self-expelled

Updated: August 25, 2026

I had warred against my peace and my fame: I had banished myself from the fellowship of vigorous and pure minds: I was self-expelled from a scene which the munificence of nature had adorned with unrivalled beauties, and from haunts in which all the muses and humanities had taken refuge. "I was thus torn by conflicting fears and tumultuous regrets.

Charles Brockden Brown - Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale