 | James Davies (of Southport.) - 1875 - 204 страници
...Members, he earnestly declared, "It is you 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." Then he caused the soldiers to clear the Hall, — had the doors locked, putting the key in his pocket,... | |
 | Henry Major - 1875 - 310 страници
...Harry Vane." "It is you," continued he, " 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." Then pointing to the mace, he said, " Take away that bauble." And thus he dismissed them. Chief Events.... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 682 страници
...Cromwell only replied, " It is you that have forced me upon this. I have sought the Lord day and night that he would rather slay me than put me upon this work." He then charged the alderman with embezzlement, as treasurer to the army, and taking first one and... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 страници
...this," Cromwell exclaimed, as he drove the members from the House ; " I have sought the Lord night and day that He would 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... | |
 | Martha Joanna Lamb - 1883 - 108 страници
...it away.' Then addressing himself to the house, he said, ' It is you who have forced me upon this.' Having commanded the soldiers to clear the hall, he...himself went out the last, and ordering the doors to be locked put the keys in his pocket." The dissolution of the Long Parliament, in this bold and extraordinary... | |
 | 1883 - 866 страници
...Paint me as I am," and the more elaborate, though not more memorable, " I have sought the Lord night and day that he would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work," or his reputed saying ot Charles, " We will cut off his head with the crown... | |
 | Coleman E. Bishop - 1883 - 384 страници
...! " It's you that have forced me to this," exclaims my lordgeneral. " I have sought the Lord night and day that he would rather 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,... | |
 | David Hume - 1884 - 330 страници
...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...himself went out the last, and, ordering the doors to be locked1, departed to his lodgings in Whitehall (April 20, 1653). To such ignominy was the celebrated... | |
 | Joseph H. Beale - 1884 - 1152 страници
...hundred, and said to them, ' It's you that have 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.' Cromwell having acted this treacherous and impious part, ordered the guard... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1884 - 988 страници
...' It 's you, that have forced me to this,' exclaims my Lord General : 'I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather 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,... | |
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What shall we do with this bauble? Here, 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. 
