The Life of Oliver CromwellBaker & Scribner, 1848 - 446 Seiten |
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... hundred and fifty - nine were found in its favor , and a hundred and forty - eight against it . Hampden immediately moved that it should be printed . Upon this the long smothered fire broke forth . " I protest , I protest ! " rang from ...
... hundred and fifty - nine were found in its favor , and a hundred and forty - eight against it . Hampden immediately moved that it should be printed . Upon this the long smothered fire broke forth . " I protest , I protest ! " rang from ...
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... hundred men , all armed , was on his way to take by force what he could not obtain by command . At the news , swords flashed in the hall of parliament , and brows knit in stern defiance . But better counsels prevailed , and the five ...
... hundred men , all armed , was on his way to take by force what he could not obtain by command . At the news , swords flashed in the hall of parliament , and brows knit in stern defiance . But better counsels prevailed , and the five ...
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... hundred horse , and a few militia , and ordered his proclamation to be read . The trumpets then sounded , and the standard , bearing the motto , " Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's , " was hoisted to the top of the castle ...
... hundred horse , and a few militia , and ordered his proclamation to be read . The trumpets then sounded , and the standard , bearing the motto , " Render unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's , " was hoisted to the top of the castle ...
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... May of this same year , 1643 , Cromwell advanced on Lincolnshire , which was overrun by the Marquis of Newcastle's army . With his twelve troops , some eight * Vide Carlyle . hundred horse in all , scattering everything before him ,
... May of this same year , 1643 , Cromwell advanced on Lincolnshire , which was overrun by the Marquis of Newcastle's army . With his twelve troops , some eight * Vide Carlyle . hundred horse in all , scattering everything before him ,
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J. T. Headley. hundred horse in all , scattering everything before him , he came in sight , on the evening of the thirteenth , of a body of cavalry , nearly double in number to his own . But though wearied with his long march , and ...
J. T. Headley. hundred horse in all , scattering everything before him , he came in sight , on the evening of the thirteenth , of a body of cavalry , nearly double in number to his own . But though wearied with his long march , and ...
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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.