 | 1846 - 492 pages
...course. Who can doubt this as he reads what Cromwell said of the Long Parliament ? ' It's you that have forced me to this. I have sought the Lord night...slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.' Faults he undoubtedly had ; and some evils unquestionably arose out of his possession of absolute authority;... | |
 | 1846 - 534 pages
...Parliament is dissolved ! " ' It's you that have forced me to this,' " exclaims my Lord General : " ' I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would...slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.' " " At their going out, some say the Lord General said to young Sir Harry Vane, calling him by his... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1846 - 482 pages
...members, by name, with their vices. " It is you," continued he, "that have forced me upon this. 11. 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... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 548 pages
...justified himself to that great man if he could, he drove them impatiently from the room, saying, " I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me to this work " ; of which we can only say, that whoever is disposed to believe it is perfectly welcome.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 546 pages
...justified himself to that great man if he could, he drove them impatiently from the room, saying, " I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me to this work " ; of which we can only say, that whoever is disposed to believe it is perfectly welcome.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1846 - 550 pages
...justified himself to that great man if he could, he drove them impatiently from the room, saying, " I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me to this work " ; of which we can only say, that whoever is disposed to believe it is perfectly welcome.... | |
 | Joseph Fletcher - 1847 - 650 pages
...name of God, — go !" It is said that as soon as the members had all vanished, Cromwell exclaimed, " I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would...slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." It now remained for Cromwell, who had taken these decisive .steps with the consent of the army and... | |
 | Sir Daniel Wilson - Great Britain - 1848 - 334 pages
...are a juggler, and have not so much as common honesty.' 'I have been forced to this,' he continued. ' I have sought the Lord, night and day, that he would...slay me, than put me upon the doing of this work. But now begone. You are no parliament. I say, you are no parliament ! I'll put an end to your sitting.... | |
 | David Hume - Great Britain - 1848 - 552 pages
...Here, take it away. It is you," said he, addressing himself to the House, " that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Having commanded the soldiers to clear the hall, he himself went out the last, and ordering... | |
 | Joseph Fletcher - England - 1849 - 320 pages
...the forces of the commonwealth, simply stepped in between them and their purpose, and prevented it. the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." It now remained for Cromwell, who had taken these decisive steps with the consent of the army and navy... | |
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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. 
