 I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this.  The Works of Lord Morley - Page 392by John Morley - 1921Full view - About this book
 | Horace Binney Wallace - England - 1838 - 274 pages
...say in the presence of God, in comparison of whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood-side, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than have undertook such a go• vernment as this.' And many an ambitious statesman has exclaimed on his... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1845 - 460 pages
...the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, — I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep — [ Fes, your Highness ; it had been infinitely quieter, healthier,freer. But it is gone forever:... | |
 | Theology - 1846 - 512 pages
...in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood-side, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this." It requires no uncommon measure of faith to credit this. It... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1846 - 756 pages
...in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this !" (iii. 428.) A few months after those words were uttered, that... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1846 - 506 pages
...in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my wood-side, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this." It requires no uncommon measure of faith to credit this. It... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1847 - 298 pages
...was their title) hastily complied with the summons. " My Lords and Gentlemen," said the Protector, " I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this. But undertaking it by the advice and petition of you, I did look... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - Great Britain - 1847 - 396 pages
...was their title) hastily complied with the summons. " My Lords and Gentlemen," said the Protector, " I would have been glad to have lived under my " woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather " than undertaken such a government as this. But " undertaking it by the advice and petition of you, " I did... | |
 | Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné - 1848 - 346 pages
...was their title) hastily complied with the summons. " My Lords and Gentlemen," said the Protector, " I " would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, " to have kept a flock of sheep rather than undertaken " such a government as this. But undertaking it by the " advice and petition of you, I did... | |
 | J. T. Headley - Biography & Autobiography - 1848 - 498 pages
...in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under -my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this." What a. mixture of noble melancholy, and firm purpose, is exhibited... | |
 | Sherman B. Canfield - 1850 - 212 pages
...presence of God — in comparison with whom we are but like poor, creeping ants upon the earth — I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep rather than undertaken such a government as this." Why, then, did he not abdicate — do you ask 1 In reply I will... | |
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