 The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 511edited by - 1856Full view - About this book
 | Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honors ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the...the divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself before God, I do not know that it is forbidden to repel the attacks of unjust... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1902 - 678 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered ahout me. I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots and lie prostrate on the earth. . . I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. . . I live in an inverted order. They who... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - Latin language - 1903 - 456 pages
...weakness might suggest, a far better. The storm has gone over me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the...earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognise the divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself before God,... | |
 | Sister Mary Lambertine - American literature - 1903 - 318 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane hath scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honors: I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I must unfeignedly recognize the divine justice, and in some degree submit to it." In July, 1797, he... | |
 | Mildred Lewis Rutherford - English literature - 1906 - 806 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honors ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, 1 must unfeignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. I am alone ; I have... | |
 | Literature - 1906 - 866 pages
...of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. l am stripped of all my honors, l am torn up by the roots and lie prostrate on the earth! There, and prostrate there, l most unfeignedly recognize the divine justice and in some degree submit to it, But whilst l humble... | |
 | William James Dawson - English prose literature - 1906 - 324 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth. I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. I live in an inverted order. Those who ought... | |
 | Henry Charles Shelley - Great Britain - 1908 - 456 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots and lie prostrate on the earth. I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate." So heavy a sorrow could not be borne for long.... | |
 | Charles William Eliot - Literature - 1909 - 470 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the...the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself before God, I do not know that it is forbidden to repel the attacks of unjust... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1909 - 468 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the...the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself before God, I do not know that it is forbidden to repel the attacks of unjust... | |
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