richelieu's "Academy," at the instigation, indeed almost under the dictation, of Richelieu, who was jealous of Corneille, tried to write it down. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
It was at his instigation that Marseilles sent to Paris the battalion of volunteers which contributed to the insurrection of the 10th of August 1792 against the king. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
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