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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 ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly... "
The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 313
by Edmund Burke - 1839
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors

J[ohn] H[anbury]. Dwyer - 1828 - 314 pages
...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 recognize the divine justice, and hi some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble myself before God,...
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I. The Claims of Sir Philip Francis, K. B., to the Authorship of Junius's ...

Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 588 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. But there, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognize the divine justice, and in some degree...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 pages
...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, I most unfeignedly recognise the divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst I humble...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. tj l ;i stripped of all my honours ; y, but above all. love. I am apt to believe the Eng h ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly recognise the divine justice, in вопле degree...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 35

1834 - 1064 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 must unfeignedly recognise the Divine justice. But, while I humble myself before God, I do not know...
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The Works of the Right Hon. Edmund Burke

Edmund Burke - 1837 - 660 pages
...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 therejl most unfeignedly recognise the divine justice, and in some degree submit to it. But whilst...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric; Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 pages
...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 pros-trate on the earth." It is on the same principle, that, in the following lines, from Gray's Elegy in a Country Church Yard,...
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A Practical System of Rhetoric; Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 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." It is on the same principle, that, in the following lines, from Gray's Elegy in a Country Church Yard,...
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Bereaved parents consoled

John Thornton - 1839 - 136 pages
...like one of those oaks which the 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 unfeignedly recognise the Divine justice, and, in some degree, submit to it."* To me the world has...
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Memoir of the Life and Character of Edmund Burke: With Specimens of His ...

Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 pages
...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." " I am alone. I have none to meet my enemies in the gate. I greatly deceive myself if in this hard...
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