Literary notes about sequester (AI summary)
The term "sequester" functions on two principal levels in literature. In legal and administrative texts, it describes the act of officially confiscating or isolating assets, lands, or individuals—for instance, when authorities set apart estates or enforce legal judgements [1, 2, 3, 4]. In a more poetic or reflective idiom, it conveys a sense of deliberate withdrawal from society or nature, evoking images of hidden valleys, secluded groves, and private retreats where one can find refuge or engage in introspection [5, 6, 7, 8]. This dual usage enriches the word’s character, allowing it to embody both pragmatic legal actions and the more ethereal experience of solitude.
- This was, of course, followed by a request to the King from the House to "sequester" the Great Seal.
— from Bacon by R. W. (Richard William) Church - However, the church corporation may be sued and a receiver appointed to take possession of the property and sequester the assets.
— from The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law: The Law of Church and Grave by Charles Martin Scanlan - In the following May an order was given in the Star Chamber to levy the fine in London, and to sequester the estates in Ireland.
— from Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 1 (of 3), 1603-1642 by Richard Bagwell - Now what power had these men in 1783, to sequester four hundred acres of the common land of the Indians, for any purpose?
— from Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained by William Apess - The world has wrangled half an age, And we again in war engage, While this sweet, sequester'd rill Murmurs through the valley still.
— from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Poet of the American Revolution. Volume 3 (of 3) by Philip Morin Freneau - Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray; Along the cool sequester'd vale of life They kept the noiseless tenour of their way.
— from The Illustrated London Reading Book by Various - And now, when we drew near The low, gray Church, in its sequester’d dell, A shade upon me fell.
— from The Unknown Eros by Coventry Patmore - We decided that somewhere we should find a suitable wooded nook where we could sequester ourselves for the night.
— from An American IdyllThe Life of Carleton H. Parker by Cornelia Stratton Parker
