| Samuel Butler - 1812 - 876 páginas
...drunkard ; and the fourth as an extortioner. " It is you (added he) ih.it have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work. Pointing to the mace, he bade a soldier " Take away this bauble." Then he turned out all the members,... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 544 páginas
...again to the members, who were about an hundred, said, "'Tis you that have forced me to this ; for I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me, than put me upon the doing of this work." And then sei/ing on all their papers, he ordered the soldiers to see the house... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 400 páginas
....thou art a glutton. " It is " yon," continued he to the members, " that have forced me " upon this. 1 have sought the Lord night and day, that he " would rather slay me then put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1813 - 542 páginas
...again to the members, who were about an hundred, said, "'Tis you that have forced me to this ; for I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me, than put. me upon the doing of this work." And then seizing" on all their papers, he ordered the soldiers to see the... | |
| John Adams - 1813 - 324 páginas
...fourth, thou art a glutton. "It is you, "continued he to the members, " who have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put upon me this work." Then pointing to the mace, " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After which,... | |
| England - 1817 - 264 páginas
...take it away. — It is " you, (said he, addressing the House,) " who have forced me upon this; — I " have sought the Lord, night and day, " that he...would rather slay me than " put me upon this work.' — (Poor in" nocent saint !) Having commanded " t he soldiers to clear the House, he hirn-> " self... | |
| 1832 - 612 páginas
...take it away. It is ou,' said he, addressing himself to the house, ' that ave forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work.' Having commanded the soldiers to clear the hall, he himself went out the last, and, ordering the doors... | |
| James Caulfield - 1820 - 182 páginas
...again to the members, who were about an hundred, said, " 'Tis you that have forced me to this ; for I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather stay me, than put me upon doing this work;" then seizing on all their papers, he ordered the soldiers... | |
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