The reappraisal of Augustan politics in particular, the reassertion that the post-Revolution era saw a protracted and bitter party struggle over religion, finance, and Britain's role in Europe, not to mention the lingering legacy of a disputed succession, has forestalled any attempt to Namierise the period as a whole, and has heightened the contrast between the volatility of the opening decades and the near-stultification of the mid-century.

[A] farmer living on Lake Ontario ... was seized with the Corinthian spirit after reading some articles on boating. The farmer wrote: A neighbor and myself built a boat for instruction and amusement ...

(i) The identity relation on a set A is an antisymmetric relation. (ii) Let R be a relation on the set N of natural numbers defined by x R y ⇔ 'x divides y' for all x, y ∈ N. This relation is an antisymmetric relation on N.

Suroho defended his village by ensorceling enemies who tried to encroach on village land. […] Suroho was accused of ensorceling fellow villagers, and this made him so unpopular that his sons had to find wives in other villages.