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" 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 honors, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth. "
The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of His ... - Page 415
by Robert Bisset - 1800
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A Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. at the Guildhall, in Bristol: Previous to the ...

Edmund Burke - 1780 - 206 pages
...ami I lie like one of thofe old oaks which the late hurricane has fcattered about me. I am ftripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie proftrate on the earth ! There, and proftrate there, I moft unfeignedly recognize the divine juftice,...
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The British Critic, Volume 7

1796 - 752 pages
...and 1 lie like one of thofe old oaks which the late hurricane has fcattered about me. I am dripped of all my honours; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prodrate on the earth ! There, and prodrate there, I mod unfeignedly recognize the divine judicc, and...
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The British Critic, and Quarterly Theological Review, Volume 7

1796 - 752 pages
...and 1 lie like one of ihofe old oaks which the late liurrica'ne has fcattered about me, I am ¡hipped of all my honours; I am torn up by the roots, and lie .proftrate on the earth ! There, and prortrate ihere, I molt unlcignedly recognize the divine jullice,...
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The Beauties of the Late Right Hon. Edmund Burke: Selected from ..., Volume 2

Edmund Burke - 1798 - 350 pages
...and I lie like one of thofe old oaks which the late hurricane has Icattered about me. I am ftripped of all my honours; I am torn up by the roots, and. lie proflrate on the earth! There, and proftrate there, I moft unfcignedly recognize the divine juftice,...
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The Works of ... Edmund Burke, Volume 8

Edmund Burke - 1803 - 444 pages
...and I lie like one of thofe old oaks which the late hurricane has fcattered about me. I am ftripped of all my honours; I am torn up by the roots, 'and lie proftratc on the earth! There, and profixate there, I moft unfeignedly recognife the divine juftice,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - 1807 - 540 pages
...easily supplied. 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...all my honours : I am torn up by the roots, and lie protirate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognise the divine justice,...
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The Juvenile Tourist ; Or, Excursions Into the West of England: Into the ...

John Evans - 1818 - 564 pages
...event in language indicative of that grief which he felt on the occasion : — " The storm (says he) has gone over me, and I lie like one of those old...all my honours ! I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrated on the earth !" Gazing upon the spot where he lies interred, and impressed with the silence...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 490 pages
...easily supplied. 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...hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honoursi I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...easily supplied. But a Disposer whose power we arc little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dispute ; has ordained it in another...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...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 22

1824 - 602 pages
...addressed to a noble Lord, in answer to the Duke of Bedford's attack upon his pension, he says : • The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...me. I * am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up bv the roots, ' and lie prostrate on the earth I am alone. 1 have none ' to meet my enemies at the...
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