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... The Life of Oliver Cromwell - Seite 292von J. T. Headley - 1848 - 446 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Nathaniel Ward - 1647 - 120 Seiten
...on the head; and every tenth man of the soldiers killed; and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes. ' ' "I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment...have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood. ' ' 1 Carlyle, Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell, 1 : 196. And he concludes this letter: "And... | |
| William Harris - 1814 - 542 Seiten
...man of the soldiers killed, and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes. — I am perswaded," adds he, " that this is a righteous judgment of God Upon these...innocent blood, and that it will tend to prevent the * Borlase's History of the execrable Irish Rebellion, p. 222. fo). Load. 1680. » Id. p. 22*. out among... | |
| Constable and co, ltd - 1829 - 686 Seiten
...John Field, printer to the Parliament of England, 1649. Having given these details, Cromwell adds, " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God, upon these barbarous wretches who have embrued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood... | |
| Michael Russell - 1829 - 352 Seiten
...John FieM, printer to the Parliament of England, 1649. Having given these details, Cromwell adds, " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God, upon these barbarous wretches who have embrued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it -will tend to prevent the effusion of blood... | |
| 1832 - 448 Seiten
...and every tenth man of the soldiers killed, and the rest shipped for the Barbadoes. I am prrsuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it will teud to prevent the effusion of blood... | |
| Michael Russell - 1838 - 394 Seiten
...and it is implied in the expression employed by Cromwell in his letter to the Speaker, where he says that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future. In short, his object was to set such an example of military execution as would terrify other garrisons... | |
| 1838 - 380 Seiten
...In a subsequent letter on the same subject indeed he confesses this. " I am persuaded," he says, " that this is a righteous judgment of God, upon these barbarous wretches who have embrued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it will tend to prevent the t'ffusion of blood... | |
| Samuel Smiles - 1844 - 524 Seiten
...taking of Drogheda, he says, * Fonter'i Life of Cromwell. Lardncr'i Cyclopajdia, vol. i., p. 270-1. " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of...that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood far the future ; which are the satisfactory grounds to such actions as cannot otherwise but work remorse... | |
| Oliver Cromwell - 1845 - 598 Seiten
...in the other Tower were all spared, as to their lives only ; and shipped likewise for the Barbadnes. I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon with the others, found himself deserted by his very soldiers, and obliged to go to England ; where... | |
| 1851 - 650 Seiten
...source of these ferocities is sufficiently obvious, from the Lord Lieutenant's own account. Hear him : " I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgment of God upon those barbarous wretches who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood, and that it will tend... | |
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