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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. "
The Chronicle of the Kings of England: From William the Norman to the Death ... - Page 133
by Robert Dodsley, Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1821 - 286 pages
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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
...you," continued he to the members, " 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, " Take " away," cried he, " that bauble." After which^ turning out all the...
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The New Universal Biographical Dictionary, and American ..., Volume 2

James Hardie - Biography - 1801 - 526 pages
...under the specious cloak of religion ; " lor," says he to ths members. " I have sought the Lord night and day, that he would rather slay me, than put me upon doing this work." The scene thus changed, the supreme power was said to be in the council of officers'...
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The History of Modern Europe: With an Account of the Decline and ..., Volume 3

William Russell - Europe - 1802 - 542 pages
...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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An Abridgement of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1806 - 346 pages
...you,' continued he to the members, ' 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, ' Take away,' cried he, ' that bauble.' / After which, turning- out all...
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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
...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 locked, departed to his lodgings in Whitehall. IN this furious manner, which so well denotes his...
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Beauties of History; Or, Pictures of Virtue and Vice

L. M. Stretch - 1808 - 316 pages
...members, " It is you," added he, •' that have forced me upon this. I have prayed to th« 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 doors himself, and carried away the...
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An Abridgement of the History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Caesar ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Great Britain - 1808 - 342 pages
...is you," continued he to the members, " 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 ; " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After which, turning out all the...
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A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Huntingdon ...

Edward Wedlake Brayley - Huntingdonshire (England) - 1808 - 290 pages
...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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The Beauties of England and Wales: Or, Delineations ..., Volume 7, Part 1

John Britton - Architecture - 1808 - 882 pages
...Ibid. § Lndlow, Ihid. || Duijdale, Ibid. IT 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 lie bid one of the soldiers to ' Take away that Fool's bauble,' the Mace...
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An abridgment of The history of England, continued to 1810

Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 386 pages
...is you," continued he to the members, " 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; " Take away," cried he, " that bauble." After which, turning out all the...
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