 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
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1909 - 458 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 ! There, and prostrate there, I most unf eignedly recognize the Divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself... | |
 | Henry Montagu Butler - Great Britain - 1909 - 346 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 live in an inverted order. They who ought to have succeeded me have gone before me. They who... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...of 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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...of 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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...of 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... | |
 | Robert Maynard Leonard - English literature - 1912 - 788 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... | |
 | Thomas Addis Emmet - Revolutionaries - 1915 - 784 pages
...about me. I am stripped of all my honours. I am torn up by the roots, and am prostrate on the earth. And prostrate there I most unfeignedly recognize the...divine justice, and in some degree submit to it".* But all these observations would be a mere mass of vain and futile words, if the main question that... | |
 | Roy Bennett Pace - English literature - 1917 - 536 pages
...scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the 30 earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly...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... | |
 | John Morley - 1921 - 238 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. They... | |
 | George Robert Stirling Taylor - Statesmen - 1921 - 320 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 enemy at the gate. Indeed, my lord, I greatly deceive myself... | |
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