withdrawment

Lovelily enfolds the husk its kernel; but what the human eye turns from as squalid and unclean may enfold the seed that clasps, couched in infinite withdrawment, the vital germ of all that is lovely and graceful, harmonious and strong, all without which no poet would sing, no martyr burn, no king rule in righteousness, no geometrician pore over the marvellous must.

The Marquis of Lossie George MacDonald 1864

This drives them back upon themselves, into a deeper and sadder seclusion than that naturally imposed by their housekeeping and their historic withdrawment from the bustling businesses of the world.

The Friendships of Women William Rounseville Alger 1863

They have never seriously considered what must be the effect upon their views and feelings, of an entire withdrawment from the scenes and objects of earth, and an entrance into those of the future state.

Sermons to the Natural Man 1857

So convinced was Mr. Southey that this long-cherished design had influenced poor Gilbert in his sudden withdrawment, that he wrote to Mr. Roscoe, at Liverpool, begging him to interfere, to prevent any African captain from taking such a person as Mr.S. described.

Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Robert Southey Cottle, Joseph 1847

Rev. Joseph Clay Stiles in McIntosh county, embracing the neighborhood of Harris 'neck, which continued in operation for some time, until by the withdrawment of

The religious instruction of the Negroes in the United States, 1842

James L. Yeo against Sackett's Harbour; Sir George Prevost orders the withdrawment of the troops, at the very crisis of victory, to the great disappointment and dissatisfaction of his officers and men 399

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842

General Proctor resolved to make another effort to defeat General Harrison's purpose to recover Michigan, and immediately besieged the American fort at Lower Sandusky; but in consequence of the withdrawment of the Indians out of the reach of the enemy's guns, and disinclined to the delay of a siege, and General

The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 Egerton Ryerson 1842

One appealed to the supreme court, but the judges held that the withdrawment of a license was within the province of the bishop; another obtained his salary from the treasury, the governor having refused to recognise the revocation.

The History of Tasmania, Volume I John West 1840

Mr. Robinson described his plan, _as the employment of persuasion only_, and requiring the withdrawment of intimidation.

The History of Tasmania , Volume II John West 1840

Withdrawal appeared in the 1800s after people had spent the previous two centuries saying "withdrawment."

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