Sentence examples for act of seclusion from inspiring English sources

In 1660, after his uncle Charles II's restoration to the English throne, the Act of Seclusion was rescinded.

By 1654 the Dutch were compelled to accept peace on English terms, including a secret promise by Holland ("Act of Seclusion") to exclude forever the prince of Orange from the stadtholderate and the supreme command.

After his death this party determined to exclude the house of Orange from power, and the Act of Seclusion (1654) debarred the prince of Orange and his descendants from holding office in the state.

After the English Restoration, the Act of Seclusion, which had not remained a secret for very long, was declared void as the English Commonwealth (with which the treaty had been concluded) no longer existed.

The Treaty of Westminster, which ended the First Anglo-Dutch War, had a secret annexe attached on demand of Oliver Cromwell: this required the Act of Seclusion, which forbade the province of Holland from appointing a member of the House of Orange as stadtholder.

And I continue to support the Patriot Act, the seclusion of Islamic zealots in Guantánamo, and whatever else is necessary to keep me and my countrymen safe.

We considered the possibility that challenging behavior within the hospital might also influence length of stay, so data were gathered on acts of violence towards self and others and episodes of seclusion.

They've acted as gathering points for lively minds and as sites of seclusion and solace.

In the low ILOC group, indications of depression emerged in the descriptions of immobility in the face of headache pain, whether couched as inability to act or seclusion.

Shiva was impressed, and he came out of seclusion.

But now that kind of seclusion comes in shorter doses.