 | Samuel Butler - Great Britain - 1822 - 542 pages
...addressing himself to the house, " that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord day and night, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Having commanded the soldiers to clear ^he hall, he himself went out the last, and, ordering the doors to be locked, departed to his lodging... | |
 | George Brodie - Great Britain - 1822 - 540 pages
...deliver me from Sir Harry Vane !" " It is you," said he to the house, that have forced me to this ; for I have sought the Lord night and day that he would rather slay me than put me to this." Alderman Allen told him that matters were not yet irretrievable ; that if the soldiers were... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 888 pages
...art a drunkard ;" to a fourth, " Thou art a glutton, &c." " It is you (continued he to the members), that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord...would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, " Take away that bauble," cried he : after which, turning out all the members,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1823 - 504 pages
...a drunkard ; " and to a fourth, " thou art a glutton." " It is you," continued he to the members, " that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord...would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After which, turning out all the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1824 - 340 pages
...continued he, to the members, "that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord day and night, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, "Take away," cried he, "that bauble." After which turning out all the members,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1825 - 780 pages
...a drunkard ;" and to a faurth, " Thou art a glutton." " It is you," continued he to the memhers, " that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord...would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, "Take away," cried he, "that hauhle." After which, turning out all the memhers,... | |
 | William Godwin - Great Britain - 1827 - 626 pages
...retired d. Cromwel turned round to the retiring members, exclaiming, It is you that have forced me to this : I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me, than put me on this work6. He then seized on the records, snatched the act of dissolution from the hand of the... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - London (England) - 1828 - 448 pages
...in number between eighty and a hundred, said to them, 'It is you that have forced me to this ; for I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me, than put me npon the doing of this work.' Then he bid one of the Soldiers to "Takeaway that Foof sbauble," the... | |
 | Mrs. Markham - Great Britain - 1829 - 474 pages
...the Lord has done with you ; he has chosen other instruments for carrying on his work." " It is you that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord...would rather slay me than put me upon this work." He staid till the hall was empty ; then ordering the doors to be locked, he put the keys in his pocket,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1831 - 542 pages
...members, by name, with their vices. " It is you," continued he, " that have forced me upon this. 1 1 . I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." — Then pointing to the mace, " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After which, turning out all... | |
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I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work. 
