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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. "
Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's Abridgment of the History of ... - Page 246
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1831 - 507 pages
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An history of England, in a series of letters from a nobleman to his son [by ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1769 - 264 pages
...he, that have forced me upon this \ I beat fought the Lord night and day, that he would rather Jlaj me than put me upon this work. Then pointing to the...bauble :- after which turning out all the members, he ordered the door to be locked, and, putting the key in his pocket, retired to Whitehall. Thus by...
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An abridgment of The history of England, to the death of George ii

Oliver Goldsmith - 1777 - 374 pages
...that have " forced me upon this. I have fought the Lord " night and day, that he would rather flay me than " put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, " Takeaway, cried he, that bauble." After which turning out all the members, and clearing the hall,...
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An History of England: In a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1788 - 340 pages
..., th.it have faffed me upon this ; / have fought the Lord night and day , that he would rather flay me than put me upon this work. Then pointing to the...bauble! after which , turning out all the members , he ordered the door to be locked , and , putting the key in his pocket, retired to Whitehall. Thus...
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An History of England, in a Series of Letters from a Nobleman to His Son

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1792 - 308 pages
...me upon this ; I have fought the Lord night and day, thai he would rather jlay me than put me ttpon this •work. Then pointing: to the mace, Take away,...bauble ! after which, turning out all the members, he ordered the door to be locked, and putting the key in his pocket, retired to Whitehall. Thus, by...
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A View of Universal History, from the Creation to the Present Time ..., Volume 1

John Adams - World history - 1795 - 480 pages
..." that have forced me upon this. I have fought *' the Lord night and day, that he would rather flay me than " put me upon this work." Then pointing to...away, cried he, that bauble." After which, turning put all the members, and clearing the hall, he ordered the door to be locked, and putting the key in...
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The History of England, from the Earliest Times to the Death of George II.

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1800 - 452 pages
...thou art a glutton. " It is you," continued he to the members, " that have forced me upon this* '" I have 'sought the Lord night and day that he *' would...After which^ turning out all the members, and clearing thehall, he ordered the doors to be locked, and, putting the key -in his pocket, returned to Whitehall....
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The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and ..., Volume 3

William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 542 pages
...is you,'' subjoined he, addressing himself to the members, " that have " forced me to proceed thus. I have sought the Lord night " and day, that he would rather slay me than put me upon " this work !'' And having previously commanded the soldiers to clear the house, he ordered the door to be locked,...
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Memoirs of James earl of Derby, with an account of the life of Oliver ...

James Stanley (7th earl of Derby.) - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1804 - 682 pages
...that have forced me upon this. " I have fought the Lord night and day, that he would " rather flay me than put me upon this work." Then pointing to the mace, "Takeaway," cried he, " that " bauble." After which turning out all the members, ind clearing the hall,...
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The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the ..., Volume 7

David Hume - Great Britain - 1807 - 544 pages
...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 the doors...
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A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Huntingdon ...

Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...174. f Dugdale, p. 405. J Ibid. § Ludlow, Ibid. || Dugdale, Ibid. y Ibid, forced me to this ; for I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me, than put me upon the doing of this work.' Then he bid one of the soldiers to ' Take away that Fool's bauble,' the Mace...
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