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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 honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I most unfeignedly... "
The United States Democratic Review - Page 270
1859
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The Life of Edmund Burke: Comprehending and Impartial Account of ..., Volume 2

Robert Bisset - 1800 - 488 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might Suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of...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, 1...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 4

Edmund Burke - Political science - 1807 - 536 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of...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...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of...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...
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 19

Missions - 1841 - 712 pages
...son, and the cheerless gloom which in consequence darkened the evening of his life, he exclaims, " The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...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...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 35

England - 1834 - 1046 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me, and I lie, like one of...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,...
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The Juvenile Tourist ; Or, Excursions Into the West of England: Into the ...

John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...event in language indicative of that grief which he felt on the occasion : — " The storm (says he) has gone over me, and I lie like one of those old...hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours ! I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrated on the earth !" Gazing upon the spot where...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of...hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honoursi I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There, and prostrate there, I...
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Specimens of Irish Eloquence: Now First Arranged and Collected, with ...

Charles Phillips - English orations - 1819 - 484 pages
...has ordained it in another manner, and (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of...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...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...(whatever my querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has gone over me ; and I He like one 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, 1...
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Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Royal Letters ...

English letters - 1827 - 586 pages
...affliction that Mr. Burke alludes in his Letter to the Duke of Bedford, published Feb. 24*. 1796. " The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of...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." DEAR SIR, I AM exceedingly flattered...
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