Gladstone had absented himself from the funeral, with his plea of the press of public business met with public mockery.
22.
Heintz absented himself from Congress in 1918 to serve in the 147th Infantry, United States Army during World War I.
23.
Afterwards, he absented himself from public life, but returned during Trajan's reign ( 98-117 ).
24.
Similarly, the late Cardinal John O'Connor absented himself from Democratic conventions in New York in both 1984 and 1992.
25.
A person who voluntarily absented himself from the census was considered " incensus " and subject to the severest punishment.
26.
The other two top names in the game, by common consensus, absented themselves from this competition : Hall and Alan Mays.
27.
After explaining his decision to work for Telefonica in the private Commission session, Bangemann absented himself from further participation in the EU proceedings.
28.
Delius was then sent to represent the firm in France, but he frequently absented himself from business for excursions to the French Riviera.
29.
He opposed gun registry legislation, which the Bloc supported, and he absented himself from the parliamentary vote that led to its passage.
30.
The charge was that the seaman had absented himself without leave and had taken one of the ship's boats to do so.
