History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Scottish historian.]
Therefore your seclusion is the wisest way in the world to elbow off old Winter and welcome back the sunshine of May. From Wordnik.com. [Letter 256] Reference
Don't you understand what he means by seclusion from the world?. From Wordnik.com. [Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth] Reference
During my seclusion from the world I had adapted my dress to my situation. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Mary Robinson] Reference
It struck me with its charm and seclusion from the heavy traffic around the corner. From Wordnik.com. [Flatiron Lunch: A&A Coffee Shop Get By On Its Quiet Charm | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference
While in seclusion she was clothed from the waist down, so that her upper body was exposed. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
The boys were taken away to temporary camps where they remained in seclusion for up to three months. From Wordnik.com. [Societies, Religion, and History: Central East Tanzanians and the World They Created, c. 200 BCE to 1800 CE] Reference
The lower villa provided seclusion from the press and for Burton to recover from bouts of drinking. From Wordnik.com. [Puerto Vallarta: where the art of life thrives!] Reference
But that task is not to be performed only in seclusion in the twilight of life, it must go on all our days. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living] Reference
But I had never before spoken to a real contemplative — the point of the life being seclusion from the world. From Wordnik.com. [Women of God] Reference
But the interview-averse author, who lives in seclusion on Long Island and refuses to be photographed, has refused. From Wordnik.com. [September 2006] Reference
After breakfast the Empress wrote her letters and prepared her despatches, remaining in seclusion until nine o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun] Reference
For the next few days, I'll be in seclusion at the family camp — located in a corner of the old Dunham homestead in western Maine. From Wordnik.com. [Vacating the Premises] Reference
Otherwise it'll probably be quite a while before I'm able to listen to it in seclusion and/or on headphones to really listen to the words. From Wordnik.com. [skittledog: In absentia] Reference
The artist who had lived in seclusion for some years is reported to have suffered from influenza during the winter but continued to paint. From Wordnik.com. [April 2006] Reference
Well, Roland, it is called seclusion and restraint. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 18, 2009] Reference
On the silver screen writers are often in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Writer’s Paradise « Write Anything] Reference
He’s in seclusion and his political career is over. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Judge Reinhardt’s Dig on Sarah Palin] Reference
The whole scene conveys the idea of seclusion and remoteness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861] Reference
But, for the practice, their seclusion was a real disadvantage. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
Maybe they can head for the tundra together and live in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [GOP stars set for Wednesday rally] Reference
Nine years ago she returned to Mexico, where she lives in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Six Months in Mexico] Reference
She saw that her friend had not been brought up in English seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Nature's Serial Story] Reference
Elfriede Jelinek is an amiable but frail person who lives in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Elfriede Jelinek - Interview] Reference
Cancer isn't a battle you fight by yourself, a war you wage in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Valerie Sobel: Andre Sobel Essay Winner: Cancer Isn't a Battle you Fight by Yourself] Reference
Afterwards, Lennon left the music business and spent several years in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Five People Born on April 8 | myFiveBest] Reference
The result of their seclusion is a 12-track collection of royal and poignant pop songs. From Wordnik.com. [Insomnia Radio: Indie Music Network] Reference
After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [Must Watch: Bill Maher's Religulous Trailer! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
1941, Andric returned to Belgrade and lived there in seclusion throughout the Second World War. From Wordnik.com. [Ivo Andric - Biography] Reference
To the constructive imagination there are some immortal feats which are possible only in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [How Books Become Immortal] Reference
Then she let loose her thunderbolt, and Russia was driven back by a little land that had been until so lately in seclusion. From Wordnik.com. [The True Inwardness of the Yellow Peril] Reference
I was in seclusion ever since the book was leaked on the intertubes, so I know it’s pretty tough to ignore … but it’s worth it. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Waiting for Harry Potter 7] Reference
'But the seclusion is the same,' she said. From Wordnik.com. [Sultana's Dream] Reference
And then it will interest you to see how our ladies live in that seclusion which is so droll to you. From Wordnik.com. [The Palace of Darkened Windows] Reference
He is said to have gone into "seclusion" in the ninth century, at the age of five. From Wordnik.com. [Webloggin] Reference
But the monarch of all European ruins, the Coliseum, maintains that reserve and that royal seclusion which is proper to majesty. From Wordnik.com. [The Innocents Abroad] Reference
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