 | Thomas Carlyle - 1901 - 526 Seiten
...Long 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 name,... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1901 - 380 Seiten
...nominal resistance. " It's you," said Cromwell as they filed past him, "that have forced me to this, for I have sought the Lord night and day that He would...slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." Glancing at the mace he asked "What shall we do with this bauble ? " Ordering Captain Scott to remove... | |
 | Samuel Rawson Gardiner - 1902 - 1118 Seiten
...it away." "It is you," he said to such of the members as still lingered, " that have forced me to do this. I have sought the Lord night and day, that He...slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." 11. The so-called Barebone's Parliament. 1653. — Cromwell and the officers shrank from summoning... | |
 | Thomas Hay Sweet Escott - 1902 - 344 Seiten
...that eventful April day. " It is you," said Cromwell, to a prominent City member, " who have forced me to this. I have sought the Lord night and day that he would rather slay me, than put upon me the doing of this work." Alderman Allen's practical observation was, that things had not yet... | |
 | Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia - 1902 - 738 Seiten
...away." In the midst of this exciting scene, Cromwell frequently repeated: "It is you who have forced me to this; I have sought the Lord night and day that He should rather slay me than put me on the doing of this work." The house was soon empty. Cromwell seized... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1903 - 540 Seiten
...exclaimed, as he drove the members from the House ; " I have sought the Lord night and day that Hewould rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." The act was one of violence to the members of the House, but the act which it aimed at preventing was... | |
 | Voltaire, Tobias Smollett - 1904 - 342 Seiten
...then turning to the members, " It is you," added he, " that have forced me upon this. I have prayed to the Lord night and day that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." Having said this, he turned out all the members one by one, locked the door himself, and... | |
 | William Wotherspoon Ireland - 1905 - 564 Seiten
...addressed himself to the members of the House and said, " It's you that have forced me to this, for I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would...slay me than put me upon the doing of this work." " After this he went to the clerk, and snatching the act of dissolution, which was ready to pass, out... | |
 | Charles Hare Simpkinson, Charles Hare Simpkinson De Wesselow - 1905 - 346 Seiten
...him, Cromwell fiercely addressed them. "It is you," he said, " that have forced me to do this, for I have sought the Lord night and day that He would rather slay me, than put me to the doing of this work." He caught up the Bill on the elections, had the doors locked, and returned... | |
 | Charles Hare Simpkinson, Charles Hare Simpkinson De Wesselow - 1905 - 348 Seiten
...him, Cromwell fiercely addressed them. " It is you," he said, " that have forced me to do this, for I have sought the Lord night and day that He would rather slay me, than put me to the doing of this work." He caught up the Bill on the elections, had the doors locked, and returned... | |
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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. 
