The Life of Oliver CromwellBaker & Scribner, 1848 - 446 Seiten |
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... fire he expected to quench . In the meantime defeat attended the armies abroad- the expedition against Rochelle and the isle of Rhé , com- manded by Buckingham , proved a miserable failure . More money must therefore be raised , and the ...
... fire he expected to quench . In the meantime defeat attended the armies abroad- the expedition against Rochelle and the isle of Rhé , com- manded by Buckingham , proved a miserable failure . More money must therefore be raised , and the ...
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... fire at the audacity they exhibited . So rapidly and far did he carry everything in the church towards papacy , that the Pope of Rome offered him a cardinal's hat . A daughter of the Duke of Devonshire having turned Catholic , Laud ...
... fire at the audacity they exhibited . So rapidly and far did he carry everything in the church towards papacy , that the Pope of Rome offered him a cardinal's hat . A daughter of the Duke of Devonshire having turned Catholic , Laud ...
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... fire . Fearless of consequences , ready to suffer martyrdom - indeed , ready for anything at the call of his Great Master , he stands on the threshhold of this long struggle , resolved to bear himself like a man , a Christian , and a ...
... fire . Fearless of consequences , ready to suffer martyrdom - indeed , ready for anything at the call of his Great Master , he stands on the threshhold of this long struggle , resolved to bear himself like a man , a Christian , and a ...
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... fire . He , therefore , stepped be- tween them and their oppressors , and accused the latter of partiality and wrong . It was not a question which involved his religious feelings , but simply one of right between man and man ; and ...
... fire . He , therefore , stepped be- tween them and their oppressors , and accused the latter of partiality and wrong . It was not a question which involved his religious feelings , but simply one of right between man and man ; and ...
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... fire broke forth . " I protest , I protest ! " rang from different parts of the House ; all was uproar and clamor - members laid their hands upon their swords ; and for two hours the House presented a scene of confusion and passion ...
... fire broke forth . " I protest , I protest ! " rang from different parts of the House ; all was uproar and clamor - members laid their hands upon their swords ; and for two hours the House presented a scene of confusion and passion ...
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advance appointed army assembled battle battle of Edgehill battle of Naseby battle of Worcester brave broken called cannon carried castle cavalry character charge Charles church command Commonwealth of England court Crom Cromwell Cromwell's daring death declared defend Earl endeavored enemy England Essex Fairfax fell fire force friends gallant hand hath head heard heart Henry Marten honor horse House House of Lords hundred Ireland Ireton Irish king king's kingdom Lambert land latter leaders length liberty London Lord meantime ment morning never night officers Oliver Oliver Cromwell parlia parliament passed petition prayer Presbyterians prisoners Protector Puritans received refused regiment religious replied republicans resolute resolved royal royalists rump parliament Rupert Scotch Scotland sent shouts soldiers soon squadrons stern stood storm strong struggle surrender sword terrible things thousand throne tion took town troops turned victory Vide voted Worcester
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Seite 387 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not: in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills, and they To heaven.
Seite 292 - I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood ; and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. Which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions, which otherwise caunot but work remorse and regret.
Seite 424 - ... divers of your subjects have of late been imprisoned without any cause showed ; and when for their deliverance they were brought before your justices by your Majesty's writs of habeas corpus, there to undergo and receive as the court should order, and their keepers commanded to certify the causes of their detainer, no cause was certified, but that they were detained by your Majesty's special command, signified by the lords of your Privy Council, and yet were returned back to several prisons,...
Seite 70 - LORD, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting thou art God.
Seite 389 - May it please your highness, I have a long time courted that young gentlewoman there, my lady's woman, and cannot prevail; I was, therefore, humbly praying -her ladyship to intercede for me.
Seite 350 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Seite 63 - Come, my boys, my brave boys, let us pray heartily and fight heartily. I will run the same fortunes and hazards with you. Remember, the cause is for God, and for the defence of yourselves, your wives, and children. Come, my honest brave boys, pray heartily and fight heartily, and God will bless us.
Seite 312 - If your forces had been in a readiness to have fallen upon the back of Copperspath, it might have occasioned supplies to have come to us. But the only wise God knows what is best. All shall work for Good. Our spirits are comfortable, praised be the Lord, — though our present condition be as it is.
Seite 30 - The Lord accept me in His Son, and give me to walk in the light, — and give us to walk in the light, as He is the light! He it is that enlighteneth our blackness, our darkness, I dare not say, He hideth His face from me. He giveth me to see light in His light. One beam in a dark place hath exceeding much refreshment in it: — blessed be His Name for shining upon so dark a heart as mine!
Seite 96 - This he said to us. Indeed, it was admirable. A little after, he said, " One thing lay upon his spirit." I asked him, " What that was !" He told me it was, " That God had not suffered him to be any more the executioner of His enemies.