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" I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this. "
The Parliamentary Or Constitutional History of England: Being a Faithful ... - Page 182
by Great Britain. Parliament - 1760
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement ..., Volume 2

Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1868 - 638 pages
...who made the Frame should make it good unto me ! I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth,...— I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep — [Yes, your Highness; it had been infinitely quieter, healthier,...
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On Both Sides of the Sea: A Story of the Commonwealth and the ..., Volume 2

Elizabeth Rundle Charles - Great Britain - 1868 - 520 pages
...man nor woman treading upon English ground. " I can say in the presence of God—in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth —I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep." " I thought I had been doing that which was my duty, and...
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King and Commonwealth, a history of the Great rebellion [by B.M. Gardiner ...

Bertha Meriton Gardiner - Great Britain - 1874 - 404 pages
...peace, I did think the nation happy therein ! I can say in the presence of God — in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth...— I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather then undertaken such a government as this. But undertaking...
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Beeton's Public Speaker. A Collection of Specimens of British and Foreign ...

Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1875 - 380 pages
...that made the frame should make it good unto me. I can say, in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertook such a government as this is ; but undertaking...
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King and Commonwealth: A History of Charles I. and the Great Rebellion

Bertha Meriton Cordery Gardiner, James Surtees Phillpotts, B. Cordery (Meriton) - Great Britain - 1876 - 420 pages
...peace, I did think the nation happy therein ! I can say in the presence of God — in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth...— I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this. But undertaking...
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The treasury of British eloquence, compiled by R. Cochrane

Robert Cochrane (miscellaneous writer) - 1877 - 558 pages
...who made the frame should make it good unto me. I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with bert woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this. But undertaking...
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The Treasury of British Eloquence: Specimens of Brilliant Orations by the ...

Robert Cochrane - Orators - 1877 - 560 pages
...who made the frame should make it good unto me. I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with at z , z , z , woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this. But undertaking...
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On Both Sides of the Sea: A Story of the Commonwealth and the Restoration. A ...

Elizabeth Rundle Charles - English fiction - 1877 - 528 pages
...man nor woman treading upon English ground. " 1 can say in the presence of God — in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth — I would have heen glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep." " I thought I had been doing...
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Great orators, statesmen, and divines, brief lives with specimens of ...

Great orators - 1881 - 242 pages
...who made the frame should make it good unto me. I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under my woodside, to have kept a flock of sheep, rather than undertaken such a government as this. But, undertaking...
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Beeton's Complete Orator, Including the Art of Public Speaking and British ...

Samuel Orchart Beeton - Eloquence - 1881 - 336 pages
...and throw everything into chaos. He observed, " I can say in the presence of God, in comparison with whom we are but like poor creeping ants upon the earth, I would have been glad to have lived under a woodside, to have kept a f.ock of sheep rather than have undertaken such a government as this. But...
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