 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...  The Eclectic Review - Page 323edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Russell - 1853 - 432 pages
...(whatever my querulous weakness might 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 my honors ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane hath scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am t0rn up by the roots, and lie prostrate... | |
 | Chauncey Allen Goodrich - 1853 - 972 pages
...thus adverted to his loss in his celebrated " Letter to a Noble Lord :" " The storm has gone over rue. avenge even и look that threatened her with insult.3 But the age of chival around me. I am stripped of all my honors ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth... | |
 | 1868 - 756 pages
...and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me, and 1 lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered around me — I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1854 - 838 pages
...this world." The Letter to a noble Lord speaks of the " sorrows of a desolate old man." And again, " The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of...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.... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1854 - 154 pages
...celebrated Burke having lost an only son, with a mournful and murmuring eloquence exclaimed, — " The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...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 must unfeignedly recognise... | |
 | sir James Prior - 1854 - 586 pages
...this world." The Letter to a noble Lord speaks of the " sorrows of a desolate old man." And again, " The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of...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.... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 340 pages
...ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous •weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of...me : I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth 1 There, and prostrate there, I must unfeignedly recognise... | |
 | Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1854 - 608 pages
...! I have none), I have nothing to hope or to fear in this world." And again in another letter — ' The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours, I lie prostrate on the earth ; I am alone, I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. I greatly deceive... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 346 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a. far better. The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of...scattered about me: I am stripped of all my honours; lam. torn up by the roots, and, lie prostrate on the earth! There, and-. prostrate there, I must unfeignedly... | |
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