A lady, you made clear to me both by precept and example, never raised her voice or slumped in her chair, never failed in social tact ( in heaven, for instance, would not mention St. John the Baptist's head ), never pouted or withdrew or scandalized in company, never reminded others of her physical presence by unseemly sound or gesture, never indulged in public scenes or private confidences, never spoke of money save in terms of alleviating suffering, never gossiped or maligned, never stressed but always minimized the hopelessness of anything from sin to death itself.

So whenever the Romans finally withdrew from the island, the Saxon Shore disappeared in the first decade of the fifth century.

Gradually he withdrew from the shop altogether, and for the past thirty years, he has worked independently as a painter, except for his continued hunting and fishing expeditions.

`` That's true '', Spencer agreed and withdrew himself from the conversation.

The Egyptians eventually withdrew from the region after failing to gain the upper hand over the Hittites, and becoming wary of the power of Assyria, which had destroyed the Mitanni Empire.

Achilles, the greatest warrior of the age, withdrew from battle in revenge and nearly cost the Greek armies the war.

But when the convention and the party showed signs of a split, he withdrew from the race entirely.

They withdrew to Mercia, but, in January 878, made a sudden attack on Chippenham, a royal stronghold in which Alfred had been staying over Christmas, " and most of the people they killed, except the King Alfred, and he with a little band made his way by wood and swamp, and after Easter he made a fort at Athelney in the marshes of Somerset, and from that fort kept fighting against the foe ".

In 2003, the SCO Group alleged that ( among other infractions ) IBM had misappropriated licensed source code from UNIX System V Release 4 for incorporation into AIX ; SCO subsequently withdrew IBM's license to develop and distribute AIX.

He continued to write new operas per imperial contract until 1804, when he voluntarily withdrew from the stage.

Signed in 1972, it was in force for the next 30 years until the US unilaterally withdrew from it in June 2002.

The resulting publicity led to hundreds of papers dropping his comic strip, and Capp, already in failing health, withdrew from public speaking.

However, if he withdrew from the Rhine to the Danube, Villeroi might also make a move south to link up with the Elector and Marsin.

On December 21, 1995, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem, and three days later the city came under the complete administration and military control of the Palestinian National Authority in conformance with the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1995.

His first selection for the full West Indies team followed in due course, but unfortunately coincided with the death of his father and Lara withdrew from the team.

This coalition fell apart at the end of 1916, when the Conservatives withdrew their support from Asquith and gave it to Lloyd George instead, who became Prime Minister at the head of a coalition government largely made up of Conservatives.

Consequently no actions could be taken when the Serbs acceded to the Austrian ultimatum of 18 October and withdrew from Albania.

The filmmaker was hurt by this failure — he had long wanted to produce a dramatic film and was proud of the result — and withdrew A Woman of Paris from circulation as soon as he could.

In addition, the Chinese Communists were able to fill the political vacuum left in Manchuria after Soviet forces withdrew from the area and thus gained China's prime industrial base.

In 2006, Fidel Castro took ill and withdrew from public life.

As a result, he withdrew from the scene, marking the end of Weird Tales Golden Age.

Following the experience of the South African War of 1899-1902 ( where mounted Boer citizen commandos fighting on foot from cover proved superior to regular cavalry ) the British Army withdrew lances for all but ceremonial purposes and placed a new emphasis on training for dismounted action.

Elwes was set to portray George Harrison in Zemeckis's 3D performance capture re-telling of Yellow Submarine ; however in May 2011, Disney withdrew from the project, leaving its fate uncertain.

He confined himself to operate in the southern part of Nicaragua ; after a press conference he was holding on 30 May 1984 was bombed, he " voluntarily withdrew " from the contra struggle.

The Nicaraguan government finally withdrew the complaint from the court in September 1992 ( under the later, post-FSLN, government of Violeta Chamorro ), following a repeal of the law requiring the country to seek compensation.

The International Boxing Research Organization describes the early NBA in this way: " Originally more comparable to the present American Association of Boxing Commissions than to its offspring and successor, the NBA sanctioned title bouts, published lists of outstanding challengers, withdrew titular recognition, but did not attempt to appoint its own title bout officials or otherwise impose its will on championship fights.

In spite of having the 1978 championship winning Lotus 79 and Mario Andretti and Carlos Reutemann as drivers, the Martini Lotus association did not achieve a single win and by the end of the year, Martini withdrew from F1 once more.

Lauda, who had survived a near-fatal crash at the German Grand Prix earlier in the season, withdrew from the race stating that his life was more important than the championship.

As Peugeot withdrew from the championship following the ban of Group B, Kankkunen moved to Lancia and became the first driver to successfully defend his title.

However, the AWA withdrew its recognition of the championship shortly after the unification match when Lawler was stripped of the AWA world title.

This assurance was never put to the test, however: none of the qualified players took part in the championship and Boris Gulko, who has joint American and Israeli citizenship, withdrew from the event after initially indicating he played ( fellow Americans Alexander Shabalov and Alexander Onischuk also withdrew in sympathy with the concerns of Gulko and others ).

After Peugeot withdrew from the World Rally Championship, Grönholm moved to Ford for the 2006 season and placed second in the drivers ' world championship, losing the title to Sébastien Loeb by one point.

The Montreal Crystals won the Canadian championship in 1886, defeating Quebec, which withdrew due to numerous injuries in the final game.

Once Clark had pitted, Ludovico Scarfiotti, Parkes, Surtees and Hill disputed the lead until Surtees withdrew with a split petrol tank which was pouring it all over his tyres and ending his championship chances.

The BMS Scuderia Italia team withdrew from the championship after this race.

Matra withdrew their works team from the 1969 championship and focused on their partnership with Ken Tyrrell.

BMW withdrew from the WTCC at the end of the 2010 season leaving only independents to represent BMW in the championship.

USAC ultimately withdrew from sanctioning championship races outside of the Indianapolis 500.

However, in 2004, Joe Public withdrew from the Professional Football League to play in the National Super League, Trinidad and Tobago's second division, but returned after two years for the 2006 season, in which they clinched the league championship title.

After Gama withdrew its protests in the common justice, the team was included in the championship.

In protest at the suspension, 81 of Pilić's fellow professionals, organized in the Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ), and including 13 of the 16 seeds, withdrew from the 1973 Wimbledon championship.

FCM Bacău withdrew from the championship after round 1 of the season.