A man is not a stalk of grass or a tree.

hell on earth(like death)

live under somebody's thumb

weak and powerless(feeble and incapable)

without a parallel(without equal)

enter into my snare

as if awakening from a dream(have a rude awakening)

neither listen to reason nor bow to force(yield neither to persuasion nor to coercion)

enter the house and take up the arms

as an arrow on the straining cordready to start

airs and graces

be full of wit and humour

have a long haul(One's task is heavy and one's road long.)

ask about taboos and bans upon arrival in a foreign country

pass from night to morning(travel day and night)

days went and month came

check ... every day and examine every month

unconsciousness(be dead to the wide)

recover as from a fit of drunkenness

be behindhand in one's circumstances