 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 Seiten
...easily supplied. But a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves f the poetical inspiration ; his ideas are vast and sublime; his people are a superior order of roe; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the hurricane has scattered about me. I am >tripj-«d... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 Seiten
...the gate. said in " A Letter to Noble Lord," referring to his son's death, and his own retirement, '' The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of those old oaks which the hurricane has scattered about me." — PRIOH : Life. He wrote to Matthew Smith : " I would rather sleep... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - 1883 - 954 Seiten
...supplied. But a Disposer, whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wis~ dom it behooves us not at all to dispute, has ordained it in another...storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of those oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honors ; I am torn up... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 Seiten
...The finest passage in this letter is that wherein he refers to the untimely death of his only son: The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered around me. I am stripped of all my honors ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1884 - 140 Seiten
...traces in his line. But a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dispute, has ordained it in another...suggest, a far better. The storm has gone over me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth ! There,... | |
 | John Lord - 1884 - 506 Seiten
...was greatly afflicted by the death of his only son, in whom his pride and hopes were bound up. " I am like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about me," said he. " I am torn up by the roots ; I lie prostrate on the earth." And when care and disease hastened... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 Seiten
...the old man's days desolate and void. Burke's grief found expression than which was never nobler. " The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honors; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth. I am alone. I have none to meet... | |
 | George Gilbert Ramsay - 1885 - 388 Seiten
...traces in his line. But a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dispute, has ordained it in another...suggest, a far better. The storm has gone over me. I am stripped of all my honours, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth 1 There,... | |
 | 1885 - 226 Seiten
...his lady, and keeps me awake with his screeching lamentations. (e.) I will die in the last ditch. (/) The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered around me. 3. Identify the following passages, and add a short note on any difficulties or allusions... | |
 | Essays - 1885 - 250 Seiten
...lady, and keeps me awake with his screeching lamentations. (e.) I will die in the last ditch. (_/!) The storm has gone over me, and I lie like one of...those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered around me. 3. Identify the following passages, and add a short note on any difficulties or allusions... | |
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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 honors, I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate on the earth. 
