 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
 | Decoration and ornament - 1866 - 298 pages
...gone over me, and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth. There, and prostrate there, I recognize the Divine justice, and, in some degree, submit to it. But, whilst I humble myself before... | |
 | Afternoon lectures - 1866 - 242 pages
...gone over me, and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth. There, and prostrate there, I recognize the Divine justice, and, in some degree, submit to it. But, whilst I humble myself before... | |
 | William Russell - 1867 - 460 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...divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. — I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. — Indeed, I greatly deceive myself, if, in... | |
 | John Morley - 1867 - 340 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 who ought... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 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 There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognise the Divine justice, and in some degree... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Political science - 1869 - 516 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... | |
 | English authors - English literature - 1869 - 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 unfeignedly recognise the divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself before God,... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane hath 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 unieignedly recognise the divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 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...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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 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... | |
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