| David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 444 páginas
...take it away. It is you," said he, addressing himself to the house, " that 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." Having commanded the soldiers to clear the hall, he himself went out the last, and ordering the doors... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1828 - 448 páginas
...in number between eighty and a hundred, said to them, 'It is 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 npon the doing of this work.' Then he bid one of the Soldiers to "Takeaway that Foof sbauble," the... | |
| Mrs. Markham - 1829 - 474 páginas
...has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work." " It is you that 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." He staid till the hall was empty ; then ordering the doors to be locked, he put the keys in his pocket,... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 542 páginas
...members, by name, with their vices. " It is you," continued he, " that have forced me upon this. 1 1 . I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." — Then pointing to the mace, " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After which, turning out all... | |
| William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1846 - 828 páginas
...the Loug Parliament is dissolved! "'It's you that have forced me to this,'" exclaims my Lord General: "'I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put nie upon the doing of this work.' " And so all was over, and the door locked, — not even "n dog barkiii";... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - 1836 - 512 páginas
...members, by name, with their vices. "It is you," continued he, " that have forced me upon this. 11. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After which, turning out all the... | |
| Friedrich von Raumer - 1837 - 534 páginas
...;" and, having previously commanded the soldiers to clear the House, desired that the doors should be locked, put the key in his pocket, and retired to his lodgings in Whitehall. Thus Cromwell, a servant and tool of the Parliament, destroyed without resistance an assembly which by its... | |
| 708 páginas
...Parliament is dissolved ! " ' It's you that have forced me to this,'" exclaims my Lord General : "' I have ' sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than 'put me upon the doing of this work.'" 'At their going out, some say the Lord General said to young Sir Harry Vane,... | |
| William Russell - 1839 - 620 páginas
...have forced me to proceed thus (1) BnrcbcTi JVa»«J History. Campbell'* Lnu of Ou JUmirilt, vol. 0. I have sought the Lord, night and day, that he would...key in his pocket, and retired to his lodgings in Whitehall.fl) Thus, my dear Philip, did Oliver Cromwell, in a manner so suitable to his general character,... | |
| Charles Henry Parry - 1839 - 726 páginas
...Extortioner. AVhat shall we do with this Bauble? Here, take it away. It is you 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." (Commanding the Soldiers to clear the Hall, he goes out last himself, ana ordering the Doors to be... | |
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