 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...public, in the prime of life and the maturity of judgment. Such was the will of " a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dispute," ' ' Burke. CHAP. XV. Miscellaneous Observationt. relative to Mr. Character. Mr. WAKEFIELD'S general... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...public, in the prime of life and the maturity of judgment. Such was the will of " a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dis-r pute.'" • : CHAP. XV. Miscellaneous Observations relative to Mr. Wakejlelds . Character. i... | |
 | Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...exigent moment, the loss of a finished man is not easily supplied. But a Disposer whose power we arc little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves...suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me ; and I He like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all... | |
 | James Boswell - 1826 - 444 pages
...myself, or for my family, (a/as .' I have none,) I have nothing to hope or to fear in this world." " The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of those old oats which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours. I am torn up... | |
 | Henry Ellis - 1827 - 580 pages
...affliction that Mr. Burke alludes in his Letter to the Duke of Bedford, published Feb. 24ih. 1796. " The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old Oaks which the late hurricane has seattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate... | |
 | sir Henry Ellis - 1827 - 768 pages
...affliction that Mr. Burke alludes in his Letter to the Duke of Bedford, published Feb. 24lh. 1796. " The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old Oaks which the late hurricara' has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and... | |
 | Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 588 pages
...respecting his son, which, if my memory does not deceive me, runs thus : — " But a disposer, whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom...behoves us not at all to dispute, has ordained it in a different manner, and, (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest,) a far better. The storm has... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...duty. At this exigent moment, the loss of a finished man is not easily supplied. But a disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom...querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The atorm has gone over me; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...easily supplied. ¡ut a Disposer, whose power we are little liable to resist, and whose wisdom it jvcs ich suits generally witli all men's humours. Shakspeare's language is likewi uernlous weakness might suggest — л far better. The storm has gone over me, lie like one of those... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 pages
...duty. At this exigent moment, the loss of a finished man is not easily supplied. But a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom...weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has ¿rone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about... | |
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But a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dispute, has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. 
