The dominant party controlled the government.

General met an emissary […] sent […] to ascertain the feelings of the habitans or French yeomanry.

Oman could not afford to alienate Iran, given that its territorial waters overlap those of Iran in the strategic Straits of Hormuz.

Through the woods, and frosted moors Past the snow-caked hedgerows I Bed down upon the drifting snow Sleep beneath the melting sky.