| Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 páginas
...public, in the prime of life and the maturity of judgment. Such was the will of " a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dispute," ' ' Burke. CHAP. XV. Miscellaneous Observationt. relative to Mr. Character. Mr. WAKEFIELD'S general... | |
| Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 páginas
...public, in the prime of life and the maturity of judgment. Such was the will of " a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves us not at all to dis-r pute.'" • : CHAP. XV. Miscellaneous Observations relative to Mr. Wakejlelds . Character. i... | |
| Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 páginas
...exigent moment, the loss of a finished man is not easily supplied. But a Disposer whose power we arc little able to resist, and whose wisdom it behoves...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... | |
| James Boswell - 1826 - 444 páginas
...myself, or for my family, (a/as .' I have none,) I have nothing to hope or to fear in this world." " The storm has gone over me; and I lie like one of those old oats which the late hurricane has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours. I am torn up... | |
| Henry Ellis - 1827 - 580 páginas
...affliction that Mr. Burke alludes in his Letter to the Duke of Bedford, published Feb. 24ih. 1796. " The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old Oaks which the late hurricane has seattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and lie prostrate... | |
| sir Henry Ellis - 1827 - 768 páginas
...affliction that Mr. Burke alludes in his Letter to the Duke of Bedford, published Feb. 24lh. 1796. " The storm has gone over me ; and I lie like one of those old Oaks which the late hurricara' has scattered about me. I am stripped of all my honours ; I am torn up by the roots, and... | |
| Edmund Henry Barker - 1828 - 588 páginas
...respecting his son, which, if my memory does not deceive me, runs thus : — " But a disposer, whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom...behoves us not at all to dispute, has ordained it in a different manner, and, (whatever my querulous weakness might suggest,) a far better. The storm has... | |
| Samuel Phillips Newman - 1829 - 270 páginas
...duty. At this exigent moment, the loss of a finished man is not easily supplied. But a disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom...querulous weakness might suggest) a far better. The atorm has gone over me; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 páginas
...easily supplied. ¡ut a Disposer, whose power we are little liable to resist, and whose wisdom it jvcs ich suits generally witli all men's humours. Shakspeare's language is likewi uernlous weakness might suggest — л far better. The storm has gone over me, lie like one of those... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1834 - 744 páginas
...duty. At this exigent moment, the loss of a finished man is not easily supplied. But a Disposer whose power we are little able to resist, and whose wisdom...weakness might suggest) a far better. The storm has ¿rone over me ; and I lie like one of those old oaks which the late hurricane has scattered about... | |
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