 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.  An Encyclopaedia of Parliamentby Norman W. Wilding, Philip Laundy - 1968 - 912 pagesSnippet view - About this book
 | Rapin de Thoyras (M., Paul) - Great Britain - 1731 - 556 pages
...any Wood-fide, to have kept a Flock of Sheep, rather than undertaken fuch a Government as this is ; but undertaking it by the Advice and Petition of you, I did look that you that had offered it unto me jhould make it good. I did tell you, at a Conference concerning it, that... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1760 - 508 pages
...under my Wood Side, to have kept a Flock of Sheep, rather than undertook fuch a Government as this is ; but, undertaking it by the Advice and Petition of you, I did look that you, that had offered it unto me, ihould make it good. ' I did tell you, at a Conference concerning it,... | |
 | Friedrich von Raumer - Great Britain - 1837 - 532 pages
...like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, and to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this now is. I desired that between me and the Lower House there should be another House, in order to keep... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1839 - 466 pages
...under my wood side, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertook such a government as this is ! but, undertaking it by the advice and petition of you, I did look that you, that had offered it unto me, sh«uld make it good. " I did tell you, at a conference concerning it,... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1845 - 784 pages
...your Highness ! — His Highness does not complain. " To have kept a flock of sheep," he says] — rather than undertaken such a Government as this....offered it unto me should make it good. I did tell you, at a Conference* concerning it, that I would not undertake it, unless there might be some other Persons... | |
 | 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:... | |
 | 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,...sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this !" (iii. 428.) A few months after those words were uttered, that death which Oliver had so often dealt... | |
 | 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,...rather than undertaken such a government as this." It requires no uncommon measure of faith to credit this. It was no easy seat that he sat upon. To act... | |
 | 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,...rather than undertaken such a government as this." It requires no uncommon measure of faith to credit this. It was no easy seat that he sat upon. To act... | |
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