What is "taken leave"

Usage examples of "taken leave".

Arriguccio could but gaze upon her, as one that had taken leave of his wits, calling to mind how he had pummelled her about the face times without number, and scratched it for her, and mishandled her in all manner of ways, and there he now saw her with no trace of aught of it all upon her.

Somewhat disconcerted by the summons, he followed its bearer to the door at which, a couple of hours earlier, he had taken leave of Mrs.

I had taken leave of all my Holly-Tree friends--almost, for the time being, of my bashfulness too--and was standing for half a minute at the Inn door watching the ostler as he took another turn at the cord which tied my portmanteau on the chaise, when I saw lamps coming down towards the Holly-Tree.

When it was first performed, the actor who portrayed the protagonist had been moved to join the Jesuit order and more than a dozen Bavarian court officials had taken leave from their ordinary duties in order to make a retreat and perform St.

In this - like bats about a lamp - flitted the black figures of gaping urchins and other stragglers, and into this I now passed, having taken leave of my companions.

Thus did Sancho soliloquise on the day of their departure, as Don Quixote, who had the night before taken leave of the duke and duchess, coming out made his appearance at an early hour in full armour in the courtyard of the castle.

Obviously Shandie had taken leave of his senses altogether if he had left the gold unguarded.

He stared at her in vexation, thinking first she had taken leave of her senses, and then that she was deliberately insulting him.

When he was stricken with his final illness I wired to Jameshe was at the Rome office at that timeto return immediately, but he had taken leave and gone to Naples.